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God-o-Meter got word last night from an Obama campaign source that it's helping organize "days of service" for Obama supporters in Washington and New York to coincide with the pope's U.S. visit. Spearheaded by Catholic Obama supporters and including projects like volunteering in soup kitchens, the initiative is expected to draw a few dozen supporters in each city, and comes at a time when Obama is struggling to peel off Catholic support from Hillary Clinton.
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Sounds like about the number of votes he may get over the scheme as well.
As a volunteer, organizer, and participant in the service day in NYC, let me clarify that our efforts do not just happen to coincide with Pope Benedict XVI's visit, rather, our efforts are intentionally meant as a gesture of welcome FOR Pope Benedict XVI. Acting from our shared faith, Catholic Obama supporters are gathering together to honor the Pope and his message of hope and love. We offer a day of service in his name, and pray that our yearning for the "hope that inspires us to work for an ever more just and fraternal society" will call others to do the same. (Quote taken from Pope Benedict XVI's White House speech yesterday!)
As part of the community of people inspired by both Senator Obama's and the Holy Father's call to a more hopeful vision of what our country, and our world, can look like, I'd like to think that it's still possible to believe that small groups of people can be driven by higher ideals and genuine intentions. Part of this movement is about fighting against the cynicism of our current politics and believing that we all have a role to play in bringing about the kind of positive change that we seek.
Clinton is peeling support off of herself by joining ranks with McClain in slamming Obama. Obama is reeling in the undecided voters of all walks of life. There are just more Catholics in Penn. available to grab up. It's a pity because I like Clinton and think she would ,make a good leader for our country, but she is showing her "dark side" in these attempts to hurt Obama. My advise to her is to knock it off and concentrate on how to defeat McClain.
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