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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (28197)	8/24/2008 2:15:30 AM
From: M0NEYMADE	Respond to of 149317

Romney's gotta have alotta money!!! Wowwwwwwww --MONEYMADE TALENT ON LOAN FROM GOD!!!

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (28197)	8/24/2008 2:16:00 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 149317

Obama supporters rally in Sydney August 24, 2008 - 2:47PM Barack Obama supporters thought it only right to stage a rally for the US Democratic presidential candidate on Sydney's harbour foreshore alongside the US warship USS John S McCain. A clarinet playing southern American Dixie tunes and chants of "I don't know but I've been told, Barack Obama's good as gold" accompanied a 40 people-strong "march of hope" as it circled Farm Cove through the Royal Botanical Gardens. The group, which was comprised of both adults and young children, ended up at Woolloomooloo Bay Wharf, where supporters saluted the USS McCain, which is due to depart for Melbourne within the next 24 hours. The US destroyer is in Sydney to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet - the US navy's first voyage around the world. Organiser of the rally Todd St Vrain, who is originally from Missouri but has lived in Australia for seven years, said he hoped to be saluting a USS Barack Obama in Sydney one day. "Barack Obama is going to be a great commander in chief and lead our military with honour," he told AAP. He said he thought the turnout for Sunday's march was "fantastic". "It's not only Americans but Australians that support the message of hope," he said. Organisers hope that the rally - which is partly in celebration of the start of this week's Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado - will draw attention to the importance of the vote of Americans living in Australia. "There are 100,000 Americans living in Australia, 50,000 in Sydney alone, and many of them don't know that they can vote from abroad," said Mr St Vrain. He said that, in his experience, Americans living overseas tended to be supporters of Mr Obama. "They know firsthand the full effects of (President George W) Bush and the loss of respect for the United States," he said. "I think that Obama has a world vision and Obama supporters believe that he's going to help restore us to be proud and be part of the international community again." Katie Knake, originally from New York City who has been in Australia almost six years, said finding campaigning organisation Democrats Abroad Australia had helped her being so far away from home. "I'm here because I'm supporting Barack Obama and I believe in change," she said. But not all supporters at the rally were American. Jevon Saba from Sydney said he was marching to help mobilise Americans to vote for Mr Obama because he couldn't vote himself. "I agree with the policies of Obama, particularly his policy to withdraw from Iraq, which I really believe he stood for since the very beginning," he said. "I think we should get more Australians to mobilise the effort." Americans living in Australia are advised to post their registration forms for the US presidential election by 12 September although voter registration guidelines differ in each state. For more information, visit www.VoteFromAbroad.org