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"Time to begin again" +
1:29 web video from April 28, 2011 fundraising email.
Obama: I
will be a candidate for re-election in 2012. And, I'm going to
need each and every one of you to get involved. And I know that a
lot of you who were involved in the campaign earlier, over the last two
years, you've probably felt some frustration. There have been
times where you wanted Washington to change a lot more quickly than it
has, and it keeps on slipping into those same old bad habits.
But I want everybody here to remember everything we've accomplished
over the last two years. The record of accomplishment in making a
difference for ordinary people, making sure that they can get the
health care that they need, making sure that they are able to find a
job or get trained for a job of the future. All those things are
happening because of you.
And so, if you've been feeling impatient, and I understand that, if
you're feeling frustrated sometimes, that shouldn't be a reason to pull
back. That's a reason for us to get even more involved, because
we know if we've done this much over the last two years, imagine what
we can do over the next six as long as we keep our focus on the future,
as long as we keep working together.
I'm looking forward to re-engaging with all of you, and I hope you
are too.
Note: Here's the email that
linked to the video:
From: Barack Obama
[mailto:info@barackobama.com]
Sent: Thursday, April
28, 2011
3:56 PM
To: Joe Smith
Subject: Big things
Joe Smith --
If it were easy to do the big, meaningful things we believe will make
our country better -- if it were quick -- someone would have done those
things long before any of us showed up.
We've chosen to do something hard.
You know that our victories so far have been hard won: taking the
difficult steps necessary to put our economy back on track, reforming
Wall Street excess despite an army of lobbyists against us, and making
health care more affordable and accessible despite well-organized
opposition by those who profit from the status quo.
You also know we have not yet done everything we set out to do -- not
nearly.
But that's a reason to work harder, not to let up. That's why we're
building this campaign now. And you have to take ownership of it.
So I will be direct: Can you step up and make a donation of $5 to get
us started?
https://donate.barackobama.
We've had the chance to make historic changes that touch every
American: from passing a law that says women should get an equal day's
pay for an equal day's work to removing 100,000 troops from Iraq.
Those things and every other important change we've made happened
because people like you built an organization to win an election in
2008.
The stakes are even higher this time.
As I've spoken with supporters who are helping get this campaign
started, I've met folks who are frustrated by the pace of change.
I understand that. But we knew this wouldn't be easy. The kind of
change we're working for never comes easily.
Now is the time to begin again, and build the campaign that will shape
our country's future.
Thank you,
Barack