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As an English major, McCain could have had a better acceptance speech.
He thinks that if he borrows some of Obama's rhetoric and make it look like the Republican Party has truly been the oppressed party of the past 8 years and that George W. Bush, a self-defined Republican, doesn't have a negative legacy, even though Bush has a negative legacy and the Republican Party has been the OPPRESSOR party.
But, honestly, "partisan rancor?" It's like insulting somebody and saying that they were insulting you. At least Barack Obama stated our country's problem at little nicer, and a little less fear-mondering.
Honestly, his speech is as cheap as a McDonald's Happy Meal.
He thinks that if he borrows some of Obama's rhetoric and make it look like the Republican Party has truly been the oppressed party of the past 8 years and that George W. Bush, a self-defined Republican, doesn't have a negative legacy, even though Bush has a negative legacy and the Republican Party has been the OPPRESSOR party.
But, honestly, "partisan rancor?" It's like insulting somebody and saying that they were insulting you. At least Barack Obama stated our country's problem at little nicer, and a little less fear-mondering.
Honestly, his speech is as cheap as a McDonald's Happy Meal.
Was the song Diane Keaton as Annie Hall sang in the 1977 movie, Annie Hall. But, I am not here to talk about my favorite movies.
It does seem appropriate for what I am here to show you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM3oww9Vk-c
Seems the "party of change" is only the party that recycles already rotten tactics.
It does seem appropriate for what I am here to show you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM3oww9Vk-c
Seems the "party of change" is only the party that recycles already rotten tactics.
Well now that the RNC is over in the “Twin City” what can be said about this week?
Palin gave a great but highly inaccurate speech and McCain gave and OK speech.
Much of the convention can be summed up with three words. war, guns and service
and chants of “drill baby drill”. McCain hinted at changing Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Healthcare, continuing the war in Iraq and outlined the GOP’s new faces of evil in Iran and Russia. Clearly McCain gave a “Cold War Speech” and hit tones on the war in Iraq very similar to Nixon’s speeches on ending the war in Vietnam.
Palin never touched on her extreme pro-life views even in cases of rape and incest or her support of Creationism/ intelligent Design being taught in public schools.
If anyone had be watching the floor of the convention they would have seen delegates that was 96% white, 2% black and 2% Hispanic, and what was with all the suite and ties?
Palin gave a great but highly inaccurate speech and McCain gave and OK speech.
Much of the convention can be summed up with three words. war, guns and service
and chants of “drill baby drill”. McCain hinted at changing Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Healthcare, continuing the war in Iraq and outlined the GOP’s new faces of evil in Iran and Russia. Clearly McCain gave a “Cold War Speech” and hit tones on the war in Iraq very similar to Nixon’s speeches on ending the war in Vietnam.
Palin never touched on her extreme pro-life views even in cases of rape and incest or her support of Creationism/ intelligent Design being taught in public schools.
If anyone had be watching the floor of the convention they would have seen delegates that was 96% white, 2% black and 2% Hispanic, and what was with all the suite and ties?
Surprisingly borrowed from the Associated Press:
PALIN: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending ... and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks but no thanks' for that Bridge to Nowhere."
THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."
PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform " not even in the state senate."
THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.
PALIN: "The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars."
THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama's plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain's plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.
Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.
He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.
MCCAIN: "She's been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply ... She's responsible for 20 percent of the nation's energy supply. I'm entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America," he said in an interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson.
THE FACTS: McCain's phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she's no more "responsible" for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state " by population.
MCCAIN: "She's the commander of the Alaska National Guard. ... She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities," he said on ABC.
THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under "federal status," which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska's national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.
FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor's election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: "We need change, all right " change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington " throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin."
THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate.
Please Note: The facts aren't "borrowed" from the AP, although they did come in the form of an article within the AP
PALIN: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending ... and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks but no thanks' for that Bridge to Nowhere."
THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."
PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform " not even in the state senate."
THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.
PALIN: "The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars."
THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama's plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain's plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.
Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.
He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.
MCCAIN: "She's been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply ... She's responsible for 20 percent of the nation's energy supply. I'm entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America," he said in an interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson.
THE FACTS: McCain's phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she's no more "responsible" for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state " by population.
MCCAIN: "She's the commander of the Alaska National Guard. ... She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities," he said on ABC.
THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under "federal status," which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska's national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.
FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor's election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: "We need change, all right " change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington " throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin."
THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate.
Please Note: The facts aren't "borrowed" from the AP, although they did come in the form of an article within the AP
I just read from the Huffington Post about Palin's acceptance speech, and, honestly, what nerve has she to call Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders in government the "Washington elite?"
What does the elite look like to you Sarah?
I had no idea that people who lost their homes to foreclosure; workers who lost their jobs to outsourcing; families who lost their families to the war in Iraq AND returning veterans who go homeless AND wounded veterans with poor health care to handle the readjustment; people who get arrested without a warrant and call for habeas corpus for politics and just to get inhumanely tortured; women who want the right to make reproductive choices without resorting to a back alley abortion or a wire hanger; GLBT Americans who want hate crime legislation enacted; people who want civil rights and liberties preserved and maintained rather than disregarded for the sake of "protection"; and the list gets longer. I had no idea Palin considers a majority of Americans and the people who honestly stand up and DO THEIR JOBS and represent their constituents are the "elite."
Governor Palin, just look in the audience you are speaking too. Look at those rich, white faces. Have you ever noticed that the audience at the Republican National Convention looks like they are at a business convention? I guess there is a reason why they call it the RNC.
Gov. Palin,
Look at yourself. You are an eltist because you cater to a party that only cares about 1% of America, and tries to keep the rest of us in line by scaring ourselves out of our freedoms and rights.
Sarah,
You are a member of the Washington Elite. Stop peddling that reality into a party that has nothing to do with your group!
What does the elite look like to you Sarah?
I had no idea that people who lost their homes to foreclosure; workers who lost their jobs to outsourcing; families who lost their families to the war in Iraq AND returning veterans who go homeless AND wounded veterans with poor health care to handle the readjustment; people who get arrested without a warrant and call for habeas corpus for politics and just to get inhumanely tortured; women who want the right to make reproductive choices without resorting to a back alley abortion or a wire hanger; GLBT Americans who want hate crime legislation enacted; people who want civil rights and liberties preserved and maintained rather than disregarded for the sake of "protection"; and the list gets longer. I had no idea Palin considers a majority of Americans and the people who honestly stand up and DO THEIR JOBS and represent their constituents are the "elite."
Governor Palin, just look in the audience you are speaking too. Look at those rich, white faces. Have you ever noticed that the audience at the Republican National Convention looks like they are at a business convention? I guess there is a reason why they call it the RNC.
Gov. Palin,
Look at yourself. You are an eltist because you cater to a party that only cares about 1% of America, and tries to keep the rest of us in line by scaring ourselves out of our freedoms and rights.
Sarah,
You are a member of the Washington Elite. Stop peddling that reality into a party that has nothing to do with your group!
I understand how close our troops might be with each other, like brothers and sisters.
And, even though we all know McCain's POW story inside and out, it is kind of well....interesting that a former POW that McCain knew in Vietnam states this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70
Makes you question his leadership abilities, doesn't it?
And, even though we all know McCain's POW story inside and out, it is kind of well....interesting that a former POW that McCain knew in Vietnam states this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70
Makes you question his leadership abilities, doesn't it?
Today, the thoughts and prayers of all Americans are with those in the path of Hurricane Gustav -- and many of you are asking what you can do to help.
We do not yet know what the impact of Hurricane Gustav will be, and we hope with all our hearts that the damage will not be as great as it was three years ago.
But we know there will be damage, and there is something you can do right now.
Your financial support will strengthen organizations like the American Red Cross that are evacuating Gulf Coast residents and planning to help communities get back on their feet.
Make a donation to support the American Red Cross today.
At times like this, it is our compassion and resilience that define who we are as a nation.
Please give whatever you can afford, even $10, to make sure the American Red Cross has the resources to help those in the path of this storm:
https://donate.barackobama.com/redcross
Thank you for your generosity, and I hope you will join Michelle and me in praying for the safety of those in the path of the storm and the first responders who are doing all they can to ensure the safety of their communities.
Barack
We do not yet know what the impact of Hurricane Gustav will be, and we hope with all our hearts that the damage will not be as great as it was three years ago.
But we know there will be damage, and there is something you can do right now.
Your financial support will strengthen organizations like the American Red Cross that are evacuating Gulf Coast residents and planning to help communities get back on their feet.
Make a donation to support the American Red Cross today.
At times like this, it is our compassion and resilience that define who we are as a nation.
Please give whatever you can afford, even $10, to make sure the American Red Cross has the resources to help those in the path of this storm:
https://donate.barackobama.com/redcross
Thank you for your generosity, and I hope you will join Michelle and me in praying for the safety of those in the path of the storm and the first responders who are doing all they can to ensure the safety of their communities.
Barack
On a cloudless August night in Denver, before a united party and thousands of grassroots supporters from all across America, Senator Obama accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
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Obama made the case for why America cannot afford four more years of the same failed policies and laid out his vision to bring about fundamental change at home and abroad. He reminded us of the extraordinary promise of America at its best and challenged us to continue to fight for that promise, to march ahead, to not turn back...
That promise is our greatest inheritance. It’s a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night, and a promise that you make to yours – a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west; a promise that led workers to picket lines, and women to reach for the ballot.
And it is that promise that forty five years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln’s Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream.
The men and women who gathered there could’ve heard many things. They could’ve heard words of anger and discord. They could’ve been told to succumb to the fear and frustration of so many dreams deferred.
But what the people heard instead – people of every creed and color, from every walk of life – is that in America, our destiny is inextricably linked. That together, our dreams can be one.
“We cannot walk alone,” the preacher cried. “And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.”
America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone. At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise – that American promise – and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
To all of our supporters, from those who have been with this remarkable campaign from the beginning to those of you who are just joining this movement for change: if you agree that we cannot turn back now -- that this is our moment to seize -- please make a donation today.
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I try my hardest to be respectful of the other side's perspective and point of view, and, though it was hard out here for a liberal Democrat these past 8 years, I have always tried to be respectful, especially because I have Republican friends.
My goal when talking with them is to just not bring up politics with them. It's been a hard goal to accomplish, because, in this day and age, how can you not? But, with my politics, I get so passionate, so assertive, and so competitive I lose sight and fear that I lose friendship, this is why I don't know what to do with a friend of mine who is shoving Palin info down my throat and expects me to not say anything about kicking his party's inflated gray butt cheeks this coming November. Just the other day I was talking to a classmate of mine and I said : "Sorry, I hate it when I get all preachy to people who may or may not share my political views." Luckily, my classmate wasn't offended. But still.
Can't America just agree to disagree and do so respectfully? I can disagree with someone respectfully, but I am sick and tired of giving respect towards someone only to have it thrown back in my face by the other who acts like an ungrateful child( or Elisabeth Hasselbeck take your pick).
Seriously, if there is one thing we can learn with this campaign and this election, is that it is okay to agree to disagree and that respect needs to be a socially reciprocal activity on both ends of the spectrum.
My goal when talking with them is to just not bring up politics with them. It's been a hard goal to accomplish, because, in this day and age, how can you not? But, with my politics, I get so passionate, so assertive, and so competitive I lose sight and fear that I lose friendship, this is why I don't know what to do with a friend of mine who is shoving Palin info down my throat and expects me to not say anything about kicking his party's inflated gray butt cheeks this coming November. Just the other day I was talking to a classmate of mine and I said : "Sorry, I hate it when I get all preachy to people who may or may not share my political views." Luckily, my classmate wasn't offended. But still.
Can't America just agree to disagree and do so respectfully? I can disagree with someone respectfully, but I am sick and tired of giving respect towards someone only to have it thrown back in my face by the other who acts like an ungrateful child( or Elisabeth Hasselbeck take your pick).
Seriously, if there is one thing we can learn with this campaign and this election, is that it is okay to agree to disagree and that respect needs to be a socially reciprocal activity on both ends of the spectrum.
All in all, it was a great Convention. In my whole lifetime, I have never felt so much hope and pride to be a Democrat and to be behind Barack Obama.
There were no speeches that lacked anything that didn't build momentum, no tributes left ineffective, no nothing.
Well, that isn't entirely true, I wish that we did a video tribute to the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones and having Barbra Streisand perform. I did enjoy Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Stevie Wonder.
Well, the party is over, now it is time to pull up our sleeves and get working!
There were no speeches that lacked anything that didn't build momentum, no tributes left ineffective, no nothing.
Well, that isn't entirely true, I wish that we did a video tribute to the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones and having Barbra Streisand perform. I did enjoy Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Stevie Wonder.
Well, the party is over, now it is time to pull up our sleeves and get working!
I think Obama has chosen the absolute best candidate for his running mate. Congrats Biden... you're not just my homeboy, you're my homeboy's homeboy.
It couldn't have been said better. This is perfect...
Joe Biden is my homeboy's homeboy
It couldn't have been said better. This is perfect...
Joe Biden is my homeboy's homeboy
Fresh off Obama's acceptance speech... the speech that all of America needed to hear.
I am ready to get my hands dirty to see that Obama gets to make history as the 44th President of the United States, and the first African American President Of The United States.
It was a beautiful day in Denver, and that just makes me so emotional. Honestly.
I've been watching it on C-SPAN again, this time since 5:45pm.
And, what a preceding speeches! I am so bursting with excitement and hope I can't remember every one of them!
Post-Convnetion thoughts tomorrow!!
I am ready to get my hands dirty to see that Obama gets to make history as the 44th President of the United States, and the first African American President Of The United States.
It was a beautiful day in Denver, and that just makes me so emotional. Honestly.
I've been watching it on C-SPAN again, this time since 5:45pm.
And, what a preceding speeches! I am so bursting with excitement and hope I can't remember every one of them!
Post-Convnetion thoughts tomorrow!!
Since I've never been called a man of few words, let me say this as simply as I can: Yes. Yes, I accept your nomination to run and serve with Barack Obama, the next President of the United States of America.
Joe Biden formally accepted the nomination for Vice President for the Democratic Party last night. Joe came onto the stage after a moving introduction by his son Beau. And with his family in the audience, including his mom who taught him that "you are defined by your sense of honor, and you are redeemed by your loyalty," he gave a rousing acceptance speech.
Joe told America about his childhood, about being picked on because of his stutter, about his father teaching him to always get up after you've been knocked down, and about the promise that if you work hard, you can succeed in the world. And he spoke about how that promise is slowing slipping away.
Fortunately, Joe told the audience, in Barack Obama, we have a candidate who can and will restore the American Dream for people across the country.
You know, you can learn a lot about a man campaigning with him, debating him, seeing how he reacts under pressure. You learn about the strength of his mind, but even more importantly, you learn about the quality of his heart. I watched how Barack touched people, how he inspired them, and I realized he had tapped into the oldest belief in America: We don't have to accept a situation we cannot bear. We have the power to change it. And change it�and change it is exactly what Barack Obama will do. That's what he'll do for this country.
Our greatest presidents�from Abraham Lincoln to Franklin Roosevelt to John Kennedy�they all challenged us to embrace change. Now, it's our responsibility to meet that challenge.
Millions of Americans have been knocked down. And this is the time as Americans, together, we get back up. Back up together. Our debt to our parents and grandparents too great, our obligation to our children is too sacred.
These are extraordinary times. This is an extraordinary election. The American people are ready. I'm ready. Barack is ready. This is his time. This is our time. This is America's time.
Watch Joe accept the vice presidential nomination below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVH58DeUThg
Found C-SPAN and watched from 5: 30 pm to 11pm, and this convention keeps getting better.
I loved how the regular everyday people videos decorated the Convention tonight. I was really touched with the one concerning our troops and the reality of how the war is affecting our troops and their families. I really enjoyed Tammy Coldwater's speech.
I loved how Nancy Pelosi and the Iraq War Vet Democrats presented themselves and spoke about progress and the desire for change.
I was inspired by Bill Clinton and Joe Biden's speech, but that is nothing new. Bill Clinton is a walking inspiration every convention time. Not to mention, Joh Kerry's speech tracked our nation's transition and the desire for change beautifully.
What really surprised me and made me proud was when Hillary Clinton asked the panel of delegates to suspend the rules and vote unanimously in a call for unity, and the surprise vote by acclamation. I couldn't be more proud.
Can't wait for tomorrow, when Barack Obama makes his acceptance speech. Even though that surprise appearance was really something.
I'm ready for action!
I loved how the regular everyday people videos decorated the Convention tonight. I was really touched with the one concerning our troops and the reality of how the war is affecting our troops and their families. I really enjoyed Tammy Coldwater's speech.
I loved how Nancy Pelosi and the Iraq War Vet Democrats presented themselves and spoke about progress and the desire for change.
I was inspired by Bill Clinton and Joe Biden's speech, but that is nothing new. Bill Clinton is a walking inspiration every convention time. Not to mention, Joh Kerry's speech tracked our nation's transition and the desire for change beautifully.
What really surprised me and made me proud was when Hillary Clinton asked the panel of delegates to suspend the rules and vote unanimously in a call for unity, and the surprise vote by acclamation. I couldn't be more proud.
Can't wait for tomorrow, when Barack Obama makes his acceptance speech. Even though that surprise appearance was really something.
I'm ready for action!
Switched to PBS.
Watched since 8pm, and I have to say this:
The hope and desire and motive to stand strong with my party and work for America by doing what I can do locally through nationally.
Such strong voices from our Democratic women. I just wish that the DNC pulls up a tribute to Stephanie Tubbs Jones, whose courage, passion, and spirit is nothing but fuel to our fire for change.
GOBAMA/BIDEN!
I am happy to be a Democrat! I am proud to be a Democrat!
Watched since 8pm, and I have to say this:
The hope and desire and motive to stand strong with my party and work for America by doing what I can do locally through nationally.
Such strong voices from our Democratic women. I just wish that the DNC pulls up a tribute to Stephanie Tubbs Jones, whose courage, passion, and spirit is nothing but fuel to our fire for change.
GOBAMA/BIDEN!
I am happy to be a Democrat! I am proud to be a Democrat!
Barack just sent out this email...
Dear Friend -
I am so lucky to be married to the woman who delivered that speech last night.
Michelle was electrifying, inspiring, and absolutely magnificent. I get a lot of credit for the speech I gave at the 2004 convention -- but I think she may have me beat.
You have to see it to believe it.
And make sure to forward this email to your friends and family -- they'll want to see it too.
http://my.barackobama.com/michelle
You really don't want to miss this.
And I'm not just saying that because she's my wife -- I truly believe it was the best speech of the campaign so far.
Barack
Dear Friend -
I am so lucky to be married to the woman who delivered that speech last night.
Michelle was electrifying, inspiring, and absolutely magnificent. I get a lot of credit for the speech I gave at the 2004 convention -- but I think she may have me beat.
You have to see it to believe it.
And make sure to forward this email to your friends and family -- they'll want to see it too.
http://my.barackobama.com/michelle
You really don't want to miss this.
And I'm not just saying that because she's my wife -- I truly believe it was the best speech of the campaign so far.
Barack
So, I just finished watching Convention coverage from ABC( should I use another source to view), and I have to say that tonight was a wonderful first night.
I just wished I saw the tribute video to Edward Kennedy and heard the other people speak. Although, I was pleased and inspired by Edward Kennedy.
The fact that he can still be so lively and passionate and really is a unified symbol for the party. And Michelle Obama's video and speech really made me just want to run to the nearest headquarters and phone bank like crazy.
Also, the only thing that bothered me was seeing displeased faces of people who looked like they were having a difficult time accepting the reality around them. It's like watching Barbara Bush after Hurricane Katrina. Hopefully, tomorrow night will be better.
Can't wait to watch tomorrow night!
I just wished I saw the tribute video to Edward Kennedy and heard the other people speak. Although, I was pleased and inspired by Edward Kennedy.
The fact that he can still be so lively and passionate and really is a unified symbol for the party. And Michelle Obama's video and speech really made me just want to run to the nearest headquarters and phone bank like crazy.
Also, the only thing that bothered me was seeing displeased faces of people who looked like they were having a difficult time accepting the reality around them. It's like watching Barbara Bush after Hurricane Katrina. Hopefully, tomorrow night will be better.
Can't wait to watch tomorrow night!
So, I am going to be returning to school soon and I was just wondering, even though I am voting in another county, could I still phone bank in the county for which my school is in?
I tried asking this on my MyBarackObama.com page but no one answered.
It's very important because I want to get phone banking before November and it would save me gas money and travelling far to volunteer to get Obama and Biden in office this November.
Thanks.
I tried asking this on my MyBarackObama.com page but no one answered.
It's very important because I want to get phone banking before November and it would save me gas money and travelling far to volunteer to get Obama and Biden in office this November.
Thanks.
Friend --
I have some important news, and I'm pleased to share it with you first.
I've chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate.
Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this afternoon in Springfield, Illinois -- the same place this campaign began more than 19 months ago.
I'm excited about hitting the campaign trail with Joe, but the two of us can't do this alone. We need your help to keep building this movement for change.
Please let Joe know that you're glad he's part of our team. Share your personal welcome note and we'll make sure he gets it:
http://my.barackobama.com/welcomejoe
Thanks for your support,
Barack
P.S. -- Make sure to turn on your TV at 2:00 p.m. Central Time to join us or watch online at http://www.BarackObama.com.
This past Tuesday Aug.12th, 2008 Our City Council voted to override our Mayors veto of Ordinance NO. 4270 which places a limit on the Administration of $ 2500 dollars on “Personal Service Contracts”. In spite of our own Law Directors letter warning them of what their action would mean.
"City Charters" are like constitutions for cities and are based on the State Constitution, Ohio Revised Code and approved by voters. The City of Urbana is less than two years away from “Charter Review” in 2010. Not only was this ordinance “not supported” by our Law Dir. but was not supported by the Ohio Municipal League as well so I've been told.
It may seem like a small thing ... but this one small thing has huge ramifications for the city and the citizens and voters of Urbana. City Council has changed our Charter form of government approved by the voters of Urbana. To their credit Al Evans and Larry Lokai voted NO on the limit.
I oppose this ordinance in the strongest terms…it changes the nature of our Charter Form of government and circumvents the will of the Urbana Voter who passed the City Charter.
The Citizens of Urbana may...want to consider [if possible], a pre-Charter Review referendum on CHAPTER 145, CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF URBANA PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 145.01 (d) and return the right (in my opinion) the explicit and implied right of the Executive Branch of [City] Government under the ORC and The Charter of the City of Urbana to hire and fire personal, service contractors and to purchase services from professional people or firms including consultants, engineers and architects as well as consulting firms to negotiate union contracts and other needs that come up in the course of running a city to provide the best services for its citizens.
"City Charters" are like constitutions for cities and are based on the State Constitution, Ohio Revised Code and approved by voters. The City of Urbana is less than two years away from “Charter Review” in 2010. Not only was this ordinance “not supported” by our Law Dir. but was not supported by the Ohio Municipal League as well so I've been told.
It may seem like a small thing ... but this one small thing has huge ramifications for the city and the citizens and voters of Urbana. City Council has changed our Charter form of government approved by the voters of Urbana. To their credit Al Evans and Larry Lokai voted NO on the limit.
I oppose this ordinance in the strongest terms…it changes the nature of our Charter Form of government and circumvents the will of the Urbana Voter who passed the City Charter.
The Citizens of Urbana may...want to consider [if possible], a pre-Charter Review referendum on CHAPTER 145, CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF URBANA PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 145.01 (d) and return the right (in my opinion) the explicit and implied right of the Executive Branch of [City] Government under the ORC and The Charter of the City of Urbana to hire and fire personal, service contractors and to purchase services from professional people or firms including consultants, engineers and architects as well as consulting firms to negotiate union contracts and other needs that come up in the course of running a city to provide the best services for its citizens.