Voices For Change: Brian in Wisconsin
p align=”center”a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/tag/hq-voices-for-change”img src=”http://my.barackobama.com/page/-/blog/voice_for_change_cb.jpg” alt=”" //a/ppBrian has lived all over the electoral map.nbsp; Born in Minnesota, he moved with his dairy herdsman father and family to a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/wihome”Wisconsin/a and then Illinois.nbsp; From there, onto Nebraska, then Washington, Ohio, North Dakota, and finally back to a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/wihome”Wisconsin/a.nbsp; And now, having lived in so many states — as many red states as blue — Brian has a good sense of what this country really looks like: purple.nbsp; /ppAnd there’s a Senator who really agrees with him. /pimg src=”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2987961388_9c7a96310b_m.jpg” alt=”" hspace=”10″ vspace=”10″ align=”left” /pquot;I started early looking for the best candidate to get us moving to where we need to go.nbsp; I found Barack’s positions all very compatible with my own and his personality to be outstanding.quot; /ppThere are specific quot;purplequot; issues that Brian thinks the whole country could get behind, and energy independence is one of them.nbsp; As a landscape construction worker employed by a Wisconsin forest preserve, he knows that an energy-independent United States would be good for the environment — and not only that, it would increase our national security as well.nbsp; By creating over 5 million new green collar jobs, it’s also a much-needed boost to our economy.nbsp; This bipartisan issue is at the center of Barack Obama’s campaign, and that’s one reason Brian got motivated to get out there and help./pblockquotepI have worked on three a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/n2n-hqblog”walk lists/a in my local area — and it’s a little hard at first to go knock on a stranger’s door.nbsp; But, I’ve found that it’s actually interesting to meet neighbors I would never have any other reason to meet.nbsp; Most people I have talked with have been nice, and some are really enthusiastic about their support.nbsp; /ppI have another a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/n2n-hqblog”walk list/a that I am anxious to start because I still see the polls put Wisconsin in the toss-up category.nbsp; We can do much better to show our support of a sane and prosperous future by getting behind the only candidate that makes any sense./p/blockquotepWith the clock ticking down, and so many states in the toss-up category, now is the time to join Brian by a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/n2n-hqblog”knocking on some doors/a in your own neighborhood — or a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/n2n-hqblog”making calls/a to someone else’s neighborhood!/ppAs Brian put it, thinking about the future of this country:/pblockquotepI can barely wait to get started fixing this mess./p/blockquotep align=”center”a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/n2n-hqblog”img src=”http://www.barackobama.com/images/n2n_learn_more.jpg” alt=”" //a/ppLet’s get started now.nbsp; /ppa href=”http://my.barackobama.com/n2n-hqblog”Make calls/a.nbsp; a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/n2n-hqblog”Knock on doors/a.nbsp;nbsp;/ppa href=”http://my.barackobama.com/n2n-hqblog”Elect Barack Obama as the next President of the United States/a. nbsp; /p
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