Obama Campaign Reaches Out to Deaf Community (newspaper story)

[RayOfHope]

This is a story by a small local paper. The town in which it is located is home to MSD, Missouri School for the Deaf.

"Dialing number after number, Martha Eisenhour sat at a single table working her way through a phone list of unreachable people that most campaigns might have abandoned.

But Eisenhour understands what most people don't - that sometimes there are people on the other end of that line."

snip

"Reaching those in the deaf community is the reason why she spent her Wednesday night volunteering in the Callaway County Democratic Headquarters phone canvassing for Barack Obama's Campaign for Change.

“The deaf community wants to be treated like everyone else and they should have that right,” Eisenhour said. “They want to be informed about the issues of the day and want to have an opportunity also to let their opinions be known.”


read more of this terrific story
http://fultonsun.com/articles/2008/10/02/news/090news01.txt

[YOY]

1. I don't see too many people with disabilities voting Republican

Then again...isn't Rimjob in a wheelchair?

Perhaps if Obama made the ASL signal for "hope" ...couldn't hurt (unless FOX took it as a "terraist signal")

http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi

[RayOfHope]

2. kick because Obama reaches out to everyone n/t

[Peacetrain]

3. I am really glad to hear this.. I have one brother who is

profoundly deaf and one who is hard of hearing, both graduates of the Iowa School for the Deaf system.

This is a community that has support with our senator Harkin, whose brother who has sinced passed away was deaf, but is looked over many times.

GOBAMA.. reaching out to everyone!.

[slinkerwink]

4. that IS a great story!!!