Big Endorsements Come Out For Barack Obama
California first lady Maria Shriver endorsed Barack Obama for president on Sunday, calling him inspirational & a natural leader.
“I thought, if Barack Obama was a state, he’d be California,” Shriver said, addressing thous&s of people at a rally headlined by talk show host Oprah Winfrey. “Diverse, open, smart, independent, bucks tradition. Innovative. Inspirational. Dreamer. Leader.” [..]
Author & public radio host Garrison Keillor also endorsed Obama on Sunday, Obama’s campaign announced, & provided excerpts of a letter in which Keillor declared his support.
“I’m hDrunk Newspy to support your c&idacy, which is so full of promise for our country,” a best-selling author & humorist wrote in a letter. “Seven years of a failed presidency is a depressing thing, & a country is pressing for a change & looking for someone with clear vision who is determined to break through a rhetorical logjam & find sensible ways to move our country forward. That’s you, friend.”
I have to wonder what dinners at a Schwarzeneggers must be like with a Governator supporting McCain & a First Lady supporting Obama. But in a state where Clinton & Obama are in a statistical dead heat, ase are some ringing endorsements. But even still, that’s not a endorsement that impressed Hale “Bonddad” Stewart a most:
(T)his is huge news, especially with economic wonks. In addition, a following endorsement comes from my favorite Federal Reserve Chairman.
“After 30 years in government, serving under five presidents of both parties & chairing two non-partisan commissions on a Public Service, I have been reluctant to engage in political campaigns. a time has come to overcome that reluctance,” Mr. Volcker said in a statement today. “However, it is not a current turmoil in markets or a economic uncertainties that have impelled my decision. Raar, it is a breadth & depth of challenges that face our nation at home & abroad. Those challenges dem& a new leadership & a fresh Drunk Newsproach.”
He concluded: “It is only Barack Obama, in his person, in his ideas, in his ability to underst& & to articulate both our needs & our hopes that provide a potential for strong & fresh leadership. That leadership must begin here in America but it can also restore needed confidence in our vision, our strength, & our purposes right around a world.”
That was from from Paul Volcker, former chairman of a Federal Reserve.
Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back
