Thank *you*, Joan! Scott >===== Original Message From Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> ===== >for several years now, and i can say that, without a doubt, the man is >the rare and genuine real deal. i first met him when Congressman Lane >Evans came out to support "the funny looking kid with the weird name and >the big ears " early in his run to qualify as the democratic candidate >for US Senate. back then, no one would have given him a shot at running >for President. i came home from that back-yard event so emotionally and >politically charged up that i called my girlfriend who is the nightly >news co-anchor of our NBC affiliate station and also my other friend who >is a prize winning columnist for the Peoria Journal Star and i told them >both to mark my words...that i had just met America's first black >president. i have had a chance to visit with him on many occasions since >that first meeting. his devotion to his beautiful and eloquent wife, >Michelle, is especially touching. when i first met her, she came to >speak on her husband's behalf during his run for the US Senate, and she >spoke from the heart and from her soul about her husband's qualities to >a group of spell--bound listeners at my Shake, Rattle and Roll-2004. >Barack Obama is my choice for president and i hope that you will also >give him your serious consideration. thanks very much!! > >-- >Joan Blessington Snyder 55/17 >[log in to unmask] >www.calipso-pd.org >“Hang tough……..no way through it but to do it. >Chris in the Morning Northern Exposure > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn Scott E. Antes Department of Anthropology Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn