New Obama Book, Four Debates Kick-Off Fall Presidential Campaign
To kick-off the remaining 59 days until election day, a new Obama book will be published on September 9th, next Tuesday, entitled "Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise." Included in the book will be:
- New essays describing his policy plans and proposals
- A photo album of various campaign stops
- Texts of seven of Barack Obama's well-known speeches
All sales proceeds from this book will be donated to charity, and none retained by either the campaign or Sen. Obama.
Also, mark your calendar for the first official presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, set for September 26, Friday, a mere three weeks from today. Expect fireworks and plenty of substance, as the topic is Foreign Policy & National Security.
At 2008 Presidential Debates: Dates, Moderators, Formats, find all the details about the three presidential and one vice-presidential debate of the 2008 election season.
And finally, as we head into the final, hard-fought stretch of this long presidential campaign, I suggest you take a few minutes to reread Al Gore's smart but short speech from the Democratic Convention, which got overlooked in the excitement at INVESCO field.
Better than anyone else except Sen. Obama, Gore enumerates reasons why Barack Obama, and not John McCain, MUST be elected as the 44th President of the United States, including Supreme Court appointees and oil industry control of the Republican Party.
Read Al Gore's Speech at the '08 Democratic Convention
Ever single day counts between now and election day. And don't forget: early and absentee voting begins in many states in less than 30 days. It's up to all of us to make victory happen.
To register to vote, or to volunteer to work in your neighborhood for the Democratic ticket, visit the Barack Obama for America website.
(Photo taken on Sept 4, 2008 on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania: Chris Gardner/Getty Images)
Comments
“…including Supreme Court appointees…”
Believe it or not, that’s one of the main reasons why I am extremely reluctant to vote for Obama (there are reasons why I am reluctant for McCain as well, but that’s for another day). Al Gore is right when he says that as many as three Supreme Court Justices will more than likely be replaced, and I just can’t bring myself to support a candidate who promises to appoint idiot justices who will legislate from the bench with no respect for the Constitution.
Call me uninformed, but… who are the three idiots that Barack is going to appoint? I’m not sure he would choose any more poorly equipped candidates than McCain would…
Sean:
I’m not talking about specific people per se (as Obama hasn’t named anyone specific), rather, the *type* of judges that Obama would appoint. By his own admission, Barack Obama takes an extremely liberal view of the Constitution. He has indicated unambiguously that he would appoint justices that would take an “open” view of the Constitution, i.e. “interpret it however I feel like.” To me, these justices are dangerous as their decisions are frequently arbitrary and are based on emotions instead of the document that our country is based on.
As for your statement about John McCain, I respect his stance on the Supreme Court far more than Obama. He has promised to appoint justices who don’t just invent laws out of thin air; who have a profound understanding of and (more importantly) RESPECT for the Constitution. Once again, I can’t name anyone specific, as McCain hasn’t either, but he has stated that he will name justices in the same mold as the current Chief Justice John Roberts, whose appointment is arguably one of the best things President Bush ever did.
THE DEBATES ARE A SHAM!!!
The corporate-sponsored, bi-partisan debates exclude 3rd party candidates from bringing real issues to the table. The polls show that the people want to see Ralph Nader and Bob Barr in the debates, but the CPD has yet to let them in.
In 2000, they had Nader escorted off the premises by state police, even though he had a ticket to be there, as well as an invitation by Fox News.
Oh yeah, polls show people wanted him and Pat Buchanan in the debates, too.
And in ‘96, the two parties conspired to exclude Ross Perot from the debates, even though he finished at 19% the previous election
(see www.opendebates.org)