Barck-Lash

"We have the opportunity to truly transcend color this year by treating Barack Obama exactly the same we treated Michael Dukakis."

We should not elect Obama

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/df949dca-955e-4fe3-8ba2-a20463f0081a
HH: But now Mark Steyn, the Ayers connection is going to be a very interesting aspect of the campaign. What did you make of that exchange?

MS: Yeah, for a start, I think it’s hilarious that the lefty commentators are now denouncing George Stephanopoulos as some kind of Karl Rove plant for asking this. And one accepts that Hillary Rodham Clinton has to go through the motions of saying oh, well, you know, certainly the Republicans are going to make a lot of play out of this. No, it isn’t. This is for the Democrats. The fact is, it’s entirely legitimate. Senator Obama is a man of no accomplishments, a man of no accomplishments other than getting elected to the United States Senate, and before that, to the Illinois State Senate. He’s done nothing, he has a wafer-thin legislative record, he wrote an autobiography about nothing. So when you have such a man running for president, all you can tell about him are who he has chosen to spend his life with. He’s chosen to spend his life with this kind of yuppy play terrorist who led the Weather Underground, and the neo-segregationist, racist, ranter like Jeremiah Wright. That’s really all we know about Barack Obama, and it’s entirely legitimate to ask him about it.

The back-lash against Obama starts when you find out what he really believes!

In 1996 Obama filled out a questionnaire that said he:

  • opposed parental notification on abortions. He amended this to say that he might possibly support it for 12- or 13-year-olds, but no older.
  • Flatly opposed the death penalty, a position later denied ever having.
  • Supported bans on the sale, possession, and manufacture of guns, again a position he denied ever taking.
To learn more go here:

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/31/politico-obama-lied-about-survey/

Barack Obama would not be living in the Chicago mansion that he calls home if it had not been for Tony Rezko. The previous owner was only willing to sell the mansion property along with an adjacent vacant lot. Rezko's wife agreed to buy the vacant lot while the Obamas bought the mansion. This purchase occurred in 2005, after Obama became a U.S. Senator.


Barak Obama Wiki

Age

Foreign Policy

Social Spending

Personality

Crime

Ethics

Healthcare

Education

Environment

Taxes

Immigration

Misc

  • If you want feel good: Joel Olsteen for president (aka Obama)
  • If you want brutal straight talk (feel bad): McCain
  • If you want vapid humor (feel good, but uneasy): Huckabee
  • If you are void of Humor (feel nothing): Clinton
  • If you want solutions (feel secure): Romney (Dooh! Too late. What where we thinking?)
Focus Group: Romney Can Beat Obama

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A3WYbTK9vzg

FOX: Romney Vs. Obama

http://youtube.com/watch?v=asqV0PDxfEg

Gov. Romney: Thank Goodness Barack Obama Wasn't President

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TblFK4BaH5k

Gov. Romney On Obama & Afghanistan

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gobMAnQVEh0

Governor Romney: Clinton & Obama "Undependable" On Iraq War

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-GCmW4PchQ4

Romney vs. Obama On Hardball

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5Xgl5NyI3s4

Gov. Romney On Obama And Sex Ed

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wFKF6wpHzRM

Gov. Romney: Obama's Comments About Our Troops "Outrageous"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WoV7omYTb_w

Gov. Romney On Sen. Obama: Jane Fonda To Doctor Strangelove

http://youtube.com/watch?v=z80ss1F6FV8

Gov. Romney: Bringing Change To Washington

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tq5SfL5mfPs

Governor Romney Remarks In Colorado (7/18/07)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_JQAR6e9LwI

Governor Romney: No Sit Down With Dictators

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lw2Ua2ROaGk

Gov. Romney: I've Lived Change

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QG1fIVgsCwg

Governor Romney: No Sit Down With Dictators

Gov. Romney: Obama's Comments About Our Troops \"Outrageous\"

Gov. Romney On [Obama & Afghanistan]

Romney vs. Obama

Barak Obama

Obama more liberal than Kucinich, analysis reveals
Most Liberal: Barak [Obama is #4!]

Obama’s U.S. Senate Record Shows Lack Of Leadership And Accomplishments:

The American Prospect’s Ezra Klein: “Indeed, Obama is that oddest of all creatures: a leader who’s never led. There are no courageous, lonely crusades to his name, or supremely unlikely electoral battles beneath his belt. He won election running basically unopposed, and then refused to open himself to attack by making a controversial but correct issue his own.” (Ezra Klein, Op-Ed, “Dreaming Of Obama,” Los Angeles Times, 10/8/06)

The Washington Times’ Donald Lambro: “But The Harvard-Educated Obama Has Problems, Too, Specifically His Tissue-Paper-Thin Experience And A Record Of Virtually No Accomplishment.” (Donald Lambro, Op-Ed, “The Obama Factor,” The Washington Times, 12/14/06)

Lambro: “He has led no causes, fought no major legislative battles in the past two years he has been in the Senate, and seems to be deeply risk-adverse to getting into a principled fight about anything larger than himself.” (Donald Lambro, Op-Ed, “The Obama Factor,” The Washington Times, 12/14/06)

Links

The Obama Vision: Disengage From Iraq And The War On Terror, Re-Engage Via Diplomacy

Sen. Obama Calls For A Retreat From Iraq By March 31, 2008, Ignoring Terrorists' Own Statements That Iraq Is The Central Front In The War On Terror. "Iraq was a diversion from the fight against the terrorists who struck us on 9/11, and incompetent prosecution of the war by America's civilian leaders compounded the strategic blunder of choosing to wage it in the first place. ... The best chance we have to leave Iraq a better place is to ... begin a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces, with the goal of removing all combat brigades from Iraq by March 31, 2008..." (Sen. Barack Obama, "Renewing American Leadership," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2007)

Sen. Obama Advocates Economic Engagement, Security Assurances And Diplomatic Relations With Iran. "Our policy of issuing threats and relying on intermediaries to curb Iran's nuclear program, sponsorship of terrorism, and regional aggression is failing. ... We must show Iran - and especially the Iranian people - what could be gained from fundamental change: economic engagement, security assurances, and diplomatic relations." (Sen. Barack Obama, "Renewing American Leadership," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2007)

Sen. Obama Blames America For Carbon Emissions, And Calls For Enacting A Cap-And-Trade System. "As the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases, America has the responsibility to lead. While many of our industrial partners are working hard to reduce their emissions, we are increasing ours at a steady clip - by more than ten percent per decade. As president, I intend to enact a cap-and-trade system that will dramatically reduce our carbon emissions." (Sen. Barack Obama, "Renewing American Leadership," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2007)

Sen. Obama Paints A Dreary Picture Of The Pursuit Of Liberty Across The Globe. "People around the world have heard a great deal of late about freedom on the march. Tragically, many have come to associate this with war, torture, and forcibly imposed regime change." (Sen. Barack Obama, "Renewing American Leadership," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2007)

Sen. Obama Sees A World Of Floods, Famine, And Fighting. "Without dramatic changes, rising sea levels will flood coastal regions around the world, including much of the eastern seaboard. Warmer temperatures and declining rainfall will reduce crop yields, increasing conflict, famine, disease, and poverty. By 2050, famine could displace more than 250 million people worldwide. That means increased instability in some of the most volatile parts of the world." (Sen. Barack Obama, "Renewing American Leadership," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2007)

Obama

  1. Hugh Hewitt
    1. What did you make of Obama's response to what he would do if two American cities were attacked?

Obama and Abortion

Facts

  • He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive.
  • He had a 100 percent rating from the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council for his support of abortion rights, family planning services and health insurance coverage for female contraceptives.
One vote that especially riled abortion opponents involved restrictions on a type of abortion where the fetus sometimes survives, occasionally for hours. The restrictions, which never became law, included requiring the presence of a second doctor to care for the fetus.

Abortion opponents see Obama's vote on medical care for aborted fetuses as a refusal to protect the helpless. Some have even accused him of supporting infanticide.

Obama — who joined several other Democrats in voting "present" in 2001 and "no" the next year — argued the legislation was worded in a way that unconstitutionally threatened a woman's right to abortion by defining the fetus as a child.

"It would essentially bar abortions because the equal protection clause does not allow somebody to kill a child, and if this was a child then this would be an anti-abortion statute," Obama said in the Senate's debate in March 2001.

Obama and Guns

Obama opposed allowing people to use banned handguns to defend against intruders in their homes.

Obama opposed letting people use a self-defense argument if charged with violating local handgun bans by using weapons in their homes.

Barak Obama and Drugs

Barak Obama has acknowledgment use of cocaine.

Obama and Corruption

Land purchase from a political supporter who is facing charges in an unrelated kickback scheme involving investment firms seeking state business.

Weekly 10: Ten Things You Might Not Know (and Democrats Might Not Like) about Obama

Obama and Business

Obama supported higher taxes, joining other Democrats in pushing to raise more than 300 taxes and fees on businesses in 2004 to help solve a budget deficit. The increases passed the Senate 30-28. That's one reason Illinois business groups gave Obama a low rating, while labor groups praised him.

He has ties to a particularly corrupt Illinois businessman, a Mr. A Rezko

Obama bought some land in Chicago simultaneous with Rezko's wife buying the adjoining plot. Then, he bought some extra land from her. In addition, one of Obama's summer interns in 2005 was linked with Rezko. In sum, Obama may not be corrupt (though the reputation that Chicago politics carries makes you wonder), but he seems a little naive-- and a little happy to deal with people who a lot of Democrats, who are Democrats because they don't like the kind of backroom dealings and personal enrichment they think characterizes Republicans, aren't likely to think highly of.

He likes coal as a power source

Even I (and I'm not a full-on lefty pinko tree-hugger) think coal is not a fuel whose use we should be seeking to boost. And I generally do not take energy or environmental policy cues from Jim Bunning, either (baseball is his area of expertise, after all). Imagine what totally greened-out, granola-crunching, use-a-horse-and-buggy, shop-only-at-Whole-Foods elitist Dems are going to make of this:

Who, but who, would soil the environmental reputation of Barack Obama?

The Democratic senator from Illinois gets stellar marks from greens. Just a few months ago he was calling global warming "real," saying: "It is here. . . . We couldn't just keep burning fossil fuels and contribute to the changing atmosphere without consequence."

So why then, environmentalists ask, is Obama backing a law supporting the expanded use of coal, whose emissions are cooking the globe? It seems the answer is twofold: his interest in energy independence -- and his interest in downstate Illinois, where the senator's green tinge makes the coal industry queasy.

The coal industry praises Obama's reintroduction, with Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), of the Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007 last week, which would provide incentives for research and plant construction. The industry says the technology, which converts coal into diesel engine fuel, would reduce America's dependence on foreign oil through a new, home-mined fuel that burns as cleanly as gasoline.

Environmentalists say focusing on coal does nothing to arrest climate change. Instead, they say, lawmakers should back cleaner alternative fuels and stricter automobile and industrial emissions standards.

Methinks those greenies aren't going to dig this...

8. He'll deal with the religious right

Personally, I don't think that speaking to evangelicals or indeed trying to get them to vote for you is a bad thing. But then I'm not one of these people who puts stuff like this:

"People place their hand on the Bible and swear to uphold the Constitution. They don't put their hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible." --J.R.

or this:

I've read innumerable diaries reflecting personal tragedy of the effects of the war on women by religous fundamentalists...

into my posts, or at the bottom of my comments, when I blog. Oh yeah, and I don't vote Dem.

And my guess is, the people who do aren't going to much like Obama being buddies with Rick Warren, who is/was a Bush supporter, and indeed delivered the invocation at the inaugural gala just a couple years back.

He actually does lack experience, and his leadership and vision are questionable

Yes, yes. We all know that Kos is so in love with Obama that he's probably online just now ordering extra long-stemmed roses and Godiva chocolates (Nancy Pelosi's favorite) for a special Valentine's gift. But, talk to Democratic insiders behind the scenes, and the story you hear is "he's great, but he's not ready." My bet is that enough Democratic primary voters, when push comes to shove, are going to tick the Edwards box because underneath it all, they don't believe that a guy with four years' experience in the Senate is ready for primetime.

Note Matt Stoller's comment at MyDD:

Obama...hasn't done anything legislatively in the Senate to suggest he's capable of visionary leadership.

Obama's a party-establishment type, in his heart

Matt Stoller at MyDD (same post as referenced above) has said it already: while Dems like Obama, the fact of the matter is that the Obama campaign amounts to "low level chatter and huge spikes that come after TV appearances and leaks from insiders. While Obama has real grassroots support, his campaign is a conversation being driven from the top." In other words, he's a party-establishment guy, who's running an establishment campaign. That will not sit well with the netroots-- active Dem primary voters.

Stoller comments:

Obama has been quite the machine boss in his heavy handed moves against Cegelis in Il-08...

and

the way Obama's going to be marketed is as an old media style campaign, with lots of big dollar donors purchasing infrastructure pieces in Iowa and New Hampshire. Obama is a Daschle-Lieberman style politician, an insider who loves comity and dealings behind closed doors. His campaign will keep his supporters very firmly on the outside of the war room. That's not necessarily a bad strategy, but it is to say that Obama's campaign is going to be played out in the old media space and not online. This is not people-power, and we will be kept largely in the dark. Remember that Obama's national brand was born in at the DNC Convention in 2004, the most old media top-down environment there is.

and

What I find most interesting about the Obama-fest is how it's such an insider-driven campaign and phenomenon. This is not bubbling up from the grassroots, this is bubbling down from DC insiders and New York and Hollywood money people. That's not to say that there isn't a real grassroots base, there is, but the people in the drivers' seat of Obama's campaign are living in an America of private jets.

Quite true. Don't forget, Open Secrets shows these entities to be Obama's top donors in '04:

University of Chicago $130,512
Kirkland & Ellis $93,888
Henry Crown & Co $74,000
Sidley, Austin et al $71,932
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal $69,250
Exelon Corp $67,850
Northwestern University $62,480
Soros Fund Management $61,605
Jenner & Block $59,710
Mayer, Brown et al $59,400
Simmons Cooper LLC $58,500
Goldman Sachs $58,000
Tejas Securities $56,250
Piper Rudnick LLP $55,600
Ariel Capital Management $51,800
JP Morgan Chase & Co $51,300
Skadden, Arps et al $50,221
Winston & Strawn $49,950
Holland Capital Management $40,250
Miner, Barnhill & Galland $39,604

Note the number of top corporate law firms and investment banks. This tells you that Obama appeals to guilty yuppies.. not average Kossacks, or at least not as much as other options, say, John Edwards.

Fox News: Obama's Church Akin to a Cult

http://mediamatters.org/items/2007030...

On the February 28 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, during a segment discussing the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, the church to which Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) belongs, co-host Sean Hannity stated that "many" call Trinity "separatist," adding that "in some cases, even drawing comparisons to a cult." Guest Erik Rush, a columnist for the conservative website WorldNetDaily, said that the church's "scary doctrine" is "something that you'd see in more like a cult or an Aryan Brethren Church or something like that." Just the day before, Hannity -- referring to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) -- had claimed: "We created a new religious litmus test. This is very troublesome to me, and no other candidate is getting that scrutiny."

Referring to "The Black Value System," which is advocated by Trinity, Rush stated: "I would go beyond saying that they're Afrocentric. They're African-centric. They refer to themselves as an African people, and that somewhat disturbs me from the viewpoint of, well, do they consider themselves Americans? Do they consider themselves Christians? Are they worshipping Christ? Are they worshipping African things black? Well, I mean, what is it?" Later in the segment, when co-host Alan Colmes asked: "Are you questioning Barack Obama's Christianity?" Rush responded simply: "Yeah."

In fact, Trinity refers to itself as "Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian," while the "Black Value System" encourages parishioners to be "soldiers for Black freedom and the dignity of all humankind." As Media Matters for America has previously noted, a February 6 Chicago Tribune article stated that the church's "value system" was adopted in 1981 to hold "black Christians accountable for taking care of their own and for continuing to fight oppression." In an interview, Obama reportedly told the Tribune, "If I say to anybody in Iowa -- white, black, Hispanic or Asian -- that my church believes in the African-American community strengthening families or adhering to the black work ethic or being committed to self-discipline and self-respect and not forgetting where you came from, I don't think that's something anybody would object to. ... I think I'd get a few amens."

Addressing conservative criticism of the "value system," Obama also reportedly told the Tribune, "Commitment to God, black community, commitment to the black family, the black work ethic, self-discipline and self-respect. ...Those are values that the conservative movement in particular has suggested are necessary for black advancement." He added, "So I would be puzzled that they would object or quibble with the bulk of a document that basically espouses profoundly conservative values of self-reliance and self-help."

Senator Obama said Friday " Let's put aside the fear mongering, and let's put aside the rhetoric, and let's put aside the politics, and let's come together and say all of us support the troops. That's our message to George Bush." It's all about hating Bush, not about supporting our troops.

That's what it's really all about, isn't it, making President Bush look bad? How can you "support the troops" and yet vote against funding for the equipment they need to stay alive and win the war?


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