Tiller, "Operation Rescue" and Bonhoeffer

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Tuesday June 02, 2009 · 8:03 PM PDT

2009/06/02 · 20:03

The Tiller murder has caused the pro-choice movement to legitimately question what the label "pro-life" means. Meanwhile vocal pro-lifers are screaming: "That's not who we are!" But I wonder... because in a cold, calculating logic, killing abortionists makes a kind of sick sense if you believe that abortions kill innocent babies. My husband and I were active in Operation Rescue. I've got some things to share.

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 5:21 PM PST

2008/11/05 · 17:21

I've walked dozens of miles, have made thousands of phone calls, knocked on hundreds of doors for the Obama campaign in Southwest Ohio.

Yesterday, I saw the fulfillment of my penance for having voted Bush twice.

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Meet my canvassing partners: Jada, Jaesa, Jayla and Kayla.

JulieUnplugged

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 4:34 AM PDT

2008/10/29 · 04:34

This diary is dedicated to the exhausted, frazzled, battleground state workers and volunteers who can't stand another stupid claim against Obama, who have lost weight, worn out tennis shoes from canvassing miles upon miles, who have racked up hundreds of dollars of extra cell phone minutes from phone banking.

Please use this diary to give a pep talk to those of us who feel like collapsing.

Please help us think of fresh replies to the stupidity that lurks in some of the American electorate who still claim Obama is a terrorist, anti-American Muslim secretly bent on the destruction of our country.

Please help me to get back in the saddle after an awful week of phones and canvassing.

More on the flip.

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 11:44 AM PDT

2008/10/28 · 11:44

You read it here first. The Cincinnati cookie company declares victory for Obama over McCain based on how many more people have chomped on Barack's happy cartoon face on their blue encircled cookies over the red-ringed equivalent of Senator McCain. We have a big billboard keeping the running tally on the 75 freeway. Right now, the standings:

Obama

McCain

Follow me over the fold for more details and a glimpse of their faces.

JulieUnplugged

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 8:22 PM PDT

2008/10/20 · 20:22

While Obama spends precious time with his grandmother, the rest of us are ramping up the efforts to bring home Ohio for Obama.

Our Regional Organizer calls it: The Hunt for Blue October—GOTV.

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Butler County... that's where I live. That's the county that won the election for George Bush because undecideds like me broke for Bush at the last minute instead of for Kerry. I cannot let that happen again... My deep shame over having voted for Bush last time has driven me (I mean, really driven me) to do all I can to see Obama elected. Money, weekly canvassing, leading a weekly phone bank, wearing his shirts every day, neglecting children, ignoring my business, forgoing showers... nothing is too much for me this time around.

If you live in a non-battlegound state, below the fold I've detailed the achievements of our Butler County teams so far, the royal awesomeness of the GOTV strategy, and the glorious privilege it's been to be a member of the ground team this general election season. Truly, everything about Obama has already transformed my life. If he can do all this during the campaign, I can't wait until he takes office!

Follow me to awesomeness!

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Tuesday September 09, 2008 · 4:29 AM PDT

2008/09/09 · 04:29

NPR invited me to participate in a round table discussion today on News and Notes at 1:20 p.m. EST.

I wrote a diary on August 30 about Stay at Home Moms and their enthusiasm for Palin. Apparently the diary generated some discussion at NPR (this site is amazing that way). I've been a part of the evangelical sub culture for over 20 years, both as participant and lately, as critic. I've homeschooled our five kids and run a business that caters to homeschooling families. I used to be a daily listener to Dr. Dobson.

Today, I'm an active participant in the campaign to elect Obama.

My purpose with this diary is to ask you: what would you say about Sarah Palin and the Mommy Wars - if it were you being interviewed? This is your chance to give advice...

See me on the flip.

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 6:52 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 18:52

I just received this through our local Obama list and found it very encouraging. Matthew 25 (including a selection of religious leaders) is troubled by Palin's "unchristian" tone and her attacks on Obama.

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 9:07 PM PDT

2008/08/30 · 21:07

In nearly 90 degree heat, fifteen of us met in front of the local Panera to build on Obama's landmark speech Thursday night, not even pausing to take snipes at what's-her-head governor of Alaska who announced her candidacy literally 20 minutes up the road in Dayton.

I live in Butler County, the suburbs north of Cincinnati. Bush beat Kerry handily last time by over 120,000 votes. It's our mission to reduce the gap. Kerry lost to Bush by a mere 7 votes per precinct in Ohio. We intend to find them, register them and get them to the polls.

During the primary season in February, the Obama Honk 'n Wave in West Chester, my town (called "White Chester" by the cynical) attracted drivers who flipped off Obama fans, shouted obscenities at the poster-bearing families, and one angry driver hurled an empty beer bottle from the passenger side window at a nine year old girl. Needless to say, it takes some courage to support Obama out here. But today intrepid ex-Republicans, formerly inactive Democrats and re-energized diehard party faithful gathered to knock on doors anyway.

Here's a glimpse of how it's going, what we'll keep doing until the election and how you can help us win Ohio!

JulieUnplugged

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 8:24 AM PDT

2008/08/30 · 08:24

Here's why.

One of the little known truths about evangelicals is that they are ever in search of outside validation for their beliefs. Be it a rock star or scientist, famous writer or high profile actor - they want to find someone others respect independently of that person's beliefs and then say, "And did you know s/he is a Christian?" or "S/he is pro-life?" or "S/he believes in intelligent design?"

Sarah Palin appears to be the perfect choice for arch conservative women because FINALLY, they feel, there is someone who looks smart enough to win votes that shares their religious and political beliefs. That must mean those views and values are real, true, factual! Oh yay for us! they think.

What they aren't admitting is that they have to jettison one of their primary planks in order to support her.

JulieUnplugged

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Saturday July 26, 2008 · 6:43 AM PDT

2008/07/26 · 06:43

I read this on my Obama emailing list this morning and was certain it could not be true. I'd love it if someone else would write up a diary that analyzed this possible choice.

Here's the link:

Veneman GOP Running Mate for Obama

More after the jump....

JulieUnplugged

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Wednesday July 02, 2008 · 6:09 PM PDT

2008/07/02 · 18:09

My name is Julie, and I confess: I'm a lifer in the Republican party. The only time I voted Democratic was my first election: 1980. I liked Jimmy Carter and didn't know Reagan. However, four years later, I was converted to evangelicalism and Reagan while attending UCLA. My parents' divorce drove me to look for rock solid moral values that would protect me from adultery, that would ensure that my children grew up in a healthy, nurturing environment, that would promote the traditional family, that would reignite pride in our country (after what felt like a decade of shame in the 1970s).

I was one of those young adults who found the memory of the 60s to be threatening and dangerously a-moral. I wanted something I could count on. Conservatism gave it to me.

But in the last couple of years, my entire worldview flipped and Barack Obama has had a significant hand in that changed perspective. Several dkos members here have suggested I write a diary about it, so this is it. More on the other side.

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Our in-home Unite for Change Obama Event!

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Saturday June 28, 2008 · 6:57 PM PDT

2008/06/28 · 18:57

Over 4000 enthusiastic supporters hosted "Unite for Change" Obama events today. My husband and I (lifelong Republicans) were two of them. Nothing has galvanized me into the level of optimism, enthusiasm or political activism like this Obama campaign. That's why I am proud to be a "fan" and a part of the grass roots work that will make the dream come true: President Obama.

More about our little "neck of the woods" event on the flip side.

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Precinct #44 wins it for Obama and me

Campaign Fatigue: If I hear that one more time....

Obama in a landslide! (Busken Cookie Poll)

The Hunt for Blue October: GOTV Ohio! (with photos)

NPR: News and Notes; Palin and The New Mommy Wars

Matthew 25 is outraged by Palin's speech

The Unglamorous Work of Canvassing in Ohio

SAHM's love Palin

Obama may select Veneman (R) as VP!?

How to get conservatives like me to vote progressive in November

Our in-home Unite for Change Obama Event!