http://www.zennie2005.blogs... - You know you've reached star status when -- even though you're a US senator -- they just call you by your name and not your title. Such is true for US Senator and ...
http://www.zennie2005.blogspot.com - You know you've reached star status when -- even though you're a US senator -- they just call you by your name and not your title. Such is true for US Senator and Candidate for President of The United States, Barack Obama.
They just call him Barack Obama.
Senator Barack Obama (D) Illinois, appeared as the star of a rousing February 19th fund-raiser hosted by Senator Barbara Boxer at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco's Union Square.
The event drew almost 2,000 people, if not a little more than that number. (And reports with the estimate at 1,000 are just plain wrong. I was there, and I can count.)
What was surprising to me was the number of true voters who turned out. The crowd was most older, white, and liberal, and for the trained eye consisted of some of the Bay Area's most active political citizens. But to be sure, there was a healthy percentage of younger voters as well -- between 20 and 45 years old. And remember all paid between $150 and $2,000, so this wasn't a free event. It sold out the week before it was set to commence.
Personally, I was blown away by Barack Obama. And I've worked for four politicians and donated to several campaigns. Part of Senator Obama's appeal is that he really has his pulse on the problem America faces and that's a belief crisis. Our leaders don't represent us anymore; they stand for their own desires. One doesn't get the impression that Senator Obama has an agenda separate from that of the American People. He knows we're suffering from seeing people killed overseas and going without help in a hurricane-wrecked New Orleans. He knows we're tired of seeing our leaders preside over a vastly imbalanced spread of resources going where they don't help Americans (the Mid East) while people in the South (Louisiana) are still suffering. He gets that we have a massive leadership crisis, yet doesn't step in like Superman, he just has the courage to point his hand in another direction and say "This is where we should go."
I know that's heavy, but it doesn't begin to describe how much people are energized by him and his run for president. It's one thing to hear about it, but you've got to be a part of it to understand.
(It's also to bad that Sen. Hillary Clinton's staff seems jealous of Obama's popularity:
He's the real deal and with the total knack for saying the right words. All of that is evident in this video.
As a note, you may wonder why I chose the theme song to the television show "Friends." I tried the music as an experiment in part of the video, and was struck by how perfect the message "I'll be thee for you" seemed to describe the relationship between Senator Obama and his supporters. The theme, like the Senator's book "The Audacity of Hope" is about hope, and thus is perfect for this video, if not his candidacy.
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You can see here: Obama is truely one of the best speakers ever seen (speaking freely without a teleprompter and without much preparation, joking). Interesting how consistent he has indeed been on the issues so far.
obamabots..... after 250 years of prosperity and freedom we're destined to head into a larger more oppressive government. all nations and countries have and will always head that direction only fixed by a revolution.... bush sucked in many ways but obama is spending and building a gigantic governement... let go of the rhetoric... AAAHHHHH!
Obama and the Democratic party are nothing but a bunch of tax and spend, power-hungry, socialist frauds. They control the banks, the car companies, America's health care system is next. When they can control who lives and who dies, they will have complete control of our lives.
This video--shot Feb. 2007--is proof that Obama's message was clear from the beginning and has remained consistent. McCain STILL has no found a consistent message--except anger. [He's one nasty guy!] Change and Hope were Obama's message from the get-go. When you are right, you don't have to flail about looking for a gimmick. [Sarah Palin?]
"So the big cities decide your senators" --It's all the same in the end. This is the Left Coast. The People's Democratic Republic of California. To the north we have The Union of Orgeonian Socialist Republics.
I love the Gamecocks! But only when they play Florida or Tennessee.
Sen.Barbara Boxer has proven to be a tough and honest political advocate for the United State... I truly believe that she is the ONLY women who would fit the Vice President seat in the coming elections. Boxer for Vice President!!!!
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looking for a gimmick. [Sarah Palin?]
hey can u MSG me on m.s.n. ID is in my profile. eP
--It's all the same in the end. This is the Left Coast. The People's Democratic Republic of California. To the north we have The Union of Orgeonian Socialist Republics.
I love the Gamecocks! But only when they play Florida or Tennessee.