PICTURES OF AN OBAMA VOLUNTEER THROUGHOUT THE PRIMARY SEASON AND BEYOND

Some pictures I took while volunteering with the Obama campaign


November 4, 2008
Some Obama supporters near my house in Rhode Island

Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island to organize to get twice the needed signatures in one day to put Barack Obama on the Rhode Island ballot.
November 2007

Rhode Island Obama Volunteers William Pierce, Sandra Hammel and Marshala Lee
in Providence, Rhode Island.
Bringing in signatures on the petition to put Barack Obama's name
on the Rhode Island ballot.
December 7, 2007

Craig Robinson and William Pierce

Craig and Kelly Robinson

Craig Robinson (Michelle Obama's brother) and Sandra Hammel
Above and below.

January 8, 2008 Nashua, New Hampshire the Primary Night Party
Barack and Michelle Obama as they were coming to greet us.

This is the night of the speech that took off as the "Yes, We Can" speech.

Greeting volunteers January 8, 2008 in Nashua, New Hampshire

After Irish TV interviewed me.

At a private home - used as the "staging area" to give us our daily assignments to go door-to-door in New Hampshire. The young lady on the right worked on Barack's staff when he was a Senator. The woman in the center was from Australia and came just for the day to help. I was there for one week prior to the New Hampshire primary.

Richard Wolffe,
White House Correspondent, Newsweek writer, MSNBC commentator
and an unflattering picture of Sandra Hammel

Snowman for Obama
At the staging area's house in New Hampshire where we met daily.

Michelle Obama came to Warwick, Rhode Island
February 20, 2008

Michelle Obama in Warwick, Rhode Island
She was introduced by her brother, Craig Robinson,
who at the time was the basketball coach at Brown University

Youth for Obama
March 1, 2008

Barack Obama in Rhode Island
at Rhode Island College
March 1, 2008


Edward Mutanguha, student from Kigali, Rwanda,
Senator John Kerry and a professor at Salve Regina University
Newport, Rhode Island, March 2008.
Obama Campaign Office ~ above two pictures and one picture below.

Praising the young people's involvement
and introducing Senator John Kerry
to volunteers.

It's All Right - Sung by Curtis Mayfield

All of the pictures that I took above were in previous posts:

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Rhode Island to put barack obama on the ballot

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Michelle-Obama-comes-to-rhode-island

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NASHUA, NH - JANUARY 08: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) supporter Sandra Hammel reacts to poll results as she await his arrival at a primary night rally in the gymnasium at the Nashua South High School on January 8, 2008 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Initial polls show Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Obama in a tight race in the nation's first primary.

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MICHELLE OBAMA COMES TO RHODE ISLAND

My brother, the Obamacan, voting in his first Caucus, Tuesday night on the island of Maui changed his party for this one time from Republican to Democrat so that he could vote for Barack. As you may know, Hawaii went for Barack with a spread of 52% points.

This week, I've had to limit my time blogging. You know, I've had to live a life : ) I am getting the house ready for an Obama House Party here in Rhode Island, that I am having next Monday. We have our Primary March 4 ~ the same day as Texas, Ohio, Vermont and us, the little state of Rhode Island. Wednesday, this week, Michelle Obama came and spoke in Warwick, RI. The advance press was almost non-existent, but still we had a good turn-out. I would say over 2,000 welcoming people attended. Our RI Attorney General Lynch followed the singing of our National Anthem, followed with Craig Robinson, the brother of Michelle Obama and the head boys basketball coach at Brown University. Then Michelle gave us a speech.

I volunteered to help out, which amounted to getting attendees to sign in and getting people to sign up to volunteer leading up to the Primary. Edward Mutanguha came and was so excited. Edward is from Kigali, Rwanda and is the sweetest young man. He says that the people back home in Rwanda (Africa) are so excited and watching Barack Obama's journey very closely.

I briefly talked to our past U.S. RI Senator Lincoln Chafee. Lincoln Chafee, Republican lost his reelection to the Freshman Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in 2004. Barack Obama came to Rhode Island to campaign for Sheldon Whitehouse and now Sheldon has endorsed and is campaigning for Hillary Clinton. And Lincoln Chafee has endorsed Barack Obama!

Barack Obama Espanol TV
Conozca a Barack Obama

While there, I met Hector Racine, a Spanish political journalist, who writes for a Spanish weekly newspaper with readers in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. His newspaper is New England Expreso. Hector said he would teach me Spanish and I could teach him English. We traded contact information.

Pictures I took didn't turn out well. But here are a few....

Michelle Obama speaking February 20, 2008 in Warwick, Rhode Island

This article ~ Younger set gets excited by election ~ was in our local paper ~ The Newport Daily News, Wednesday. On the same day, my little press release about my Obama House Party was also in the paper ~ surrounded by a bigger article mostly about Hillary Clinton. That night, I received a couple of phone calls. One call was from an 87 year old man who loves Barack and met him when Barack came to RI to campaign for Sheldon Whitehouse in '04. He wants an Obama bumper sticker for his car. And I received a call from a Republican who is a solid supporter of Barack Obama and volunteered to canvas for him here in RI.

Just because I feel like it ~ a song . . . .

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