just got an email from Ted Kennedy!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

COOL!

Barack Obama inspires me.

That's why I'm about to take the stage with him here in Washington and endorse his campaign to become the next president of the United States.

It's that simple. Through Barack, I believe we will move beyond the politics of fear and personal destruction and unite our country with the politics of common purpose.

All Democrats in this race have strong ideas to address the challenges before our country. But Barack is the candidate who can inspire Americans to act and bring us together to achieve those goals -- an economy that works for everyone, health care for all, and at long last ending the war in Iraq and bringing our troops home.

Join me and become part of the Obama campaign today:

http://www.democraticmajority.com/obama

I remember another leader who inspired the nation, especially our youth, to fulfill a promise of change. Those inspired young people marched, sat in at lunch counters, protested the war in Vietnam and served honorably in that war even when they opposed it.

That leader challenged them to ask what they could do for their country and, together, they changed the world.

So in the words of that leader, John Kennedy: "The world is changing. The old ways will not do... It is time for a new generation of leadership."

I have found that next generation of American leadership in Barack Obama.

Take a moment to join his campaign:

http://www.democraticmajority.com/obama

I respect the strength, the work and dedication of two other Democrats still in the race, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. They are my friends; they have been my colleagues in the Senate. Whoever is our nominee will have my enthusiastic support.

But I believe there is one candidate whose extraordinary gifts of leadership and character match the extraordinary demands of this moment in history.

Barack will be a president who refuses to be trapped in the patterns of the past. He sees the world clearly without being cynical. He fights for the causes he believes in -- but refuses to demonize those who hold a different view. He's tough-minded, but he also has an uncommon capacity to appeal to "the better angels of our nature."

In Barack Obama, I see not just the audacity, but the possibility of hope for the America that is yet to be.

I love this country. I believe in the bright light of hope and possibility. I always have, even in the darkest hours. I know what America can achieve. I've seen it. I've lived it -- and with Barack Obama, we can do it again.

Sincerely,

[forsberg]

1. hey Ted, how about NO

yea, Barack "inspires" a lot of people. But all I see is an empty suit and shallow rhetoric.

[MadBadger]

4. That's funny, that's all I see in you.

[cali]

6. you, know

hillary just got a great endorsement from the largest nurses union. I just congratulated her and her supporters on it. If you can't do the same here, why don't you run along back to the sewer to play with your shit.

[cali]

2. he's directly connecting him to his brother

pretty strong endorsement- to say the least.

[livetohike]

3. You beat me to it!

Just read my e-mail and it gave me goosebumps :-). I was 9 years old when JFK was elected...old enough to be inspired.

[AndyA]

5. I'll be unsubscribing from Kennedy's list if he sends this to me.

Just like I unsubscribed from Kerry's.

I refuse to be manipulated by the status quo.

[cali]

8. that's just sad.

this will be over soon. The work that Kennedy is focused on and trying to keep you abreast of, won't be. And you're dishonest. If Kennedy endorsed JE you'd be thrilled. Ugh.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Are the Clinton's the status quo, too?

Or just the new guy?

[AndyA]

11. I'm not on any Clinton mailing list.

Nor am I on an Obama list.

I unsubscribed from Kennedy's list because I'm tired of the media force feeding Barack to me. He makes a lot of promises, but I find his plans hollow. HOW is he going to do the things he promises? I'd like to know, and no one can answer that question.

Plus, there's the McClurkin thing which was an insult.

And, Barack doesn't think Bush/Cheney have committed any grave breaches or intentional breaches of authority. WTF? What does it take? And do I want someone in office who thinks starting a war against a sovereign nation based on lies isn't a grave breach of authority?

Answer that one if you will.

[BeyondGeography]

13. Good question coming from someone who supports a co-sponsor of IWR

:thumbsup:

[MadBadger]

15. Hey!! He said he was sawwwwy.

[AndyA]

22. Your response indicates how ignorant you are of the IWR.

There was a lot more to it than just war.

For instance, it did get United Nations inspectors back into Iraq to search for WMDs, which had Bush given them time, they would have been able to prove Saddam didn't have any.

It was Bush who took extreme powers and started the war.

And by the way, your candidate is on record as stating he isn't sure if he would have voted for it or not. Plus, he's voted to continue the war in Iraq every single time except one.

Barack is not free from blame on this one, either.

[anamandujano]

19. "Barack doesn't think Bush/Cheney have committed

any grave breaches or intentional breaches of authority. WTF?"

I don't know why this doesn't bother the bots. They don't even bother to gloss it over. This is Being There redux. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/

"Plot Outline:
Chance, a simple gardener, has never left the estate until his employer dies. His simple TV-informed utterances are mistaken for profundity."

[AndyA]

23. I noticed that.

The bots never have any answers. Just insults and excessive bragging over their mediocre candidate.

They just don't seem to get it. :shrug:

[demo dutch]

14. I just did! Besides my vote won't get counted again anyway.

[zalinda]

18. Yup, I just unsubscribed

and you can leave a reason why too.

zalinda

[bluedog]

24. me too

takes 12 hours to get off list

[BeyondGeography]

7. He sees the chance to get out of the political pigsty

but what does Teddy know?

[MelissaB]

10. Oops! We posted at the same time.

:hi:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. oops

I was trying to delete mine when I saw yours! :hi:

[dmosh42]

16. From one "status Quo" guy, to another!

Keep the old rich guys club going!

[GoldieAZ49]

17. the politics of fear and personal destruction and unite our country

that about sums it up perfectly

Thank you Ted

Thank you bambino for sharing it!

[cooolandrew]

20. If Hillary or Edwards got the endorsements I wouldn't...

....begrudge them it's their free right to endorse who they wish, up to everyone else how they vote after that.

[cooolandrew]

21. God bless you Teddy. Thanks for supporting Barack.