OBAMA LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES - Updated to reflect new dishonesties
OBAMA LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES as of April 16, 2008 (76 lies and counting)
76) “I am the only candidate who isn’t taking a dime from Washington lobbyist” - LIAR- The record shows quite the opposite. According to USA Today, Obama’s campaign fundraising team includes 38 members of law firms that were paid $138 million last year to lobby the federal government, records show. Those lawyers, including 10 former federal lobbyists, have pledged to raise at least $3.5 million for the Illinois senator’s presidential race. Employees of their firms have given Obama’s campaign $2.26 million, a USA TODAY analysis of campaign finance data shows.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-04-15-obama_N.htm
75) “I did not take money from oil companies” -LIAR- It is against the law to take money from oil companies. None of your opponents take money from oil companies either.
74) “I did not recall meeting Nadhmi Auchi at any time or on any occasion” - LIAR - But a government witness said on Monday, during Antoin Rezko’s corruption trial, that he recalled seeing Sen. Barack Obama at a party that Rezko held in 2004 to honor Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born tycoon. Two other guests at the party declared the Obamas were present at the event, which took place one week before Obama won his U.S. Senate seat.
Source: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/894559,CST-NWS-rezko15.article
according to the Chicago Tribune.
73) Here is what Obama now said he meant about comment he made about Small town PA - “So I said, ‘Well, you know, when you’re bitter you turn to what you can count on,’ ” he continued. “So people they vote about guns, or they take comfort from their faith and their family and their community. And they get mad about illegal immigrants who are coming over to this country or they get frustrated about, you know, how things are changing. That’s a natural response.” - LIAR - See what Obama really meant in red. It does not take high school student to understand what Obama meant - “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them…And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
72) Obama on Guns - when Obama ran for the Illinois state senate the political group, Independent Voters of Illinois (IVI), asked him if he supported a “ban [on] the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns” and he responded “yes.” - LIAR- But in what will probably be the most improbable change, the Politico reported on Saturday that Barack Obama was making a big play for gun votes in Pennsylvania. In 1998, another questionnaire administered by IL State Legislative National Political Awareness Test didn’t ask about banning all handguns, but it did find that Obama wanted to “ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.” Source: Fox News and Politico.com
71) Obama distort (aka “Lie”) about McCain saying, “McCain (he) is willing to send our troops too another war of 100 years in Iraq”. Obama also denied what he said on the video - LIAR - The video proves him absolutely untruthful (”a liar”).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-cXV4Z2Hrg
70) I did not campaign in Florida, (so Florida vote shouldn’t count) - LIAR -According to Boston Globe, HeraldTribune and other sites, Obama airs “ads” on Cable stations in Florida. Even with the Florida cable ads, Obama still lost.
From heraldtribune.com Obama’s Florida ads bust pledge
See the Video here http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/01/obama_airs_nati.html
69) “I stopped smoking. I stopped smoking. I haven’t had a cigarette since I quit - LIAR - But in his own words, here is what Obama said. Except….last night on MSNBC’s Hardball, Obama admitted that his attempt to wean himself from the vile tobacco weed had not been entirely successful. I fell off the wagon a couple times during the course of it, and then was able to get back on,” he said. “But it is a struggle like everything else.”
Source ABC News: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/obama-is-smokin.html
68) Look at my education record in Illinois - LIAR - In reality, Obama never really championed the local councils. He supported them behind the scenes and only eventually came out publicly on their behalf. When he did weigh in, he came down on the wrong side of the debate—against protecting principals from unwarranted dismissals and in favor of keeping councils independent, no matter what. In the end, the resolution of the conflict between the two sides didn’t alleviate anyone’s concerns. Instead, it prolonged a turf battle that seems to have dragged down academic progress in the years since. Read more here http://www.slate.com/id/2188010?wpisrc=newsletter
Source: slate.com
Source: ABC News: Buried in Eloquence, Obama Contradictions About Pastor
67) “I don’t think my church is actually particularly controversial,” Obama said at a community meeting in Nelsonville, Ohio, earlier this month. - LIAR - But yesterday, he told a different story. “Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes,” he said in his speech yesterday in Philadelphia.
66) I did not take money from oil companies: - LIAR - [03/31/2008]
THE FACTS: True enough, Obama does not take money from oil companies. No candidate does. It is illegal for corporations to give money to politicians. Corporations, however, do have political action committees that collect voluntary donations from employees and then donate them to candidates. Obama doesn’t take money from PACs. He also doesn’t take money from lobbyists.
But he does accept money from executives and other employees of oil companies and two of his fundraisers are oil company executives. As of Feb. 29, Obama’s presidential campaign had received nearly $214,000 from oil and gas industry employees and their families, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. Clinton had received nearly $307,000 from industry workers and their families and Republican Sen. John McCain, the likely GOP presidential nominee, received nearly $394,000, according to the center’s totals.
Two of Obama’s fundraisers are Robert Cavnar, the chairman and chief executive of Houston-based Mission Resources Corp., and George Kaiser, the president and CEO of Tulsa-based Kaiser-Francis Oil Co. Source: Associated press via Yahoo News
65) I did NOT play the race card: - LIAR - [03/31/2008] Obama was the first to play the race card. According to Phialdelphia Inquirer, Quietly, the storm over the hateful views expressed by Sen. Barack Obama’s pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, has blown away the most insidious myth of the Democratic primary campaign. Obama and his surrogates have charged that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has deliberately and cleverly played the race card in order to label Obama the “black” candidate. Read more here
64) I played greater role in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the death penalty and abortion - LIAR - [03/31/2008] It was found that Obama — the day after sitting for the interview — filed an amended version of the questionnaire, which appears to contain Obama’s own handwritten notes added to one answer. Read Obama had greater role on liberal survey
63.) I have the best plan to cure the Mortgage Crisis - LIAR. [03/30/2008] You and your campaign buddy Penny SubPrime Bank Collapse Prizker have had your little fingers full of subprime cash - Obama has taken $1,180,103 from the top issuers of subprime loans: Obama received $266,907 from Lehman, $5395 from GMAC, $150,850 from Credit Suisse First Boston, $11,250 from Countrywide, $9052 from Washington Mutual, $161,850 from Citigroup, $4600 from CBASS, $170,050 from Morgan Stanley, $1150 from Centex, and last but certainly NOT LEAST - Obama received $351,900 from Goldman Sachs. I am sure that cash all came from folks who knew the subprime loan they had was a dream, eh?
Scroll down for more 1 - 62 (We are working on updating the source of the stories)
1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. Source: hotair.com
2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government. Source: http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message504435/pg1
3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had Source:http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/01/obamas-oginga-o.html
4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades. Source:http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/01/obamas-oginga-o.html
5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man. Source: According to NYTimes story of April of last year, Sarah Hussein Obama told the New York Times she is a devout Muslim.
6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and ‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means ‘blessed’ in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
7.) I Never Practiced Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years,until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - LIAR, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).
9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn’t even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.
11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.
12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.
13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.
14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.
15.) I Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ‘08 - LIAR, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
16.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.
17.) Oops, I Misvoted - LIAR, only when caught by church groups and democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.
18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn’t write it,introduce it, change it, or create it. <!–noadsense–>
21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days from start to finish.
22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.
23.) I Have Released My State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - LIAR, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.
27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - LIAR, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel.
30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.
31.) I Didn’t Run Ads In Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you still lost.
32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you didn’t.
33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did not.
34.) I Want All Votes To Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates decide.
35.) I Want Americans To Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26, most of which you didn’t write yourself.
37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has stopped saying this.
38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.
39.) I Don’t Take PAC Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.
40.) I don’t Have Lobbysists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.
41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.
42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this advertising to MySpace clients.
43.) I Inspire People With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with other people’s words.
44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa, which shows YOUR priorities.
45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - LIAR, you weren’t in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.
46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your plan leaves us all to pay the 15,000,000 who don’t have to buy it.
47.) I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail - LIAR, both companies you site as having sent you letters about this conflict have no record of any such letter ever being created or sent.
48.) I Am As Patriotic As Anyone - LIAR, you won’t wear a flag pin and you don’t put your hand over your heart during the Anthem.
49.) My Wife Didn’t Mean What She Said About Pride In Country - LIAR, your wife’s words follow lock-step in the vein of Wright and Farrahkan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America.
50.) Wal-Mart Is A Company I Wouldn’t Support - LIAR, your wife has received nearly a quater of a million dollars through Treehouse, which is connected to Wal-Mart.
51.) Treehouse Is A Small Company - LIAR, the CEO of Treehouse last year, made more than the CEO of Wal-Mart, according to public records.
52.) University Of Chicago Hospital Pay Is Fair - LIAR, your wife’s pay raise was nearly 150% her already bloated rate and the hospital is a Non-Profit Hospital, which made $100,000,000 in the last 3 years. They overcharge blacks VS whites for services, and overcharge everyone in general by 538%!
53.)I Barely Know Rezko - Only 5 Billed Hours - LIAR, you have known him for 17 years, and decided to do a real estate deal with him during a time when he was proven to be under investigation. Despite this, you divided your property and had them take off $300K before the mortgage problems started. Then Rezko’s wife buys the lot beside it that you can’t afford, saving you $625,000.
54.) My Donations Have Been Checked Thoroughly - LIAR, you only gave back Hsu ($72K) and Rezko (first $66K, then when caught lying $86K, then when caught lying again $150K and now caught lying YET AGAIN OBAMA, it’s $250k) their money when publically called on their involvement in your campaigns.
55.) My Church Is Like Any Other Christian Church - LIAR, your church is so extreme, the pastor who married you, Rev. Wright, just got done blaming the US for 9/11 and named Louis Farrahkan their person of the year.
56.) I Disagree With My Church All The Time - LIAR, you still have yet to repudiate Wright, who married you and your wife, and you still donate large sums of money to assist the church in furthering its message - hatred and revenge. You donated in 2006 alone, $22,500 to the church that you so terribly disagree with. That is nearly $500 PER WEEK - that sure is disagreement, Senator Obama.
57.) I Have Clean Connections Despite Rezko - LIAR, you are not only connected to Exelon and Rezko, you are also connected to Hillary PAC supporter Mr. Hsu, AND an Iraqi Billionaire of ill repute, Nadhmi Auchi, who ripped off people in the Food For Oil, Iraqi deal. Seems Mr. Auchi may have helped Obama buy his million dollar property long before Obama had millions of dollars. Wonder what favors Mr. Auchi expects, when Obama leaves Iraq free to be taken over by special interests such as him.
58.) I never heard sermons like Rev. Wright’s, that have been in videos all day, You Tube - LIAR! 3 days later during your Mea Culpa BS speech you said “Did I hear controversial statements while I sat in that church? Yes I did.”
59.) The Passport Invasion is a conspiracy to find dirt on me! - LIAR. Your own Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor is the CEO of the company that looked into your records. PS - You had them look into yours to hide the fact you looked into Clinton’s and McCain’s more than a year before!
60.) Rev. Meeks has nothing to do with my campaigning - LIAR. Rev. Meeks appeared in ads for your Senate Campaign, donated to you, and helped raise money, then AND NOW. PS - He also seems to despise America.
61.) My wife didn’t mean America is ignorant, she was just using a phrase - LIAR. Again, MicHELLe’s comments perfectly sync with Wright’s, Meeks’, and Farrakhans, both in language, anger, and direction.
62.) I am very Anti-Terror - LIAR. [03/30/2008] One of your good pals is long time radical and terrorist William Ayers, with whom you have been seen in the last 12 months and who has helped the now jailed khalidi, Professor at Columbia who invited Ahmadinejad to the University, to raise money for Palestinian terrorism attacks against Israel. PS - Your church published a pro Hamas Manifesto - guess you weren’t there on THAT Sunday either? How lucky for you.
This is the LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES. Updated to reflect new dishonesties.
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Comments
As to foreign affairs, you don’t mention Mr. Obama’s confusion as to the “President of Canada” in 2007.
Seemingly and surprisingly only two references to “Larry Sinclair” can be found in the moderated NYT political blog (Caucus): February 21, 2008 and April 6, 2008.
There are probably references to other blogs where one could have found this piece of information.
Not an exhaustive research.
The Washington Post blog has many postings on this topic. For example:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/04/04/obama_recalls_a_fuller_history.html
Thank you for providing the information on this web site. If the MSM had vetted Barack Obama 4 months ago, Hillary could have clinched the nomination on Super Tuesday.
Voters should scrutinize the personal choices (e.g., choosing ‘Black Liberation Theology’) of a candidate which can influence his/her perception of the world and the events taking place in the world.
Many Lies + Obama’s Choice of ‘Black Liberation Theology’ + 20 Years of Significant Financial Support For The Preaching of ‘Black Liberation Theology’ + Exposed His Daughters To The Anti-White Ideology of ‘Black Liberation Theology’ = Barack Obama Is Unelectable.
Linda Chavez wrote “Afrocentrism Is the Problem” in the 3/19/2008 edition of ‘National Review Online.’ Check the archives at:
http://www.nationalreview.com/archives/?q=MjAwODAzMTc
I love your site!
Did you see this today from ABC “Obama Continues to Twist Truth About Twisting Truth”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/obama-continues.html
I have read your Obama Lies 2007-2008. Quite a good piece of work.
A suggestion: put your two lists together - your 2007-2008 list is more convincing - and send them along with a link to your site to Mr. McCain’s and Mrs. Clinton’s organizations and to some respected newspapers here and abroad, e.g. England (Times, Guardian, Spectator), Canada (Globe and Mail, Toronto Sun, La Presse) and Germany (Die Zeit, FAZ, Der Spiegel.
This one is so outrageous and I think it goes beyond #10 or #11:
“I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain.”
LIAR (LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE)
Let’s defer to Senator Clinton for a rebuttal:
“I’m somewhat shocked by that since I don’t see any evidence of it,” Clinton said, chuckling. “This is, you know, kind of hard to square with his failure ever to have a single policy hearing on the only responsibility he was given, chairing the European and NATO subcommittee on the Foreign Relations Committee.
“And as he admitted in the last debate, he was too busy running for president to pay attention to what we needed to do to improve our chances in Afghanistan and get NATO more involved. So, you know, I, I ,I don’t, I don’t know, I’m speechless. I mean, you know, making an assertion like that belies the facts and the record.”
Here’s another doozy to check out. Obama’s campaign now claims that he never pledged to accept public financing as long as the GOP candidate did the same (third paragraph from the bottom).
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/08/mccain-set-to-take-the-federal-financing-plunge/
I’m virtually positive I saw Obama on the tube talking about this a month or so ago. He was trying to back off his earlier pledge, by saying he would sit down with the GOP nominee and work something out.
I think it’s fair to call this another lie if you assume his campaign has the authority to speak for him.
Here are two more sources for Obama’s lie on campaign financing:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/obama-prepares.html
At best, he’s a flip-flopper (who doesn’t want to give up his huge piggy bank). At worst, LIAR.
I have viewed Larry Sinclair’s YouTube statement, and I am unable to decide from this statement whether he is telling the truth or not. Until proven otherwise, his testimony cannot be rejected.
His lawyer is a former criminal prosecutor, so it seems, but I’m not sure; if so, he is in a better position to assess Mr. Sinclair’s credibility than most of us. Experienced lawyers are not usually interested in wild goose chases.
I understand newspapers refusing to get involved. They cannot afford to lose half of their advertising or readers.
Politically speaking, this factor will not be raised by Mrs. Clinton or Mr. McCain. Democratic superdelegates will try to find some other reason to dump Mr. Obama. He cannot go against Mr. McCain with this, Wright and Rezko around his neck.
The longer Mr. Obama waits, the worse it will be for him, but this is his decision.
Three comments:
1- The Sinclair story is a fairly common one in single bars: cocaine for sex. Some men do not see fellatio as sex (e.g. Clinton); many do not care about the partner’s sex or appearance. It could also be an isolated incident (sexual problems are common between pregnancies).
2- Mr. Obama will be harmless as a VP, and difficult to attack as a VP candidate.
3- It would be quite ironical if comment 1 turns out to be true, which one will probably never know if comment 2 turns out to be true.
Here’s a great piece that documents how, contrary to his claims, Obama has not always been against the war in Iraq. He has agreed with President Bush on a number of issues and even made a pro-surge type comment…before he became a candidate, of course.
From the article:
Therefore, he himself
“would be willing to send more soldiers to Iraq if it is part of a strategy that the President and military leaders believe will stabilize the country and eventually allow America to withdraw.
‘If that strategy made sense and would lead ultimately to the pullout of U.S. troops but in the short term required additional troop strength to protect those who are already on the ground, then that’s something I would support,’ said Obama.”
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/Obama-s-War-11263
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/04/11/obama-attacks-hrc-for-his-own-lies/
Hi. Here’s another lie. Obama is now running a radio ad in PA stating that he is “the only one” who doesn’t tale oil money. Please read.
Here’s another one. Obama claims on the View TV show that his preacher Jeremiah Wright has acknowledged that his remarks were inappropriate and hurtful.
This is utter BS. Wright has said no such thing.
Well, I was feeling particularly inspired today, so I took the liberty of setting up a YouTube site for video versions of these lies (hope no one minds).
Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/user/AudacityOfHypocrisy
I’ve started cranking out pretty simple PSA versions for the lies that have sources provided.
If anyone wants to pitch in, just holler! The more, the merrier.
look into the 2005 energy bill vote. This one has been called the best energy bill money can buy. Sen. Obama voted for it and big oil too. Sen Clinton voted no siting that our money could be put to better use like in alternative energy. Who is realy against big oil?
Look into old Chicago Sun Times articles too. NY Times 2004 Obama has told the press if in senate for Iraqi vote he did not know how he would have voted. Sid he would not run in 2008. He would not have enough experience. Praised Sen. Clinton as his role model.
THE DEMOCRATS; THE CONVENTION IN BOSTON — THE ILLINOIS CANDIDATE; Day After, Keynote Speaker Finds Admirers Everywhere - New York Times
…As he made the rounds, shaking hands and signing autographs all along the way — at an evening reception for Congressional groups, some people shouted for him to stand on a chair so they could catch a better look — Mr. Obama rejected as flattering but silly any talk of him as a future president. He said his priority was winning the United States Senate seat. At the same time, he acknowledged his star potential, saying he was using Hillary Rodham Clinton as a model.
”I deeply admire her because she is a workhorse, not a show horse,” Mr. Obama said in an interview as he rode in a minivan between events. ”People assumed that because of her fame and her position as first lady she was going to come in and spend a lot of time with press conferences. She spent a lot of time doing work, hard work, work that other people don’t want to do.”
THE SPEAKER; A Surprise Senate Contender Reaches His Biggest Stage Yet - New York Times
…In a recent interview, he declined to criticize Senators Kerry and Edwards for voting to authorize the war, although he said he would not have done the same based on the information he had at the time.
”But, I’m not privy to Senate intelligence reports,” Mr. Obama said. ”What would I have done? I don’t know. What I know is that from my vantage point the case was not made.”…
I see nothing wrong in not publishing Sinclair’s allegations. Papers have to be extremely careful. Here is why:
a- an affair breaks a marriage (alleged against McCain);
b- an incident involving a female prostitute breaks a marriage, costs you your office and may lead to criminal charges (admitted by Spitzer);
c- an incident involving cocaine and a male prostitute breaks a man, breaks his marriage, costs him his office and may lead to criminal charges.
I don’t believe these allegations should be published without further checking in view of their more severe consequences.
The Democratic Party should investigate the matter and get rid of what is going to become their problem. 10-to-1 this is what they are doing right now.
Here is a link to a Puerto Rico’s interview with one of Mr. Obama’s “representative” on Larry Sinclair. Most of it is in Spanish.
Here’s another source on all of his oil company donors and how he twists the truth in his campaign ads.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-04-15-obamainside_N.htm
This is a must read. It seems that Obama’s penchant for lying started at a young age. When he was 10, he told his classmates that his father was an African prince, the leader of a “proud and successful people.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/25/wobama25.xml
Also, his high school friends find his self-description of his high school years difficult to reconcile with the person they knew.
This web site is exposing the real Barack Obama. He is a political opportunist. He tells people what they want to hear. He knows most people don’t have the time to check the validity of his statements. The MSM has not vetted him. They have not asked him difficult, probing questions.
Consider how Obama is dealing with the revelation that he attended a Tony Rezko party in April 2004 in honor of Nadhmi Auchi, a British billionaire and Saddam Hussein accomplice.
Obama aides said he didn’t remember attending the event. How could a person forget attending an event four years ago that honored a British billionaire? Obama’s dissembling has moved from the realm of the plausible to the realm of the pathetic.
Barack Obama loses credibility on a daily basis with the evolution of his answers on a variety of topics.
When Obama was initially asked about his relationship with Tony Rezko, he said he had done a few hours of legal work for him. The evolution of his answers on the Rezko relationship are typical of the Barack Obama ‘modus operandi’ when responding to questions that can expose him for having incriminating relationships - that would be damaging to an ambitious politician. Obama’s answers change - depending on his audience. The MSM shirked their responsibility and did not ask him probing questions.
We have learned that Obama has had a 17 year relationship with Tony Rezko. Rezko helped him get an approximately $300,000 discount on the purchase price of his home. What political favors did Rezko want in return for the $300,000 discount on Obama’s home?
As the vetting process proceeds, voters are recognizing a discernible pattern in the meteoric rise of Barack Obama - the politician. His actions contradict his rhetoric.
Someone said that when a voter does some research on Barack Obama, he learns that Obama “has more baggage than a cargo ship.”
Shouldn’t Barack Obama work to change the anti-white preaching in his own church before he has the audacity to hope for anyone’s vote?
Barack Obama, no free pass. Not this time.
National Review Online picked up on a lie from last night’s debate: Obama’s claim that he never said he doesn’t wear flag pins. All details here:
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGZhZGFhMjljZjA1MzlkOGI5MjFmMjQ2YjVjMThkMDE=
For your information:
123. April 11th,2008, 3:27 pm
Several websites/networks have compared the lies of both Obama and Hillary, and guess who has told more fibs??? It isnt Hillary, its Mr. Obama!!! The media tends to cover Hillarys bad points much more than Obama’s unfortunately.. Anyway here is a list of 72 lies from the man the media put on a pedestal, only for the Republicans to destroy him with all these lies if he gets the nomination…
http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/?page_id=15
Pretty sad when a person who in comparison lies twice as much as Hillary, has the “so called” support from the higher educated people.. So obviously lying isnt a factor in this race.. Atleast not for the Obama.. he can lie all he wants and get away with it by the media and his supporters.. So if we really want to look who is more honest, then the facts are clear..
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This was posted - and not deleted - on the NYT Political blog last week. No comment appears to have made to it by any poster.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/bill-clinton-revives-the-bosnia-moment/#comments
Here is a comment from Marc Ambinder, Atlantic.com:
Obama On The Attack
19 Apr 2008 06:58 pm
Here is a Clinton campaign memo arguing that it’s Barack Obama who is trafficking in the negative in the final stretch.
Reading today’s news clips, it does seem as if the Obama campaign is in danger of dipping down to the level it claims Hillary Clinton is on.
Still, one person’s attack politics may be another’s version of the politics of hope.
I know that the Obama campaign has profited from the perception that Clinton is the aggressor and has been the aggressor and will launch “unfair” negative attacks. But at some point, doesn’t the attempt to recreate and enhance that perception artifically mean that the perception (eg — Clinton is the negative campaigner) is not as organic as it seems?
In any event, the distinction between the type of politics that Obama decries and the type of politics that he practices is not always evident.
From: Howard Wolfson, Communications Director
To: Interested Parties
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Re: Obama Campaign On The Attack In Last Weekend Of Pennsylvania Primary
A major theme of Sen. Obama on the stump is that Hillary Clinton is running a negative campaign based on “slash and burn politics” and that he represents a break from that kind of politics. In fact, in just the last 48-hours, Sen. Obama has flooded airwaves, radio, phone lines and mailboxes with negative and false attacks against Hillary. This unprecedented barrage coincides with a weak debate performance and Sen. Obama’s slide in the daily Gallup poll.
1. In the most outrageous attack of the campaign, Obama surrogates held a conference call attacking Hillary’s character, claiming she did not have the “moral authority” to lay a wreath on the Tomb on the Unknown Soldier. [Link ]
2. Launched a television ad featuring false, negative attacks on Hillary’s health care plan. [Link ]
3. Distributed negative mail about Hillary’s trade positions, complete with citations even Sen. Obama has acknowledged have been debunked. [Link ]
4. Flooded voters with robocalls saying Hillary will “say anything” to win.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/04/obama_on_the_attack.php
I knew it all along. I have literally sat back and watched him dig his hole and bury himself in it. That is the appropriate name for him: “LIAR”. I wouldn’t vote for him for all of the tea in China. I WILL vote for McCain if Clinton doesn’t win.
“You know, we’ve got nine days we’re trying to campaign and meet as many voters as possible. So rather than being in the studio I want to make sure we’re reaching out the folks where they live and, you know, answering their questions and having as many interactions as possible. You know, I’m — you know, I’m more than happy to consider something after Indiana and North Carolina. But at this point we just don’t have a lot of time.” –Senator Obama, 4/27/08
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0804/27/bb.02.html
L I A R ! ! !
The Senator is now scheduled to spend an entire hour on Meet the Press on Sunday, 5/4.
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we have some real obama cultists posting there…
This guy is more than a flip flop, is a consumate snowball artist. I would not trust him for anything, his word has no value. I have ask people there reasons for wanting to vote for this guy, there is nothing that they can cite for his so called accmplishments. He has none to speak of! He has a lot of skeletons in his closet. How about the mainstream media, why don’t they ask him some of the difficult questions about the issues that concern every taxpayer. This would be in fairness to all taxpayers, not to a select group. All the liberals can do is tax and spend out of control, this country does not need that sort of thing. And is fellow Liberals, Nancy Pelosi, Dinghy Harry Reid, who where suppose to be lowering the price of gas (check out the price of gas prior to their coming into the house). My guess is that all they do is talk, they have not accomplish one real thing that they promised (look at their approval rating and record) it would be poor at best. I would not waste my vote on this guy. When people find out who the real Barack Hussien Obama is (and his partners in crime) they will be very ashamed of him (like Bill Clinton) that they wasted their vote.
Swahili is a mixture of Arabic and traditional West Coast African languages, so while his name is from the Arabic language originally, Barak Obama could be said to be a Swahili name. Other than that pretty interesting list…
hi there how many of you have taken a long hard look at him when you do you will be scary this is what i found out he remind me of a 1930 polictionin germany who promise change to the germany people he is very anti guns higher taxes more gov controll he said thast you vcannot eat as much food as you want .
Why do you people still hate Obama? I’s a republican too. I voted for McCain. But i grew up taught that no matter who your president is, you MUST respect them. They represent the entire country. It’s a tough job. Just let Obama do what he wants to do and i’m confident that we’ll all be ok by the next election. Stop criticizing him for all these little things. I’ve stopped because it’s pointless now. The people who still do it are just annoying.
Bitter republicans. Get over it, you lost. Your list is filled with lies & misleadingly framed “facts”. A joke.
I have never heard anyone say that they hate obama, but most of us do not like how he is leading the country in to destruction. You may be confident that we’ll all be ok by the next election, but most of us believe there may not be a “next election.”
God help us!
Last month I believe it was, obama said we would have to tax fat people, and people who smoked. There may have been other things. Today he said no one would be excluded from health plan.
Maybe if illegals were excluded, we would have the money for AMERICAN CITIZENS
Oops, hit wrong button.
Obama wants to help people in other countries to have better health care. He might consider helping the poor, elderly and unemployed in this country by giving them the medicine for a low price that Canada, Mexico and other countries have to pay for their medicine. We pay more for the same medicine than any other country.
61. Michelle Obama ignorant of America
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/03/oops-she-did-it-again-michelle-obama.html
60. Rev. Meeks campaigning for Obama
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=59735
Bob
I have scanned your list.
Three items might have to be included at some time:
a- African garb;
b- American soldiers scavenging for weapons in Afghanistan;
c- Sinclair.
As to NAFTA, Mr. Obama was not accurate on two points: the meeeting and on what he was saying in Ohio.
As to constitutional law teacher, your information should be made clearer. He did teach some constitutional law - what exactly I don’t know. He did correct his resume at some time.
Did you mention the Kennedy-Obama’s father matter?