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LOL! There goes an Obama super-delegate!
And that is supposed to make Obama of what exactly ?Your smear perhaps ,but what else ?
..if anyone wants to talk illegal campaign contributions, the name to say is C-L-I-N-T-O-N.
Hillary or Bill, take your pick!
'And that is supposed to make Obama of what exactly ?'
Obama is an American resenting, grievance peddling, spoiled crybaby, thieving, kickback taking, evading, pandering, socialist, lying, smarmy, incompetent, inexperienced, dangerous, terrorist associating, thug associating, racist associating, criminal associating, anti-Semite associating, most liberal member of congress and a far leftist idiot...
Obama the fantasist: What he says cannot be relied upon
The lies and exaggerations noted below are typical of what psychopaths do. Nice of the Clinton campaign to put together the documentation below
Once again, the Obama campaign is getting caught saying one thing while doing another. They are personally attacking Hillary even though Sen. Obama has been found mispeaking and embellishing facts about himself more than ten times in recent months. Senator Obama's campaign is based on words -not a record of deeds - and if those words aren't backed up by facts, there's not much else left.
'Senator Obama has called himself a constitutional professor, claimed credit for passing legislation that never left committee, and apparently inflated his role as a community organizer among other issues. When it comes to his record, just words won't do. Senator Obama will have to use facts as well,' Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said.
Sen. Obama consistently and falsely claims that he was a law professor. The Sun-Times reported that, 'Several direct-mail pieces issued for Obama's primary [Senate] campaign said he was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He is not. He is a senior lecturer (now on leave) at the school. In academia, there is a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter.' In academia, there's a significant difference: professors have tenure while lecturers do not. [Hotline Blog, 4/9/07; Chicago Sun-Times, 8/8/04]
Obama claimed credit for nuclear leak legislation that never passed. 'Obama scolded Exelon and federal regulators for inaction and introduced a bill to require all plant owners to notify state and local authorities immediately of even small leaks. He has boasted of it on the campaign trail, telling a crowd in Iowa in December that it was `the only nuclear legislation that I've passed.' `I just did that last year,' he said, to murmurs of approval. A close look at the path his legislation took tells a very different story. While he initially fought to advance his bill, even holding up a presidential nomination to try to force a hearing on it, Mr. Obama eventually rewrote it to reflect changes sought by Senate Republicans, Exelon and nuclear regulators. The new bill removed language mandating prompt reporting and simply offered guidance to regulators, whom it charged with addressing the issue of unreported leaks. Those revisions propelled the bill through a crucial committee. But, contrary to Mr. Obama's comments in Iowa, it ultimately died amid parliamentary wrangling in the full Senate.' [New York Times, 2/2/08]
Obama misspoke about his being conceived because of Selma. 'Mr. Obama relayed a story of how his Kenyan father and his Kansan mother fell in love because of the tumult of Selma, but he was born in 1961, four years before the confrontation at Selma took place. When asked later, Mr. Obama clarified himself, saying: `I meant the whole civil rights movement.'' [New York Times, 3/5/07]
LA Times: Fellow organizers say Sen. Obama took too much credit for his community organizing efforts. 'As the 24-year-old mentor to public housing residents, Obama says he initiated and led efforts that thrust Altgeld's asbestos problem into the headlines, pushing city officials to call hearings and a reluctant housing authority to start a cleanup. But others tell the story much differently. They say Obama did not play the singular role in the asbestos episode that he portrays in the best-selling memoir `Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.' Credit for pushing officials to deal with the cancer-causing substance, according to interviews and news accounts from that period, also goes to a well-known preexisting group at Altgeld Gardens and to a local newspaper called the Chicago Reporter. Obama does not mention either one in his book.' [Los Angeles Times, 2/19/07]
Chicago Tribune: Obama's assertion that nobody had indications Rezko was engaging in wrongdoing 'strains credulity.' '.Obama has been too self-exculpatory. His assertion in network TV interviews last week that nobody had indications Rezko was engaging in wrongdoing strains credulity: Tribune stories linked Rezko to questionable fundraising for Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2004 - more than a year before the adjacent home and property purchases by the Obamas and the Rezkos.' [Chicago Tribune editorial, 1/27/08]
Obama was forced to revise his assertion that lobbyists `won't work in my White House.' 'White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was forced to revise a critical stump line of his on Saturday - a flat declaration that lobbyists `won't work in my White House' after it turned out his own written plan says they could, with some restrictions. After being challenged on the accuracy of what he has been saying - in contrast to his written pledge - at a news conference Saturday in Waterloo, Obama immediately softened what had been his hard line in his next stump speech.' [Chicago Sun-Times, 12/16/07]
FactCheck.org: `Selective, embellished and out-of-context quotes from newspapers pump up Obama's health plan.' 'Obama's ad touting his health care plan quotes phrases from newspaper articles and an editorial, but makes them sound more laudatory and authoritative than they actually are. It attributes to The Washington Post a line saying Obama's plan would save families about $2,500. But the Post was citing the estimate of the Obama campaign and didn't analyze the purported savings independently. It claims that 'experts' say Obama's plan is 'the best.' 'Experts' turn out to be editorial writers at the Iowa City Press-Citizen - who, for all their talents, aren't actual experts in the field. It quotes yet another newspaper saying Obama's plan 'guarantees coverage for all Americans,' neglecting to mention that, as the article makes clear, it's only Clinton's and Edwards' plans that would require coverage for everyone, while Obama's would allow individuals to buy in if they wanted to.' [FactCheck.org, 1/3/08]
Sen. Obama said `I passed a law that put Illinois on a path to universal coverage,' but Obama health care legislation merely set up a task force. 'As a state senator, I brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass legislation insuring 20,000 more children. And 65,000 more adults received health care.And I passed a law that put Illinois on a path to universal coverage.' The State Journal-Register reported in 2004 that 'The [Illinois State] Senate squeaked out a controversial bill along party lines Wednesday to create a task force to study health-care reform in Illinois. [.] In its original form, the bill required the state to offer universal health care by 2007. That put a `cloud' over the legislation, said Sen. Dale Righter, R-Mattoon. Under the latest version, the 29-member task force would hold at least five public hearings next year.' [Obama Health Care speech, 5/29/07; State Journal-Register, 5/20/04]
ABC News: `Obama.seemed to exaggerate the legislative progress he made' on ethics reform. 'ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: During Monday's Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., seemed to exaggerate the legislative progress he has made on disclosure of 'bundlers,' those individuals who aggregate their influence with the candidate they support by collecting $2,300 checks from a wide network of wealthy friends and associates. When former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel alleged that Obama had 134 bundlers, Obama responded by telling Gravel that the reason he knows how many bundlers he has raising money for him is 'because I helped push through a law this past session to disclose that.' Earlier this year, Obama sponsored an amendment [sic] in the Senate requiring lobbyists to disclose the candidates for whom they bundle. Obama's amendment would not, however, require candidates to release the names of their bundlers. What's more, although Obama's amendment was agreed to in the Senate by unanimous consent, the measure never became law as Obama seemed to suggest. Gravel and the rest of the public know how many bundlers Obama has not because of a `law' that the Illinois Democrat has `pushed through' but because Obama voluntarily discloses that information.' [ABC News, 7/23/07]
Obama drastically overstated Kansas tornado deaths during campaign appearance. 'When Sen. Barack Obama exaggerated the death toll of the tornado in Greensburg, Kan, during his visit to Richmond yesterday, The Associated Press headline rapidly evolved from `Obama visits former Confederate capital for fundraiser' to `Obama rips Bush on Iraq war at Richmond fundraiser' to `Weary Obama criticizes Bush on Iraq, drastically overstates Kansas tornado death toll' to `Obama drastically overstates Kansas tornado deaths during campaign appearance.' Drudge made it a banner, ensuring no reporter would miss it. [politico.com, 5/9/07]
why the heck don't the press pick up on it and really go after this saint???? as some people think he is ........like they do every thing that comes out of a Clinton mouth.You know I sure had more money in my pocket when Clinton was in office.I couldn't care less what he done in private as long as he at least tried to do his job.It's not like a lot of other presidents didn't do the same thing ,the only difference they didn't have someone like Ken Starr trying to get them impeached.
..Clinton had to be one of the laziest presidents in history. Nonetheless, he managed to:
Let Puerto Rican terrorists go free
Refused custody of Osama Bin Laden
Perpetrated an S&L scandal then tried to cover it up by having the prosecutor re-assigned. This is why Ken Starr was appointed in the first place.
Lied to a federal judge - that's jail for you and me
Took Chinese and russian money for campaign funds THEN
Gave Most Favored Nation status to China
Obtained over 500 FBI files on his politcal foes, including the Bush's
Had a woman delivered to a hotel room, where he fondled her against her will and exposed himself.
Yep, ol Billie rode the peace dividend for 8 years, then left a broken CIA, a weakened military, Saddam in power and some worthless N. Korea treaties all for ol GW to clean up.
who's going to clean up after ole G W ?????????? They got their job cut out for them.
...to see the results.
And to your comments:
'Obama is an American resenting, grievance peddling, spoiled crybaby, thieving, kickback taking, evading, pandering, socialist, lying, smarmy, incompetent, inexperienced, dangerous, terrorist associating, thug associating, racist associating, criminal associating, anti-Semite associating, most liberal member of congress and a far leftist idiot...'
as usual half truth telling bigot!
Barack Obama is the person who can actually generate a real change in both mistaken policies: foreign and domestic driven by current President George Walker Bush and his Republican and oil's administration headed by Dick Cheney aka Halliburton.
We need a person who is not shy or ambivalent, in the other hand, visionary and that had taken brave and firm positions, as did Obama before starting the illegal invasion and subsequent no ending occupation of Iraq without the consent of the United Nations Organization Security Council, when he warned us of the possible consequences for the economy and the welfare of our society, which today are made each day more palpable.
Ask yourself: Have lowered the prices of fuel and gasoline since then? Has improved the economy and the family budget is more for their needs? Do you and your family feel safer at home, in your community, in schools, airports, universities, Etc.. ,after they have crushed the phrase 'National Security' time after time; and supposedly improved the safety of us creating the 'Patriot Act' and the office of Homeland Security? Do Freedom and civil rights of citizens are better protected now with these measures and agencies Bush has created? Do you agree with the concept of pre-emptive war and tortures for extra-judicial interrogations in secret prisons in Europe and other parts of the world like in Guantanamo and Abud Garihb? ; Does the world have better perception of United States of America and ours athletes, tourists, students and residents in others countries feel more secure? Does the issue of immigrants is better served? Are there fewer children of Latino descent without parents? Are there more people possibilities to pay on time their mortgages and have safer homes? Are there more people with the right to access quality health care, or more than 47 million inhabitants are without that right, while making genocidal wars in the other hemisphere of the planet at trillions costs as well sending space's shuttles frequently?. Had improved education for all? In general, America's society, does feel more secure, without fear of terrorism after the war? If the answers to the above questions is a resounding NO. It must be and can be changed...
If you want this state of things does not reach a point of no return, you must exercise your right to vote in the Democratic primary and later in general election in nonovember by the only person that represents your feeling and hopes; that is Barack Obama. Perhaps this great opportunity of true change will never be presented to us again. And, finally, support our troops by voting with the man that wants to bring them home soon. God Bless America!
Bush administration is in judicial procecution of all political rivals he can. The Governor of Puerto Rico-democrat and Super delegate is one of them, three year investigatig him and for 'coincidence' shortly after a governor's primary in Puerto Rico was held and when the republican Fortuno beats democrat Rossello in their NPP local party they came with 19-count indictment. 'For sure cincidence', ha, hahaa...
Look up his Ex- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales when Governor Bush, and the state of Texas executed more prisoners during Gonzales' term than any other state.
Also, Gonzales has been called George W. Bush's 'yes man' and some say he has given Bush the kind of legal advice he wants, which is not necessarily of the highest professional or ethical caliber.
On January 18, 2007, Gonzales was invited to speak to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he shocked the committee's ranking member, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, with statements regarding the right of habeas corpus in the United States Constitution.An excerpt of the exchange follows:
GONZALES: The fact that the Constitution—again, there is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There is a prohibition against taking it away. But it’s never been the case, and I’m not a Supreme—
SPECTER: Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute. The Constitution says you can’t take it away, except in the case of rebellion or invasion. Doesn’t that mean you have the right of habeas corpus, unless there is an invasion or rebellion
On May 24, 2007, Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) of the Senate Judiciary Committee announced the Democrats' proposed no-confidence resolution to vote on whether 'Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and the American People.
Gonzales submitted his resignation as Attorney General effective September 17, 2007, by a letter addressed to President Bush on August 26, 2007. In a statement on August 27, Gonzales thanked the President for the opportunity to be of service to his country, giving no indication of either the reasons for his resignation or his future plans. Later that day, President Bush praised Gonzales for his service, reciting the numerous positions in Texas government, and later, the government of the United States, to which Bush had appointed Gonzales.
On November 15, 2007, The Washington Post reported that supporters of Gonzales had created a trust fund to help pay for his legal expenses, which were mounting as the Justice Department inspector general's office continued to investigate whether Gonzales committed perjury or improperly tampered with a congressional witness.
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