Hey, did you miss me ( Read more... )

Yes, I know it's an ad for a politician. However many grains of salt you take it with, though, there is a fundamental difference between the parties, and their candidates, on the economy. The McCain/Republic version remains Ronald Reagan's "trickle-down" theory - give massive tax breaks to corporations and the wealthiest people, who will then ( Read more... )

I finally made it to the local Obama HQ again today - I've been in a few times in the past month, for meetings, but today was the first day I went for the full day (ie, the full school day), which is something I'm going to try to do at least twice a week through the election (not counting voter registration pretty much every Saturday through ( Read more... )

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That video cuts out some of the middle, where Obama goes into real specifics on his agenda. If you're curious, a longer version is here (though it doesn't have the part after CNN's edit, which is why I posted this video, instead, despite the crappy quality).

From The Washington Post:

[T]he McCain team has talked to [Palin] about Iraq, energy and the economy but has focused on what she should say in her speech, struggling almost as hard as she has to prepare for what will be, along with a debate in October, her main opportunity to shape the way she is viewed by voters. Not anticipating that McCain ( Read more... )

I am quite pleased with your VP pick, but please please please do not listen to Joe Biden when he says that you should "literally, LITERALLY, change the direction of the world."

It's been a long time since I studied physics or astronomy, but I believe that would be catastrophic.

Literally.

Smooches,

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I just want to say, for the record, I live in a beautiful, vibrant city, full of intelligent, articulate people - even intelligent, articulate Republicans. Tennessee is breathtakingly beautiful and has lovely people all across it actually. But for some reason our Republican Party does crap like this:

This week, the Tennessee Republican party sent ( Read more... )

WooHoo!!!

I'm a very happy woman right now.

This campaign is taking every bit of time and energy I have. It's taking bits of time and energy I had no idea I had. It's bizarre and awesome and completely exhausting ( Read more... )

Today would have been my father's 81st birthday. In honor of this, I finally posted on my.barackobama.com. Yes, I am working on the campaign and have been for a while, and it's amazing and invigorating and I'm very very excited. Anyway, I posted there, and I wanted to share it with you guys. It isn't about Senator Obama, it's about my father and me ( Read more... )