There aren’t many more words to say, all there is left to do is vote. Please stress the importance of STAYING IN LINE and voting, no matter how long it takes. Rumors abound that the McCain campaign will try to challenge votes cast after 7PM for one reason or another, please tell anyone you know not to allow desperate, thuggish political hackery to endanger their rights as Americans.
I just received an email from Michelle Obama encouraging me to vote, and impressively the email contained my accurate precinct information, even though I changed my registration on the last possible day. I think the story we will remember about this election for some time to come is the incredible organization of the Obama campaign from the Iowa caucus on through today.
RK has a great open-thread here, jump on and give your story for the day.
Who helped to raise a man who has brought extraordinary hope and enthusiasm to millions of Americans and people worldwide. Andrew Sullivan says it right:
None of his parents will witness tomorrow. But somewhere my faith teaches me: they know already. Maybe Toot couldn’t wait for the actual results. Maybe she’s now a few steps ahead even of Chuck Todd. May she rest in peace. She did good.
Does this man have any respect at all for taxpayers?? From this the Danville Register & Bee this weekend:
U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode and Attorney General Bob McDonnell will be the featured speakers Saturday at a Republican get-out-the-vote rally.
The event will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at Blairs Fire & Rescue on U.S. 29, according to a news release. The event also features a free community cookout.
Other speakers include former state Sen. Charles Hawkins, Sen. Robert Hurt, Delegate Danny Marshall and Delegate Donald Merricks.
Call (434) 797-5861 or (434) 432-4600 for more information.
The two numbers used as contact information for this political event are the district legislative office numbers for Virginia Republican legislators Danny Marshall and Bob Hurt. Just like when he offered his Congressional office phone line to promote his friend Jerry Meadors’ “gay coming of age” film Eden’s Curve, Virgil has once again enlisted taxpayer-funded phone-lines and staff resources to promote his own purposes.
Virgil Goode should have to explain his blatant misuse of taxpayer resources to help friends and to advance his own political causes.
The Martinsville Daily posted two press releases today, one each from Virgil Goode and Tom Perriello’s campaigns. The Perriello release calls upon Virgil Goode to explain to voters whether or not he used public resources, in the form of a telephone line and staff time, to promote the 2003 “gay coming of age movie” Eden’s Curve. As the release states:
Today, the Daily Progress reported that: “a brochure from Toronto’s InsideOut gay and lesbian film festival in 2003 listed the taxpayer-funded fax machine in Goode’s congressional office as a contact number for the gay-themed art house film ‘Eden’s Curve.’”
If Goode or his staff did indeed offer that phone number for use in promoting any movie or other private enterprise, he should have to explain it to the voters and the Perriello camp is right for pointing that out.
Seemingly in response, the Goode campaign put out a statement villifying Tom Perriello for his associations with GASP three non-profit organizations who received donations from George Soros! Quick grab your pitch-forks and light your torches! As the release states:
It is an undisputed fact that Tom Perriello has created and received income from several non-profit organizations. Three of the organizations he co-founded- Avaaz Foundation, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, and Res Publica- are all listed on Perriello’s financial disclosure form filed in October 2007. These organizations received significant sums of money from Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation Network (OSI). Liberal New Yorker, George Soros, is the founder and current chairman of OSI.
Want to know when a Republican campaign is running out of gas? When George Soros is hauled out as the boogeyman. Virgil Goode is trying to run out the clock on this election and hold onto his seat, but this time his years of dishonesty and misconduct may have actually caught up with him.
Kind enough to take my call with further questions about her situation, Alicia explained that she and her husband are on the verge of losing their home to foreclosure and that is why she decided to take a public stand against Thelma Drake’s actions.
“When I heard that Thelma Drake was profiting from people losing the roof over their heads, that made me very upset. I know the feelings that we feel are the same that others feel: shock, disbelief, shame, embarrassment and anger. The fact that she is a real estate agent and she took advantage of other people’s misery and hardship, to me it is not acceptable for someone who holds a position as high as a Congresswoman.”
Alicia’s husband is a Navy Veteran who developed a brain tumor after serving in Iran during the Iranian Revolution. They believe the tumor was the result of chemical weapons that were deployed during that conflict. Their non-profit has helped more than 60,000 kids prepare for college since 1990, but the economic downturn made it difficult to stay in their home, especially when their mortgage more than doubled.
“Our mortgage ballooned and we just can’t keep up, now we are just living on the edge, we don’t know if we’re going to be homeless or whatever.”
Alicia said she was glad to have the opportunity to tell her story at the press conference and she hopes the local media will focus their attention on what she believes is a conflict of interest for Thelma Drake.
“Sometimes with these things it appears as if it’s the good ole boy system closing up ranks and looking out for one another. The reporters said they want to give Thelma Drake a chance to respond, which is fair, but the people deserve to know what she’s been doing.”
Alicia thanked me for seeking her out and explained that she had nothing against Rep. Drake personally, she was just stunned and disappointed by her conduct.
“We deserve leaders who are honest and who will lead and represent us. I have grandchildren, I don’t want them living in an era where our politicians are people who are not honorable and who are not living for our best interest. Instead of working to prevent this and help, she did nothing and went in the other direction and was an opportunist.”
Thelma Drake should be ashamed for making money on misfortune of her own constituents, and she should have to face them and explain herself. Thanks to Alicia for taking my cold call and I wish her and the thousands across Virginia who are in her position the best of luck.
When a Democratic Presidential campaign CFO sends a mass fundraising email asking for help because:
“…just this week, we’re facing new and unexpected spending against us in Montana and West Virginia.”
The Obama campaign has stretched John McCain and the RNC so wide and so thin that one week out they are making buys in Montana and West Virginia of all places.
They probably deserve the donation just for running such an impressive campaign.
There aren’t many more words to say, all there is left to do is vote. Please stress the importance of STAYING IN LINE and voting, no matter how long it takes. Rumors abound that the McCain campaign will try to challenge votes cast after 7PM for one reason or another, please tell anyone you know not to allow desperate, thuggish political hackery to endanger their rights as Americans.
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Who helped to raise a man who has brought extraordinary hope and enthusiasm to millions of Americans and people worldwide. 
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When a Democratic Presidential campaign CFO sends a mass fundraising email asking for help because: