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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:navy'>Just thought I’d
forward this e-mail from a friend who’s working on the Obama campaign since
folks here expressed wanting to get involved, though it sounds as if ya’ll
already know how to, but just in case…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:navy'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:navy'>Jen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><b><font size=2 color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive;
font-weight:bold'>j e n s c h r a d i e<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive'>graduate
student<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive'>department
of sociology<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2
color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive'>university</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">california</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive'>, berkeley<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";
color:olive'>schradie@berkeley.edu</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2
color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive'>"What
do I think of Western Civilization? </span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive'>I
think it would be a very good idea."</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:olive'>Gandhi</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> marc vogl
[mailto:marc.vogl@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 14, 2008
10:46 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> marc.vogl@gmail.com; megara
doorly<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> You, me, Barack Obama.
It's time for us to step up.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hey everyone, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hope you are
all well and enjoying the weekend. I'd like to take a few minutes of your time
to respond to some of the emails, calls and worried looks I've been getting as
the presidential election looms 50 days from now. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Barack Obama can,
and will win this election. It will be close, and it will get uglier, but I am
confident in the candidate, the campaign leadership and most of all: in you. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The victory will
come because of the effort we make to turn out the vote. In the parlance of electoral
campaigns, we're going to have to win this thing on the ground, and not on the
air. With history as our guide we know that ultimately people elect presidents,
not vice-presidents and rightly or wrongly, people vote for the candidate
perceived to be more authentic than experienced. We also know that Barack has
gotten to this point because he has gotten people to check in to the political
process that previously had been checked out. More than any issue or
position - withdrawing carefully from Iraq, cutting taxes for the middle class,
providing everyone with access to health care, standing up for choice and
cutting down our carbon emissions and oil dependence – we will win this
election because we made the case that Barack Obama's leadership will set a
smarter, more thoughtful, less partisan course for politics in Washington, for
policy in our country and for our relationships with the rest of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>So,
what can we do?</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Give
money.</span></font></b> 72 of you have contributed to the Obama
fundraising page I set up last fall and I am grateful and inspired that we met
my $10,000 goal. In fact we surpassed it. So I recently reset the goal for
$20,000. If you've not given to the campaign yet I am asking you to step up
now; if you've given already consider another $10, $100 or $1,000. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/KSG4Obama"><font
color="#548dd4"><span style='color:#548DD4'>http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/KSG4Obama</span></font></a></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We're trying to
make history here and the obstacles won't be overcome by money alone, but
countering the slander and deceitful ads that McCain is running costs a lot and
we cannot allow the Republicans to outspend us. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Give
your time.</span></font></b> Many of you have phone banked, canvassed, held
fundraisers, registered voters, and made professional and personal sacrifices
for this campaign already – using up vacation days, spending less time with
friends and family, getting up a little earlier and staying up a little later.
I'd say something pithy like you can go back to bed and your normal lives on
November 5<sup>th</sup> but the reality is that Obama only wins this election
because of volunteer efforts. Megara and I have seen volunteers make the
difference in precincts and counties in California, Nevada, and Pennsylvania
and we hear about it from friends who've quit jobs or taken time off from
school to work for the campaign in Virginia, Wisconsin, New Mexico and
elsewhere -- <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>they don't
call them battle ground states for nothing</span></i>.</b> Please look at your
schedules for the next 6 weekends and if you don't live in a battle ground
state think about traveling to one to pitch in. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To find out how to
volunteer in your neighborhood click here: <a
href="http://action.barackobama.com/page/s/volunteer"><b><font color="#548dd4"><span
style='color:#548DD4;font-weight:bold'>http://action.barackobama.com/page/s/volunteer</span></font></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Note</span></font></b>:
If you want to volunteer in <st1:State w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:State> or <st1:State
w:st="on">Virginia</st1:State> drop me a line and I'll connect you with friends
heading up campaign efforts in <st1:City w:st="on">Madison</st1:City> and <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Richmond</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>If you are in the Bay Area</span></font></i></b><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> you can join phone banks or road trip to Nevada through
<a href="http://www.sfobama.com/">http://www.sfobama.com/</a> or head down to
the campaign office at 935 Market St @ 5<sup>th</sup> (open 9am-9pm). And let
me and megara know if you want to join us on trips we have planned too!</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><br>
GIVE OF YOURSELF</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>At the Democratic
Convention Barack said very clearly: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"What the naysayers don't understand is that this election has
never been about me; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>it's about you.</span></b>
For 18 long months, you have stood up, one by one, and said,
"Enough," to the politics of the past. You understand that, in this
election, the greatest risk we can take is to try the same, old politics with
the same, old players and expect a different result."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The joy we'll feel
in November and at his inauguration will stem from our own efforts – great and
small – that we make today. In nearly 18 months of writing these emails and
supporting this campaign, nothing has felt better than having a conversation
with a friend or a family member that ended with them saying <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>"<i><span style='font-style:italic'>After talking
to you Obama has my vote."</span></i></span></b> Some of you have said it
to me; many of you have persuaded someone (with a soft sell or a hard sell, in
one conversation or over many) and know this great feeling too. You're reading
an email that is going out to 100 people. Each of you has friends and
family - close and distant – all over the country. I cannot stress enough
how critical it is to pick up the phone and call these folks (a facebook
message may not quite seal the deal). Call them if they're a Republican in
Missouri and you think convincing them is a long shot, call them if they're an
independent in Florida and you think they're on the fence, call them if you
know they're sitting at home in Michigan wearing their Obama t-shirt and you
just want fire each other up. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>John F. Kennedy
beat Richard Nixon by just 9000 votes in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>
in 1960.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>George Bush beat
Al Gore by 537 votes in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State>
in 2000. (And Gore beat Bush by 366 in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
Mexico</st1:place></st1:State>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This election is
going to be incredibly close and your sister, brother, uncle, aunt, friend from
high school, your mom or dad is going to be the difference. Thanks for giving
what you can and inspiring me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks for reading
a long email too!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Lots of love, Marc
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>415.205.7303<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>PS - Please give
me or megara a call if you want to know more about getting involved or if you
have specific questions about issues, positions or effective ways of talking
about the issues. We'll share what we know.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>5 Issues & Talking Points</span></font></u></b>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Even if you can't convince someone to support Barack at least you can
let them know the truth:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3 face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>THE</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>TRUTH</span></b>: In responses to the "swiftboating" attack ads
going on Barack has this created this site to set the record straight: <a
href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome">http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3 face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>TAXES – Obama will cut taxes for 95% of
working Americans</span></b>. He'll do it by providing a $500 tax credit
for each worker and $1000 for each working family; provide a 10% break on
mortgage interest payments for 10 million homeowner; eliminate all income taxes
for seniors making less than $50,000 a year; and provide $4000 tax credit for
college tuition to anyone who commits to 100 hours of public service. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>[Obama Speech, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dover</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">NH</st1:State></st1:place>, September 12, 2008] </span></i>For
those that want to learn more from the authors of Obama's Tax Plan directly: <a
href="http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121867201724238901.html"
target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121867201724238901.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.75in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>"McCain proposes cutting the
gasoline tax paid by the oil companies</span></font></b> and trust that they
will pass on the savings in the form of lower prices at the pump. He's
proposing tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans in the hopes
that a little bit of it will trickle down to ordinary Americans. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>I do not believe that giving $4 billion in new tax
cuts to oil companies will create any jobs or save you any money</span></i>. I
believe that if we want relief for families, we should give relief to families,
not oil companies. If we want to create jobs, we should do more to make work
pay for ordinary Americans, not boost the profits of oil companies." -
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>[Barack Obama, August 1, 2008]</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3 face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ENERGY</span></b> – McCain has been in the
senate for 26 years and has voted against increased fuel efficiency standards
& tax credits for more efficient cars; against renewable sources of
energy. Against clean biofuels. Against solar power. Against
wind power. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>When Senator McCain talks
about the failure of politicians in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
to do anything about our energy crisis, it's important to remember that he's been
a part of that failure.</span></i> Now, after years of inaction, and in
the face of public frustration over rising gas prices, the only energy proposal
he's really promoting is more offshore drilling. ; <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.75in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>OBAMA's ENERGY, GREEN JOBS, CARBON
REDUCTION PLAN:</span></font></b> eliminate the need for oil from the
entire Middle East and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Venezuela</st1:place></st1:country-region>
in ten years by investing $150 billion and leveraging billions more in private
capital to build a new energy economy that harnesses American energy and
creates five million new American jobs. (1) invest in the US auto
industry and offer $7,000 credits to consumers to put 1 million 150
mile-per-gallon plug-in hybrids on our roads within six years; (2) require that
10% of our energy comes from renewable sources by the end of the first term – more
than double what we have now. (3) call on businesses, government, and the
American people to meet the goal of reducing our demand for electricity 15% by
the end of the next decade. <span lang=EN>This is by far the fastest,
easiest, and cheapest way to reduce our energy consumption – and it will save
us $130 billion on our energy bills ---- We will set a goal of making our new
buildings 50% more efficient over the next four years. </span> Along with
the cap-and-trade program I've proposed, we will reduce our dangerous carbon
emissions 80% by 2050. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>[Obama speech,
Michigan State University, Monday, August 4<sup>th</sup>, 2008] Read the full
plan at </span></i><b><font color="#548dd4"><span style='color:#548DD4;
font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.newenergyforamerica.com/" target="_blank"><font
color="#548dd4"><span style='color:#548DD4'>http://www.NewEnergyforAmerica.com</span></font></a></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>EDUCATION</span></b> – McCain has
opposed expanding Head Start, fully funding No Child Left Behind and called for
the closure of the Department of Education; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Obama
wants to increase</span></b> the number of students taking college-level and AP
courses; expand innovation and school choice by doubling funding of responsible
charter schools; create teacher Residency Programs that will train 30,000
high-quality teachers a year and expand mentoring programs that pair
experienced, successful teachers with new recruits. He also wants teachers and
school boards to come together to design performance pay plans. <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>All this will be equal to the cost
of just a few days in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></span></i></b>
and made by possible by carefully winding down the war in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Iraq & Afghanistan</span></b> - <span
lang=EN>McCain goes even further than President Bush in opposing the sovereign
Iraqi government's own support for a timetable to redeploy our troops. Bush
wants to leave 140,000 troops in Iraq costing $12 billion a month [$5,000 a
second] while Iraq sits on a $79 billion surplus; Bush's plan is to keep
four times more troops in Iraq than Afghanistan, and we have no comprehensive
plan to deal with the al Qaeda sanctuary in northwest Pakistan. </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Obama </span></b><b><span lang=EN style='font-weight:
bold'>will succeed</span></b><span lang=EN> in Iraq by responsibly removing our
combat brigades and pressing Iraqis to stand up for their future, by
having a comprehensive strategy to finish the job in Afghanistan – with
more troops, more training for Afghan security forces, more development
resources, more anti-corruption safeguards, and more of a focus on eliminating
the Taliban and al Qaeda sanctuary along the Pakistan border. </span>[<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Obama speech, September 9, 2008]</span></i> More
American soldiers and coalition troops will die this year in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>
than in any of the first 5 years in that war. Osama Bin Laden is still at
large. [Associated Press, August 24, 2008]<o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Much more information at: <a
href="http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/">http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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teaches us to respect and understand people who are not like us. That makes us
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