{"id":1441,"date":"2008-10-08T07:41:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T07:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/barack-obama-sa\/"},"modified":"2008-10-08T07:41:45","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T07:41:45","slug":"barack-obama-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/barack-obama-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"BARACK OBAMA, SARAH SILVERMAN, FLORIDA AND A COUPLE OF QUICK MEDIA THINGIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/10\/08\/that_one_2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/dontgeltoosoon\/images\/2008\/10\/08\/that_one_2.jpg?resize=200%2C200\" title=\"That_one_2\" alt=\"That_one_2\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe first one is this poster, which I found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php?ref=home#\/photo.php?pid=1504889&amp;id=508720151&amp;ref=nf\">Jason Rosenberg&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a>.&nbsp; It&#8217;s not quite as good as &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php?ref=home#\/group.php?sid=7bd22618e7e6e3348f19a919a89bf3b4&amp;refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fs.php%3Fsid%3D7bd22618e7e6e3348f19a919a89bf3b4%26init%3Dq%26q%3DI%2Bam%2Ba%2Bcommunity%2Borganizer%26ref%3Dts%26n%3D-1%26o%3D4%26k%3D200000010%26sf%3Dt&amp;gid=32833191947\">I am a community organizer<\/a>&quot; but it&#8217;s kind of cool.<br \/>The other thing is today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/07\/arts\/television\/07sara.html?em\">New York Times story <\/a>about <a href=\"http:\/\/thegreatschlep.com\/site\/index.html\">The Great Schlep <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/person\/271254\/Sarah-Silverman?inline=nyt-per\">Sarah Silverman<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/1808434?pg=embed&amp;sec=1808434\">video<\/a>, which apparently has been screened more than 7 million times in the two weeks since it appeared!&nbsp; Basically, it urges Jewish grandchildren to lean on their grandparents in Florida to vote for Obama or risk the end of loving visits from the grand kids.&nbsp; Given her occasional forays into yukkiness, it&#8217;s actually pretty cute.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcer.info\/our_projects\">Jewish Council for Education and Research<\/a>, and co-executive director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcer.info\/about_us\">Ari Wallach<\/a>, are creative, agile and smart and they&#8217;ve done a great job both of creating and promoting a very good idea.&nbsp; Even if few kids can afford to hit the beaches of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hallandalebeachfl.gov\/\">Hallandale<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami-florida.com\/\"> Miami,<\/a> they&#8217;ll get on the phone and make their case.&nbsp; And the press has loved it.&nbsp; If you missed the video, here it is.<\/p>\n<p>\n<object height=\"339\" width=\"415\"><param value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AgHHX9R4Qtk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1\" name=\"movie\" \/><param value=\"true\" name=\"allowFullScreen\" \/><\/object><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/counters.gigya.com\/wildfire\/IMP\/CXNID%3D2000002.11NXC\/bT%2AxJmx%2APTEyMjM%2ANjU3MzgyNzgmcHQ9MTIyMzQ2NTc2NTc2MiZwPWh%2AdHAlM%2AElMkYlMkZ3d3clMkV%2AaGVncmVhdHNjaGxlcCUyRWNvbSZkPSZuPSZnPTEmdD%2Ambz%2AzODdhYzg%2AMWI2ZTA%2AZjc3OGM2MDc1N2UwMWQzNDRmMg%3D%3D.gif?resize=0%2C0\" style=\"visibility: hidden; 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