Obama -- American Badass

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

O.K. I want this, but I don't need a purse.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27225942...DY_Trail_Crazy

Can someone make this into an iron on, or something, with your computers?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Dear John(*),

Dirty tricks designed to mislead Texas voters have been spreading across the state, and many Obama supporters are getting incorrect information about the voting process.

Bogus claims about voting machines are spreading via email chains -- and in one reported case, even broadcast on a Houston radio station -- that could have a huge impact on voter turn out on Election Day.

Here is the truth that every Texan should know: If you vote a straight Democratic Ticket you will cast your ballot for Barack.

But Texans are not alone -- voters in key neighboring battleground states like New Mexico, Colorado, and Missouri are receiving deceitful automated phone messages and mailers from the McCain campaign spreading vile lies about Barack Obama.

We can't let dirty tricks and bad information sway this election. We need Texans to step up and spread the truth to other voters -- not just here at home, but also in our neighboring states.

Will you stand up for the truth and make a short weekend trip to a key battleground state?

No one is certain who's behind this latest attempt to influence the election and scare Obama supporters away from the polls on November 4th. But the intent is clear: to steal votes away from Barack and other great Democratic candidates up and down the ticket.

We can be sure that shameless tactics like these will intensify over the next 16 days.

That's why your help is crucial to making sure that every voter knows the truth about Barack Obama and the change we need in this country.

Forward this email to your friends and family in Texas, then sign up to spread the truth to other voters:

http://tx.barackobama.com/DriveForChange

There is so much at stake in this election. Together, we can make sure that everyone casts their vote for change on November 4th.

Thanks,

Juan

Juan Sepulveda
Texas State Director
Obama for America

P.S. -- If you've received an email with misinformation about the voting process, report it so that we can make sure that voters across America get the truth about Barack:

http://www.fightthesmears.com/report








*Is this some kind of subliminal message?

[chuck]

I grew up loving looking through old Time/Life issues - seeing stories told in pictures. Moments captured. Life through a lens is always made stronger, more heroic, more poignant.

This series of photos from Callie Shell does that.



It's the small moments - I think this is my favourite. Barack just reading the paper and Michelle just resting. It reminds me of how I might sit and just enjoy a moment with my wife.

That's no reason to elect a President - but it shows a humanity and a person that I can't imagine the McCain-Palin campaign ever wanting us to see.

Powerful images - that capture hope and promise and something beyond the rampant blogging/punditry/nastiness that seems to have overtaken this election race. And for the first time in a long time - it gives me hope in the humanity that is inherent in that United States. A humanity a lot of us out here in the world are wanting to see again.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by chuck

It reminds me of how I might sit and just enjoy a moment with my wife.

And all this time, I though you were queer. I mean, gay. or no, ...

Am I sounding like a homophobe?

[Sean]

Great new line about McCain from Obama in a speech today:

"By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten."

[Deckard]

That's great. Exactly the right tone to strike with this kind of nonsense.