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July 13 will be Democrat Night at the Bombers baseball game!

-- Game starts at 6:05 p.m.
-- $12 will get you a ticket to the game, hot dog, chips and a soft drink and great company
-- Reservations due by July 7
-- Call the office 979-779-5600 and make your reservations. Drop you check in the mail, bring cash by the office or call with your credit card number. If you use your credit card we will need to charge you an extra $1 to cover our bank charges.
-- On July 13 Linda will be at the ball park with your ticket.

Come be recognized as a proud Dem at the all American pastime of baseball.





Obama tells black fathers to engage their children

David Edwards
Sunday, 15 June 2008

Barack Obama celebrated Father’s Day by calling on black fathers, who he said are “missing from too many lives and too many homes,” to become active in raising their children.

“They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it,” the Democratic presidential candidate said Sunday at a largely black church in his hometown.

Reminding the congregation of his firsthand experience growing up without a father, Obama said he was lucky to have loving grandparents who helped his mother. He got support, second chances and scholarships that helped him get an education. Obama’s father left when he was 2.

“A lot of children don’t get those chances. There is no margin for error in their lives,” said Obama, an Illinois senator.

“I resolved many years ago that it was my obligation to break the cycle — that if I could be anything in life, I would be a good father to my girls,” added Obama, whose daughters, Sasha and Malia, and his wife, Michelle, watched from the audience.

Obama’s appearance at the Apostolic Church of God was his first address to a church since he ended his membership at Trinity United Church of Christ, where he had worshipped for 20 years, following inflammatory remarks there by his former longtime pastor and others.

Obama frequently emphasized the importance of God in his life and ended the speech by asking the congregation to “Pray for me. Pray for Michelle.”

Obama often speaks about the importance of parental involvement. In Washington, he sponsored legislation to get more child support money to children by offering a tax credit for fathers who pay support, more efficient collection and penalties for fathers who don’t meet their obligations.

The issue adds to his family values credentials and lets voters see him delivering a stern message to black voters.

“We can’t simply write these problems off to past injustices,” Obama said Sunday. “Those injustices are real. There’s a reason our families are in disrepair … but we can’t keep using that as an excuse.”

Obama urged black parents to demand the best from themselves and their children.

He compared it to his own presidential campaign and early comments from black voters who said they liked him but didn’t think a black man could ever be elected president. He said they were admitting defeat before the competition had even begun.

“That was when I wasn’t black enough. Now I’m too black,” he said in a joking aside.

He said parents who proudly tell him their child gets great grades, all B’s, should encourage them even more.

“All B’s? Is that the highest grade?” Obama said. “It’s great that you can get a B, but you can get a better grade. It’s great that you’ve got a job, but you can get a better job.”

This video is from CNN.com, broadcast June 15, 2008: Download video





Libraries invite Obama, McCain

Austin American-Statesman
Friday, June 13, 2008

Presumptive presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have been invited to participate in two town hall meetings next month — one in Austin, the other in California.

The invitations were extended by former first lady Nancy Reagan and President Lyndon Johnson's daughters, Lynda Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson, according to a news release.

If the two senators accept, the meetings would be held at the LBJ Library and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

The candidates would be questioned by audience members and wouldn't debate each other directly, said Anne Wheeler, communications director for the LBJ Library.

Invitations were delivered to each campaign Thursday, Wheeler said.

The exact times and dates of the meetings have not been decided. An independent polling organization would pick the audiences for each meeting, the release said.

"All those details will be worked out if we are able to make arrangements with both Senators McCain and Obama to have these town hall meetings," said Melissa Giller, communications director for the Reagan library.





Another reason why you should vote Republican...

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