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Obama Announces "Organizing for America"

Washington Post ^ | Jan. 17, 2009 | Chris Cillizza

Posted on by FocusNexus

President-elect Barack Obama announced the formation of a new group known as "Organizing for America" that aims to continue the grassroots advocacy that the former Illinois Senator began in his presidential campaign.

"As President, I will need the help of all Americans to meet the challenges that lie ahead," Obama said in a video message e-mailed to supporters (and reporters) this morning. "That's why I'm asking people like you who fought for change during the campaign to continue fighting for change in your communities."

The new group will be the flagship of "Obama 2.0" as many people have taken to calling the transformation of the political organization created during the 2008 campaign.

The new group will work within the Democratic National Committee -- led by Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine -- to advance the Obama agenda.



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"I will need the help of all Americans "..."The new group will work within the Democratic National Committee" I guess Obama only considers Democrats "Americans"....the rest of us can just shut up.



To: FocusNexus

To those of you who believed an Obama presidency would bring forth a new Reagan, how totally wrong you were. Thanks.



To: FocusNexus

The US version of the NKVD. Chekists of the world unite.

The will probably have annual get togethers with Putin.



To: FocusNexus

The Obama Youth Movement is now official. Watch for chapters to be put in every school, K thru College.



by 4 posted onby Loud Mime (Things were better when cigarette companies could advertise and lawyers could not....LM)

To: fortunate sun

Brown Shirts 2.0



To: FocusNexus

Ah yes, they use this community operative process in China to haul women in who they suspect might have missed a period and are pregnant with a second child.....



To: FocusNexus

Obama 2.0 That means two Zeroes for the price of one. Clinton redux...



by 7 posted onby EternalVigilance (A dedicated, organized, united conservative movement is the only hope for America - www.AIPNEWS.com)

To: FocusNexus

To: FocusNexus

I fought for a change, and the change wasn’t you!



by 9 posted onby angelcindy ("If you follow the crowd,you get no further than the crowd")

To: fortunate sun

Well, I held my nose and voted for McCain. As Rush said, better to drag him over the threshold and then fight with him for the next four, than to let Obama get into power. I think McCain is beneath contempt, but I still argued for him and voted for him. With him in office and Palin as VP, representing the future of the party, there was some hope. Now, we are in a very, very bad situation, with considerable risk that America may never recover from the damage. Yes, we’ll continue to fight. But it will be against terrible odds.



To: fortunate sun

I know, I know, I know. I got so sick of reading the posts from those loons this summer. Now, I fear we will be looking at a Democratic super majority for the foreseeable future. I have talked to people I thought were levelheaded who are swigging the Obama Koolaid now. This guy does have some type of pull on people that I will never understand.



To: FocusNexus

An ACORN in every town...



by 12 posted onby LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)

To: FocusNexus

You beat me with your comment...



To: FocusNexus

“Organizing for America” = Hitler Youth 2.0.



To: FocusNexus

Goooood gawwwwwwd. He’s doing it, folks.



To: FocusNexus

...so the government is paying people to get them organized and force their agenda? I think this is unethical and propagandist - not that that will stop anything....



To: FocusNexus

OrgaNAZIizing for Amerika



To: FocusNexus

by 18 posted onby EternalVigilance (A dedicated, organized, united conservative movement is the only hope for America - www.AIPNEWS.com)

To: LibFreeOrDie

I just wrote to my reps in congress that, as a taxpayer, I want NO block grant money going to ACORN, PLANNED ‘PARENTHOOD,’ or to the ACLU.



To: FocusNexus

How dare you question the orders of the “Dear Leader.” The Socialist takeover of America will be complete on January 20th. We shall all be known as “Commrades” from now on not Americans.



by 20 posted onby Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)

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