Turning towards Hope: A Precinct Captain in Iowa switches to Obama.

[calteacherguy]

My name is Susan Klopfer, and I was a big Hillary Clinton supporter when this race started. I got involved early on, licking stamps, stuffing envelopes, and doing what volunteers do. But I’ve been really disappointed lately to see all these attacks she’s been making on Barack Obama.

When her campaign went after Barack for saying he wanted to be president in kindergarten, I thought: “Now this is really silly, what is this campaign coming to?”

Making these kinds of negative attacks just isn’t what Iowans are interested in. We’re interested in what candidates are going to do about the big challenges we face, whether it’s universal health care, fighting global climate change, or ending this war in Iraq.

So I kept seeing this disconnect because the candidate I was supporting wasn’t focused on the same things I was focused on. And I finally said no, I’m not going to stay a supporter of hers anymore. So yesterday, I pulled her campaign sign out of my front lawn and put a Barack Obama sign in its place.

It was always hard for me to support another candidate, but not anymore. Barack Obama doesn’t believe in negative campaigning. He’s focused on what’s really important – bringing Americans together so we can finally solve our problems.

So today, I’m proud to call myself an Obama supporter. And I hope you’ll share my story with anyone you think is also tired of silly attacks, and interested in bringing about real change.

video here...
http://iowa.barackobama.com/page/community/post_group/IowaHQ/CBmX

[jenmito]

1. I saw the video played on MSNBC. I bet a lot of people agree with her.

Thanks for posting it!

[BeyondGeography]

10. Glad it got that kind of exposure

:thumbsup:

[msongs]

2. hope - the resurrection is at hand, praise obama, we must embrace him without questioning nt

[calteacherguy]

3. Who said that? nt

[IADEMO2004]

4. "The Life of Brian"?

[calteacherguy]

7. Oh yeah...

That's it!

[ruggerson]

5. Didn't we see a farewell post from you like a week ago?

n/t

[calteacherguy]

6. No, I just said I'd be gone for awhile. nt

[ruggerson]

8. Gotcha - welcome back

n/t

[Bodhi BloodWave]

9. Welcome back

Always nice to have one of the more sane/sensible persons on here again

[Evergreen Emerald]

13. lol

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[Evergreen Emerald]

11. someone should look into that--I'll bet she is a plant.

something is fishy.

[calteacherguy]

12. LOL.

I do appreciate your sense of humor.