Our Sense of Common Purpose

We are in the final days of this campaign. On Saturday morning, our campaign office received a busload of sixty college students from the Boston area.

I was amazed that these young adults would feel so strongly about Obama and his message, that they would give up a Saturday to come to New Hampshire and canvass in our communities.

When they walked through the door of our office, they were met by a loud round of applause from all of us. 

A moment that will always be with me.

The two students that I was responsible for had never canvassed before, but were very anxious to start their turf.  I gave them some suggestions- told them what has worked for me, dropped them off at Union Road, and wished them well.

One of the young adults is an exchange student from France. He's not even able to vote on November 4th.

This is a defining moment in our country's history~

 

Silly Silly Sarah

One of my well-meaning relatives gave me a gift subscription last spring to a conservative publication. 

That is clearly a story for another day...

Because of the gift, my name is on many Right Wing mailing lists, so my mail can be very entertaining at times. I recently received an envelope from Sarah Palin. I can't tell you how excited I was to open that mail piece, as I just could not imagine what her campaign would use as talking points.

A few quotes from that piece are:

" We Republicans reject the Democrats' fearful and pessimistic mentality. When we are able to get our message past the liberal mainstream media filter- directly to the voters- the vast majority of the American people agree with our confident, optimistic view of principled, conservative government and opportunity for all."

"But the Obama-Biden Democrats and their allies are set to raise over $1 billion to relentlessly flood America's airwaves with their negative and false attacks against our Republican candidates."

"We will make the tough decisions that will keep America strong as we face threats to our security from radical Islamic extremism, nuclear proliferation and tyrannical regimes.  But to do this, we must stop the Obama-Biden Democrats from taking control of our government."

"Please make sure we have the resources we need to get our commonsense, confident message out to the American people by joining the Republican National Committee with a contribution of $2,000, $1,000, or $500. today. Thank you."

I've got nothing to add to this post. I do, however, invite you to play the Palin as President game. Please know the door opens three times, and don't forget to click on the red phone.

Have fun~

The Name Game

Click here to view a fun YouTube video sent to me by a fellow supporter with the Obama campaign.

Was there ever a question that human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully?

Yeah...I guess that whole "harmony" thing is overrated, huh?

Two of My Favorite Things

Politics meets Comics.

 Sweet.

IDW released two comics, Presidential Material: Barack Obama, and Presidential Material: John McCain, last week. When I saw them in the wooden box at my comic book store, I purchased the last two sets. I'm so glad I did. I have to admit that I anticipated the comics being biased toward one candidate or the other, but I'm happy to report that was not the case. 

In my opinion, anyway.

The two biographies outline the candidates' lives, and how the arrived to the point of being nominees for President of the United States. I thought the Barack Obama comic did a great job portraying Barack's struggle as a child and young adult. Being born of a white mother from Kansas, and a black father from Kenya, he struggled to find himself. He knows what it is like to feel he doesn't fit- to be alienated, frustrated, and alone. In spite of all of that, he indeed found himself, and where he was comfortable, working with people who needed Hope the most rather than pursuing a corporate job.

The John McCain comic portrayed the horrific conditions he endured at the hands of the North Vietnamese for five years very well. I do respect Senator McCain for coming out of that hellish experience alive. Seriously.

However, his life as part of the Naval "Royal Family" has been very different than Barack's path. Senator McCain is out of touch with all of us Americans that have to get up everyday and go to work with concerns of utility bills, home repairs, property taxes, and rising food costs always in the back of our minds.

A friend of mine recently pointed out how many times Obama uses the word "we" during his speeches  compared to McCain. It is interesting once you start watching for it. The pronoun McCain favors is "I". 

There is no "I" in Team, or Change, or Hope~