Reply #1: Well I didn't totally agree with him, on all endorsements

[sonias]

But we're right on with the Obama endorsement!

I saw Rachel on Saturday and she said both their girls got to meet Obama in San Antonio and that Obama spent a good time talking to them and telling them about his daughters. Sweet!

The Primary Elections
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If you understand why Rachel and I traveled to every one of the 254 county seats of Texas during a six-month time span in 2006, then you might understand why I would support Barack Obama. The point Rachel and I strove to make was that everybody matters and everybody's vote counts. As many of you heard me say in front of your county courthouse, in a democracy each person is a 100% equal co-owner of the government. Therefore in the political campaign process, everybody has to be included.

As many of you know, the politics of number crunching and selectively targeting some voters while writing off other voters is anathema to me. As many of you know, I think political candidates should run for office in order to offer themselves for service to their fellow citizens, not because they think it is their turn in line to step up a political career ladder. As many of you know, on the stump I argued for making fundamental change in the political culture, to restore the political process itself to an exercise in truth telling and service, in place of the exercise in self-promotion, spin, manipulation, and "gotcha" that it has become.

Obama is not without flaws, but he is the candidate who comes the closest to exemplifying the values that I have strived to impart into the political and governmental processes. Barack Obama displays hope and vision in opposition to manipulation and short-term political gain. He represents the belief that the people together have the power to remake their society. Because of this he is inspiring and motivating great numbers of new voters and previously disaffected voters to join in the democratic process of self-government.

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Thank you David!

Sonia