A story that has been somewhat under the radar but picked up by a few media outlets (as is what typically happens with McCain-related-less-than-positive stories) has flip flopped in honor of John McCain himself.

Hey DK, I need some assistance on this one.

Very few of you may remember my previous diary about getting smear emails forwarded to me from my boss.  She decided to respond to the list with my responses and one guy decided to email her back.

He responded with the picture of Barack Obama without his hand on his heart and Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, etc. in the background with their hands over their hearts.

My boss then responded back to him with pictures of Barack Obama with his hand over his heart.  He then responded thusly:

I typically don't have much interaction with intolerant and/or hardcore Republicans, but today, I was exposed.

My boss is a Democrat who voted for Hillary but has no problem voting for Obama in the fall.  She mentioned to me that her father and people in her family are Republicans and forward negative emails about Obama.

This morning, she forwarded one to me and asked me for a response she can send back to them.

Surprise Surprise! Lanny-boy has lost it again!

Has he gone INSANE?

I still believe.

I am so very proud of Obama Volunteers.  Many of them travel from state-to-state to do what they can for the campaign.

Here's a picture of myself and the Volunteer Coordinator when I traveled to Dayton, OH to canvass:

I'm asking Kossacks to help me with a particular group of volunteers in South Dakota.

We're all watching the JJ Dinner together!

Check out the live feed at www.indystar.com or www.cnn.com.

Even at www.wishtv.com.

Apparently it's on live at Fox and CNN as well.www.wishtv.com

I've said many times in previous diaries (and other folks on DK have said the same) that the cities of Indianapolis (Marion County), Bloomington (Monroe County) and Gary (Lake County) will be allllll Obama.

Check out the story from Yahoo today:

Unless of course, they continue to be victimized?

Reading DK diaries yesterday, I saw a lot of different views on the recent Jeremiah Wright incident.  I also saw many people wondering how black people felt about it.

So I've decided to share an IM conversation between myself (black, educated female) and a good friend of mine (black, educated male).

Of course, we are only a snapshot of a portion of the black community, but I'm hopeful that this will give you some perspective on how some of us feel.

Black folks are not monolithic...we don't all agree, we don't all disagree...but those of us who grew up with one foot in the black community and one foot in the 'assimilated' white community live a dual life.

Though I wrote a diary early on about the essence of duality, it was not read by many, and I think it's important to talk about because it's REAL.

Please excuse the poor grammar and colorful language... that's what happens in private conversations. :)

Today, I had a meeting in Bloomington and some errands to run in Indianapolis.

So I thought.. why not visually record what I'm seeing in regards to Obama support for Kossacks?  After all, in many diaries I see the question again and again, "How's it looking in Indiana?"

Well, take a look at what I saw being out and about for a few hours.

Reading Andrew Sullivan's Blog, one of his readers wrote a very insightful observation she had about why race IS a factor in this primary and presidential contest.

It's not surprising to me, per se' (well... I am somewhat surprised that the reader observed this behavior so astutely).

I think this is reinforced by many things that white Obama supporters (who are the majority of his support btw) are seeing up close and in person... i.e. the supporters who went to PA to campaign for him and were called "N-lovers", etc.

Ambinder says:

24 Apr 2008 01:36 pm

Sen. Hillary Clinton, in Washington for Senate business, is in intense discussions, right now, with uncommitted superdelegates in a conference room at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Clinton held similar meetings last night.

I didn't expect Barack Obama to pull out Pennsylvania.  Who actually expected THAT?  All Obama could do was make inroads with groups he had been lacking... and all the data that I have read supports that claim.

It's only Hillary Clinton, who is determined to spin this into something that matters, who is bleeding support.

But that's okay girlie... have your fun and shot of Crown Royal tonight.

Well then.  Why doesn't she go to them then?

Vote for Barack Obama as one of the most influential people!

I've been a little disappointed with Saturday Night Live lately, as I feel like their sketches have been amazingly Pro-Hillary.

Until their intro that debuted last night...

Yesterday, I voted early for Barack Obama at my county courthouse.

I was inspired by mattinjersey to share.... and considering "Indiana is the new Iowa", I think it's somewhat substantial to relay.  

I finally was able to vote for someone who I didn't view as the 'lesser of 2 evils'.. Yesterday, I voted for the BEST candidate.