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Obama Archive
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YAY!
Posted on January 20, 2009 | 1 CommentAs Declan said: “Barack Obama isn’t President of Elect anymore.” Words from today’s inaugural speech: Hail to the chief! And Amen, Reverend Lowery. Amen. Subscribe in a reader Copyright Tracy... -
A poignant, uncomfortable prayer
Posted on January 19, 2009 | No CommentsThis opening prayer for the inaugural festivities, given by Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, was left out of the broadcast yesterday, apparently due to a miscommunication between Obama’s planning committee and... -
Weird Barack Obama art
Posted on November 14, 2008 | 3 CommentsGrowing up in a Catholic household the 1960s, my husband says that most of the living rooms he visited as a child had pictures of Jesus and JFK hanging on... -
The world weeply news
Posted on November 5, 2008 | 1 CommentI’m so overwhelmed by this new political landscape that I’ve been mostly speechless today. Not silent, just speechless. I was three months pregnant with Declan on election day in 2004,... -
I like the two Americans
Posted on November 4, 2008 | No CommentsDeclan’s a fan of Barack Obama. But he also asks about John McCain, aware that he’s the other face we see the most on television these days. I’ve tried to... -
Go vote
Posted on November 3, 2008 | No CommentsMy mom just called me to say that a woman working the desk at the OSU Medical Center told her she wouldn’t vote for Obama because “he’s told everybody that... -
Dancing in the streets for Obama
Posted on November 2, 2008 | No Commentshttp://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2136578&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1 Obama Rally from Tracy on Vimeo. This afternoon in Columbus, in front of the Ohio Statehouse just before Michelle and Barack Obama spoke. It’s hard to hear, but “Ain’t... -
The early voting experience
Posted on October 30, 2008 | 5 CommentsMy mom called me yesterday morning to ask me whether I’d gotten a flu shot or voted yet. I’d feel better when I got those things out of the way,... -
Aw shucks, Opie
Posted on October 26, 2008 | No Commentshttp://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die A few days ago, Jill Miller Zimon from Writes Like She Talks put out a call for some Chicken Soup... -
Stolen
Posted on October 21, 2008 | 7 CommentsOur Obama-Biden sign was stolen from our yard today. Looks like a couple of others on the block were as well. Bullies. Subscribe in a reader Copyright Tracy Zollinger Turner,...
