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Category Archives: Barack Obama
Salty endorsements
UPDATE: The Salt Lake Tribune endorsed George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, so contrary to what I wrote below, it probably is sort of a big deal that they endorsed Obama in 2012. I think what I said about the other newspapers listed below still stands, though I’d be happy to be proven wrong. I… Read More »
Astroturf for (or against?) Obama
An interesting comment showed up a few hours ago on an earlier blog posting of mine about Barack Obama: “Just wanted to say that I am eployed at a large Pharmaceutical company in Clayton NC and I support Barack Obama with all my heart. I would love for all my friends and colleagues to re-elect… Read More »
Barack Obama is still my president
The greatest crisis facing America is not the state of the economy, or the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, or the threat posed by al-Qaeda. These are all critically important, and we prolong them at our peril. But none of them is the one existential crisis that threatens to undo everything our country has achieved.… Read More »
The Obamas’ date in NYC: letter to the editor the Herald didn’t print
I sent this letter to the Boston Herald on June 8. Unfortunately, they declined to print it. Although I wasn’t reading the entire paper every single day around that time, I don’t recall the Herald printing a single letter, column or article defending the Obamas against the attacks on them for their “date night” in… Read More »
Voted
Some day I would like to be the first ballot counted by the machine on Election Day, but alas, with five kids in the house, I doubt that day will come for a while :-). I was up before 5am — couldn’t sleep. Got the kids up at 6:15. Got breakfast and lunches made and… Read More »
“Jewish Mother for Obama”
This moving pro-Obama video testimonial is by Janette Hillis-Jaffe, an Orthodox Jew living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hillis-Jaffe was so offended by the anti-Obama smears being circulated in the Jewish community, that she felt compelled to respond by making this video. Some excerpts: I’m a Jewish Mother… so I worry! There was a time when I… Read More »
REGISTER TO VOTE!
Prohibited from participating in Allston Village Street Fair
Several weeks ago, I contacted Joan Pasquale, the executive director of the Parents and Community Build Group (PCBG), to inquire about the possibility of volunteers for the Obama campaign running a voter registration table at the fair.
Awesome McCain flip-flop fact sheet from the NJDC
The National Jewish Democratic Council just released an awesome fact sheet on some of McCain’s biggest flip-flops. Read or link to it here: http://njdc.typepad.com/njdcs_blog/2008/07/senator-mccain.html Digg it here: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_flip_flop_fact_sheet This is powerful stuff!