Pt. 3-Eyewitness to History: A Volunteer’s Experience With the Obama Campaign

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Pt 3 - General Election 2008

There was no let up in the campaign after the Fellows Program ended. Quite the contrary. Iona, Dawn and Peter were hired as Field Organizers. We quickly began building upon the work we had done in the summer. Field Organizers were divided up into township areas for the general election. Andrew was assigned the Greater Media and Great Middletown teams. Peter was assigned to Chester and soon after the summer the Obama campaign opened an office in Chester. Dawn was assigned to greater Yeadon and Iona to greater Chadds Ford. Julie was assigned to Upper Darby and Jessi to Ardmore. The Ardmore office was the third to open. As the campaign moved on, Josh was hired for the Ridley area, Matt was hired to work with Andrew and Omari was hired to work with Peter in Chester. Offices were opened in Darby, Upper Darby and Ridley later in the campaign.

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Pt 2: Eyewitness to History; A Volunteer’s Experience Within the Obama Campaign

admin @ January 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet

In April 2008, the Obama campaign sent out a notice to volunteers that they were starting an unprecedented summer internship called the Obama Organizing Fellows Program. The purpose of the program was to transition the campaign from its primary campaign victory to the general election campaign. The program was instituted in seventeen battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Minnesota, and Colorado.

I will always remember the video that Senator Obama made for the application that said the work would be hard but the experience would be something we would never forget.

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Op Ed:President-Elect Obama, You Must NOT Be Silent

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The fact is, while Mr. Bush, Mr. Olmert, Ms. Livni, Mr. Netanyahu, Ms. Rice, Mr. Cheney, Mr. al-Masri and the rest orchestrate their brutal murders, we will never advance as a species until we accept that ALL WARS ARE FAILURES. When you orchestrate a war that incinerates a child, the death of that child, the blood of that child, the loss of that child, will tarnish you forever. All situations are failures when innocents are harmed. If one child injures another in a sandbox, their play date was a failure. If a police car kills innocents during a pursuit, the pursuit was a failure. If a father burns his house down while attempting to warm it, the attempt was a failure. If children die in war, the war was a failure. Of this, I have not doubt.

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Nominate GlobalPundit.Org for Twitter’s Shorty Awards!

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Nominate GlobalPundit.Org for Twitter’s Shorty Awards!
http://shortyawards.com/?username=globalpunditorg
Like wot we do for such a shorthanded and unpaid group of newshounds? Independent of corporate influence and driven by news content and context?
Please consider going here: http://shortyawards.com/about/
and filling out “@shortyawards I nominate @globalpunditorg for a Shorty Award in #news because…”
we’d feel somewhat vindicated for the hard work we’ve done [...]

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Election Day Alternatives From GlobalPundit.Org - All Media..

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Election Day Alternatives From GlobalPundit.Org - and We’re Nuts Enough to Offer a Prediction, too…

Frankly. there’s no point in writing or chasing anything you’re already going to see on every newspaper and every newscast - SO here’s what we’re doing, and here’s our recommendation…

We’re visiting polling stations in Cook County, IL all morning - among many other things - watch for our LIVE FEEDS at various points throughout the day (and they’ll be archived) at WWW.THEUPTAKE.ORG

at the same time, when I can, i’ll be uploading photography raw and unedited and likely untagged and unnamed - and it will be all posted either througout the day when I can get a breather - or one fantastic barrage after 1 AM Central Time at our GLOBALPUNDIT.ORG FLICKR SITE .

As well , you can follow the minutiae that is Twitter since i’m certain to have some great updates and notices throughout the day. If you decide to join us and follow us on Twitter, drop us a message and let us know if there’s anything you’d like to see and we’ll point our cameras, live cameras, or anything else at it…

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Kwik News: Upcoming, Donate!, and Election Night…

admin @ October 31, 2008 # No Comment Yet

stay tuned while we bring you a look at a first had account of Women in Afghanistan, a legal med-pot user who was jailed in Toronto’s Don Jail and forced to take narcotics by the medical staff against his will, a direct look at returning Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, a visit from some Korean war, Vietnam War, WWII, and Gulf War 1.0 vets for Remembrance Day, and a talk with the daughter of one of America’s finest songwriters - Woody Guthrie.

We also launch our weekly newsmagazine FM Radio show, which will be streamed live and available as a podcast. We’ll have amazing interviews with authors and newsmakers, and special weekly features from Davis Fleetwood…and so much more.

Not to mention the great submissions from writers and other contributors.

So won’t you consider chipping in a coupla bucks?

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McCAIN’S MISOGYNY & FEAR KEEP PALIN ON TIGHT LEASH

admin @ September 8, 2008 # One Comment

During Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech when nominated by John McCain for Vice President, McCain wouldn’t leave Palin alone on stage. Rather than give her the momentary limelight, McCain peered over her shoulder and read her speech alongside her. He was visibly nervous and has remained so ever since. Other than Wednesday at the RNC when Palin finally appeared solo, the image of McCain hovering authoritatively over her is the constant at every appearance. McCain’s public subjugation of Palin, and her public acceptance of it, sets male-female advancement back decades. Were Palin truly a trusted and powerful woman she’d request and be granted autonomy on stage, and reject McCain’s Taliban-like presence. All that’s missing is her burka.

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12 DAY CONVENTION RECAP - 3 of 12

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12 DAY CONVENTION RECAP - 3 of 12

1. Terminators Guard Emily’sList.com Gala Goers from the Pink Ladies…
  Ohhhh those dangerous Ladies in Pink for Peace aka Code Pink. As it got closer to Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Hilary Clinton’s scheduled speaking time at this ‘Gala Event’, the line of riot cops stretched further and further [...]

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12 Day Convention Photo Recap: Day 1

admin @ September 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Just for fun - like spraying pepper spray in a persons face, we thought we’d bring you 3 of our favourite photos (out of thousands) per day from the convention weeks - a recap of the 12 days we spent in the belly of the beast…

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Jones V Malkin at Denver Mint Yippie Rally - Full Video

admin @ August 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Ultimate Josh and Sven Eric Balabanoff bring you the full video of the Alex Jones / Michelle Malkin confrontation at the Denver Mint, Aug 25, DNC, 2008….

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