I have Joe, and after some deep introspection, I have some important information to tell you.
The upper west side is 90 minutes from North East Pennsylvania.
Ninety minutes to for me or my neighbors to make a difference over the next five days. Ninety minutes to tell suburban philadephians, face to face, why I am supporting Barack obama. Ninety minutes to break through that image on the screen, that voice and the radio and to talk about issues.
Mike Barnacle " that is an important cultural piece, it proves why so many people are right to loathe the left"
Admittedly, I am a transplant. I am not a native upper west side. I have recently moved to the upper west side after spending thirty years in the wildly different lower east side. I love the east village. I was born and bred in the east village and will always consider it a part of what I am. I can tell you though that after hearing these comments I would be proud to call myself an upperwestsider.
Mika Brzezinski" It was funny but I also found myself troubled", "that is so troubling and interesting"
When I go down in 48 hours this is what I will say. I am engineer whose job depends on construction industry and am concerned about the economy. My mom and girlfriend are teachers, my stepdad is retired, my grandmother is losing her sight, my aunt is losing her home. My neighbor, who worked as a nurse all her life is worried she wont be able to pay for her prescription drugs after her husband, who has terminal lung cancer, dies
I will ask these people from pennsylvania -- these people who must think I am an alien from being from the upper west side -- do I seem that different from you?
We are in two wars, the economy is in shambles, healthcare costs are rising, homes are getting foreclosed, and the only people in this economy who aren’t willing to sacrifice are the very rich. I will ask them if they see the world that way too.
Willie Geist "No, they would disagree with you but they would do it in a polite way"
Obama’s organization and local democratic clubs in manhattan have been planning trips for weeks to get down to PA for month. There is a ton of information online. If you have a car you can directly contact local Obama PA chapters and they will hook you up with things to do.
I am going down this Saturday. I hope to see you on the road