Gina Patterson has come up with a great grassroots idea to counter McCain's negative ads against Obama.  She suggests we take our cell phones and make short video interviews of people posing a question to McCain such as "We know how you feel about Obama, tell us Senator McCain what can you do???" Or "Sen. McCain what can you do about____________" and put in an issue important to you.

She has posted step-by-step instruction as to how to upload your video from your phone onto the YouTube site.  If we spread this far and wide. It can effectively put the focus back on the issues and off the personal attacks

Her website is http://threesyllablethought.blogspot.com
 

If you live in southwest Oklahoma and you listen to country station KFXI, you might have heard me on Saturday!  I was at the Grady County Fair campaigning for Obama at a fabulous booth put together by the very well organized and enthusiastic Grady County Democrats.  They had a double booth that superbly promoted the Senator as well as local candidates like Austin Green who is  running for Sheriff and Blake Cummings who is running for Congress. Both men are likable, intelligent and deserving of your consideration and your vote. I was lucky enough to speak to the listeners of KFXI on behalf of the Obama Campaign in Oklahoma and invite everyone out to the fair. It was great fun, but I was so nervous!  I have posted a picture of me during the interview and other pictures from Saturday, on the photos page. 

After leaving Chickasha, we went to the First Annual Okarchefest in Okarche, Oklahoma.  It was a delightful, small town, street fair of only 1/2 a block! In spite of that, we registered several new voters and passed out lots of stickers and rally signs. 

But, the most meaningful experience of the day took place at the restaurant where we ate that night, tired and sweaty from the long day.  As we waited in line to get a table, a customer noticed our Obama shirts and brought us a sack full of Obama pins to hand out!! Two of the wait staff came over and wanted more information about the Senator. One guy was so excited to get involved, I took his name to pass it on to the volunteer coordinator in the area  where he goes to school.  

The heart of the Democratic party is and has always been its people. We are those people. We who support Barack Obama are a new party comprised of Democrats, Republicans, Independents and people who have never been affiliated with a political party. We are Democrats who remember. We have felt this hope before. We are students who feel it for the first time and we are children who don't yet understand the importance.

I watched the convention speeches tonight with tears in my eyes and tissues in my hands. Yes, we have problems; yes we have opponents we passionately disagree with, but we are a mighty force, a mighty voice for hope and change and I hope you saw as I did tonight that dreams are still possible. 

If you have waited to get involved wait no more! Check www.mybarackobama.com (link is above) for events near you and join us. Wear a pin, a t-shirt, get a bumper sticker!

BE story you will tell your grandchildren. You won't regret the experience.

We are at the tipping off point of the election season. The excitement is high and we are gearing up to spread across the state in one the largest grassroots movements Oklahoma has ever seen! The Obama Headquarters Oklahoma is open at NW 39th & Classen in OKC. We have a paid staff worker from Obama Headquarters Chicago and a small budget, but a budget none the less.  What does this mean for you??? It means a sign for every yard, bumper stickers and buttons!

I have been appointed the Volunteer Co-Chairman for Grady, Canadian and Logan Counties.  There are point people in most all 77 counties.  Our goal is to have packets for your communities by Sept 1. Call the OKC headquarters at 405-602-2008 or call your local Democratic organization.  On the Obama website, www.barackobama.com you will find a host of activities in which to participate.

Come join the parade! In Mustang, Piedmont, Yukon, Hennessey, help decorate a float, walk the parade route and pass out stickers!  This is going to be fun!!!!!!

This weekend Okarche and Chickasha are holding their fairs. Bring the kids and join the fun. There will be music, food, arts and crafts. 

There is something to do for people of all ages and abilities.  If you believe it is time to take back our country, then get involved. DON'T THINK SOMEONE ELSE WILL DO IT.  WE NEED YOU!!!!!!!!!  

The Campaign for Barack Obama is a campaign of the people, for the people. This is your time to make a real difference.

Did you know one bumper sticker on a car is worth 10 votes??????  Get a bumper sticker and tape it  on the inside of your back window.  That way you can take it off after the election and have it for a souvenir.

See you on the Campaign Trail! 

Our wet weather has brought a soft end to summer.  It is only the middle of August and already school buses lumber across bumpy roads. Fall catalogs clog my mailbox. Today, I moved the temperature control in my car from coldest to not so cold.  Fall is teasing me  - I know - living in Oklahoma, ninety degree days never end in August.

I am ready for Autumn. Ready for the chill when I open the front door to retrieve my morning paper. Ready for the smell of my neighbor's fireplace. And though I haven't been in school for twenty years, September is the month I still feel the tug to get back to routine, to structure my day with projects, begin a new venture.  Collectively we come back to work, ready to get the job done after several months of lazy days, lazy dreams.  Even though I didn't go on vacation this year, I contemplated far-off adventures, trips around the world, pages of writing completed, my grand-daughter's wedding. 

Now, as the world watches, we must get to the task of electing a President. This week the stage is being set in Denver and in Oklahoma. We have a bonafide Obama organization ready to campaign in Oklahoma. With the announcement of Senator Obama's Vice President expected this week and the beginning of the Democratic Convention next week, we are ready to take our Hope to the streets!

 

We were warned that the right -wing Republican machine would bring out the big guns and say everything under the sun to discredit Barack Obama.  We were told the authors of the Swift Boat campaign (who sunk Kerry in 2004 with lies about his military career) would launch an all out attack and today they did just that.

With the help of Mary Matalin, former Bush Campaign manager and counselor to Dick Cheney, Jerome Corsi, was able to publish, yet again, another book of innuendo and lies.  

No one wanted to read O.J.'s book, nor Timothy McVeigh's book. No one should waste the gas to go to the book store,  nor allow this man to profit from the character assassination of Barack Obama, his wife, his family. It is morally, and ethically wrong. 

Each accusation, each lie, has been refuted time and again by source after source. To read the truth, check out the links on my Resources page.

We knew this was coming, so it isn't much of a shock. After all, they lied about weapons of mass destruction. 

Last night, I had enough. I received one too many horrible emails about Obama. So, I decided to look for something to shoot back across the Internet.  It was late, I was tired, hot (it was 105 yesterday) and the emails had reached such a low that I jumped down into the gutter and shot a few back. Not my proudest moment.

The offending email was the age-old whine of how sad it is that we don't have White Day and all its trimmings while those "others" have all the advantages.  BOO HOO. This kind of KKK propaganda is best kept under the white robe it came from. I can't stand the malicious emails that get passed by mindless individuals who can''t recognize their own racist attitudes. Or maybe they do, and they just aren't keeping it under wraps any longer.  If that is the case, you can bet there is a line drawn in the sand. I have no tolerance for bigotry, especially when it defiles my Christian beliefs.

Rather than reading the Sermon on the Mount, why don't we try living it? To be a Christian and to hate other people so much is as foreign to me as a suicide bomber, and equally as dangerous.  There is enough love for everyone.  There is enough bread for everyone. There is nothing to lose. We taught it to our children - we share, we are kind. And if you step on my toe, I will ask you to stop. Or if, I am tired, or have had enough, I may step on your toe. Then feel very guilty and apologize. 

NEW PICTURES are posted on the pics page of the "We Are Stronger Together" Unity Rally in Oklahoma City at Fairview Baptist Church.  The Women For Obama organized the event perfectly. There were tents with tee shirts, face painting for the kids, two beautiful Obama cakes, music, and great speakers. It was a wonderful kick-off for the count down to election day.

I ran into an old friend form high school. We talked for twenty minutes before it dawned on us who the other was! Mary Mathews (she now goes by Chris) and I graduated in 1973 from Bishop McGuinness High School. Though we didn't hang out with each other, our paths frequently crossed at political rallies and Eco-Action meetings.  I hadn't talked with her since high school. But, being birds of a feather - we both showed up to the Obama rally sporting straw hats and Obama tees. It was a nice surprise!

The sun is setting on my Oklahoma horizon. It is a beautiful orange-pink with no striations in the cloudless sky. The temperature  promises to top the  one hundred mark all week.  So, what do you say, shall we all try to play nice?