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Michael Kostroff, who plays Maurice "Maury" Levy on HBO's "The Wire," is in town this week to volunteer for Sen. Barack Obama at Doolittle Community Center in Las Vegas. Obama later told the Sun "The Wire" is his favorite show.
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Awaiting an interview with Sen. Barack Obama at the Doolittle Community Center, I looked up from my laptop and saw Maurice Levy.
His real name is Michael Kostroff, but he plays Levy on HBO's critically acclaimed crime drama "The Wire". His character is this absolutely amoral specimen of awfulness drug lawyer, but in real life he's really a nice guy. The transformation is incredible. "The Wire" has been described in other places as a Dostoyevsky novel on television--sprawling, psychological, gripping.
A Sun photographer and I were sort of marveling at how total the transformation is, and he told us it's quite simple: Funny people all have a dark side. (He's actually a comedic actor, including musicals like "The Producers.") Kostroff is in town volunteering for Obama, doing the scut work that needs doing. Saturday he did data entry, he said. Today he was driving volunteers. This morning he got to meet Obama, who told him "The Wire" is his favorite show.
I asked Obama about this in an interview that will run in tomorrow's Sun. (Preemptive defense of question about pop culture: "The Wire" is a serious program that raises questions about broken civic institutions and the powerful people who have an interest in keeping them broken, which makes it quite relevant to the narrative of this campaign.)
Keeping a campaign positive is what the people want. Informing us of HOW to take this country forward is important. Thank you for doing that Senator Obama.
Hussain Obama has never achieved anything for people in his life. Look at this own website if you want.
We are electing an executive, not a preacher.
Hussain would be fired by now, if he had a real job. Eight years in Illinois and Washington, look at his of achievements from his website under political career: http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet_ba...
"OBAMA PORTRAIT MUSIC VIDEO" on Youtube - Don't Miss It!
For those of you who still have not heard:
There is a WONDERFUL and INSPIRING music video on Youtube.com entitled "Obama Portrait Music Video by Bjarne O."
You can use the free downloaded high-quality stereo version from the composer's website in DVD form to show at house parties and fundraisers. Even people who knew nothing at all about Obama have been moved: either a thrilling introduction, or further inspiration for those of us who already know and fight for Obama.
The music soundtrack, which incorporates excerpts from the famous 2004 speech, can also be downloaded separately in high-quality.
It is an uplifting and informative campaign tool - so please, SPREAD THE WORD!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mCPwbozpIzM
YES WE CAN
Anne
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Use your vote for thoughtful, proven change. Vote for Hillary Clinton. Here is one more important reason why:Today New York Times Op-Ed columnist Paul Krugman, in reviewing Clinton's, Obama's and Edward's economic stimulus plans wrote:"Last week Hillary Clinton offered a broadly similar but somewhat larger proposal. (It also includes aid to families having trouble paying heating bills, which seems like a clever way to put cash in the hands of people likely to spend it.) The Edwards and Clinton proposals both contain provisions for bigger stimulus if the economy worsens.And you have to say that Mrs. Clinton seems comfortable with and knowledgeable about economic policy. I’m sure the Hillary-haters will find some reason that’s a bad thing, but there’s something to be said for presidents who know what they’re talking about.The Obama campaign’s initial response to the latest wave of bad economic news was, I’m sorry to say, disreputable: Mr. Obama’s top economic adviser claimed that the long-term tax-cut plan the candidate announced months ago is just what we need to keep the slump from “morphing into a drastic decline in consumer spending.” Hmm: claiming that the candidate is all-seeing, and that a tax cut originally proposed for other reasons is also a recession-fighting measure — doesn’t that sound familiar?Anyway, on Sunday Mr. Obama came out with a real stimulus plan. As was the case with his health care plan, which fell short of universal coverage, his stimulus proposal is similar to those of the other Democratic candidates, but tilted to the right. "... For example, the Obama plan appears to contain none of the alternative energy initiatives that are in both the Edwards and Clinton proposals, and emphasizes across-the-board tax cuts over both aid to the hardest-hit families and help for state and local governments. I know that Mr. Obama’s supporters hate to hear this, but he really is less progressive than his rivals on matters of domestic policy."The economy will be a great challenge for the next president. Please use your caucus vote for Hillary Clinton.Virginia
Virginia???You want us to listen to Paul Krugman??? Thats it, I am choosing Obama despite Krugman
Obama rocks!!! He's got my vote. He can unite Black, White, Hispanic, etc. His message of inclusiveness is encouraging. Hillary, however, as we all witnessed with the Obama debacle is divisive. Plus- i don't like how she and her supporters are trying to suppress the black and latino vote.