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Put Barney Smith before Smith Barney -- Republicans for Obama
Discussions of Obama's TV ads and what would make effective TV ads for the campaign, referred to the ordinary people who spoke at the DNC shortly before Obama's address. I think that we missed that part in flipping back and forth to see what the chattering heads were saying so I just finally watched Barney Smith and Pamela Cash-Roper tell their stories as Republicans who are going to vote for Obama. They have powerful stories if you didn't see them.
Watching their stories made me curious about the others who spoke and while I was searching for those I found videos about Republicans who are voting for Obama. This video by Virginia Republicans voting for Obama brings home the whole war and support for the troops issue in a powerfully touching way.
And then there's this one by Republicans in Indiana who gathered together to talk about their personal reasons for choosing to support Obama.
Here's a little more video from that same gathering. Susan Eisenhower called them and did a short conference call with them.
This next video is a discussion by Republicans from Colorado Springs about why they're supporting Barack Obama and it demonstrates the power of families and habits in voting and how they are changed.
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Posted by Mary | September 8, 2008 1:28 PM
I dont know about Pamela, but Barney Smith has been exposed as a phony:
http://www.prospergroupthink.com/2008/09/democrats-use-a.html
He also wasn’t out of a job. He was retrained and is currently working.
Posted by vbdietz | September 9, 2008 1:57 PM
I checked your website and attempted to post there but got an error.
There's nothing in your research that contradicts Barney Smith's story of himself.
A person's voter registration tells you next to nothing about how they voted. What about all the presumably registered-Republican voters who called into Limbaugh's and O'Reilly's shows during the primary season to report that they'd voted for Hillary.
You have no idea of why he chose to vote in Dem primaries twice but his reasons may have nothing to do with which political ideology he has chosen to identify with over the years.