Sprizee :: A simple girl replete with complications

Black and white.

A friend of mine flew to Ohio last Friday to help get out the vote.  He's been texting updates from the road. So far...

• Sarah Palin's bus passes. Get in the car.  Bad Religion's "Sorrow" is playing on the radio. Hope.


• Biden stops by both campaign offices I'm working at but my canvasing partner insists we dine at a 200 year old pub.  Cool, until we realize we've just missed Joe.  


• Many die hard democrats have told me they will "not vote for the black guy".  The race factor was underestimated. I'm sure of it.

What do you say to something like that?  I texted him back, "Remind them he's half white!" Then The Dude steps up with a better tactic, "Suggest they only fill in half the circle for Obama when they go to vote." Really, there are folks out there, die hard democrats that won't vote for him simply because he's black? Wow, that makes me sad.     

Obamanation! I want! I want!

Who wants a president that can inspire and lead?

Who wants a president that can be thoughtful?

Who wants to condem these sorts of tactics?

Who wants a stylish Obama t-shirt? 

Who only wants to pay $8 for it?

Just bought one.  You can too!

"I want to campaign the same way I govern, which is to respond directly and forcefully with the truth,"
~ Barack Obama

Do over!

If Clinton gets the nomination, I'm voting for Ross Perot.  Wake up America.  It's 3:02 AM.

Find your precinct!

Find your precinct!, originally uploaded by sprizee.

Hell yeah, I Barack'd the vote. Did you?

Yes we can.

Whether or not he makes it to the election, his powerful message will remain.

Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Yes it does, and yes we can.

Wow, just wow.

I haven't seen tactics like that for decades.

Go watch this clip and then tell me if you think Obama was out of line for speaking out about Bill Clinton's role in the ongoing elections.  Also, the next time someone cries Liberal Media Bias!, point them to this.  As far as I can tell everyone's fair game on The Daily Show.  Stupid is stupid.  But you know some people actually believed him and that's what's really sad about America.  Think people, think!

Agree to agree.

Oh Senator Obama.  You had me at "share the same goals".

"I think that I may disagree with Sen. Clinton or Sen. Edwards on how to get things done, but we share the same goals. We're all Democrats, we all believe in civil rights, we all believe in equal rights," said the senator from Illinois.

"I think they're good people, they are patriots and they are running because they think they can lead this country to a better place, and I don't want the campaign in this stage to degenerate into so much tit-for-tat back-and-forth that we lose sight of why all of us are doing this."

Obama also warned his supporters to play fair.

"If I hear my own supporters engaging in talk that I think is ungenerous or misleading or in some way is unfair, then I will speak out forcefully against them, and I hope the other campaigns take the same approach," he said.

After watching the Las Vegas Democratic Debate last night courtesy of MSNBC online, I paid a visit to www.barackobama.com and picked up a t-shirt and a bumper sticker.  I'm tired of the uneducated accusing him of being Muslim and against a woman's right to choose (both of which are false).  I frankly wouldn't care if he was a Muslim but apparently some people are so blinded by the fanaticism of a tiny minority that they assume all Muslims are filled with hate.  Who does that remind me of?  Oh right.

But you don't see me ruling out all Christians just because of some crazy nutjob who believes he has a direct line to God and is convinced he can bench press 2,000 pounds (physically impossible by the way...unless you have Jesus on your side.  Go Pat!)  This country could use some logic, common sense, and unity.  Go Obama go. 

That said, Clinton and Edwards are okay too.  I actually really like Edwards' message about kicking all the lobbyist out of Washington.  But what I don't enjoy is hearing about his dad and the mill over and over again.  I also don't like how he tries to spin individual donations Clinton and Obama have received as "corporate dollars".  As anyone who has ever donated to a political campaign (or bought a t-shirt) knows, you must disclose who you work for.  That doesn't mean your company is lobbying or even organized to support a particular campaign. 

And Clinton, she's a fine choice too, but like Defective Yeti pointed out weeks ago do we really want it going down the path of Bush (Sr.), Clinton (Bill), Bush (W), Clinton (Hillary), Bush (Jeb in 2012...no!). Besides Obama is so damn inspiring.  The audacity of hope indeed.  I can't wait to get that shirt.

Stop complaining about the problem. Fix it.

My new year's resolution was to sign up for the Washington State Democrats mailing list.   Also, Movie Monday, Workout Wednesday, Thai Food Thursday and Facial Friday.  So far Workout Wednesday has consisted of going to Costco to stock up on orange juice, vitamins and half dozen donuts on the way home.  (Thai Food Thursday was delicious.  Thanks for asking.)  What was your resolution for 2008?  Signing up for the Washington State Democrats mailing list too?  How funny!

Hope is not a strategy.

In America you vote with your dollars.  I know it sucks a little, but that's how it goes.  I just took the next step towards owning a piece of the political process by making a donation to Barack Obama's presidential campaign.  Okay, it was only $10 but I wanted to put something more substantial than my hope behind someone that I think can change the attitude and direction of America. 

Barack Obama is not taking any contributions from Washington lobbyists or political action committees. So c'mon, won't you join me?