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Barack and Family

Cynthia Samuels — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:18:58 -0500

Morra we're so lucky to have you here taking note of this. Honestly it never occurred to me that he would NOT go, and you're right to praise the decision. It's moving and sad - I just hope she lives to see him elected.

I have learned over the years that what we regret most are the moments like this one that we didn't seize. I hate to say it, but Barbara Bush, in her great 1990 speech at Wellesley said it best:

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having
passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not
closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a
husband, a child, a friend or a parent.

It is a credit to Obama and the kind of leader he will be, and partner he is, that this fact is very clear to him.

(ALSO Ellen Bravo wrote a nice piece about the policy implications of all this: http://www.womensmediacenter.com/ex/102208.html)

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Gel Too Soon

"This is no stunt"

Mom101 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:49:43 -0500

I'm so glad to see that quote because I've been seeing that very accusation on the conservative blogs in comments. It's hard to fathom that the divisive rhetoric has hit such a point, that compassion can't be omnipartisan.

Mom-101

Barack Did The Right Thing

MiaHysteria — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:59:19 -0500

Barack did the right thing!

I think the fact that he left to be with his family was the honorable and right thing to do. It seems to me that he doesn't allow media or others who don't truly matter (because in the scheme of things, it's family that matters, right?) run his life or his decisions; that is something I can honor, respect and "look up to".

Good for him. My thoughts are with him and his family.

~Mia.

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This shows what Barak Obama is about.

AngieLaa — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:39:13 -0500

I agree with you! This shows that his is a family man and don't we look for that in a president? It also shows he hasn't gotten so wrapped up in everything that is going on and forgot where he came from. I applaud him for that and the rest of America should too. All those people who are talking negatively about it should really take a look at what is important in life.

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Much Obliged!

SjP — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:04:23 -0500

Miteegirl, much obliged for stopping by SjP's to read the original post and view the video.

Much Obliged, SjP

The video in this post...

miteegirl — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:10:38 -0500

...at your blog was inspirational and humbling. Thank you.

More undecided voters reject Palin

miteegirl — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:52:31 -0500

It gets more interesting...

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/22/pennsylvania/

Fingers Crossed

rebellious thinker — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:05:04 -0500

Let's hope that people keep seeing where there really is hope for an improvement on things as they are. And that they go towards hope and away from fear. Let's hope your female relatives are a part of a huge trend.

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Party People

averyotto — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:15:03 -0500

I wish I could throw a party. I live in Alabama. Even here you see more than a few Obama signs in the yard. The Bible Belt South lives up to its spurious history. I live here and I want to make change happen where it counts most. So in the upcoming weeks, I will be on my feet, hitting the street. This is a time of action. Most Americans in the wake of the Wall Street crisis, in the midst of small town despair, and with our ecological future in such desperate question will not vote with blind loyalty. The basis of American optimism and ingenuity is that we thrive with change. So its time to face our demons and get to the polls and vote.

last day to register

zephoria — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:45:57 -0500

Last day to register in CA: October 20

Yeah, I know CA all too well. This all started as "proposition parties" so that we could figure out what on earth those damn ballot measures were saying. Cuz you probably know that what they say on the surface ain't what they say when you look at them.

Take, for example, this year's Proposition 4. Its title is: "Sarah's Law: Child and Teen Safety and Stop Predators Act." What does it actually do? It prohibits minors from getting an abortion without parental consent (the fourth attempt at the same proposition). Regardless of which side of the choice/life debate you're on, this is skeezy. It's intentionally misleading because who wouldn't be interested in stopping predators?

Planning my party

Maria Niles — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:38:42 -0500

I am the person my family goes to for information about all the down ballot stuff because I'm a geek about it. Throwing a party sounds like a great way to get people engaged rather than relying on me to just do homework for them.

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What a great idea danah!

Elisa Camahort — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:36:51 -0500

I've held fundraisers before, and I've done voter registration activities, but I never thought of doing the above. And as you well know California is a state that has become deluged with these Proposition slates every election...most of which I feel too overwhelmed to really learn enough about...and I often leave portions of my ballot blank, rather than vote blindly.

Hmmm...off to figure out last day to register in California...

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Senator McCain Isn't Dumb

Sara Gunderson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:16:20 -0500

Senator McCain doesn't get that. He doesn't understand that women vote
with their brains, their thoughts, their philosophies. Women don't automatically pull the lever or punch the chad for the one who wears
heels.

I'm curious about this assumption that McCain picked Palin to win Hillary supporters. I just don't see anything to indicate that. Personally, I don't think she was picked to win women's votes half as much as to win conservative religious votes and to energize the Republican Party.

Black, Gray and White

rebellious thinker — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:56:50 -0500

While I disagree with Palin's politics it's important to understand, unfortunately that she represents many women--and men. Seeing people cheer her at the Republican convention made it all too clear that there are those who really do tow the line of all those anti-women policies in the guise of something--family values, God, good of country? They refuse to hear that what is good for us all is also good for the individual. Her candidacy has legitimized the anti-woman stance, the paternal stance since she so enthusiastically embraces it. But we live in a world with many women and men who have grown up with trickle-down feminism, and I hope, no, I believe, that this, this visceral statement of equality, cannot be reversed.

Laura, www.RebelliousThoughtsofaWoman.com

I'm so jealous!

PunditMom — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:56:06 -0500

Wish I could have been there!

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