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--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, ademracetowin <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> Hi I am new to the group. I am 18. Barack Obama is why I am a
> democrat. He is the best one to bring the country together.
>
> June
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> --- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, barackobama44thpresident no_reply@
> wrote:
> >
> > Senator Barack Obama on changing Washington: real change - change we
> > can believe in. Bringing real change requires changing the way we
> > do business in Washington. 1.... Lobbyist / Special Interests
> > reform in Washington So they will not dominate in Congress to get
> their
> > interests met and drown out the American people's voices and
> interests.
> > Democratic debate in California on Thurs. 1/31/08, Obama said : " I
> > believe that it is very important for us to reduce the influence of
> > lobbyists and special interests in Washington. I think that a lot of
> > issues that both Senator Clinton and I care about will not move
> forward
> > unless we have increased the kinds of ethics proposal that I passed
> just
> > last year -- some of the toughest since Watergate -- and that's
> > something that John Edwards and I both talked about repeatedly in this
> > campaign. That's why I don't take federal PAC and federal lobbyist
> > money. That is a difference." Obama says in the 2/26 debate, " The
> > second thing we're going to have to do is we're actually going to have
> > to go after the special interests. Senator Clinton, in one of these
> > speeches -- it may have been the same speech where you showed the clip
> > -- said, you can't just wave a magic wand and expect special interests
> > to go away. That is absolutely true, but it doesn't help if you're
> > taking millions of dollars of contributions from those special
> > interests. They are less likely to go away. So it is important for us
> to
> > crack down on how these special interests are able to influence
> > Congress. And, yes, it is important for us to inspire and mobilize and
> > motivate the American people to get involved and pay attention."
> > 2.... Healthcare reform (universal healthcare) - Obama promises this
> by
> > the end of his first term as President. Bring premiums down by
> > $2,500.00 for each family. He is focusing on significantly reducing
> > cost, because he believes people don't have healthcare insurance
> because
> > they can't afford it. See the debate transcripts for more details and
> > www.barackobama.com <http://www.barackobama.com> 3...Enlist the
> > American people / unite democrats and republicans to bring about real
> > change in Washington. This means having a more open and honest
> > government. Obama on enlisting the people in the healthcare process:
> > "You know, Ted Kennedy said that he is confident that we will get
> > universal health care with me as president, and he's been working on
> it
> > longer than I think anybody. But he's gone through 12 of these plans,
> > and each time they have failed. And part of the reason, I think, that
> > they have failed is we have not been able to bring Democrats,
> > Republicans together to get it done. That's what I did in Illinois, to
> > provide insurance for people who did not have it. That's what I will
> do
> > in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors,
> > but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations
> > on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are.
> > Because part of what we have to do is enlist the American people in
> this
> > process. And overcoming the special interests and the lobbyists who --
> > Senator Clinton is right. They will resist anything that we try to do.
> > My plan, her plan, they will try to resist. And the antidote to that
> is
> > making sure that the American people understand what is at stake. I am
> > absolutely committed to making sure that anybody in America who needs
> > health care is going to get it." broadcast on C-SPAN these
> > deliberations - "This is something that I've been talking about
> > consistently. What I want to do is increase transparency and
> > accountability to offset the power of the special interests and the
> > lobbyists. If a drug company -- if the drug companies or a member of
> > Congress who's carrying water for the drug companies wants to argue
> that
> > we should not negotiate for the cheapest available price on drugs,
> then
> > I want them to make that argument in front of the American people. And
> I
> > will have experts who explain that, in fact, it is legitimate for drug
> > companies to make profits, but they are making outsized profits on the
> > backs of senior citizens who need those prescription drugs. And that
> is
> > an argument that the American people have to be involved with,
> otherwise
> > we're not going to get any plan through." Note: In the last two
> > debates, Obama says the reason Clinton's attempt at universal
> healthcare
> > failed is because she deliberated in secret (behind close doors), not
> > enlisting the American people. Additionally, she was fighting so much
> > for it that she also was fighting her own democratic party, which made
> > it difficult for Congress to cooperate. Obama is saying we need more
> > transparency in government. Put the deliberations on C-SPAN so all
> came
> > see and be involved because it definitely concerns all Americans.
> > Obama says in the 2/26 debate, " You know, she mentioned that she is a
> > fighter on health care, and, look, I do not in any way doubt that
> > Senator Clinton genuinely wants to provide health care to all
> Americans.
> > What I have said is that the way she approached it back in '93, I
> think,
> > was wrong in part because she had the view that what's required is
> > simply to fight. And Senator Clinton ended up fighting not just the
> > insurance companies and the drug companies, but also members of her
> own
> > party. And as a consequence, there were a number of people like Jim
> > Cooper of Tennessee and Bill Bradley and Pat Moynihan, who were not
> > included in the negotiations. And we had the potential of bringing
> > people together to actually get something done. " .......... "But what
> I
> > also believe is that the only way we are going to actually get this
> > stuff done is, number one, we are going to have to mobilize and
> inspire
> > the American people so that they're paying attention to what their
> > government is doing. And that's what I've been doing in this campaign,
> > and that's what I will do as president. And there's nothing romantic
> or
> > silly about that. If the American people are activated, that's how
> > change is going to happen." 4....Ending the war in Iraq, as well
> > as, changing the mind set that got us in the war in the first place.
> > Obama says in 1/31 debate, "And I have disagreed with Senator Clinton
> > on, for example, meeting with Iran. I think, and the national
> > intelligence estimate, the last report suggested that if we are
> meeting
> > with them, talking to them, and offering them both carrots and sticks,
> > they are more likely to change their behavior. And we can do so in a
> way
> > that does not ultimately cost billions of dollars, thousands of lives,
> > and hurt our reputation around the world." 5...Not just speak to
> > our friends but also to our enemies to solve the issues we have. And
> not
> > set preconditions for communication, meaning not telling them that
> they
> > must do certain things first before they can talk to the US President.
> > But of course much preparatory work will be done. Obama said in the
> > 11/15 debate, " I said I would meet with not just our friends but also
> > with our enemies. Because that's what strong countries and that's what
> > strong presidents do is meet with our adversaries, tell them where we
> > stand." 6...Uniting America - democrats and republicans ...red and
> > blue States. To restore America's strength. Obama's electrifying
> > keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention : "There
> > is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the
> > United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White
> > America and Latino America and Asian America — there's the
> > United States of America." "The pundits, the pundits like to
> > slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States
> > for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. We are one people, all of
> > us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending
> the
> > United States of America." "We are not red-states and
> > blue-states, but the United States" 7.... Civil rights
> > cabinet to enforce justice and fairness for all (restoring America's
> > justice system).
> > "The teenagers and college students who left their homes to march in
> > the streets of Birmingham and Montgomery; the mothers who walked
> instead
> > of taking the bus after a long day of doing somebody else's laundry
> and
> > cleaning somebody else's kitchen — they didn't brave fire hoses
> and
> > Billy clubs so that their grandchildren and their great-grandchildren
> > would still wonder at the beginning of the 21st century whether their
> > vote would be counted; whether their civil rights would be protected
> by
> > their government; whether justice would be equal and opportunity would
> > be theirs. . . . We have more work to do." — Barack Obama,
> > Speech at Howard University, September 28, 2007
> >
>
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