Posts tagged ‘election’

Dear President-elect Obama:
This afternoon I was sitting at a table outside of my favorite coffee shop, talking to a friend on my cell phone, when I noticed that the local merchants had written on the sidewalk with pastel chalk. The giant letters proclaimed “Vote Obama,” and “Obama is in the house.” Chills went down [...]

Biggest Alaskan Rally Ever?

September 18th, 2008

I received an email from a friend today. She was forwarding an email she had received from a woman I don’t know. Apparently, the information contained in the email was originally written by a resident of Anchorage who attended the “Welcome Home’ rally held for Sarah Palin this past Saturday, September 13th, as well as [...]

Voting Day….

January 29th, 2008

I voted in Florida’s Presidential Primary today. This is the most interesting, exciting, and engaging presidential election of my entire life, and I have a few years on me. I’ve always felt that voting was a right and an obligation, though there have been times I was so apathetic about the choices that I skipped [...]

The World Is Watching….

January 4th, 2008

By now, most everyone in America knows that Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses with a whopping 38% of the vote. What many Americans may not realize is the extent to which the world community is watching…and hoping. Most of my readers know that a year ago I decided to quit my job and [...]