Actor Samuel L. Jackson arrives at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The guest list for the exclusive event, where top tickets cost more than $30,000, included actors Don Cheadle, Dennis Quaid and Jennifer Beals. (Photo: AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s message of hope and change was carried to Texarkana Sunday by actor Samuel L. Jackson.

“Barack Obama represents everything I was told I could be growing up. I am a child of segregation. When I grew up and people told me I could be president, I knew it was a lie. But now we have a representative... the American Dream is a reality. Anyone can grow up to be a president,” Jackson said.

Jackson campaigns for Obama Actor draws on middle class roots for reasons to elect Illinois senator
By: Marie Martin - Texarkana Gazette - Published: 02/25/2008
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The Academy Awards are important to actor Samuel L. Jackson — but not so much as stumping for Sen. Barack Obama.

Jackson said he skipped the chance of being an Oscar presenter Sunday in Los Angeles, instead choosing to drum up support for Obama in East Texas on Sunday afternoon. Obama is running against Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

During a six-minute monologue, Jackson told the crowd he supported Obama because of the senator's desire to re-create middle- class America.

"There are only two classes of people — haves and have nots," Jackson said. "I'm one of the fortunate ones that has become a have. I want others to have the same opportunity."

A self-described political animal in the 1960s, Jackson told the crowd he is making up for being apathetic during the last two presidential elections. He said he was out of the country when George W. Bush was first elected president.

"When I went to bed, my candidate had won," Jackson said, adding that he woke up the next morning to a different result. "Now I have an opportunity to do something before that happens again."

"(Obama) speaks out for those (middle-class) people," Jackson said. "The 'Leave it to Beaver' family is what he's all about."

"I think the face of our country will change with Obama as president," Jackson said. "It's important that our country reflects who we really are."

"I thought this was more important than the Oscars," Jackson said. "I was close enough, being in Shreveport working, to come and say that I care."

Actor Samuel L. Jackson stumps for Obama in Longview
By ADAM J. HOLLAND ADAM J. HOLLAND Monday, February 25, 2008
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At a Tinseltown event in late June, just after he eliminated Clinton from the race, Obama drew an all-star cast of supporters including actors Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, John Malkovich and Dennis Quaid.

The audience also included supermodels Cindy Crawford and Heidi Klum, whose husband, singer Seal, sang two songs to fire up the VIP crowd.

Streisand to croon for Obama at Hollywood fundraiser Date: 9/16/2008 4:26:00 AM
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Alicia Keys accepts the award for best female R&B artist at the BET awards on Tuesday June 24, 2008 in Los Angeles.
By Derrik J. Lang, AP Entertainment Writer
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Barack Obama’s gala fundraiser tomorrow will attract the mandatory lineup of big-screen talent and boldface names — actors Samuel L. Jackson and Dennis Quaid, model Cindy Crawford and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard — and confirm again that the entertainment industry remains one of the most reliable and abundant sources of Democratic campaign cash.

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War talk in Washington is alarming and unnecessary.

We are patriotic Americans who share the belief that Saddam Hussein cannot be allowed to possess weapons of mass destruction. We support rigorous United Nations weapons inspections to assure Iraq’s effective disarmament.

However, a preemptive military invasion of Iraq will harm American national interests . Such a war will increase human suffering, arouse animosity tow a rd our country, increase the likelihood of terrorist attacks, damage the economy, and undermine our moral standing in the world. It will make us less, not more, secure .

We reject the doctrine—a reversal of long-held American tradition—that our country, alone, has the right to launch first-strike attacks.

The valid U.S. and U.N. objective of disarming Saddam Hussein can be achieved through legal diplomatic means. There is no need for war. Let us instead devote our resources to i m p roving the security and well-being of people here at home and around the world.

Si g n e d , A rtists United to Win Without Wa r

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