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McBush and I have an outing in Denver

July 25, 2008 by hummingbirdminds

John McCain and I were in Denver today. Not in the same place at the same time. He was at the downtown Hyatt, addressing the American G.I. Forum convention. I was three blocks away at an arts conference in the kitschy Curtis Hotel across from the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

McCain imparted these nuggets of disinformation about Sen. Barack Obama to the oldest Hispanic organization in the U.S. (according to Reuters):

"Had his [Sen. Obama's] position been adopted, we would have lost both wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan, McCain said in a speech to a veterans' group in Colorado."We rejected the audacity of hopelessness, and we were right," the Arizona senator added in a pointed reference to the title of Obama's second book, "The Audacity of Hope."

McCain, crystallizing his arguments over the Iraq war in his strongest language to date, warned that pursuit of Obama's plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq over the next 16 months while boosting forces in Afghanistan could have disastrous consequences.

Friday Random Ten

July 11, 2008 by johne

A little belated, but it's better than never.  Here's a new and improved, shiny and new Friday Random 10 and open thread.  

My random 10 from what some say is a questionable taste in music:
1. Smashing Pumpkins - Bleeding the Orchid
2. The White Stripes - Rag and Bone
3. Veruca Salt - Twin Star
4. Neil Young - The Restless Consumer
5. Nine Inch Nails - Head Down
6. Nirvana - Come as you Are
7. Smashing Pumpkins - Tristessa
8. Operation Phoenix - Running Two
9. Morrissey - Hairdresser on Fire
10. The New Pornographers - Adventures in Solitude

Other stuff:
Morgan Carroll and Karen Middleton are walking this weekend:

Karen Middleton and Morgan Carroll will be walking precincts this weekend and we need your help.  (Thanks to those of you who have already signed up!)  If you or anyone you know can join us for one (or both) shifts tomorrow please let us know!

Saturday July 12, 2008
Arapahoe County Dem Headquarters
15445 E. Iliff Avenue, #C, Aurora

Shift A:
9:30 AM Meet
10:00 AM Launch - 1:00 PM

Shift B:
1:30 PM Meet
2:00  Launch - 5:00 PM

Cindy Lowery (running for HD8) deals with a debate question:

Obama News: 7/10 DC Unity Night w/McAuliffe & Davis, Arlington's Sing For Obama, Vol Opps, etc.

July 8, 2008 by Blue Virginia

- OBAMA VA/DC UPDATE -

Hey Obama Brigades,

Now that you?ve enjoyed your Independence Day weekend, it?s time to get back to work so we can deliver change in America by turning Virginia BLUE!  We can?t wait until you get back from Labor Day to start organizing ourselves and talking to voters if we expect to win the Commonwealth for the first time in 44 years.

Following up on the recent Unite For Change parties, Generation Obama has partnered with 17 local young professional and other Obama/Hillary/Democratic organizations to host a DC Unity Event on Thursday, July 10 at Local 16 with former DNC Chairman Terry McAullife and Congressman Artur Davis.  

These recruitment events and post-holiday time offers a great opportunity to go through your address book and call, text, email, facebook/social network and IM everyone you know to tell them to get involved ASAP if they want to change America for the better in 2009.  

Even if they can't come to the events yet, please make sure they all join one of the many local groups on My.BarackObama.com and Facebook to hear about campaign news, events and volunteer opportunities:

Generation Obama, Washington, DC
http://my.barackobama.com/page...