blog - gObama 2008
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(Berlin, Germany - 1 a.m. local time)
I have spent an entire week editing and logging footage and calculated that I got more then 40 hours to handle. It seems like slowly I make sense of the events and find a structure. All will change again of course, but a first feeling for the docu trailer is there.
I just find it difficult sitting still and staring on the screen for long hours. So every distraction and event is helpful to get my juices flowing with the bigger (more beautiful - as you see above) picture. I‘ve visited friends, made phone calls and even cycled across town to work my body and not just my eyes, brain and bum.
It turned out it was the International Tourist Travel Market this week and countless visitors were in town. So we got out on the day of the Texas and Ohio primaries with my Berlin homeboy Hannes. We asked people on the street what they know and how they feel about Obama and Hillary.
Obama girl was there! Her smiles shine in my podcast section - they speak for themselves. I think there is hope and change even in Germany. Most of all - it came from people I did not expect it from - young and old, black and white.
I have gotten many emails from the Obama campaign and I have been slightly depressed about Hillary’s comeback. According to the latest news, Obama is leading the caucus in Wyoming. I think it’s time to let go of all fears and really work the magic. I believe it’s destiny that he will get the nomination, so let’s just forget the haters and doubters. In a clever move Hillary offered him vice president after her victory night, but I think it should be the other way around and nothing less.
Here is what the Obama campaign said after their defeat:
Rahman
We may not know the final outcome of today's voting until morning, but the results so far make one thing clear.
When the dust settles from today's contests, we will maintain our substantial lead in delegates. And thanks to millions of people standing for change, we will keep adding delegates and capture the Democratic nomination.
We knew from the day we began this journey that the road would be long. And we knew what we were up against.
We knew that the closer we got to the change we seek, the more we'd see of the politics we're trying to end -- the attacks and distortions that try to distract us from the issues that matter to people's lives, the stunts and the tactics that ask us to fear instead of hope.
But this time -- this year -- it will not work. The challenges are too great. The stakes are too high.
Americans need real change.
In the coming weeks, we will begin a great debate about the future of this country with a man who has served it bravely and loves it dearly. And we will offer two very different visions of the America we see in the twenty-first century.
John McCain has already dismissed our call for change as eloquent but empty.
But he should know that it's a call that did not begin with my words. It's the resounding call from every corner of this country, from first-time voters and lifelong cynics, from Democrats and Republicans alike.
And together you and I are going to grow this movement to deliver that change in November.
Thank you,
Barack
Berlin got its very own Obama girl
Sunday, March 9, 2008
(Berlin, Germany - 1 a.m. local time)
I have spent an entire week editing and logging footage and calculated that I got more then 40 hours to handle. It seems like slowly I make sense of the events and find a structure. All will change again of course, but a first feeling for the docu trailer is there.
I just find it difficult sitting still and staring on the screen for long hours. So every distraction and event is helpful to get my juices flowing with the bigger (more beautiful - as you see above) picture. I‘ve visited friends, made phone calls and even cycled across town to work my body and not just my eyes, brain and bum.
It turned out it was the International Tourist Travel Market this week and countless visitors were in town. So we got out on the day of the Texas and Ohio primaries with my Berlin homeboy Hannes. We asked people on the street what they know and how they feel about Obama and Hillary.
Obama girl was there! Her smiles shine in my podcast section - they speak for themselves. I think there is hope and change even in Germany. Most of all - it came from people I did not expect it from - young and old, black and white.
I have gotten many emails from the Obama campaign and I have been slightly depressed about Hillary’s comeback. According to the latest news, Obama is leading the caucus in Wyoming. I think it’s time to let go of all fears and really work the magic. I believe it’s destiny that he will get the nomination, so let’s just forget the haters and doubters. In a clever move Hillary offered him vice president after her victory night, but I think it should be the other way around and nothing less.
Here is what the Obama campaign said after their defeat:
Rahman
We may not know the final outcome of today's voting until morning, but the results so far make one thing clear.
When the dust settles from today's contests, we will maintain our substantial lead in delegates. And thanks to millions of people standing for change, we will keep adding delegates and capture the Democratic nomination.
We knew from the day we began this journey that the road would be long. And we knew what we were up against.
We knew that the closer we got to the change we seek, the more we'd see of the politics we're trying to end -- the attacks and distortions that try to distract us from the issues that matter to people's lives, the stunts and the tactics that ask us to fear instead of hope.
But this time -- this year -- it will not work. The challenges are too great. The stakes are too high.
Americans need real change.
In the coming weeks, we will begin a great debate about the future of this country with a man who has served it bravely and loves it dearly. And we will offer two very different visions of the America we see in the twenty-first century.
John McCain has already dismissed our call for change as eloquent but empty.
But he should know that it's a call that did not begin with my words. It's the resounding call from every corner of this country, from first-time voters and lifelong cynics, from Democrats and Republicans alike.
And together you and I are going to grow this movement to deliver that change in November.
Thank you,
Barack