“Barack Obama travels a lot, but many babies live in places he hasn’t been. Send him your baby, and he’ll kiss it and send it back to you.”
Makes me smile every time I look at it.
Most gloriously offensive Onion headline in a while? Perhaps.
“The path to a more perfect union […] requires all Americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams; that investing in the health, welfare, and education of black and brown and white children will ultimately help all of America prosper.”
The Obama campaign responds to a Clinton press release in a format which highly resembles a snarky follow-up on USENET.
“What’s the picture that emerges from these four impressions?
Smart, normal, curious, not radical, and post-Boomer.
If you were asking me to write a capsule description of what I would look for in the next President of the United States, that would be it.”
Well, if a mariachi band won’t bring out the “hispanic vote” in Texas, I don’t know what will…
Obama t-shirts in a baseball-logo stylee. (Notably lacking in any donation to the campaign, though)
Hooray! Just what I wanted!
Collected facts about Barack Obama. This needs to be a Chumby app.
Reasoned video from Lawrence Lessig on why he supports Obama. If you’re worried that Obama is all-sizzle-no-steak or cult-of-personality, this is worth watching.
(As an aside, I see from the comments that noted raging fuckwit Marc Perkel is anti-Obama. I consider that another positive.)
A quick request to any readers who are registered voters in the twenty-two states that are having Democratic primaries tomorrow
Please vote for Barack Obama.
As you may have noticed from my links and tweets, I’m supporting Obama this year. The reasons are many, but primarily it’s because we’ve had eight years of a horribly divisive presidency, and I believe this country (and the world) needs a leader who can bring people together, rather than split them further apart. (Hillary Clinton is a fine person and a skilled politician, and I will support her if she gets the Democratic nomination, but she gathers as much loathing from some people in this country as I feel towards Bush and Cheney)
Every vote counts. All Democratic primaries tomorrow are assigning delegates through proportional-ish representation (unlike the Republicans, whose primaries are mostly first-past-the-post winner-takes-all affairs).
I’m still disenfranchised in the US, despite having lived here since 1998. All I can do is ask others to vote. If you have any reservations about voting for Obama, email or IM me—I’ll see if I can do anything to change your mind.
My application for citizenship is in the mail, and there’s a decent chance that I might be a US citizen in November. Nothing would make me prouder than getting to vote for Obama in my first presidential election.
Thank you.
Song and video by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas (plus a bunch of other artists), based upon Obama’s stump speech. I cannot imagine anyone doing this with a Romney speech.
Caroline Kennedy endorses Obama. “I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.”
Second Life Barack Obama meetup
Now that I've got a suitably powerful computer, I've finally had a chance to poke at Second Life.
It's not living up to the hype by any stretch, though it is fascinating. While looking for something to do, I "transported" into this Barack Obama "meetup", which was guarded over by a stormtrooper. Obviously.
Barack Obama puts “all the doubts to rest” and makes his announcement.
I'm 