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Disclaimer:  Although this site is reviewed by the Gunnison County officers,  any opinions implied in the content are those of the webmaster, not of the Gunnison County Democratic Organization (although they should be).

Fellow Dems,

It's countdown time! Hope you've been stumping for all the great Dems on the ticket.

Here are a few announcements:

1.  Obama/Biden Signs: We managed to buy a limited number of these signs. We are selling them at our cost on a first-come, first-serve basis.       
     Gunnisonites
- you can buy a sign at the Dem Headquarters at 302 W. Tomichi Ave.       
     North Valley folks - you can get a sign from Fran Wickenhauser (349-5208). If he runs out of the ones we sent to CB with him, you can watch the window at the Purple Rain Emporium. Michael Greene has ordered more online and they will be sold at thePurple Rain when they arrive.

2.  There are also Hap, Paula, Udall, and Salazar signs at the Dem Headquarters.

3.  The candidates would appreciate your support at the Board of Realtors Candidates Forum on Tues. Oct. 7, at 7 PM at the Fred Field Multi-purpose Bldg in Gunnison. Set your DVR for the Presidential debate, come support Hap & Paula, then go home to watch the debate.

4.  The League of Women Voters will host a Ballot Issues Forum Thurs. evening (Oct. 9), 7 PM, also at the Multi-purpose Bldg in Gunnison. They will hand out their Ballot Issues pamphlet, go over all of the ballot measures, then open the meeting for discussion and advocacy.

Remember:      Monday, Oct. 6 - Last day to Register to Vote, make sure any newcomer
                 you know has registered.              
           Tuesday, Oct. 28
- Last day to request a mail-in ballot to be sent to voter              
              Friday, Oct. 31 - Last day to walk in to County Clerk's office to request a mail-in ballot               Mon., Oct 20 thru Sat. Oct. 25 and Mon., Oct 27 thru Fri. Oct. 31 -
                  Walk-in early voting at County Clerk's office

Helpful note: If you go to the Clerk's office or to the Polls to vote, you will not be allowed in wearing campaign buttons or other paraphernalia or clothing. You will also be required to show identification before voting.

Frank Venturo
Chair
Gunnison County Democrats 


See  
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecking_mccain.html
for an independent analysis of the lies (not "flubs"!) in McCain's acceptance speech



HERE is a pdf transcript of Barack Obama's acceptance speech (as written beforehand).
HERE is a link to an in-line version of the speech (as delivered?) which appeared  later.

Here is a link to a FLASH (Adobe monopoly) video (not useful for downloading).

Here are three short clips from a recording of the MSNBC broadcast:
"ENOUGH"       "ON YOUR OWN"       "NO SMALL PLANS"
(Sorry about video/audio synch errors!)

Democracy Now now has available complete videos of the speech (plus other material)
available HERE in a variety of streaming and downloadable formats.
For example the .mp4 (mpeg) download is of excellent quality,
but is imbedded in 2 hours total including interviews etc.

Here are some links of particular interest for the current campaigns.  (They are also listed on the
NATIONAL pages or elsewhere on this site.)

Several Obama links or sub-links:
    Main page:  http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
    Check the facts:  http://factcheck.barackobama.com/
    Fight the smears:  http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/
    Issue compilation: http://www.ontheissues.org/Barack_Obama.htm
Other sites referring to Barack Obama:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
    http://www.myspace.com/barackobama
    http://twitter.com/BarackObama
    and many, many more!

See
ARTICLES   for more about a recent campaign issue, offshore drilling

Mark Udall for Senate:
http://www.markudall.com/

John Salazar for Congress:
http://www.salazar2008.com/

Hap Channell for county commissioner:
http://www.hapchannell.com/

Paula Swenson for County Commissioner:
(click here for temporary site)

Jill Brake for State Board of Education:
http://www.brake4education.com

Please see the schedule for upcoming candidate forums on  NEW EVENTS or CALENDAR

Our local Obama campaign coordinator:  Graham Klym   phone: 970-331-5499

We have a new office! It is in the “Creamery” at 302 West Tomichi, N. side just west of Pine.  Phone: 642-4255.   Internal use email: gunnisondems@gunnison.com.  Please click on
CONTACT US for general "outside" inquiries!

    We have already put it to use for meetings, it's been cleaned and redecorated and two computers are up and running. We hope we will see many of you hard at work there as volunteers!

09/12/08:  We need more volunteers to staff the office!  Please email  Betsy Janney
with information about possible times you could help, generally weekday mornings or
afternoons for a couple of hours, and include your phone number please.  Thanks!
  
    Below we have the entry point to a very powerful system to locate, contact and analyze prospective voters.  Volunteers should ask their recruiters for the appropriate level of access and a password if this hasn't been explained already.


Please click on the image at left to enter the Voter Activation Network.  Password required!