Ahhh... There are many reasons why today is fantastic– not the least of which was this email that greeted me when I came in to work his morning:


Senator Barack Obama has announced that he has filed papers today to create a presidential exploratory committee. Exploration is good, but I'm a little concerned that an official bid for 2008 may be premature. Sen. Obama will be a wonderful president someday (see that? positive thinking) but he needs to be in the national spotlight a little longer in order to prove his worth to the entire country. As much as he is loved by his constituents and ardent fans, I'm so afraid that his flame will die if he tries to run too soon. He's too much of a talent to become another Howard Dean.

So far, the only negativity I've heard (that doesn't originate from hype-apprehension) are the very clever rhymes associating his name with that of Osama bin Laden. And have you heard? Barack Obama's middle name is Hussein? Well! We can't have that! So unless something earth shattering is revealed, Obama seems pretty safe from controversy and scandal.

On February 10th, Sen. Obama will announce his official plans. If his decision is to run in 2008 I will do everything I can to do my part in working towards his election. Dude, just call on me. I am a canvassing, button wearing fool!

Here's a little excerpt from my "very exclusive" email:

As you may know, over the last few months I have been thinking hard about my plans for 2008. Running for the presidency is a profound decision - a decision no one should make on the basis of media hype or personal ambition alone - and so before I committed myself and my family to this race, I wanted to be sure that this was right for us and, more importantly, right for the country.

I certainly didn't expect to find myself in this position a year ago. But as I've spoken to many of you in my travels across the states these past months; as I've read your emails and read your letters; I've been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics.


See Sen. Obama's Official Site for more information.

Labels: barack obama, current events, life, politics

posted at 2:40 PM

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5 Comments:

I am glad you found the Sit N stitch. Check back soon, we should have our act together and have a meeting set up. Also we should have info up around town soon too.

By  Anonymous, at 1/30/2007 5:31 PM  

LOL That's great! I'm so glad you and Dana are putting this together. There have been several false starts around here. Looking forward to putting my neglected needles to use!

By  Marissa, at 1/31/2007 8:53 AM  

You are soooo invited!!! We just haven't picked a date yet or I would have invited you sooner. I think our first meeting will be the 24th. Check the blog, I'll post a flyer when we decide.

By  craftyminx, at 2/09/2007 12:50 AM  

Thanks kitten, for the birthday wishes.
(Barack Obama is my boyfriend.)

By  stephy, at 2/09/2007 11:46 AM  

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By  Anonymous, at 8/09/2007 8:04 PM  

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