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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Bike4Obama stopping near Bath
Four men will be in the Bath area on Saturday-Monday area as part of the Bike4Obama Project (visit www.bike4obama.com), a 1145-mile bicycle ride from Jacksonville, Florida, to Washington, D.C., in support Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.
The two original participants, Eyal Dimant and Jonah Canner of Brooklyn, N.Y., have now enlisted two more riders, Philadelphia transplants Dan Schwartzman and Giga Shane, to join them in the project.
Their efforts began Oct. 7 when held two informal meetings in the Fort Lauderdale area with voters from the Jewish community mistrustful of Obama as a result of his alleged hostility to Israel. From there, they proceeded to Jacksonville, where they began their journey to work with local Obama campaign and Democratic Party outlets in get-out-the-vote activities, marathon fund raising and awareness raising activities through a series of key “red” states — states that no Democratic presidential candidate has won in at least a decade and a half.
Route, donation information and bios are available at www.bike4obama.com. The “Donate” link goes directly to the barackobama.com page, and the money is not handled by any third party associated with Bike4Obama.
