Change.org and the "Organizer in Chief"

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Saturday November 08, 2008 · 12:37 PM PST

2008/11/08 · 12:37

Amy Goodman, co-founder and host of Democracy Now!, titled her November 5th truthdig.com column: "Organizer in Chief" (great article BTW). In describing how Obama earned his victory she says:

Perhaps the job that qualified him most for the presidency was not senator or lawyer, but the one most vilified by his opponents: community organizer, on the South Side of Chicago. As Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin mocked: “This world of threats and dangers is not just a community, and it doesn’t just need an organizer.”

But perhaps that’s just what it needs. Obama achieved his decisive electoral victory through mass community organizing, on the ground and online, and an unheard-of amount of money. It was an indisputably historic victory: the first African-American elected to the highest office in the United States. Yet community organizing is inherently at crosscurrents with the massive infusion of campaign cash, despite the number of small donations that the Obama campaign received.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 4:01 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 16:01

CNN projects:

Vermont goes to Obama by over 26 points.

Kentucky goes for McCain

Will update frequently!

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 8:37 AM PST

2008/11/02 · 08:37

I don't know about you, but I think this is a big deal.

Francis Fukuyama was an important contributor to the political philosophy that led to the rise of Neoconservatism. That intellectual contribution aside, he was part of the development of the Reagan Doctrine, and later became active in the Project for the New American Century. He famously predicted "the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government."

After the fold, I'll explain his journey to this new conclusion, summarize his arguments against his former positions, and share his argument in support of Obama. To do that, I review three articles he published, the last one of which will come out in print next week.

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 1:18 PM PDT

2008/11/01 · 13:18

CNN just broke this story:

POLK CITY, Florida (CNN) — At a boisterous Sarah Palin rally in Polk City, Florida on Saturday afternoon, one name was surprisingly absent from the campaign décor — John McCain’s.

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 11:21 AM PDT

2008/10/31 · 11:21

This is a repost. I've received many requests to repost this.
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I think it is fair to repost a video that hasn't been on DK for a few weeks. I think that we are at a different moment of time in this race than when I first posted it. This is a time when complacency will come back to bite us.

This race is about McCain. About the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Rice quartet of horror.

The Republican campaign is running on an agenda of fear-mongering, "POW POW POW", lies, Iraq, war, stealing the change mantra, suppressing the vote and disenfranchising as many of us as possible, screwing with voting machines, and lastly, doing everything they can to divide us in order to conquer.

So I thought we ought to steal "fear" in return!.

Why?

Because, unlike the Republicans, we actually have a lot to be afraid of!

I'm not just talking about how Dems have historically proven that there isn't an election they can't squander. We've been diagnosed with "Electoral Dysfunction Disorder" a long time ago.

And to prove this, I'm reposting the most bone-chilling 5-minute video about the war-mongering McCain out there. Halloween is as good a time as any to do this.

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 1:27 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 13:27

npr.org ran this story yesterday:

St. Louis Voters Discuss Struggles, Election Hopes

And the reason I wanted to bring it to your attention is that is had one of the most memorable statements I've come across all election season.

I will try to summarize the article below the fold and will end with the that beautiful statement.

yaddab

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Saturday October 25, 2008 · 10:14 PM PDT

2008/10/25 · 22:14

OK, McCain puts ads out that effectively say "Vote for us or you will die".

But the threat in those ads is an external one. Some foreign entity will be the culprit, and Obama will have either inexplicably invited them or just unable to handle them.

But this new line of attack that Palin came up with really made me feel sick.

She is effectively saying Obama will take away our freedom. Not a foreign entity, Obama himself will do that. And she claims he will not stop at stealing your freedom... He will take your property, income, investments, ability to take decisions... You name it!

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 5:22 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 05:22

John Dinges over at The Huffington Post has written what I think might just be one of the last nails in the coffin of McCain's campaign:

McCain's Private Visit With Chilean Dictator Pinochet Revealed For First Time

Meeting with a bloody dictator, without preconditions?

More below the fold.

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 7:56 PM PDT

2008/10/15 · 19:56

This will be brief.
I'll update as I get more info from CBS.

This was CBS's instapoll of 683 uncommitted voters. [Update] New link with final results from CBS.

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 8:31 PM PDT

2008/09/26 · 20:31

Short diary

Barack has won the debate in the views of the voter segment that matters: The uncommitted.

CBS News and Knowledge Networks conducted a nationally representative poll of approximately 500 uncommitted voters reacting to the debate in the minutes after it happened.

[Update] The numbers were revised. The new numbers are emphasized.
So the unofficial results are (MoE +/- 4%):

On who won the debate:
Obama 40% (updated: 39%)
McCain 22% (updated: 24%)
Tie 38% (updated: 37%)

On who would make the right decisions about the economy:
Obama 68% (updated: 66%)
McCain 41% (updated: 42%)

On who would make the right decisions about Iraq:
Obama 49% (updated: 48%)
McCain 45% (updated: 56%)

[Update]:
On whether opinion of candidate improved after the debate:
Obama 46% (updated: 46%)
McCain 31% (updated: 32%)

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Tuesday September 09, 2008 · 3:29 AM PDT

2008/09/09 · 03:29

This is a repost.
Back due to popular demand. I've received many requests to repost this.

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I've been one of those who made comments asking people to delete short diaries, and diaries about previously posted material.

However...

I think it is fair to repost a video that hasn't been on DK for a few weeks. I also think that we are at a different moment of time in this race. I've also posted this video in a few comments and the responses have often been to encourage me to post a diary.

This race is about McCain. About the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Rice quartet of horror.

The Republican convention ran on an agenda of fear-mongering, "POW POW POW", lies, Iraq, war, stealing the change mantra, and lastly, the POW-Palin ticket. Dems have run on change and hope.

So I thought since the Republicans stole change, we ought to steal fear.

Why?

Because, unlike the Republicans, we actually have a lot to be afraid of!

And to prove this, I'm reposting the most bone-chilling 5-minute video about the war-mongering McCain out there.

yaddab

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Sunday September 07, 2008 · 7:51 PM PDT

2008/09/07 · 19:51

I've been one of those who made comments asking people to delete short diaries, and diaries about previously posted material.

However...

This race is about McCain. About the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Rice quartet of horror.

The Republican convention ran on an agenda of fear-mongering, "POW POW POW", lies, Iraq, war, stealing the change mantra, and lastly, the POW-Palin ticket. Dems have run on change and hope.

So I thought since the Republicans stole change, we ought to steal fear.

Why?

Because, unlike the Republicans, we actually have a lot to be afraid of!

And to prove this, I'm reposting the most bone-chilling 5-minute video about the war-mongering McCain out there.

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