Comments on: Politics: Five things you can do to help Barack Obama win on Nov. 4 http://thenewgay.net/2008/10/five-things-you-can-do-to-help-barack.html For Everyone Over the Rainbow Thu, 24 May 2012 04:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Anderov http://thenewgay.net/2008/10/five-things-you-can-do-to-help-barack.html#comment-7130 Anderov Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:44:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/five-things-you-can-do-to-help-barack-obama-win-on-nov-4/#comment-7130 Thing #6: Learn about the Libertarian Party so you can sell it as an alternative to your Republican acquaintances. A vote for Bob Barr is a vote for Obama! Thing #6: Learn about the Libertarian Party so you can sell it as an alternative to your Republican acquaintances. A vote for Bob Barr is a vote for Obama!

]]> By: Ark http://thenewgay.net/2008/10/five-things-you-can-do-to-help-barack.html#comment-7129 Ark Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:36:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/five-things-you-can-do-to-help-barack-obama-win-on-nov-4/#comment-7129 Right on Michael! This ain't over yet, not by a mile.<br/><br/>2 words: "young voters" or better yet, 3 words and one age bracket: "young voters age 18-29"<br/><br/>The young voter is much more in favor of Obama. By almost a third some figures have shown. Whatever the number, young people offer an incredible and undeniable advantage to Obama and could very lose the race for him if they don't vote.<br/><br/>The polls today look good for Obama but things are contracting a little and it could become much more even in the days ahead. Young voters 18-29 say they are going to vote (as in the polls you are seeing today) but are AGGRAVATINGLY NOTORIOUS for NEVER showing up to vote. <br/><br/>So GO VOTE, especially if you are in a swing state. Skip class, call in sick, take a day off and go vote! Volunteer to drive people to the voting places. Volunteer somewhere. Make a day of it. Especially, you young gays. Celebrate the fact that we have a chance to make a generational change here. I am convinced that at age 40, this is the most important election of my life so far, and I'm not all that into politics in the first place! The last 8 years have been unprecedented. I've never seen anything like it in my life time. We are floundering as a country, things truly are a mess and it is paramount that we change course NOW. <br/><br/>My grandma, the sweetest little lady you would ever meet, lived to be almost 101 years old and NEVER missed an election. Think of what she saw in her lifetime?! She was at Harding's Inaugural address for Pete's sake. In her last presidential election in which she voted, that little bird even voted absentee from her nursing home bed! She couldn't bear the thought of Bush being in the Oval Office. And was none to happy about it either. In her later years, we all knew the drill: have absentee ballots ready for Grandma or we would receive sweet yet assertive reminders to get our act together and get the ballot to her. You just didn't mess around with Grandma when it came to voting. <br/><br/>Need I say more?! Right on Michael! This ain’t over yet, not by a mile.

2 words: “young voters” or better yet, 3 words and one age bracket: “young voters age 18-29″

The young voter is much more in favor of Obama. By almost a third some figures have shown. Whatever the number, young people offer an incredible and undeniable advantage to Obama and could very lose the race for him if they don’t vote.

The polls today look good for Obama but things are contracting a little and it could become much more even in the days ahead. Young voters 18-29 say they are going to vote (as in the polls you are seeing today) but are AGGRAVATINGLY NOTORIOUS for NEVER showing up to vote.

So GO VOTE, especially if you are in a swing state. Skip class, call in sick, take a day off and go vote! Volunteer to drive people to the voting places. Volunteer somewhere. Make a day of it. Especially, you young gays. Celebrate the fact that we have a chance to make a generational change here. I am convinced that at age 40, this is the most important election of my life so far, and I’m not all that into politics in the first place! The last 8 years have been unprecedented. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life time. We are floundering as a country, things truly are a mess and it is paramount that we change course NOW.

My grandma, the sweetest little lady you would ever meet, lived to be almost 101 years old and NEVER missed an election. Think of what she saw in her lifetime?! She was at Harding’s Inaugural address for Pete’s sake. In her last presidential election in which she voted, that little bird even voted absentee from her nursing home bed! She couldn’t bear the thought of Bush being in the Oval Office. And was none to happy about it either. In her later years, we all knew the drill: have absentee ballots ready for Grandma or we would receive sweet yet assertive reminders to get our act together and get the ballot to her. You just didn’t mess around with Grandma when it came to voting.

Need I say more?!

]]> By: Michael http://thenewgay.net/2008/10/five-things-you-can-do-to-help-barack.html#comment-7128 Michael Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:30:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/five-things-you-can-do-to-help-barack-obama-win-on-nov-4/#comment-7128 Clearly, we don't want to start counting our chickens. We should keep up the momentum.<br/><br/>As for Prop. 8, <a HREF="http://www.thenewgay.net/2008/10/proposition-8-our-rights-at-risk_16.html" REL="nofollow">we posted about this last week</a>. Clearly, we don’t want to start counting our chickens. We should keep up the momentum.

As for Prop. 8, we posted about this last week.

]]> By: clearlyhere http://thenewgay.net/2008/10/five-things-you-can-do-to-help-barack.html#comment-7127 clearlyhere Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:07:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/five-things-you-can-do-to-help-barack-obama-win-on-nov-4/#comment-7127 Everything is feeling good for Obama right now. <br/><br/>What about Prop 8 in California? An article in slate states that Barack Obama can not win California and defeat Prop 8! Are we supposed to hope for a crushing victory for Obama, so that their is voter fatigue in California thus shutting down the number of Hispanics and African-American voters to defeat Prop 8? Everything is feeling good for Obama right now.

What about Prop 8 in California? An article in slate states that Barack Obama can not win California and defeat Prop 8! Are we supposed to hope for a crushing victory for Obama, so that their is voter fatigue in California thus shutting down the number of Hispanics and African-American voters to defeat Prop 8?

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