The Trail: A Daily Diary of Campaign 2008

Dear idiotic HarleyinNC,
As you and other Clinton supporters, being idiots, can never understand, Obama leads in every way in the race. The situation now is that some support Clinton, and others don't and those some do not matter

Debra..how does it not register that the fund into which these taxes are paid employs construction workers to build the highway your SUV runs on! Second..neither HRC or Barack have been elected yet! In your fairy-tale world, do you REALLY think Petroleum George would ever sign off on a bill to do hurt to his beloved oil companies? Maybe you think he's gonna resign office by this summer? Wise up!

To the myriad of cowards here who won't sign a name, you're clearly just GOP trolls, stirring up trouble..or you're the OTHER coward posting the 40-foot long roll of used TP! By the way, all your points are either a complete fraud or have been plowed over more often than a 100-year old cornfield! People can go to Wikipedia and find out the real story on Barack's family, for one thing.

Eisenhower's VP of Bigotry, Nixon wouldn't do the airlift..Kennedy was a Senator and shamed him by offering his family's help to airlift students, two years in a row! There's so much more that's just pure cr@#, it amazes..but not as much as the fact that it comes from a site that "says" it's not affiliated with Michael Savage (psycho & ultra reichtwing bigot), but sure sounds just like him! It's full of thinly-veiled and not so thinly-veiled "articles" spewing hate against blacks and others! It's NeoCon, at least, but more like NeoNazi!

The interesting thing is that they support Hillary! Maybe this is an outgrowth of her association with the Dominionist "Family-Fellowship"..a "spiritually" oriented group, less concerned with the finer points of Christian theology, than their all-consuming retention of a world-wide amalgam of power. This Congressional offshoot group, headed by far-right David Coe, moves beyond party affiliation to include the likes of far-rightwingers Inhofe, Brownback and SOS Baker's wife, to Florida's Nelson and NY's Clinton, but maintains a strict leaning to the absolute right in its positions.

Note..I say "moves beyond PARTY affiliation". This is not to say it includes those of liberal bent! Far from it. It's an old, old group, whose philosophy pretty much consists of making sure that the conservative elitists retain power, no matter what. Lately, they've done a heck of a job, Brownie! Its roots go back decades at least, with alliances with most of the major governments during those years, and noted leanings (as with certain members of the British royal family during the 30's-early 40's) toward supporting Hitler. Hill has been one of their annointed since Bill took office. Barack, however, is NOT a member.

Anyone who believes Hillary isn't a closet conservative..please raise your hands, and I will pause to laugh. She's sponsored every one of their recommended bills, from curtailing many of our freedoms, to support of the war. She and Bill are neck-deep in with the outsourcing industry, paid handsomely by those companies who have shipped millions of our jobs overseas.

Her Senate India Caucus, which she co-founded, has worked dilligently to expand the current ceiling of 65,000 foreign H-1B visas to 115,000 next year..so foreign workers can come here and take US jobs (for less), while our high school and college grads go without! Yet Chelsea got one for 120K out of college at a company controlled by one of her outsource pals!th Jobs, jobs, jobs, she shouts..and now we know for whom! This woman is a travesty! I was once an ardent admirer..now I have less regard for her than Bush..for at least he lets us know who he is up front!

Obama has one value that the so-called white working class that won't vote for him do not have. CLASS.

Who cares about this story? And why hasn't WaPo given equal coverage to Clinton the last few days?

If Obama gets the nomination, this independent is voting for McCain or writing in Hillary. Obama supporters are too jerky for me to allign with.

i believe that the gas tax holiday is a political "band-aid", so to speak. its a means to avoid truely confronting the iminent energy crisis and is mainly a short term, instant gratification-like attempta at winning votes. only $25 per year will be saved for the average american family, and yes, i know that that means the world to some people, but lets face the facts: this also pulls away millions of dollars of government $$$$ that is used for helpful things like building roads and school loans. by cutting this tax, it will send Washington into another one of those all-too-frequent tizzys which means that it's likely Americans will have to make up for that legally unpaid $ in another form (say another tax whether or not titled under a name that has to do anything to do w/ gasolene or petrol or anything).
hopefully within the next few years or decade we US citizens will finally be weaned from our destructive consumation of oil products, and keeping that hope in mind, wouldn't it be better to devote those extra $25 a year to governmental purposes rather than buy the newest wii game on the market?
what i'm trying to say is that, although the cutting of this gas tax may look fantastically promising and like a good deal, it will not drastically change our economy. it doesn't do any good to go beating around the bush if the center is on fire-- you just might find yourself alight as well.
and gas prices will continue to rise as well, unless a significant CHANGE is made, and we become serious about altering our lifestyles. by the end of this year, the energy crisis may very well be that "huge crushing weight of the early 21st century". sometimes it takes a shocker like that to instill upon us the fierce urge to take action. Sometimes we need to be slapped in the face by an issue before we think.
with ecenomic recession a growing problem, and an overbearing oil obsticle to outwit, its grevious to say that circumstances will likely get worse before improving.
WE THE PEOPLE can change this.

PLEASE VOTE RESPONSIBALY

Being a candidate for national office makes every word you have ever said, every action that you have ever taken, to be likely under examination by the press and certainly by your opponents. The idea of a black man, not of the party establishment, being a leading candidate for the nomination of President has so infuriated many that the examination has been even more intense than usual. AND exactly what have they come up with to demonstrate that Obama is not the right candidate? The words of someone else, and the actions of someone he knows! Wow. That really does impress me..the fact that with all of the examinations, they couldn't come up with ANYTHING on him, so had to attack on the basis of who he knows. He has my vote.

Hillary has no chance of winning either because if she gets the nomination, millions of people won't vote for her. I'm a lifelong Democrat, and I would be willing to campaign against her. Better to be principled than seek a win at all costs.

HILLARY CLINTON CAN BEST WIN IN NOVEMBER:

It's time for everyone to face the truth. Barack Obama has no real chance of winning the national election in November at this time. His crushing defeat in Pennsylvania makes that fact crystal clear. His best, and only real chance of winning in November is on a ticket with Hillary Clinton as her VP.

Hillary Clinton seemed almost somber at her Pennsylvania victory speech. As if part of her was hoping Obama could have proved he had some chance of winning against the republican attack machine, and their unlimited money, and resources.

But it is absolutely essential that the democrats take back the Whitehouse in November. America, and the American people are in a very desperate condition now. And the whole World has been doing all that they can to help keep us propped up.

Hillary Clinton say's that the heat, and decisions in the Whitehouse are much tougher than the ones on the campaign trail. But I think Mr. Obama faces a test of whether he has what it takes to be a commander and chief by facing the difficult facts, and the truth before him. And by doing what is best for the American people by dropping out of the race, and offering his whole hearted assistance to Hillary Clinton to help her take back the Whitehouse for the American people, and the World.

Mr. Obama is a great speaker. And I am confident he can explain to the American people the need, and wisdom of such a personal sacrifice for them. It should be clear to everyone by now that Hillary Clinton is fighting her heart out for the American people. She has known for a long time that Mr. Obama can not win this November. You have to remember that the Clinton's have won the Whitehouse twice before. They know what it takes.

If Mr. Obama fails his test of commander and chief we can only hope that Hillary Clinton can continue her heroic fight for the American people. And that she prevails. She will need all the continual support and help we can give her. She may fight like a superhuman. But she is only human.

Sen. Hillary Clinton: "You know, more people have now voted for me than have voted for my opponent. In fact, I now have more votes than anybody has ever had in a primary contest for a nomination. And it's also clear that we've got nine more important contests to go."

Sincerely

Jacksmith... Working Class :-)

MY FELLOW "BITTER", STUPID, WORKING CLASS PEOPLE :-)

If you think like Barack Obama, that WORKING CLASS PEOPLE are just a bunch of "BITTER"!, STUPID, PEASANTS, Cash COWS!, and CANNON FODDER. :-(

You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you think Barack Obama with little or no experience would be better than Hillary Clinton with 35 years experience.

You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you think that Obama with no experience can fix an economy on the verge of collapse better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) led the greatest economic expansion, and prosperity in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you think that Obama with no experience fighting for universal health care can get it for you better than Hillary Clinton. Who anticipated this current health care crisis back in 1993, and fought a pitched battle against overwhelming odds to get universal health care for all the American people.

You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you think that Obama with no experience can manage, and get us out of two wars better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) went to war only when he was convinced that he absolutely had to. Then completed the mission in record time against a nuclear power. AND DID NOT LOSE THE LIFE OF A SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER. NOT ONE!

You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you think that Obama with no experience saving the environment is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) left office with the greatest amount of environmental cleanup, and protections in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you think that Obama with little or no education experience is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) made higher education affordable for every American. And created higher job demand and starting salary's than they had ever been before or since.

You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you think that Obama with no experience will be better than Hillary Clinton who spent 8 years at the right hand of President Bill Clinton. Who is already on record as one of the greatest Presidents in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you think that you can change the way Washington works with pretty speeches from Obama, rather than with the experience, and political expertise of two master politicians ON YOUR SIDE like Hillary and Bill Clinton..

You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you think all those Republicans voting for Obama in the Democratic primaries, and caucuses are doing so because they think he is a stronger Democratic candidate than Hillary Clinton. :-)

Best regards

jacksmith... Working Class :-)

p.s. You Might Be An Idiot! :-)

If you don't know that the huge amounts of money funding the Obama campaign to try and defeat Hillary Clinton is coming in from the insurance, and medical industry, that has been ripping you off, and killing you and your children. And denying you, and your loved ones the life saving medical care you needed. All just so they can make more huge immoral profits for them-selves off of your suffering...

You see, back in 1993 Hillary Clinton had the audacity, and nerve to try and get quality, affordable universal health care for everyone to prevent the suffering and needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of you each year. :-)

Approx. 100,000 of you die each year from medical accidents from a rush to profit by the insurance, and medical industry. Another 120,000 of you die each year from treatable illness that people in other developed countries don't die from. And I could go on, and on...

OBAMA AIDE: "WORKING-CLASS VOTERS NOT KEY FOR DEMOCRATS" :o

Obama insulted the dental hygienest by asking to look at her teeth. That's like asking a doctor to stick out his tongue. Is he such an elitist that he thinks he knows what he's looking at when he looks at someone's teeth? Only Hilllary is down to earth enough to know what she's looking at. She does not listen to elite-types.

Brownshirt, please do the math for yourself on the so called gas tax holiday. When I did the math, it would only save me $16.20 over the course of the summer. That is barely $5 a month. She wants your vote. How can she make this possible and she won't even take office until January. Duh, use your brain man. What she and Mccain are doing is pissing off the oil companies. We'll feel this brilliant move in the winter.

Thomas Friedman, New York Times:

"Much nonsense has been written about how Hillary Clinton is "toughening up" Barack Obama so he'll be tough enough to withstand Republican attacks. Sorry, we don't need a president who is tough enough to withstand the lies of his opponents. We need a president who is tough enough to tell the truth to the American people. Any one of the candidates can answer the Red Phone at 3 a.m. in the White House bedroom. I'm voting for the one who can talk straight to the American people on national TV -- at 8 p.m. -- from the White House East Room.

"Who will tell the people? We are not who we think we are. We are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes. We still have all the potential for greatness, but only if we get back to work on our country.

"I don't know if Barack Obama can lead that, but the notion that the idealism he has inspired in so many young people doesn't matter is dead wrong."

Come on, WaPo, how about a limit on the length of these posts...

NO Name that took up all of the space in this blog, you are a stupid idiot period.

John's son learn how to spell first. Thanking you in advance!

Axelrods playbook. First accuse your opponent of something and then do it yourself. That way people will be busy considering if what you said about your opponent is true or not and will not notice that you are doing what you accused your opponent of doing all along. If you hear Axelrod accuse Clinton of something, keep watching...he is trying to draw negative attention off of what Obama is doing.

The reason that Barack ran for president is related to the preaching of his Rev Wright. Win at any cost. Get more power. Say whatever it takes, even if you are lying to people. Rationalise it in your own mind that you are doing what is best for people. This is the reason he dealt with Rezko and all the other shady people. Also why he deals with people like Axlrod and McCaskill. The scrupples among his advisors leaves a lot to be desired. McCaskill manipulated things to get into office same as Obama. Manipulation. That is what they are truly about. Personally, I don't like being manipulated. If they can't get their wishes approved without having to manipulate voters then it should not be approved. They have no idea what is best for me. If they did they would not be trying to manipulate me. Where is the honesty? This weekend he even used his children to try and manipulate voters. Oh look, aren't my children cute. Don't I look like I have a normal family. Now kids, now tell everyone to vote for your daddy. More manipulation.

Obama fans think that if you say something three times it will ingrain it into your automatic response mechanism. Let me try to get this straight. It is ok to bail our baer sterns but if it means returning any funds to us then it is not worthwhile? Sounds like retoric from Axelrod. Also, how are jobs going to be lost? According to the plan, the taxes for the roads will still be paid but not by us- instead by the oil companies. Get off your high horse Obama and step into the real world.

The illusion that is Barack OBAMA.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...013948,00.htmlof why so many Obama supporters are so uncivil, crooked, intolerant, and so on, and why Hillary's supporters are not.

Hmm...this sounds like something right out of the Karl Rove playbook. The clintons have bought into it and deplyed it at 100% - if you can't win honestly, win dirty. I don't think Clinton supporters handle the truth very well - when her gas tax holiday scheme was exposed by economists as being nothing more than pandering - she said she won't listen to experts. But that's hostility - not honesty, right? Hmm...where have I heard that before? Oh I know, from President Pigheaded - you know, the one currently "responsible" for the seemingly endless number of disasters involving this country now. When I hear Clinton, I hear Bush. And that, my friends, is like the sound of fingernails running down a chalkboard. Funny just like with Bush - the Clintons are the same, it's never their fault, it's always someone else. Some folks just never learn.

"Hpoefully Barach H. Oboma will have a good excuse for his ignorance concerning this matter."

Posted by: John's Son

Hopefully you have a good excuse for your abysmal knowledge of spelling and English.

I am so tired of HRC voters calling Obama voters immature simply because they reject HRC's flawed candidacy and are willing to to support someone whom they see as "unenlightened" as themselves.

My grandfathers where a sharecropper and a plasterer respectively. My grandmothers were maids. They raised 19 children between them. Neither one of my parents completed the tenth grade. But neither one of my white working class parents would be ignorant enough to say that they wouldn't vote for a black man because they knew what it was like to struggle against hardship and false impressions of those that had to leave school to support themselves and their families.

As for immaturity, I am almost forty years old. I was emanicipated at 17 so that I could enlist in the Army. I spent 4 years on active duty and 3 years in the guard/reserve. I worked my way through college, often putting in 20-32 hours a week. After college, I spent 2 years working first as a VISTA Volunteer and then as a VISTA Leader. At the immature age of 27, I was accepted to Yale Law. Within a year, I was taking care of my disabled, chronically and terminally ill mother--something I did for six years. I have always worked to help others, including five years defending persons charged with capital murder. It probably the toughest job that an attorney can engage in.

Last month, I spent the weekend with my dad doing what we normally do eating, talking, and talking about fishing. The following Monday, he went back to his 12-hour a day job.

Tell me you disagree with my positions, but I dare you to call me immature, inexperienced, an elitist, or a cultie.

After all the 'sleaze and slime' HRC has bought to people wherever she goes, what a refreshing sight it must have been for the people of Elkhart to see our only 'fresh' candidate!

Now we have supporters philibustering the comments section! A passionate campaign to be sure. We are the people who already know about Hillary's trail of stink and Obama's vulnerabilities as a new candidate. We don't need to see each other's case here. The article was about a nice outing in Elkhart, folks. The people who want to denigrate the other candidate need to do more than get online and take up space - you will have to go door to door yourself. Good luck.

Sheesh, Even the Stars and the Sharks have finally managed to determine a Winner! :-)

Maybe by Football Season, John McCain will know which Socialist he needs to be calling his Contender.

Congrats to the Dallas Stars!

WAY to go Marty Turco!

Oh, and Brendan Morrow-Nice Shot! :-)

Now, I can finally go to bed!

Poor Detroit. ;~)

GO OBAMA!

Speaking of the Kennedys, one nice thing about Obama being president is that it would be nice to have the world liking America again. There have been all these articles about how popular Obama is around the world. Be nice for America to be liked again.

It was from the start, or at least after Iowa, that the Clinton campaign decided to frame this contest as one about race. Forget that Obama was Harvard educated, forget that he was president of the Harvard Review, we were supposed to view him as only the "black candidate". Me, I could care less. I would like him if he were a white woman (and I would dislike Hillary if she were a black man). Obama is different from others. Be the best thing to happen to this country since the Kennedys.

To Tane at 1:21. I absolutely agree with your post. I am so tired of hearing about the "white working class" and "blue collar workers". Of course their concerns and votes are of great importance, but are not MORE important than those of the demographics you mentioned, as well as upper-middle and upper income people of all races.

re: moustache...don't think so. He was clean shaven just this morning on Meet the Press.

Well, I guess it is time for a change. Touched-upon, but mostly overlooked is the impact of the internet on the voters. Probably why Obama does so much better with the under 50 crowd. There's a new dynamic going on. Don't think the "where's the beef" type of election is still working....the internet allow the voter to by-pass the media, and go directly to the candidate. It's certainly helping Obama.

Tane

Because the politically involved, best educated, Etc. have been getting creamed at the presidential level for the last 40 years...

Did you notice the new Clark Cable style pencil moustache Obama is growing. It was clearly visible in the coverage of the Indiana dinner speech. It gives him gravitas, I guess.

GO OBAMA!

Why isn't anyone asking why Hillary can't win over educated voters, activists, blacks or the youth? Why are white, uneducated "Reagan Democrats" considered so much more important than the educated, the politically involved, the most reliable Democratic constituency and the future of our country being discounted in favor of the "swing" voters who have not been a strong voting block for the Democrats in years?

.....actually, Obama has won. He's so far ahead in pledged delegates that there's no way for Clinton to catch-up. And if the so-called super delegates give it to her, anyway then it will tear apart the Democratic party...so, they won't. No, Obama's already won. The party knows it. Hillary knows it. She's only staying in to re-coup the money that her campaign needs to pay off its debt (including the 5 million to Clinton). It's over. Obama has won.

Like that Obama's Harvard educated, was president of the Harvard Review, and was a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago.

Obama hasn't won, and hopefully won't.

If Obama gets the nomination, mainstream Americans will vote for McCain.

Obama isn't qualified.

We don't care about the color of his skin.

We care about the stuff between his ears.

Dems' House wins suggest hard road for GOP

By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
For the second time in three months, a Democrat's victory in a House district previously held by Republicans is pointing to a difficult landscape for the GOP this fall.
This time it was Louisiana, where Democrat Don Cazayoux defeated Republican Woody Jenkins on Saturday to win the seat of retiring GOP Rep. Richard Baker. In March, Republicans lost the Illinois seat of former House speaker Dennis Hastert.

The two races come during troubling times for Republicans.

Two-thirds of Americans polled Thursday through Saturday by USA TODAY/Gallup disapprove of the job President Bush is doing. Polls show voters favor Democrats on most issues......
....The party lost Louisiana's 6th Congressional District, based in Baton Rouge, 49% to 46%, despite the national Republican Party's effort to tie Cazayoux to Obama, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and their "radical liberal agenda." Republicans said the tactic helped to close an earlier gap.

Democrats and some political experts said the Republican efforts didn't work in a district that Bush won with 59% of the vote in 2004 and Jindal carried with 56% last year.

"The NRCC approach is probably the best available tactic for the GOP in this Democratic year," wrote Hastings Wyman in his Southern Political Report newsletter. "Nevertheless, if it didn't work in this conservative Deep South district, it is unlikely to bear fruit in very many other areas of the country."

Obama is NOT qualified to be President

then vote for McCain, because Obama has already won the nomination. Hillary cannot catch up. And since you were going to vote for McCain anyway, it shouldn't be too much of a problem for you.

Every day that passes with George Bush as our president

is scoring big-time Democrats!

Obama is NOT qualified to be President. Period.

There once was a Big Ball Game between the RepubliCANS and the Dimocrats.

However, before the Final Game, the RepubliCANS, were required to field the DIMocrats without needing to win.

Soooo, after the First Quarter, the RepubliCANS, just stayed off the Field.

We are Most of the way through the Fourth Quarter now, and the DIMocrats still haven't even SCORED! ;~)

The Obama campaign want us to think that the gas tax is an important issue. It's not. Just like the Rev. Wright is not an important issue. What's important is that we get someone in there who can really change America's foreign policy...and domestic policy...to get away from being a nation that starts wars, engages in torture and secret prisons. This is the America I grew up in...nor is the America of only 8 years ago. We need a change. I go for Obama; Hillary and McCain are both just old style politics...with the lobbies calling the shots. We need a change. Obama!

guaranteed: that the oil companies will just charge it back to the consumer as a cost of doing business

Regarding the gas tax - who better to pay the gas tax, you or the oil companies from their record profits?

-- A few hours later and a few miles away, Obama urged an audience of several thousand to vote for him. "I need help," he said. --

Only thing he's gotten right this campaign...

;-)

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Hi, I'm RAT,

And I Don't approve of O'Bomba's Message! ;~)

it would be ehlpful if everyone posted with a name.

Yes I did visit the site and even followed several of the links. I did not see anything particularly unusual or 'dirty' in the links I followed. Just as with Clinton's ads and mailers, some supporters get a bit carried away and make suggestions and allusions that are in some cases stretched.

In general I see more rude and negative comments from Clinton supporters than I do from Obama supporters. I'd rather support Obama, who is being practical about the gas tax 'rebate' than Clinton, who is a bit disingenuous: it's meaningless and Big Oil will flip any tax they are asked to absorb, right back to the consumer.

Hard to figure why a Barack in damage-control
mode, went on NBC Today Thursday with Michelle
in tow. She is a symbol of the TUCC/ Rev. Wright
hate-speech subscriber, dunce...

Whenever the veneer comes off Obama's real
beliefs and it hits the fan, they reach out to
somebody like Richardson (VP) and offer
a job in his imaginary administration.

Like the twerp Joe Andrew who was appointed
by Bill Clinton, and referred to Obama Friday
as "Barama".

"It's time to close this process down",
he said.

Riiiight. Close race - don't let the rest
of America vote on it, or anything...

They are terrified of Hillary passing
Obama in the popular vote even without MI -
and projecting out the remaining contests,
that can easily happen.

Counting FL but not MI, Hillary trails
by only 200,000. A 55/45 win in IN and
a 49/51 loss in NC, will have that down
to about 100,000. Then she has KY, WV
and PR next - leading big in all.

...but, but - why can't she just QUIT?!
Whhaaaaaaaa!!

;-)

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To the person who did the exceedingly long rant about Obama and his "lies"--most of your suppositions are patently false. Do some real research. Also, get a life.

OBAMA SUPPORTERS ARE THE BEST FRIENDS JOHN MCCAIN EVER HAD.

THEY HAVE TURNED THE PEOPLE THEY CAN'T WIN WITHOUT INTO BITTER ENEMIES.

Why don't we count all the votes and then see who's won?

Obama's supporters keep on bragging and gloating.

Its going to backfire, big time.

If he gets the nomination, he will lose in November by a landslide.

Obama's supporters need to grow up.

They are constantly pissing off the people they csn't win a national election without.

Every time I start to soften my opposition to Obama, all I need to do is read any of these boards and the immature postings by by Obama supporters remind me and every other Clinton supporter never to vote for him no matter what.

lets --

The attacks used against Bill Clinton by Obama's supporters are exact copies of right-wing talking points used by Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, and the Republican Party.

The Obama campapign's conflation of Bill Clinton's Presidency, which was one of our nation's best, with George Bush's, which is clearly the worst, is dishonest, unfair, and a direct attack on the most valuable asset of the Democratic Party itself.

Obama's supporters eagerly attacked Hillary Clinton's entire family, which is something even the Mafia doesn't do when they attack someone.

The "who me?" replies from Obama and his supporters insult the intelligence of the rest of us.

We didn't just fall off a turnip truck.

Please don't piss down our backs and tell us its raining.

lets --

Did you really go to http://www.attacktimeline.com?

Can you really claim with a straight face that the below-the-belt character attacks by Obama campaign members on the Clintons are acceptable to you?

Look at the comments on this board to see how divided people are.

Obama doesn't bring people together.

He's split the Democratic Party.

He can't even unite it.

Why should anyone believe his claims when he's never done the things he claims to be able to do?

re the post at 9:21 that has no name - I looked at the website you referred to. I don't see any of the comments against the positions of his opponent as dirty, so I don't see the point of the site - there is nothing personal or underhanded, and Clinton hasn't accused him of being 'dirty'.

I've never seen an Obama comment where he said the Clinton years were 'bad for America' - I agree they were pretty good economically. But right now we are in a terrible financial situation and the government is just stuck because of this idiotic war and disastrous administration. I'm looking forward to 'change'. I'd prefer Obama but will vote for Clinton if she is the candidate.

However I would like to know what you see in the blogs that is 'bringing out the worst in people' - and what is illogical about Obama wanting to unite the country and why would he divide the country? And what 'right-wing talking points' is he using. Did I miss something?

Obama's the best of the three candidates.

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GO OBAMA !

Obama talks about being "a community organizer in Chicago"

Here's what happened after he got elected State Senator.

Please Watch this report on Obama, Obama's slums, Rezko, and $100M of wasted taxpayer money, from Channel 5, NBC news, Chicago's most respected TV news program.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDHsHM0laT8&feature=related

How do you explain away the fact that Barry Obama never followed up on the 11 slums that his friend Rezko was supposed to repair in Obama's district in Chicago, and continued to do nothing about the 40 slums that Rezko was supposed to repair or replace in Chicago, even after Obama joined the US Senate?

From the Chicago Sun Times:

For more than five weeks during the brutal winter of 1997, tenants shivered without heat in a government-subsidized apartment building on Chicago's South Side.

It was just four years after the landlords -- Antoin "Tony'' Rezko and his partner Daniel Mahru -- had rehabbed the 31-unit building in Englewood with a loan from Chicago taxpayers.

Rezko and Mahru couldn't find money to get the heat back on.

But their company, Rezmar Corp., did come up with $1,000 to give to the political campaign fund of Barack Obama, the newly elected state senator whose district included the unheated building....

The building in Englewood was one of 30 Rezmar rehabbed in a series of troubled deals largely financed by taxpayers. Every project ran into financial difficulty. More than half went into foreclosure, a Chicago Sun-Times investigation has found.

"Their buildings were falling apart,'' said a former city official. "They just didn't pay attention to the condition of these buildings.''

Eleven of Rezko's buildings were in Obama's state Senate district....

Rezko and Mahru had no construction experience when they created Rezmar in 1989 to rehabilitate apartments for the poor under the Daley administration. Between 1989 and 1998, Rezmar made deals to rehab 30 buildings, a total of 1,025 apartments. The last 15 buildings involved Davis Miner Barnhill & Galland during Obama's time with the firm.

Rezko and Mahru also managed the buildings, which were supposed to provide homes for poor people for 30 years. Every one of the projects ran into trouble:

* Seventeen buildings -- many beset with code violations, including a lack of heat -- ended up in foreclosure.

* Six buildings are currently boarded up.

* Hundreds of the apartments are vacant, in need of major repairs.

* Taxpayers have been stuck with millions in unpaid loans.

Reported;

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OBAMA's LIST OF LIES:

by Shallow Hal
SavagePolitics.com Contributor
(ORIGINAL AUTHOR of the now famous "Barack Obama's LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES")

CHARGE 1 - "The March on Selma got me born."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama was born August 4th, 1961. The march on Selma began March 7th, 1965. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama was talking about the general movement, not specifically about Selma.

REBUTTTAL - Senator Obama was in Selma, Alabama, before a mostly AA crowd at the Brown Chapel AME Church on March 4th, 2007. He clearly stated "because some folks were willing to march across a bridge . . . they (his parents) got together, and Barack Obama, Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama!" Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4, 1961. The first march on Selma, Alabama occurred on March 7, 1965.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 2 - "My father was just a simple, impoverished goat herder."

EVIDENCE - Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was a privileged, well educated youth, who's tribal family owned and controlled all tribal land. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - He was poor to start off with, he only became an educated and successful man later in life.

REBUTTAL - Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was privileged from the moment of his birth. Being born into the powerful tribe of the Luo, he was graced with an 'upper class' lifestyle. He later would go on to be 'Big Man' of the tribe and work as a Senior Economist in the Kenyan Government.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 3 - "My father believed in the 'power of the people'. I believe in the 'power of the people'."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama has often stated that his 'father's attributes' are ones that he has sought in his own life. Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was part of a corrupt Kenyan government in the 1960s. He believed in taking land from it's owners and taxation up to 100%, 'if benefits' were 'commensurate to their income'. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2

COUNTER CLAIM - What does it matter what Senator Obama's father believed in?

REBUTTAL- Senator Obama portrays himself as a 'new politician' with a 'new way' of getting things done. Senator Obama has stated, "I did feel that there was something to prove . . . to my father." Senator Obama also stated further, in his book Dreams Of My Father, "It was into my father's image . . . that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself." His father's 'attributes' included '100% taxation' and repossession of land and property against the will of the rightful owner. Thus seeking the 'favor' of his father, and using his father's 'attributes' as a model, Senator Obama therefore must maintain similar ideals and respect for 'the people'. How these 'policies' are an example of 'belief in power of the people' is obviously highly questionable.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 4 - My family has strong ties to 'African freedom'."

EVIDENCE - Raila Odinga committed genocide while attempting to overturn the 2007 Kenyan elections. Senator Obama and Raila Odinga are first cousins. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2 , SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - What does it matter what Senator Obama's African relatives do in Africa?

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama campaigned for his cousin while on a visit to said country. Senator Obama claims a distinct debt to his familial ties, painting them in a light that is downright revisionist.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 5 - "President Kennedy rescued my father from Kenyan obscurity and airlifted him to the American Dream."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's father came in September 1960, while EISENHOWER was President. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2

COUNTER CLAIM - But his father did come to the U.S. so what is the big deal?

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama misrepresents historical events. No speech by President John F. Kennedy brought Senator Obama's father to the U.S. in 1960. John F. Kennedy was not President in 1960, Dwight D. Eisenhower was President. The Senator is attempting to subtly equate himself with J.F.K., subconsciously implying he would be a similar President. Senator Obama, you are no Jack Kennedy.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 6 - "My Kenyan Grandmother has always been a Christian."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's Grandmother's own interviews contradict this statement. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2

COUNTER CLAIM - What does it matter what Senator Obama's African relatives do?

REBUTTAL -It goes to a person's character and willingness to evade, distort, or rewrite history. Senator Obama's Grandmother does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews (per Islamic law). Not to mention, Christianity does not allow for a woman to be one of 14 wives to 1 man. Senator Obama's use of his Grandmother as an example of how 'Christian' his family is, in order to counter accusations of secretly being a Muslim, sustains the idea that the Senator is deliberately distorting the truth to cover-up associations and 'fatherly attributes' that he knows are problematic to his election, should he be forthcoming about them. His decision to make statements patently false in order to propagate a more 'electable' image speaks not only to his character but to his judgment. Distortions or edits to evidence that wholly misrepresent the truth is dishonest.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 7 - "My first name (Barack) is not Arabic - it is Swahili."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's name is Arabic in origin, not Swahili. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, Columnist Says Barack Obama 'Lied To The American People;' Asks Publisher to Withdraw Obama's Book, NEW YORK, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/

COUNTER CLAIM - What does it matter where Senator Obama's name originates?

REBUTTAL - If the origin of his name doesn't matter, then why publicly lie about it? There is no transliteration between the alphabets of Arabic and Swahili. The Africanized derivative of the Arabic 'Baraka' is Barack, but the origin and source is entirely Arabic. Senator Obama again distorts the facts in an attempt to distance himself from associations he deems politically inexpedient. Senator Obama's middle name, Hussein, is also Arabic. Naturally, so is the Senator's last name, Obama.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 8 - "I never practiced Islam."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama practiced Islam daily at Meteng Primary school, where he was registered as a Muslim. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - What does it matter whether Senator Obama practiced Islam as a child?

REBUTTAL - If there is no importance to the fact that Senator Obama practiced Islam as a child, then what is the motivation for lying about it publicly? Indonesia requires students to study religion. Barry Soetoro was registered as a Muslim at the Meteng Primary School. One cannot participate in any studies within a Madrassa without practicing Islam.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 9 - "My school in Indonesia was Christian."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama was registered as a Muslim at Meteng Primary School. The school offered Christian classes as well. Barry Soetoro did not attend them. He later spent 2 years in a Catholic school SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2

COUNTER CLAIM - What does it matter that Senator Obama's school was Islamic or Catholic?

REBUTTAL - Again, If there is no importance to the fact that Senator Obama practiced Islam as a child, then what is the motivation for lying about it publicly? Indonesia requires all students to study religion. Barry Soetoro was enrolled as a Muslim at the Menteng Primary School where he studied among other subjects, Islam. In 1969 Barry attended a Catholic School. This is the only schooling Senator Obama discusses, thus Meteng has been somewhat covered up. Why one would ask? The only conclusion that can be drawn from this scenario is that Senator Obama lied about this school and its subject matter for political expediency. In later comments the Senator stated he did not attend an Islamic school, but in his book "Dreams Of My Father" he states that he 'got in trouble for making faces in Koranic studies' and was disciplined by his mother. One would ask how many Catholic students remember being taught the Koran by their nuns.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 10 - "I am fluent in Indonesian."

EVIDENCE - Not one teacher says that Senator Obama could speak the language at the time. SOURCE 1, (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, "The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama's Youth," Chicago Tribune)

COUNTER CLAIM - What does it matter that Senator Obama can't speak fluent Indonesian?

REBUTTAL - YET AGAIN, if it does not matter, what is the motivation for lying about it publicly? Apparently we are to infer, by Senator Obama's supposed "fluency" in Indonesian, that he is very sophisticated and experienced in "foreign affairs". Perhaps Senator Obama feels that grade school French and Spanish qualifies most U.S. students as UN diplomats.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 11 - "I lived in Indonesia. I have more foreign experience than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama lived in Indonesia from the ages of 6 to 10. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Living in a foreign country is a much more in-depth experience than just visiting one.

REBUTTAL - To imply that living in a foreign country, for 4 years as a child, is equitable to official trips representing the U.S. Government is completely without merit. Also, implying that it also equates to receiving classified information and studying these subjects with personal political experience is quite ludicrous to say the least.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 12 - "My foreign travels and life experience better qualify me to address our nation's closest Allies."

EVIDENCE - Except for Africa and Middle Eastern Muslim countries, Senator Obama has never been anywhere else in the world. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2

COUNTER CLAIM - The Middle East is an important area and so is Africa.

REBUTTAL - Indeed it is, but that is not what Senator Obama was arguing in this statement. He categorically stated he would be better qualified to meet with our nation's 'closest' allies. Pakistan, Indonesia, India, Kenya, and Iraq can hardly be considered America's 'closest' allies. Implying visits to 7 countries in nearly 47 years (4 of which were in his youth) is somehow equitable to visiting 80 countries in 18 years, (as has his opponent, Senator Clinton, in various official governmental capacities) is completely dishonest.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 13 - "I was ethnically confused, that is why I used drugs."

EVIDENCE - Fellow classmates describe racial tensions and meetings discussing such issues. Barry Obama was not in attendance. SOURCE 1, (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, "The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama's Youth," Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07), Dreams From My Father, pages 93-94.

COUNTER CLAIM - He admitted to using drugs in his youth. So what?

REBUTTAL - Either Senator Obama's family was to be idealized and their 'attributes' incorporated into his life to assist with his success, or his family's ambiguity, and latent racism drove him to drug use. Either the first is a false reality, or the second, but they cannot both be correct.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 14 - "I understand what it is to be an African American."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama is not African American according to U.S. Law. Senator Obama is an Arab-American according to U.S. Law. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama's father is from Kenya (Black African) and he (Obama) was born in America. How can you say he is not African American?

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama's racial background consists of the following: 50% white (mother, both sides), 43.25% Arabic (father, both sides), and 6.25% African Negro (father, one side, 1 generation removed). 12.5% is the legal threshold one must prove to claim racial status under the law. In addition, Senator Obama cannot make a sociological claim as an African American either. He was not raised as an African American, was not raised by African Americans, and was not raised in an African American neighborhood.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 15 - "I was an underprivileged youth."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama attended prep schools and later on went to Harvard Law. His Grandparents were wealthy bankers and his Step-father was an Oil Executive. His mother was also a P.H.D.. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - He went to school on a scholarship and had to use food stamps to survive.

REBUTTAL - From the ages of 2 - 6, Senator Obama was raised by his wealthy, grandparents. From the ages of 6 - 10, Senator Obama was raised by his mother and his step-father who was an Oil Executive in Indonesia; from the age of 10 until his early adulthood, Senator Obama was living again with his wealthy grandparents, one of which was the Vice President of the Bank of Hawaii. Senator Obama has attended prep schools like Occidental College, paid for by HIS FAMILY. He then went on to Harvard, the State Senate of Illinois, and the U.S. Senate.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 16 - "An Ebony article changed my life."

EVIDENCE - Ebony has yet to "find" the article Senator Obama mentions in his book. The FACT is that It doesn't, and never has, existed. SOURCE 1, (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, "The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama's Youth," Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)

COUNTER CLAIM - What is the big deal? He forgot the name of the magazine.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama made an unequivocal statement. Ebony has found no such article. Promptly, Senator Obama made a new, unequivocal statement that it must have been Life magazine instead (read bellow). All evidence, both past and present, supports Ebony's claim that the article does not and never did exist.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 17 - "A Life magazine article changed my outlook on life."

EVIDENCE - Life has yet to find the article that Senator Obama mentions in his book. The FACT is that it doesn't, and has never existed. SOURCE 1, (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, "The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama's Youth," Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)

COUNTER CLAIM - What is the big deal? He forgot the name of the magazine again.

REBUTTAL - As in CHARGE 16, Senator Obama made an unequivocal statement. Life magazine has found no such article. All evidence, both past and present, supports Life's claim that the article does not and never did exist.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 18 - "I will NOT run on a National Ticket in 2008 because I won't have enough experience by then."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama announced his intent to run for President of the United States in February, 2007. He is currently still in the race for the Nomination of the Democratic Party, for President of the United States (April, 2008). SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama is entitled to change his mind.

REBUTTAL - The Senator certainly is entitled to change his mind, but changing his mind is not what the argument is about. It is about his unequivocal statement that he would not run on a National Ticket in 2008, specifically because he would not have the appropriate experience needed ("some people may be comfortable doing that, I am not one of those people") SOURCE. He is currently running for the top slot on the National Ticket for the Presidency of the United States (April, 2008).

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 19 - "I do not vote 'Present' any more than any other IL Representative."

EVIDENCE - While 'Present' votes may not be unusual in Illinois, the number of 'Present' votes that Senator Obama placed ARE disproportionate. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, NY Times 12/20/07 by Raymond Hernandez and Christopher Drew

COUNTER CLAIM - 'Present' votes are used to block portions of undesirable legislation and is a common tactic in Illinois.

REBUTTAL - The issue at hand is not the purpose of the 'Present' votes but rather their frequency. 129 'Present' votes is not a common number for any Representative in the Illinois State House, other than Senator Obama.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 20 - Oops, "I 'misvoted' a couple times in the Illinois State House."

EVIDENCE - Only when caught by church groups and fellow Democrats, did Senator Obama request to change his half dozen "misvotes" in the Illinois State House. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Anyone can make a mistake while voting.

REBUTTAL - The only time Senator Obama admitted to misvoting was when he was criticized for such votes. Inexplicably, Senator Obama followed such misvotes with 'Present' votes.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 21 - "I barely know William Ayers" - A.K.A. - Abu Zayd

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama announced the start of his Senate campaign from the front steps of William Ayers' home, in the neighborhood that they share. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Just because Senator Obama lives in the same neighborhood with Ayers doesn't prove they knew each other well.

REBUTTAL - William Ayers (or Abu-Zayd), Louis Farrakhan, and Senator Obama all live in the same neighborhood. Ayers is the founder of the Woods Fund, of which Senator Obama was it's director from 1999 to 2002. Perhaps one might ask oneself; who chooses the director of the Wood Fund? Perhaps its founder? Secondly, if Senator Obama announced his campaign run in Illinois from Ayers's home, did he not ask Ayers' permission first? If the Senator did not know Abu-Zayd Ayers well, then how did he come to choose Ayers' front steps to announce his campaign? Random chance?

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 22 - "I support a 2nd Amendment right to bear arms."

EVIDENCE - We enter into evidence a few of Senator Obama's quotes and votes on gun control: "Ban semi-automatics, and more possession restrictions." (Jul 1998), "Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers." (Jul 2005). SOURCE 1, Source 2: The Improbable Quest, by John K. Wilson, p.148 Oct 30, 2007, Source 3: 1998 IL State Legislative National Political Awareness Test Jul 2, 1998, Reference: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; Bill S 397 ; vote number 2005-219 on Jul 29, 2005

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama just wants to prevent criminals for finding and using guns.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama's policy on guns seems to change specifically in regards to the audience he is addressing. There are many quotes from the Senator in which he suggests an all out ban on handguns. Bare in mind that these bans PRIMARILY affect LEGAL gun ownership.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 23 - "I Was A Constitutional Lawyer"

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama was a senior lecturer on leave of absence. He has never practiced Constitutional Law, nor ever obtained any such 'title'. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - He taught Constitutional law at his University and he is a lawyer.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama was NEVER a Constitutional Lawyer, nor a PROFESSOR of Law.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 24 - "I Was A Professor Of Law."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama was a senior lecturer on leave of absence. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - He taught Constitutional law at his University. He is a lawyer.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama was NEVER a Professor of Law, nor a Constitutional Lawyer.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 25 - "An Army Captain came to me and told me his company was divided and short of ammo." (claim made by Senator Obama during a debate.)

EVIDENCE - The Captain in question said the Senator had twisted the details. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - The Senator was speaking in generalities, trying to paint a picture of what is going on on the battlefield.

REBUTTAL - The Captain in question gave specific details about the situation, all of which contradicted Senator Obama's claims.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 26 - "I passed a tough Nuclear Bill. I am strong on Nuclear Regulation."

EVIDENCE - The Bill did not pass, primarily because there was very little nuclear regulation in it. This could be attributed to the fact that the nuclear power company, Exelon, has been a donor to all of Senator Obama's campaigns thus far. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Just because Senator Obama's campaign manager is connected to Exelon doesn't mean Senator Obama wouldn't regulate Exelon.

REBUTTAL - Curiously, Senator Obama's bill never passed, thanks to it's own structural deficiencies.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 27 - "I quickly released my financial and legislative records, because I have no special interest connections to hide."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama took 13 months to release his records, while calling for months for his opponents to release theirs during the same period. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2 , SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Clinton took most of the year to release her tax records.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama announced his Presidential run in Feb. 2007. He only released his records, incomplete ones at that, in March, 2008. Said records are riddled with special interest proposals and hidden pork. One example is General Dynamics. General Dynamics was the beneficiary of at least one of Obama earmarks, receiving $1.3 Million dollars for its high-explosive technology program, for the Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 28 - "I have the solutions to repair our economy."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama voted against his own economic proposal package. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2

COUNTER CLAIM - Washington is in a stalemate. Senator Obama has fresh ideas.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama's 111 economic proposals were just combined into an amendment to a bill, and the amendment was defeated 97-0. Senator Obama rejected his own proposals; apparently, they were not the solutions or 'fresh ideas' he was speaking about.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 29 - "I have been a bold leader in Illinois."

EVIDENCE - The Senator's own supporters cannot recall any 'Bold' action on his part. SOURCE 1 , SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - He passed legislation to videotape interrogations by the police department.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama indeed passed into law such various bills, however, a great many of these bills were only 'appointed' to him as their sponsor - meaning they were created and worked by others and then Senator Obama's name was placed on the legislation to give him credit for the bill. In regards to the Taped Interrogations legislation, most cities in the nation have been taping police interrogations for decades. That would hardly seem 'bold'. Missing or refusing to vote on bills 129 times does not further the argument of 'bold' action either.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 30 - "I barely know Tony Rezko. I did about 5 hours of billed work for him."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama has known Antoin Rezko for 17 years. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama meets many people. He is a Senator.

REBUTTAL - Antoin Rezko first spoke with Senator Obama in 1990. Senator Obama worked at the Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland Law firm, specializing in legal issues involving land development. It is in this area of law that the Senator came in contact with Rezko and his company, Rezmar Corp. Senator Obama left the law firm for the State Legislature, while one of the firm's founders, Mr. Allison Davis, left his firm to form a new development company, New Kenwood LLC - with none other than Mr. Antoin Rezko. Once in the State Legislature, and still performing periodic work for his old law firm (now Miner, Barnhill, & Galland), Senator Obama used his elected position to provide legitimacy to his friend's new venture. He crafted a letter to the legislature that ultimately secured $855,000 in 'development fees' for his pals, Rezko and Davis. Mr. Rezko went on to be quite a staunch campaign donor for the Senator, raising at least $250,000 for Senator Obama while in Illinois.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 31 - "I have never met Nadhmi Auchi."

EVIDENCE - Recent testimony in the Rezko Trial has placed Senator Obama and his wife at a party where Mr. Auchi was in attendance. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - The Senator goes to a lot of events. This must have slipped his mind.

REBUTTAL - Whether it slipped his mind or not, the Senator did not deny that we was there (an indication that he believes further proof may exist to place him there) just that he did not remember the meeting. Strangely enough, the party was held just one week prior to the U.S. election in which he won his seat.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 32 - "I don't have 'bundlers' and I don't take PAC money."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama has 79 bundlers and has collected over $13,000,000 in lobbyist PAC money. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama has been careful not to compromise himself, "rejecting campaign support from Political Action Committees and lobbyists."

REBUTTAL - Here is a starter list of Senator Obama's registered lobbyists:

Timothy Broas $100,000, Frank Clark $200,000, Howard Gutman $200,000, Scott Harris (DC) $200,000, Allan Katz $200,000, William Lake (DC) $50,000, Robert S. Litt $not given, Kenneth Lore (DC) $50,000, Thomas Perrelli $200,000, Thomas Reed $200,000, Paul Roth $50,000, Alan Solomont $100,000, Robert M. Sussman (DC) $50,000, Tom Wheeler (DC) $100,000. $1,700,000 dollars from these registered lobbyists, or four times more than Obama's officially declared lobbyist sum. To date there are at least 38 such individual lobbyists donating to Senator Obama's campaign. PS - Having the wives of these individuals write the checks does not alter where the money came from.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 33 - "I don't take money from lobbyists."

EVIDENCE - At least 38 Individuals on Senator Obama's campaign are or work for lobbyists. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - Most of the individuals you site are lawyers, not lobbyists.

REBUTTAL - Most of the lawyers that make up this list work for firms that lobby the Government. 31 of them manage registered lobbyists. You may parse the definitions - these lawyers and/or their firms lobby the government and donate to Senator Obama's campaign. Either way, he takes money from lobbyists.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 34 - "I don't take money from oil companies."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama has taken nearly $250,000 from oil companies. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Clinton has taken even more money from oil companies.

REBUTTAL - Senator Clinton never stated she did not take money from oil companies; Senator Obama is the one that said that. Distinguishing himself as a 'cleaner' politician, less beholden to the oil companies, Senator Obama has obviously not been forthright about this issue. Senator Obama accepts money from oil companies and does so to this day.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 35 - "I have clean connections, unlike my opponents and most of Washington."

EVIDENCE - Rezko, William Ayers (Abu-Zayd), Nadmi Auchi, Rashid Khalidi, Jeremiah Wright, James Meeks, Louis Farrakhan. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4, SOURCE 5, SOURCE 6, SOURCE 7

COUNTER CLAIM - Guilt by association is not fair.

REBUTTAL - Associations one chooses to initiate and/or maintain speaks to one's character and judgment. For instance, Antoin Rezko - who is currently on trial for Corruption. Senator Obama has received a quarter of a million dollars from this individual, and has had to return it in ever increasing amounts, as the Senator was caught not truthfully disclosing the amount donated. Senator Obama also decided to participate in a real estate deal with Mr. Rezko during a time when he was proven to be under investigation. Despite this, The Senator made a deal to purchase a home, by dividing the property with the Rezko family. The property in question was divided, lot VS. House, because it was out of The Senator's price range. And so was the down payment. Perhaps this is where Auchi comes in? Only the trial of Rezko can tell us. Continuing, once it was determined that the Senator could not afford the property, $300K was promptly removed from the asking price (in 2005, before mortgage problems drove down home prices). Rezko's wife stepped in to buy the lot the Senator couldn't afford, saving him $625,000. Another associate of Senator Obama's is the founder of the Woods Fund, for which the Senator was its Director for 4 years, William (Abu-Zayd) Ayers. Abu-Zayd, or William Ayers as he was known then, was an American Terrorist who attempted to bomb the Pentagon. Next on our list would be Nadmi Auchi - Iraqi Billionaire swindler who helped himself to money from the Food Or Oil program and may have assisted the Senator is securing the money to put down on his Chicago mansion. Next we have Rashid Khalidi - former PLO spokesman and supporter of terrorism against Israel. Next we have the infamous Jeremiah Wright and James Meeks - rabid racists, anti-American preachers/community leaders, both have an affinity or a direct connection to the Nation of Islam. Speaking of the Nation of Islam, we next have Louis Farrakhan - renowned racist, anti-American, voracious Anti-Semite and homophobe - leader of the Nation of Islam. One would like to ask Senator Obama which of these individuals are the 'clean' ones?

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 36 - "Unlike Senator Clinton, my donations have been thoroughly checked."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama took donations from arrested Bundler, Norman Hsu (as did Clinton) and Antoin Tony Rezko. Rezko is currently on trial for corruption (April, 2008). SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama donated the money from Hsu and Rezko as soon as he found out.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama only gave back the money raised by Rezko when the media reported the donations. He gave back $7,000 to Norman Hsu, but with Antoin Rezko things went a little differently. First Senator Obama claimed that it was $66,000 he had received from Rezko; when the media proved it was more, Senator Obama claimed that his campaign had discovered and then donated $86,000 to charity. When the media discovered, yet again, there was more Rezko money then reported, Senator Obama stated that indeed they had found $150,000 that had come from Rezko. Senator Obama, seemingly exasperated with the story, claimed he had done all he could to find the funds raised for him by Rezko, and that he had donated all of it to charity. Alas, the media discovered again, it wasn't $150,000 but rather $250,000 Rezko had raised. When confronted with the new figures, Senator Obama was forced to admit that his campaign had found $250,000 of Rezko donations, but that ultimately only $90,000, NOT $150,000, had been donated after all. The campaign was forced to disclose the funds in question had already been used by the campaign. Senator Obama did not make up the difference and donate it to charity, despite having raised some $243,000,000 to date (April, 2008)

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 37 - "I only discovered I had investment conflicts through the mail."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's investment conflicts were not brought to his attention by mail. Skyterra and AVI never sent letters to Senator Obama. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, (Nedra Pickler, "Obama Unaware Of Investment Conflicts," The Associated Press, 3/7/07)

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama is a busy man. He must have forgotten.

REBUTTAL - Both Skyterra and AVI have no record of any such letter ever being created or sent. In fact Skyterra didn't send out a stockholder's letter to ANYONE in 2005, the year Senator Obama's conflict was uncovered, but was not disclosed by the Senator until reported in the media.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 38 - "I sponsored dozens of my own bills in one year and passed them in the Illinois State Senate."

EVIDENCE - State Senator Ricky Hendon 'appointed' Obama as sponsor of Hendon's high-profile legislation. Not one of those Bills was truly sponsored by Senator Obama. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - But Senator Obama did sponsor and pass the bills.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama was 'appointed' the sponsor of bills originated and crafted by Senator Hendon. Senator Obama attached his signature to the bill, thus conspicuously taking credit for it's sponsorship and passage. Additionally Emil Jones had to direct Senator Obama to craft certain legislation. It was not spontaneously created by Senator Obama.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 39 - "I believe in fairness, not tactics, to win elections."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama hired a team of investigators to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against him. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Some of the signatures for Alice Palmer were forged.

REBUTTAL - 4 of the signatures were found to be forgeries. Senator Obama used investigators and little known political tactics to eliminate his opposition. He then went on to run uncontested.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 40 - "I cleaned up the Altgeld Gardens Asbestos case."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama failed to mention the many others who assisted and had taken the lead in solving this problem. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2 (Peter Wallsten, "Obama Memoir Left Out Credits For Activism, Critics Say," Los Angeles Times, 2/19/07)

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama DID solve the problem of Altgeld Gardens.

REBUTTAL - Left to stand alone, the implication from Senator Obama is that he was the person that solved the Altgeld Gardens issue, alone. This is patently false.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 41 - "I inspire people with my words."

EVIDENCE - Obama inspires people with other people's words. It's called plagiarizing. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Lots of people borrow a few words from speeches. That's not plagiarizing.

REBUTTAL - Plagiarism refers to another person's intellectual creations being passed off as one's own. Plagiarism is not nullified because the material was used with permission, which until caught by the media, Senator Obama did not have (permission) in regards to Deval Patrick's speeches. Senator Obama uses his speeches, and their reactions, as evidence that he is connecting with his audience through his own power, and thus based on that power and it's unique capacity to inspire citizens, we should elect him to office. Senator Obama has plagiarized speeches, songs, and entire passages of dialogue from film and television. Additionally, a large portion of Senator Obama's speeches that were not plagiarized were written by his very young and White speech-writer Jon Favreau, NOT Senator Obama.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 42 - "No one from my campaign discussed NAFTA with anyone in Canada."

EVIDENCE - The Canadian Government issued the names and details of the conversation Senator Obama's campaign had with them. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama is a busy man - he just goofed.

REBUTTAL - Again? Senator Obama has made a multitude of unequivocal, absolute statements of fact which have proven to be complete fabrications once investigated. The fact is the Canadian Government, when accused of inventing the story by Senator Obama's campaign, released details of a memo and the names of the participants in the conversation. Senator Obama's campaign offered no rebuttal. Perhaps because there was no rebuttal to be made - the story was true from the start.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 43 - "I won Michigan!"

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama removed his name from the ballot after horrible poll numbers showed he would lose big. He later attempted to get voters to choose Uncommitted as a way of showing their support for him; Senator Clinton beat everyone on and off the ballot 55% to 40%. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama's name wasn't even on the ballot.

REBUTTAL - If Senator Obama's name wasn't on the ballot, how then did he win? Senator Obama deliberately removed his name from the ballot after extensive polling conducted early in the campaign showed he would lose significantly. Thus Senator Obama took his name off the ballot, not because Party Rules said the vote wouldn't count. If that were the Senator's reasoning, why did he leave his name on the ballot in Florida? Perhaps because extensive polling in Florida early on showed him that he stood a good chance of picking up quite a few delegates should he be able to force their inclusion at the convention. Seeing as he was utterly destroyed in the Florida Primary, where all names were on the ballot but only Senator Obama ran ads, he hasn't sought to seat any of the delegates he won.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 44 - "I won Nevada."

EVIDENCE - Senator Clinton won Nevada 51% to 45% over Senator Obama. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2,

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama won 13 delegates, Clinton only won 12, so Senator Obama won Nevada!

REBUTTAL - Senator Clinton won Nevada 51% to 45% over Senator Obama. With 2 Super Delegates selecting her in Nevada, she won 14 delegates total to Senator Obama's 13.
She also won the Popular vote.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 45 - "I believe in every vote counting. I support the people's vote as their voice."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama stalled on revote options in Michigan and Florida, until it was too late to hold any revote. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Caucuses are cheaper and they are a legal form of voting.

REBUTTAL - Caucuses may be cheap and they may be legal, for now, but they are a poor way to represent the will of the people. Caucuses force public declarations of choice in front of family, friends, and possibly employers. They have a very short window of operation and are often held during work hours in the middle of a work day. Their results are in the low tens of thousands, thus that small majority is held to reflect the will of a state with millions of registered voters. As for Michigan and Florida, despite being penalized by party leaders for shifts in the election dates beyond the party's control in the state, Senator Obama was in no hurry to offer any solution other than a quick, cheap caucus for Florida and Michigan. Ultimately his stalling and tactics ran the clock out; millions of voters voices will not be heard.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 46 - "I didn't run ads in Florida."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama was the only democratic candidate running ads in the state. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - No Democratic candidate ran ads in Florida.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and still lost by nearly 300,000 votes. One phone call could have stopped the ads. He left them to run.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 47 - "My campaign was extorted by a friend!"

EVIDENCE - Old classmate Keith Kakugawa was "infuriated" by the charge and flatly denied it. (Maurice Possley, Kirsten Scharnberg and Ray Gibson, "An Old Friend's Troublesome Return," Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07), (Maurice Possley, et al, "An Old Friend's Troublesome Return,"
Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)

COUNTER CLAIM - Mr. Kakugawa is homeless and desperate and is trying to use Senator Obama's new found fame to his advantage.

REBUTTAL - Mr. Kakugawa has done nothing of the sort. Senator Obama, clearly having a case for extortion or blackmail, in addition to libel if his own claims are true, has not sought legal assistance with this onslaught of defamation. No news agency has reported any aggressive dialogue from Mr. Kakugawa and no claims or charges of misconduct have so far been aired on any media outlet.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 48 - "My campaign didn't do the "1984" hate ad against Clinton. We didn't have the capabilities or the inclination."

EVIDENCE - Your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple laptop, in one afternoon. (CNN's "Larry King Live," 3/24/07), (Jake Tapper and Jonathan Greenberger, "Anti-Clinton Ad Maker Lived With Obama Senate Staffer," ABC News, 3/23/07), (Dan Morain, "Ad Creator Claimed Role In Obama Campaign," Los Angeles Times, 3/23/07), (Jake Tapper and Jonathan Greenberger, "Anti-Clinton Ad Maker Lived With Obama Senate Staffer," ABC News, 3/23/07)

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama can't be on top of everything while traveling the country. He says his campaign wasn't involved and I believe him!

REBUTTAL - "1984" Ad creator Phil De Vellis was an employee of the Blue State Digital computer firm that is among Obama's consultants. Senator Obama's claim that his campaign's connections to De Vellis were thin at best, were further eroded when it was revealed The Senator's Press Secretary had recently lived with Mr. De Vellis. Furthermore earlier emails from De Vellis bragged about how he had created My.BarackObama.org, while working at Blue State Digital. Joe Rospars, Blue State Digital's founder, is now Senator Obama's media director.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR
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CHARGE 49 - "I have sponsored and passed plenty of Bills in the U.S. Senate. I have experience."

EVIDENCE - You have passed 2 BILLs in the U.S. Senate - one for Africa and one that makes lobbyists stand while they eat. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama has sponsored 123 Bills in the US Senate.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama has one of the worst records for getting bills passed that he has sponsored in the US Senate. That sounds like experience most of us wouldn't want. The Senator has sponsored and passed 2 Bills in the US Senate - one for the Congo (shock and awe?) and one that makes lobbyists stand when they eat. Impressive work for 4 years on the job.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 50 - "I am tough on Terrorism!"

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's friends include Louis Farrakhan, Rashid Khalidi, Nadhmi Auchi, and Ali Abunimah, most support Palestinian terrorism and the destruction of Israel. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama said he would strike terrorists in Pakistan, even without permission. That is tough.

REBUTTAL - That is not tough - it is stupid. Pakistan is a nuclear nation and a fragile if not reluctant ally of the United States. Senator Obama missed the Iran Resolution to declare the Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. In addition, he remains on friendly terms and accepts donations from Louis Farrakhan and Jeremiah Wright - Nation of Islam members that support Hamas' call for the destruction of Israel. Wright even reprinted the Hamas Manifesto for his church members, possibly including the Obama family, who were in attendance. Senator Obama continues his associations with Rashid Khalidi, the former PLO spokesman and supporter of Palestinian Suicide Bombers. Nadhmi Auchi and Ali Abunimah have been involved financially with structures opposed to Israel's right to exist. With friends like these, including American Terrorist William Abu-Zayd Ayers, who needs Jihadists?

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 51 - "I respect the office of the President. I will do everything I can to uphold it's honor and integrity."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's campaign has secretly discussed NAFTA and has legitimized the FARC terrorist organization, outside of the public's knowledge and before the Senator has won the election. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4, SOURCE 5

COUNTER CLAIM - There is little evidence that Senator Obama has dealt with either NAFTA or the FARC.

REBUTTAL - The Canadian Government released details of a conversation that Senator Obama's campaign said never happened, showing that the Senator's representatives were discussing NAFTA prior to the Senator having won the Nomination, let alone the Presidency. In addition, Raul Reyes, the leader of the FARC terrorist organization attempting to topple the Columbian Government was found dead. On his corpse was found communication relating to legitimacy status once Senator Obama was elected President. This letter eluded to Senator Obama's campaign having contacted the former FARC leader.

I'm not President, I just play one on TV - doesn't seem very respectful to us.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 52 - "I am stronger on the issue of the Iraq than either Senator Clinton or Senator McCain."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama has voted for every single Iraq bill since taking office. With many Iraqi millionaires donating to Senator Obama's campaign, perhaps they have been promised something once U.S. forces leave. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SORUCE 4, SOURCE 5, SOURCE 6

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama did not vote for this war!

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama was not in office to have to decide on the war. The Senator has made several comments implying that many of his stances or not that very different from the President. Of course over the course of the campaign, that rhetoric has gone all but silent. Where Denis Kucinich has voted against even the funding of the war, thus forcing its end, Senator Obama has voted for every single monetary increase in spending so far brought forward. Furthermore, he has adjusted, mostly in private talks, the departure time frame for troops, implying like NAFTA, he is 'talking for the camera'.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 53 - "I have always supported Universal Health Care."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's health care plan allows 15,000,000 to opt out of having it, forcing Americans to pay for their unpaid bills. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama's plan will have mandated coverage just like Senator Clintons! His plan is Universal.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama's mandate for health care coverage applies only to children. Once they are adults then can opt out of buying health care. Any emergency room visits or other health service costs they cannot afford will be passed onto the tax payers of America. His plan is no where near Universal.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 54 - "I don't have to show my patriotism to be patriotic. A pin on my lapel is not important."

EVIDENCE - Senator is often the only person on stage, at the playing of the National Anthem, that has his hands clasped in front of him and not over his heart. He usually (almost never) refuses to wear a flag pin, even when on Capitol Hill. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Big deal. He doesn't wear a flag pin and he doesn't hold his hand over his heart. So what?

REBUTTAL - Being the President Of The United States means representing us all, at home and around the world; our traditions, our values, our beliefs, and our dreams. If a President cannot set an example of what American values look like, sound like, and feel like, then he or she is doing a disservice to us all, by misrepresenting our Nation. The President shows deference and respect to the Nation and the People first - his own preferences taking a back seat to the office. For someone supposedly representing us all, our values and our beliefs, Senator Obama seems to feel his own core beliefs take precedence over what tradition or the public expects. This is further articulated in his fictionalized memoirs and in his associations. Two of his associations strike the most concern as they are quite opposite what the mainstream American would say reflects their values and beliefs. Case in point: the Nation Of Islam and Trinity Church. The Nation Of Islam and Trinity Church have a less then stellar appreciation for the flag of the United States. They blame Whites for Aids being so prevalent in the African American community and they believe that slavery is a debt that must be paid, no matter the chaos, no matter the dissolution of the present society at large. In fact both of these institutions are headed by Muslims or 'former' Muslims. They have said they would accept little else but the complete capitulation and reinvention of America, with Afro-Centric concerns trumping all others.. Senator Obama's spiritual leader has preached harsh, Afro-Centric revisionism for 2 decades, with the Senator in attendance throughout. Louis Farrakhan, an ultra-radical, and founder of the Nation Of Islam, who is a strong hater of Israel and America, is a neighbor of Senator Obama's and has met with the Senator numerous times, famously during the Million Man March. As for the Senator's experience with America and her allies, Senator Obama has curiously spent more time in foreign nations that our are ideological adversaries then our sisters in spirit. This is a strange way to show one's patriotism and love of country.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 55 - "My wife's pay raise was deserved. She is the Vice President of U of C hospital."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's wife's pay raise was nearly 150% her already bloated salary as one of 13 VP's U of C Hospital has on staff. Her raise was less then 1 month after her husband won his senate seat. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4, SOURCE 5

COUNTER CLAIM - Michelle's pay at U of C Hospital is irrelevant.

REBUTTAL - Again, it goes to the honesty and integrity that the Senator and his wife speak about in public. Pay raises that double your salary, a couple of weeks after your husband is elected to an office that can greatly assist the hospital in securing funds, seems somewhat convenient to say the least. In addition this not-for-profit hospital made an amazing $100 Million during the past 3 years. Perhaps some of that profit came from the fact the hospital, despite 13 Vice Presidents including Mrs. Obama, never noticed that patients were being billed, through Medicare and Medicaid, at rates 580% higher then average, for common services. More alarming still is the fact that African American patients were charged on average, 6 times the rates that white patients were charged. Again, with 13 Vice Presidents whose salaries total many millions, how could these terrible imbalances go unnoticed?

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 56 - "My wife's words were taken out of context. She didn't mean she has never been proud of America."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama, your wife's comments were complete and fully in context. She has never been proud of America until now - those were her words. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM - Who cares what Senator Obama's wife said? She is not running for President.

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama's wife's remarks follow lock-step in the vein of Wright and Farrakhan, in relation to their hostility, contempt, and hatred of America. She may indeed not be running for office, but again it shows the Senator's character, in that he will perpetuate a dishonest accusation, such as her comments were taken out of context when they were NOT, in order to manipulate the public. Mrs. Obama meant every word she said, and those words were quoted in their entirety. One does not have to stretch the imagination as to where the genesis of such ideas took their first form.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 57 - "Senator Clinton was a corporate lawyer for Wal-Mart. I would not associate myself with Wal-Mart.

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's wife has received nearly a quarter of a million dollars in compensation from Wal-Mart supplier Treehouse. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama's wife is not running for President.

REBUTTAL - True, Senator Obama's wife is not running for President, but it does show the Senator's willingness to misrepresent himself, his family, and their income sources in order to hide associations that prove unsavory or contradictory to public stances. Such willingness to misrepresent the facts shows one's lack of character and trustworthiness.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 58 - "My church is not particularly controversial."

EVIDENCE - Senator Obama's church claims AIDS was manufactured by the US Government to kill Black people. P.S. Did you know Jesus was a supporter of slavery? Neither did we. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3, SOURCE 4

COUNTER CLAIM - Senator Obama is running for President, not pastor of his church!

REBUTTAL - Senator Obama has attended Trinity Church for 20 years. He claims, during the 960 Sundays in the last 20 years, that surprisingly he never managed to be in attendance during one of Reverend Jeremiah Wright's more outrageous and insulting sermons. It seems that despite the Senator not being aware of what the topic of the sermon would be, he simply lucked out, having never been there for such controversial sermons. Or was he? In the Senator's own words, during his 'Race Speech' after the media ran Rev. Wright's sermons on the air, Senator Obama said: "Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes.". Reverend Wright not only claimed that AIDS was created by the White U.S. Government to kill Blacks (as if Whites didn't get it?) but also that the U.S. was to blame for the attack on 9/11. Reverend Wright and his church published in their Sunday Bulletin the Hamas Manifesto as typical non-controversial reading material for Sunday services. After naming Louis Farrakhan Person Of The Year, and after stating Jesus supported slavery by the White man against the Black man, one can deduce these comments and suggestion are not just controversial, but also Anti-American, Anti-Israeli, and Anti-White.

VERDICT - SENATOR OBAMA, YOU ARE A LIAR

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CHARGE 59 - I disagree with my church all the time. Rev. Wright