Unsubscribing from Obama's Campaign

When I first started to pay attention to the presidential campaign closely I decided that Barack Obama was my ideal candidate. So I signed up to be on his e-mail list throughout the campaign. While most of the e-mails I received wee just attempts to get donation money form me there were many that I looked forward to reading. The ones I cared about usually came a day after (or sometimes the same night) the most recent attacks on Obama and his character were made by rival candidates.

I forgot about the e-mails but today received one asking me to share my campaign experience. Personally that is what I have done here already so this e-mail is a waste of time for me. I decided to unsubscribe from the mailing list today, seeing that I no longer care about the e-mails in general. My candidate won and anything I want to know I can find out from ABC News or CNN at my leisure. When un-subscribing there was a box to leave a comment as to why I decided to do so. I don't think anybody ever reads that information, but I filled it out anyway. Here is what I said;

The time has come for a change in my e-mail box. Four months of successful e-mail campaigns has proven it worked, but it is time for me to take control of my inbox once again and cut the political propaganda!

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My Voting Experience

I waited to vote until Stef came home from work. Because I was home for the large majority of the day I decided to soak in as much election day coverage I could on all the available outlets. When finished taking care of some errands and waiting for some responses from certain people I was watching CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News on TV and refreshing the websites for those networks as well as Politico and ABC News and random newspapers. I will give more specific thoughts and my grades for the election coverage from the media outlets I paid the most attention to later on, possibly this afternoon or tomorrow, but for now let me tell you about my voting experience.

Living in Souderton is vastly different than living in Philadelphia or even West Chester. I heard about long voting lines all day and about problems with voting machines all across the country all day long. Naturally I was curious if my line was going to be much longer than usual.

This is the line I waited in to vote.

It wasn't. I waited for approximately five minutes from the time I entered the line for my voting ticket to the moment I entered a voting machine. Heck, I waited in line longer just last Thursday at Modell's for a Phillies World Championship shirt (about an hour)!

This is the line I waited in at Modell's for a Phillies t-shirt last Thursday. It wrapped along the walls of the store.

In fact, the election line may have been the third longest line I waited in in the past week! Don't forget about the day America was given a free taco...

The line at Taco Bell, for a free taco, was longer than my election line.

When all was said and done I spent about thirty seconds behind my machine's curtain so I could overlook all of the candidates. My voting machine was easy to read and use, so I had no complaints there either.

When the night was over, Montgomery County went to Barack Obama with 60% of the vote. My hometown of West Chester and Chester County went to Obama as well with 54% of the vote. Philadelphia sent 83% of their vote to Obama and Centre County (Penn State) went to Obama with 55%. Allegheny County went to Obama with 57%.

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Witnessing History

Say what you want, Barack Obama will be the next President of the United States. In a landslide victory through the electoral college (closer in the popular vote), Obama became the nation's first African-American to be voted to the office, providing joy to millions in this country not just for democrats but for anyone who believes in this country the way I do.

I have had enough of the race issues and sincerely hope that this is the final step this country needs to overcome that great divide. To me the color of your skin never mattered and until last night I never imagined the same mentality was held by the country as a whole. Finally the hopes and dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. have taken one more step towards equality in this country, and I could not be more proud to have been a part of it all.

My vote for Obama was not about the dreams of King though. Rather it was about who I felt had a better grasp for the economy and how to handle it. It was about who was better equipped to handle health care. It was about who had a better grasp for America's voice on the war in Iraq. It was about who ran a better campaign. McCain fell short i all of those areas to me, and fell apart at the seams with his campaign. Credit McCain for a classy concession speech. I know it was tough for him to stand up there in front of a crowd that was less than expected (they actually asked the people inside to move outside to fill in empty space) and accept defeat. He may not be my ideal candidate but he is of course an American hero. Unfortunately McCain's military history was not up for election. You can point out all of the places McCain went wrong (and there are many) but instead let us all put our party preferences aside and unite together to restore this country's economy and standing in the world.

Obama is just the right man to do it. Watch.

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I Voted

Here is the semi-blurry camera phone image to prove it!

Tonight we find out who the next President of the United States will be for the next four years. Enjoy the election coverage tonight!

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Some People Shouldn't Vote

In browsing the different political new coverage from web sites such as CNN, ABC News, and Fox News it astounds me how stupid some people are. In all seriousness, ignorant people should not vote. Nothing could be more supportive of my statement than one commenter on a page on Fox News, asking which candidate will win [link];

Comment by Barbara November 4th, 2008 at 9:01 am

Mcain Palin here. I don’t want a Muslim president. Has everyone forgot 9 11

Wow. What else needs to be said about some people?

Barack Obama is NOT Muslim. Even if he was, that would not be a valid reason for not voting for him. Base your vote on economic policies and political beliefs, not on religion!

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Election Day

I don't know what will be in store for today as far as blogging, but I'm going to start this open thread for Election Day just in case. I plan on watching election day coverage on all of the major news sources and Fox News today so if anything catches my eye I will be updating this post throughout the day.

As for the candidates you probably know that I will be voting for Barack Obama, representing the Democratic party, over the Republican candidate John McCain. While I feel there are a number of reasons that the Obama-Biden ticket is the smarter choice over the McCain-Palin ticket I urge you to get out sometime today and vote for whichever candidate best represents your ideals.

It is painfully obvious that the Obama campaign has run a much cleaner and respectful campaign than the McCain campaign but if you need one more reason to vote for Obama, here it is.

Asked last night in a taped interview during ESPN's Monday Night Football what he would change in sports, Obama declared he would have a playoff in college football to determine the national champion. Perhaps that is a safe answer to try and get some undecided voters from Pennsylvania (Penn State is #3 in BCS after Texas Tech jumped them) and Florida (#4 in the BCS from the almighty SEC). From ESPN [link];

I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football. You know, I am fed up with these computer rankings, and this and that and the other. Get eight teams. The top eight teams right at the end. You've got a playoff. Decide on a national champion.

I have been in favor of a playoff system of some sort, although I would have 16 teams in my ideal playoff but that is another story for another time.

Get out and vote today and prepare to watch election coverage all night long. Caitlin posted the election coverage starting times on Me on TV yesterday, so be sure to check that out as well.

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McCain Supporter Charged With Stealing Obama Signs

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [link];

A McCain campaign volunteer in Blair County has been charged with one misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property for allegedly plucking 40 Obama signs from public areas and placing them in the back of his sport utility vehicle.

Logan Township police yesterday charged Michael G. Jennings, 39, after finding the signs in his vehicle at the county's Republican Committee headquarters. Officers were tipped off by a Democratic committeeman.

Mr. Jennings told police "that he did indeed take the signs from the roadways, but it was in an attempt to prove a point to the Democratic Party for them stealing McCain/Palin elections signs," according to a police affidavit.

Apparently Mike the Sign Stealer didn't have a dog to mark his spot so stealing the signs was the next best thing!

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Election Day Eve Phone Calls

So as you know, tomorrow is Election Day. I encourage everybody to vote for your candidate of choice. Seeing as tomorrow is the big day for the United States, I have been getting phone calls all day today.

It started when President Clinton gave me a call. Not an hour later I got a call from his wife, Hillary. Just to make sure I got the message Kal Penn phoned in. This was followed by a call from a phone caller from the Barack Obama campaign in my area. After hanging up the phone with this gentleman a lady knocked on my door looking for Stef. I wished her a good afternoon and later the phone rang once again. This time it was Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell.

Of course the majority of these calls were automated messages, but I wish Rendell had actualy called so I could talk to him about the Phillies...

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Obama's My Ideal Candidate

Ba-Rockman Obama

But not by much apparently. After taking the Match-o-Matic II quiz from ABC News I learned that Barack Obama is my preferred candidate, although the way the survey goes I was close to be in support of John McCain.

Of course the game does not take into account my feelings about the vice presidential candidates and the way both candidates present themselves and their ideas. Where Obama comes off as a man who can reach the people, McCain can just seem like an old man who has lost his marbles and has some ill fated belief that he deserves to be President.


Take the quiz for yourself here. What was your result?

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Terry Tate Returns

It's about freaking time Terry Tate returned!

HT: BagofNothing

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John McCain and Joe the Plumber Joint Press Conference

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How Low Can You Go?

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John McPenguin

Stef showed me this video yesterday and I just had to share it! It cracks me up every time. Sad, I know.

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Maverick

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Brady Quinn Endorses Sarah Palin; Fox News Rant

It has been far too long since I last talked about this guy.

Former Notre Dame pretty boy quarterback, and current back up to Derek Anderson on the Cleveland Browns, Brady Quinn formally endorsed the John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket for President of the United States.

I am almost positive that Charlie Weiss would also tell you that McCain-Palin were mentally tough and how they would take care of business and let their actions in the oval office speak for themselves. Ironic considering both men's history with Michigan...

If Notre Dame is behind McCain and Palin then you can write another reason on my list of reasons to NOT vote for them!

Speaking McCain-Palin, they sat down for an interview with Sean Hannity on the Hannity and Colmes show on Fox News. Lately in the morning I like to get my political fix by watching CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. I like to get a view from all sides I suppose. Perhaps that is the inner media junkie speaking. What caught my ear was when Brian Kilmeade, after watching a clip from that interview sounded pleased that Fox News had the first interview with both McCain and Palin. He then said to Steve Doocy and Gretchen Carlson that this was the first interview with both sitting down. Doocy and Carlson agreed and seemed pleased and sent an open invitation to either candidate and their running mate to come in for their show sometime.

First time both sat down for an interview?

Excuse me Fox and Friends, did you forget about this?

You betcha!

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Looking Forward, Eh?

For a presidential campaign that wants to talk about not looking back and instead looking forward ("Say it ain't so Joe!"), Sarah Palin sure is digging deep into Barack Obama's past to try and make a connection between Obama and terrorists. How deep? Try when he was playing with LEGO's.

Palin attacked Sen. Obama on Saturday for his brief political relationship with Bill Ayers, a founding member of the radical Weather Underground, which was involved in several bombings in the early 1970s, including attacks on the Pentagon and the Capitol. Obama was a child at the time of the bombings.

Obama and Ayers, now a university professor, have met several times since 1995, when both worked with a non-profit group trying to raise funds for a school improvement project and a charitable foundation. CNN's review of project records found nothing to suggest anything inappropriate in the volunteer projects in which the two men were involved.

From CNN.com [link]

Say it ain't so Sarah!

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Hot Political Topics?

I think it is funny how Tina Fey is now included in the conversation of "hot political topics". This image was grabbed from the top of Twitter today...

That's right. Apparently the users of Twitter consider the hot politcal topics during this election time not to be Senator Barack Obama or John McCain but instead feel that the Emmy award winning actress who portrays Governor Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live.

I love Tina Fey. She's just awesome for so many reasons.

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Need a Reason to Vote Obama?

Sometimes he doesn't want change after all!

This picture was from an article titled "What Campaign Ads Would Look Like if the Voting Age Was 6", on Cracked.com.

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Another Reason to Dislike Sarah Palin

I don't intend for my blog to become a political forum that attempts to sway one person's mind, but Stef e-mailed me a link I had to check out. She pointed out the photo for me so I have not read the article as I write this, but I have some serious questions about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's parenting skills.

Never mind the fact that her 17 year old is pregnant, look at this!

Bristol is wearing an Ohio State sweatshirt! If Palin can't even bring her daughter up right, how can she be Vice President???

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Baracky II

John McCain as Clubber Lang. Love the old man mohawk!

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