— On Sat, 5/31/08, Steve Hildebrand, BarackObama.com <info@barackobama.com> wrote:
From: Steve Hildebrand, BarackObama.com <info@barackobama.com>
Subject: “Democrats Win Landslide Victory”?
To: “Tobias Odhiambo Oketch”
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 5:35 PM
Obama for America
Tobias Odhiambo —
You’ll like this.
This morning someone forwarded me an email sent by the arm of the Republican Party that raises money for their Senate candidates.
The subject of the message was “Democrats Win Landslide Victory,” and the writer, Republican former Senator Bill Frist, admits: “I have a real fear of waking up to this headline after the elections this fall.”
He goes on to explain fears among Washington power brokers about Barack Obama’s grassroots support and voter registration efforts.
He’s right to be worried — we’re bringing new people into the process, and Obama supporters are organizing in communities across the country like never before.
But it can’t happen without your support. Frist was raising money ahead of tonight’s financial reporting deadline — the same deadline we face.
This is the last opportunity to have your donation counted for May, and the last chance to have a meaningful impact on the final three primary contests.
Make your donation of $25 count right now:
https://donate.barackobama.com/maydeadline
Here’s a little bit more from Frist’s email:
From: Senator Bill Frist, M.D.
Date: Thu, May 29, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Subject: “Democrats Win Landslide Victory”
Dear Republican Supporter,
I have a real fear of waking up to this headline after the elections this fall. […]
In key states, news accounts indicate Democrats are outpacing Republicans registering voters. We also know Barack Obama’s campaign is utilizing the Internet to raise record amounts of money to support his campaign and Democrats nationally … all in the hope that new voters and record resources will produce a Democrat landslide victory this fall.
There’s so much at risk, and conservatives I talk with from all across the country are feeling the rumblings of “what could be.” […]
[…] I ask for your immediate help in supporting Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate by making a contribution of $10, $25, $50 or even $100 to the NRSC. […]
What’s amazing about this message referencing Barack Obama is that it’s not from the McCain campaign. It’s not even about the presidential race.
It’s about the forces of the status quo, who don’t want to change the way Washington works, worried about the prospect of ordinary people taking their rightful place in a political process that is too often dominated by lobbyists and special interests.
They’ve seen the writing on the wall, and they know that when Barack is the nominee, we’re going to continue building a movement for change to elect Barack Obama and bring about change from the bottom up at every level of office.
There are only a few hours left before tonight’s reporting deadline, so please give whatever you can now:
https://donate.barackobama.com/maydeadline
Thank you,
Steve
Steve Hildebrand
Deputy Campaign Manager
Obama for America
Emailed from Obama for America
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— On Sun, 6/1/08, Odhiambo T Oketch wrote:
From: Odhiambo T Oketch
Subject: Re: “Democrats Win Landslide Victory”?
To: info@barackobama.com
Date: Sunday, June 1, 2008, 8:07 AM
Can all those who can make a difference ensure that the job is done by Tuesday, and Sen Barrack Obama wins the Democratic Party Nominations.
This will give us the chance and momentum of facing off with Sen John McCain comfortably in the main race. And in that race, Americans must prove to the world that time has come for all the young people across the world to take their rightful place in world leadership.
The Obama wave in America should teach Kenyans that we can all come together and support an idea whose time has come. Time has come for young Kenyans to come together to take challenges of leadership from our fathers.
It is sad that in 45 years, we do not have anything to be proud of in remembrance of our heroes of Independence. Kenya is in massive debt, and very poor.
We have no roads.
We have no drugs in hospitals.
Our education system is in the dustbins.
We have no adequate water.
You cannot be sure that you will have power all through.
The cost of living is way beyond the common man.
We have a man-eat-man housing policy.
And poverty is driving us to also start food demonstrations. The cost of basic commodities is way beyond the reach of many.
Independence was only achieved by the ruling class. They made money, and a lot of it for themselves, while, they made Kenya very poor, very much in debt. A debt that even those children not yet born will have to bear the burden of.
Can all the young people focus on their oneness as Kenyans, and coalesce around one of our own so that we can take over leadership from these people who have failed Kenya?
Can we all see the wonders the young CEOs are doing with big companies? We can turn Kenya around.
I get hurt when I realize that some of our leaders do not know the meaning of National Healing and Reconciliation. Yet, this is what we need now more than anything else.
If we cannot reconcile and forgive each other, the next round of trouble will not be easy. It will see a very bloody confrontation among Kenyans. And our leaders are not seeing this.
The young generation must then step in and take charge. We must rally Kenyans to reject all the leaders who pretend that they know the law more than all of us, and yet at the same time, they refuse to address the root cause of our problems.
We must all demand that all the youths who were arrested as a consequence to the bangled elections are released unconditionally, so that we can fast track Peace, National Healing and Reconciliation.
We must all demand that the youths who were arrested while demonstrating about food prices are released unconditionally.
If it is the leaders who are standing on the way of Kenyans to achieving this, then, all Kenyans must come together and speak with one voice; we value our country.
We will have to choose between Kenya and these leaders. The Obama wave has caught up with us as well.
Odhiambo T Oketch
Komarock Nairobi
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 03:49:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: odhiambo okecth
Subject: Fw: Re: “Democrats Win Landslide Victory”?
