<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post103673576965561325..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6076957498119281589</id><published>2008-10-31T10:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T10:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m waiting on a call from my local office so I ca...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m waiting on a call from my local office so I can be a poll watcher or something myself :)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/6076957498119281589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/6076957498119281589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1225464480000#c6076957498119281589' title=''/><author><name>Jessie Carty</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_euLaLVNpeA4/R-XAjpsn32I/AAAAAAAAAVg/eJyPkEyUbrw/S220/IMG_0527.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-97078717"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2053051887358691301</id><published>2008-10-27T06:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T06:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don&#39;t worry, Jane, the illegal Mexican workers emp...</title><summary type='text'>Don&#39;t worry, Jane, the illegal Mexican workers employed by legal American businesses will keep the country working, so the rest of you can do what you have to do. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If &lt;I&gt;every&lt;/I&gt; Mexican went out and voted and campaigned instead of going to work, &lt;I&gt;then&lt;/I&gt; surely  that great nation would come to a halt...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/2053051887358691301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/2053051887358691301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1225104900000#c2053051887358691301' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03953877785664466289</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1208458607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5690114741366787905</id><published>2008-10-26T00:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T00:21:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>But that, Jane, would be a general strike--still p...</title><summary type='text'>But that, Jane, would be a general strike--still probably the best possible method for demanding social change. Yes, let&#39;s all take the day off, and draw up our lists of demands once the polls close. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The work begins on the 5th!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--Andy&lt;BR/&gt;traveling with Sing Out the Vote Ohio&lt;BR/&gt;and damned hoarse</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/5690114741366787905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/5690114741366787905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224994860001#c5690114741366787905' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6534357197872380211</id><published>2008-10-24T06:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-24T06:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I admire your spirit and determination to do what&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>I admire your spirit and determination to do what&#39;s right. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But if &lt;I&gt;everyone&lt;/I&gt; in America takes off November 4 in order to vote and/or campaign, surely that great nation will grind to a halt? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Best of luck with the campaign, anyway. What happens in America this November will affect the world .. indeed, very probably the entire planet itself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/6534357197872380211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/6534357197872380211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224844620000#c6534357197872380211' title=''/><author><name>Jane Holland</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15590668593487445482</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1550/1581/1600/100_0692_1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-261384352"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5585407010796654773</id><published>2008-10-23T12:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T12:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Onion has been doing funny &quot;news&quot; stories abou...</title><summary type='text'>The Onion has been doing funny &quot;news&quot; stories about the election.  McCain trapped overnight on his campaign bus, Obama&#39;s bus stopped by a southern sheriff, who asks if all the white women on the bus feel safe.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A lot of people feel this vote is pretty urgent, and like the world&#39;s going to end. That&#39;s kind of a turnoff.  If you get too much like that, you may make votes go the other way.&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/5585407010796654773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/5585407010796654773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224778320000#c5585407010796654773' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3317041748514670484</id><published>2008-10-22T23:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T23:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, in answer to your question: Yes.As I&#39;m sur...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, in answer to your question: Yes.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As I&#39;m sure we all know, American politics on various levels has a long history of fraudulent election results, as do most countries who have attempted differing degrees of democracy. Nothing makes the U.S. different.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Still, I would urge not only vigilance but caution. The fact that some elections have been stolen doesn&#39;t mean that every </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/3317041748514670484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/3317041748514670484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224733740000#c3317041748514670484' title=''/><author><name>mark wallace</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.avecbooks.org/images/markwallace.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-476913415"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3512899276489914852</id><published>2008-10-22T10:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T10:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There&#39;s still the mystery of Ohio in &#39;04.  There w...</title><summary type='text'>There&#39;s still the mystery of Ohio in &#39;04.  There were at least three kinds of malfeasance going on in that state, and investigative journalists have been convinced that Ohio was &quot;stolen&quot; for Bush.  Exit polls on the very day of the election had Kerry leading Bush by double digits, but when the results were announced, the vote had switched.  Bush didn&#39;t win in 2000 or 2004.  &quot;It can&#39;t happen here.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/3512899276489914852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/3512899276489914852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224685560000#c3512899276489914852' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3492159717269977539</id><published>2008-10-22T06:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T06:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Vote locally, think globally.The world is hoping.</title><summary type='text'>Vote locally, think globally.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The world is hoping.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/3492159717269977539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/3492159717269977539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224672960000#c3492159717269977539' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1178202449305324130</id><published>2008-10-21T21:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T21:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shoulda added, I&#39;m going on 68 years old. Knocked ...</title><summary type='text'>Shoulda added, I&#39;m going on 68 years old. Knocked on 243 doors canvasing last two days... whatever it takes!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;White Geezers for Obama!... and poetry...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/1178202449305324130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/1178202449305324130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224640380000#c1178202449305324130' title=''/><author><name>Jacob Russell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_MH8FpmUWEp8/R5c6tzFt2dI/AAAAAAAAABk/aremvSfbycE/S220/011_13A.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-512040712"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3392920295817634809</id><published>2008-10-21T21:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T21:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for your reading at Robins Sunday. I fig...</title><summary type='text'>Thank you for your reading at Robins Sunday. I figure I&#39;m closing in on 2000 doors, canvasing since March. Have taken a day off from class election day, and pledged 4 days full time GOTV... asked myself, is there anything more important I could be doing?... couldn&#39;t come up with anything. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For doubters on the left, check out the interview with Chomsky (link on my blog), on voting the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/3392920295817634809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/3392920295817634809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224640200000#c3392920295817634809' title=''/><author><name>Jacob Russell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_MH8FpmUWEp8/R5c6tzFt2dI/AAAAAAAAABk/aremvSfbycE/S220/011_13A.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-512040712"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7115120690691703023</id><published>2008-10-21T16:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T16:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And if you&#39;re in California -- vote No on Prop 8 (...</title><summary type='text'>And if you&#39;re in California -- vote No on Prop 8 (let&#39;s keep marriage equality!) and No on 4 (women -- even young ones! -- get to choose the uses of their bodies).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/7115120690691703023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/7115120690691703023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224622560000#c7115120690691703023' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38984541"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2589824984561906345</id><published>2008-10-21T13:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T13:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting article here too about &#39;the flake rate...</title><summary type='text'>Interesting article here too about &#39;the flake rate&#39; in races like this:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;About three weeks before the 2006 Tester-Burns (Montana Senate) election, MSU-Billings put out a poll that showed Jon Tester up by 13 points. This was an especially iffy poll, one in the John Zogby category. We knew internally that the race was much, much tighter, and we also knew that our small but steady lead over</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/2589824984561906345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/2589824984561906345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224611520000#c2589824984561906345' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7052548419142519811</id><published>2008-10-21T12:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T12:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Ron.  I&#39;m making phone calls and sending of...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks Ron.  I&#39;m making phone calls and sending off little $25 payments&lt;BR/&gt;whenever the budget permits.  Over time, they grow into support.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is the most important election of my life.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/7052548419142519811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/103673576965561325/comments/default/7052548419142519811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html?showComment=1224608220000#c7052548419142519811' title=''/><author><name>bevjackson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14394278185384388199</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-few-of-100000-folks-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-103673576965561325' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/103673576965561325' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-600334937"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 21, 2008"/></entry></feed>