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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom, I was curious as to the identity of this
poster with the initials T.K. that you referred to.... has this individual
expressed a fear of Barak Obama?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Strange...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-T</FONT>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tonytime@clearwire.net
href="mailto:tonytime@clearwire.net">'Tony'</A> ; <A title=starbliss@gmail.com
href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">'Ted Moffett'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] "Which Way To
The Egress?" Barak Obama</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just what are you
afraid of, TK?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From <A
href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0930136.html">http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0930136.html</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Barack
Obama<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">U.S. Senator
(D-Illinois)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Born: Aug. 4,
1961<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Birthplace:
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Honolulu</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Barack Obama was born
in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State> in
1961 to an American mother and a Kenyan father. When he was two, his parents,
who had met as students at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, divorced. Obama's
Harvard-educated father then returned to <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>, where
he worked in the economics ministry. Obama lived in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:country-region> with his mother and stepfather for
part of his childhood, returning to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State> to finish high school. He graduated
from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, where he
majored in political science and specialized in international relations. He
then attended <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Law</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, graduated magna
cum laude, and served as the first African-American president of the Harvard
Law Review. After law school, he worked as a community organizer and a civil
rights lawyer in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>. He also taught at the University of
Chicago Law School as a senior lecturer specializing in constitutional law.
Obama represented the South Side of Chicago in the Illinois State Senate from
1996–2004 as a Democrat. In 2004, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, winning
with 70% of the vote against the conservative black Republican, Alan Keyes.
Obama became the only African-American serving in the U.S. Senate (and the
fifth in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> history). Obama's idealism,
commitment to civil rights, and telegenic good looks generated enormous media
attention for his Senate campaign. The eloquence of his keynote address at the
2004 Democratic Nation Convention in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Mass.</st1:State></st1:place>, confirmed his status as one of the
Democratic party's freshest and most inspirational new leaders.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Obama published an
autobiography, Dreams >From My Father, in 1995; it became a best-seller
during his 2004 Senate campaign. He is married to Michelle Obama, a <st1:City
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City> native who also graduated from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Law</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. They have two daughters: Malia
Ann and Sasha.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From <A
href="http://www.socialpolicy.org/index.php?id=838">http://www.socialpolicy.org/index.php?id=838</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Case Study:
Chicago-The Barack Obama Campaign<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By Toni
Foulkes<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ACORN's history of
nonpartisan electoral work (voter registration and voter turnout) and
leadership development combined during the March, 2004 primary season to make
a big difference in the level of participation of our communities in that
important election. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ACORN is active in
experimenting with methods of increasing voter participation in our low and
moderate income communities in virtually every election. But in some
elections we get to have our cake and eat it too: work on nonpartisan voter
registration and GOTV, which also turns out to benefit the candidate that we
hold dear. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The March primary was
not particularly important for the presidential race, as Kerry was just in the
process of clinching the Dem presidential nomination. But it was
critical in the U.S. Senate race. On March 16th, State Senator Barack
Obama won the right to represent the Democratic Party in the U.S. Senate
campaign. Jack Ryan won the Republican nomination that day, but went on
to self-destruct over sex club revelations in his divorce papers. Sen.
Obama went on to keynote the Democratic Convention in July and was catapulted
to the national stage. As Sen. Obama puts it, how did a skinny kid with a
funny name become the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, with 53% of
the statewide Democratic vote in a seven-person
field?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Obama started
building the base years before. For instance, ACORN noticed him when he
was organizing on the far south side of the city with the Developing
Communities Project. He was a very good organizer. When he
returned from law school, we asked him to help us with a lawsuit to challenge
the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>' refusal to abide by the National
Voting Rights Act, also known as motor voter. Allied only with the state
of <st1:State w:st="on">Mississippi</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State> had been
refusing to allow mass-based voter registration according to the new
law. Obama took the case, known as ACORN vs. Edgar (the name of the
Republican governor at the time) and we won. Obama then went on to run a
voter registration project with Project VOTE in 1992 that made it possible for
Carol Moseley Braun to win the Senate that year. Project VOTE delivered
50,000 newly registered voters in that campaign (ACORN delivered about 5000 of
them). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Since then, we have
invited Obama to our leadership training sessions to run the session on power
every year, and, as a result, many of our newly developing leaders got to know
him before he ever ran for office. Thus, it was natural for many of us
to be active volunteers in his first campaign for State Senate and then his
failed bid for U.S. Congress in 1996. By the time he ran for U.S. Senate, we
were old friends. And along about early March, we started to see that
the African-American community had made its move: when Sen. Obama's name was
mentioned at our Southside Summit meeting with 700 people in attendance from
three southside communities, the crowd went crazy. With about a week to
go before the election, it was very clear how the African-American community
would vote. But would they vote in high enough numbers?
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It seemed to us that
what Obama needed in the March primary was what we always work to deliver
anyway: increased turnout in our ACORN communities. ACORN is
active on the south and west sides of <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>,
in the south suburbs and on the east side of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Springfield</st1:place></st1:City>, the state capital. Most of
the turf where we organize in is African American, with a growing Latino
presence in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>'s Little Village and the
suburbs. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ACORN members were
involved in three activities around the primary: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1) Block captains
were identified, as early as the summer before the March primary, and provided
with lists of registered and unregistered voters and voter registration
materials. We attended trainings and accountability meetings to receive
our materials and make plans to get the people registered. Then we came
back to report on our progress. We also hired voter registrars in the final
three weeks to work the supermarkets in our communities. By the February
17 voter registration deadline for the primary, ACORN had registered 12,984
new voters. This was an organizational best for us. (As of this
writing, we have added over 27,000 new voters). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2) Block captains
then went to work to turn out the vote. They were all volunteers until
the last few days, when we received funding to pay some of our block captains
in some precincts of the 24th ward (North Lawndale) and the 15th ward
(<st1:place w:st="on">West Englewood</st1:place>) to get out the vote on the
last Saturday before the election and on election day.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3) In some precincts
in the 15th ward, we were able to hire canvassers to work on voter turnout for
a full two weeks before the election. Each canvasser worked two to three
precincts during that time. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The results of this
activity were very interesting, and mirror what Professor Donald Green of
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Yale</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> has found
about voter turnout work: where we were able to run a crew of paid and
supervised canvassers for two weeks before the election, we did very
well. In those targeted ACORN precincts in the 15th ward, voter turnout
improved by an average of 50% over the previous year's city election (the only
other election since the redistricting). Citywide turnout increased by
only 14% over the same election. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The way the
canvassers approached each door was important. Instead of a speech about a
candidate they engaged the potential voter in a conversation about the issues,
relating their issues to the importance of voting, and moving them to a
commitment to vote in the primary. In addition ACORN leaders were making
the rounds talking to their neighbors about the election. I am proud to
report that the combination of a paid canvass and my volunteer work was
especially successful in turning out the vote in my two precincts (34 and
51). In those precincts we boosted turnout by 82% (precinct 34) and 90%
(precinct 51) over the previous year’s turnout. ACORN leader Denise Dixon
again paired with an effective canvasser, increased turnout in her precinct by
131%. The best performing precincts were the ones with a canvasser and a
leader who worked at least Election Day and the Saturday before. There
is a noticeable difference between these precincts and those that only had a
paid canvasser in it, who wasn't a local community leader.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We're not ready to
prove anything yet with our data, because we have not run a scientific test,
but we believe Green's results showing that door-to-door field work for two
weeks before an election yields significant results, and we believe that there
is a correlation with strong local leaders assisting the paid canvassing in
winning even more dramatic increases. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The 24th ward has
traditionally had higher voter turnout than in the 15th. The work
leading up to the election in the 24th Ward was done by leaders who
volunteered their time. Some were paid for two half days of door
knocking, election day and the Saturday before. Turnout increased in
ACORN precincts in the 24th ward at a rate higher than the city average, but
not at the rate at which it increased in the 15th. Overall turnout was
still higher in our 24th ward precincts than our 15th ward precincts, but the
rate of increase was not as dramatic. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">None of this is
rocket science, but it is important. Good door-knocking by community
residents for even two half days can impact turnout. Good door-knocking
by paid and supervised canvassers for two weeks can have dramatic
impact. And a combination of the two, especially with experienced
community leaders working with the paid canvassers, can make a huge
difference. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As it turned out,
Obama won the primary handily, pulling white wards as well as African
American. But no one knew that that would be the case. In each
election we must act as if our work is critical for our communities.
That is what we did in the primary, and we learned something in the process.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Toni Foulkes is a
Chicago ACORN leader and a member of ACORN's National Association
Board.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Now, unless you have something a bit more tangible
than a bad attitude to substantiate your allegations . .
.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Moscow</SPAN></FONT></st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Tony<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:08
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Ted
Moffett<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B>
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] "Which Way To
The Egress?" Barak Obama</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the case of Barak Obama, you
folks may want to be a little cautious. He is reputed to have been quite
radical in the past, only recently moderating his tone and posture in an
attempt to disguise his far left proclivities. It's called grooming but
all it really amounts to is a polished process to mislead the potential voter
as to Barak's true nature. Obama plays on the apathy and laziness
of a large percentage of voters who tire of spirited discussion of the issues,
preferring instead to pay too little attention and then rely on manipulative
sound bites two weeks prior to the election. Rather than analyze the
arguments of both sides over time and make an informed decision, they prefer
to bail on their responsibilities as citizens of a constitutional republic and
demand that both sides just "get along." Obama has cynically targeted
this portion of our spoiled population and intends to get into the Whitehouse
by exploiting them. Don't be conned. Stay involved and
informed.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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