Lubbock Left

Hot off the presses from our County Chair Pam Brink:

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WATCH PARTY
AUGUST 28, 2008
7:30 P.M. (Speech at 9:00 P.M.)
UNION HALL: 405 50TH STREET
beverages and munchies provided

You can register for the event at my.barackobama.com as well.

Don’t forget that Dwight Fullingim’s campaign headquarters is opening today! 1302 Ave Q, 4pm-7pm.

Dwight Fullingim, Democratic candidate for Congress (TX-19), is opening his Lubbock Campaign Headquarters one week from today.

1302 Avenue Q
Friday, August 22
4:00 - 7:00 pm

Bring your friends to come celebrate and show support for our great candidate Dwight Fullingim!

www.dwight08.com

Here’s another video that puts the candidate for a 3rd Bush Term into perspective:

The Amarillo office for the Obama Campaign has its grand opening from 10-4pm at 6141 Amarillo Blvd W.

The hours of operation for the Amarillo Office are:

Monday through Friday 11am-3pm

Saturday 10pm-4pm

Great work, Amarillo Obamaniacs!

Now, let’s get that Lubbock office re-opened…

More bad news for the McCain campaign, as Obama hits back on criticism of his “tires and tune-ups” remark, which is accurate and in the spirit of actually solving our energy crisis (rather than further enriching the oil companies that are responsible for it):

And, of course, it’s rough to be put in your place by Paris Hilton:

So… I wonder who the backroom smokers at the GOP will replace McCain with at their national convention?

If you can’t make today’s Rick Noriega appearance, Chad Hasty will conduct a phone interview with Rick Noriega on Thursday morning:

U.S. Senate Democratic Candidate Rick Noriega will join Lubbock’s First News with Chad Hasty Thursday morning via telephone at 7:35 until 8am. We will discuss Noriega’s immigration plan that he will be speaking about in Lubbock on Wednesday. We will also discuss energy, war, and other issues facing Texans and Americans.

Rock on, Chad.

Just got word that U.S. Senate Candidate Rick Noriega will be stumping in Lubbock tomorrow afternoon. This will be Rick’s third Lubbock visit. It’s unprecedented for Lubbock to get so much attention from a statewide candidate. I love it!

Rick Noriega will be speaking tomorrow — Wednesday August 6 — at the Union Hall at 405 E. 50th St. at 3:00pm.

If you haven’t heard Rick speak yet, you’re missing out. He’s authentic and energetic. See him speak tomorrow and you’ll see that he’s got what it takes to send John Cornyn packing!

Not a good week for McCain by any measure.

MoveOn’s new ad cuts straight through the bull on the current energy debate:

Furthermore, today we learn that Exxon Mobil just reported not only their most profitable quarter, but the most profitable quarter of any corporation in the world, ever. The lie that oil companies somehow are hurting right now because of the price of oil is ridiculous.

The idea that lower prices at the gas pump would come from lending the oil companies a hand by letting them drill in protected areas… is also a lie.

If Exxon Mobil and other members of Big Oil wanted to lower prices for the American consumer at the pump, they could have done so by now. Instead, they would rather rip us off to the tune of 11.68 billion dollars in a single quarter.

We don’t need more drilling — we need to get off of oil as fast as possible!

I’ve been out of town for a week in Eugene, Oregon. Man, do I have some nice things to say about that place.

For now, have a funny/relevant youtube video!