Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Biden: 'No coal plants here in America' - video
Mr. Gaffe o matic delivers again!
Watch for the rollback. And what does this say about Obama's judgement in choosing Biden?
"Some great rope line video from Joe Biden's recent Ohio swing, where he was asked by an anti-pollution campaigner about clean coal -- a controversial approach in Democratic circles for which Obama has voiced support, particularly during the Kentucky primary."
Biden's apparent answer: He supports clean coal for China, but not for the United States.
"No coal plants here in America," he said. "Build them, if they're going to build them, over there. Make them clean."
"We’re not supporting clean coal," he said of himself and Obama. They do, on paper, support clean coal.
Watch for the rollback. And what does this say about Obama's judgement in choosing Biden?
Biden quit in 1988 admitting plagiarism. Why not now?
Biden's history of lies and lifted quotes
If that disqualified Biden then, why not now? And why isn't Dowd interested now?
"Biden, then 44, was forced out of the 1988 presidential race — he officially dropped out on Sept. 23, 1987 — just when his candidacy seemed to be taking off in Iowa, the all-important first caucus, and just as he seemed to be gaining on Michael Dukakis, the eventual nominee.
A Dukakis staffer noticed and fed to Maureen Dowd, then a New York Times reporter rather than columnist, that Biden had lifted almost verbatim his closing remarks at a debate at the Iowa state fairgrounds in August 1987. The lines were lifted from a passionate speech delivered by British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock."
If that disqualified Biden then, why not now? And why isn't Dowd interested now?
Obama - "stooping to the kind of scare tactics he once derided. "
Refreshing to see the Washington Post wake up.
"Obama has been furthest out of line, however, on Social Security, stooping to the kind of scare tactics he once derided.
"If my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would have had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week," Obama said Saturday as he campaigned in that retiree-heavy state. "Millions of families would've been scrambling to figure out how to give their mothers and fathers, their grandmothers and grandfathers, the secure retirement that every American deserves."
This is simply false -- even leaving aside the incendiary language about "privatizing" Social Security. As the invaluable FactCheck.org noted, the private account plan suggested by President Bush and backed by McCain would not have applied to anyone born before 1950. It would not have changed benefits by a single penny for current retirees like the nice Florida folks that Obama was trying to rile up."
Monday, September 22, 2008
Palin's town charged women for rape exams
Blares the CNN headline. But buried in the story we are told this:
Six Points to Consider When Reading About Wasilla's Policy on Rape Kits
"Interviews and a review of records turned up no evidence that Palin knew that rape victims were being charged in her town."
Six Points to Consider When Reading About Wasilla's Policy on Rape Kits
How the Democrats and Obama Created the Financial Crisis
If the left wing media reported this, Obama would be finished.
"Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.
But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.
Throughout his political career, Obama has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, second only to Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, who received more than $165,000."
Obama - About that racism survey
A Cryptic Report on a Suspect Survey
Update.
Look who the pollsters support for President. And now you know the rest of the story.
Update.
Look who the pollsters support for President. And now you know the rest of the story.
ACORN links challenge Barack Obama’s credibility
Don't expect the left wing media to investigate it though.
"ACORN has not only been involved in numerous instances of fraudulent voter registration, vote-rigging, voter intimidation and vote-for-pay scams, the organization also took a lead role in pushing for and getting the underwriting standards for mortgages loosened with the support of liberal politicians in Congress. This was in spite of warnings that looser standards could lead to wide-scale defaults. "
60,000 PEOPLE SAW SARAH PALIN IN FLORIDA TODAY
Glenn reports.
60,000 PEOPLE SAW SARAH PALIN IN FLORIDA TODAY, but two of them blogged it. Here's a report from Pereiraville, and here's one from Baker Street. Lots of photos at both.
More here.
60,000 PEOPLE SAW SARAH PALIN IN FLORIDA TODAY, but two of them blogged it. Here's a report from Pereiraville, and here's one from Baker Street. Lots of photos at both.
More here.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Obama edits his website to reflect his changing positions
It takes a full time editing team to keep up with his changing positions.
Read the rest of the changes.
"Now, tell me why, oh why, would the Obama campaign decide to delete the following sentence: "[Obama] does not believe it is necessary or fair to hardworking seniors to raise the retirement age." Is he trying to stoke anxiety about his position on Social Security?"
Read the rest of the changes.
Iraq - A lively Baghdad, back from the dead
You won't see much of this in the left wing media.
"As for the Americans, they are still here, of course, but standing ever more in the background. Early this month, I joined a convoy carrying Tariq al-Hashemi, one of Iraq's vice presidents. Hurtling through Baghdad at high speed, we came upon a caravan of American Humvees. I waited for Hashemi and his men to slow down, but the Iraqis - guns bristling, sirens wailing - barreled past. The Americans hurriedly pulled over and made way. Never in three and a half years in Iraq did I see anything like that.
The other day, I rode in a helicopter to Ramadi, the capital of Anbar Province, the big slice of desert west of Baghdad. Two years ago, 30 marines and soldiers were dying there every month. In 2005, Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia declared Anbar the seat of its "caliphate." Since then, violence in Anbar has plummeted. Al Qaeda has been decimated. I was coming in for a ceremony, unimaginable until recently, to mark the handover of responsibility for security to the Iraqi Army and the police."
Democrats deserting Obama
Glad to see it.
"YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- You just knew that when Joe O'Connell, former head of the local AFL-CIO, got on stage here with John McCain and Sarah Palin things were not going smoothly for the Obama campaign among union voters.
"I am a lifelong Democrat, an intelligent Democrat, who is supporting John McCain," O'Connell said last week as a crowd of 7,000 waved "Another Democrat for John McCain" signs and roared its approval."
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Barack Obama: toxic mentors start to corrode
I've said it before, the closer you look at Obama the more you don't like what you see. This is a blast from the not so distant past.
Obama's Talk “Doesn’t Sound Like The Politics Of Hope”
That's from Palin. Hang on a minute! Isn't Palin supposed to be attacking Biden? Yeah, I know, who's Biden.
We Have Ways of Making You a Criminal
No wonder British jails are over crowded
Since it took power in 1997, Great Britain's Labor Party government has created more than 3,600 new criminal offenses. Britons can now be charged with everything from importing Polish potatoes to holding an unlicensed concert in a church or community hall.
Since it took power in 1997, Great Britain's Labor Party government has created more than 3,600 new criminal offenses. Britons can now be charged with everything from importing Polish potatoes to holding an unlicensed concert in a church or community hall.
Sarah Palin is as popular as Diana
The Brits understand what's happening right under the Democrats upturned noses.
And
"She is the embodiment of the American dream..." You attack that at your peril as the Democrats are finding out.
Compare Palin's life with Obama's. He's a product of the Chicago political machine, friends with terrorist Ayers and convicted felon Rezko and up to his eyeballs in the current financial scandal. Palin's not just a breath of fresh air, she's like an oxygen tank.
"In Palin they see optimism; in Obama cynicism. In Palin they see pride in her country; in Obama an element of shame.
It is heart versus head, instinct versus intellect; certainty versus hand-wringing; straight-forwardness versus sophistication. "
And
"So when she says, as she did in her acceptance speech, that she will take on 'the good old-boy network', she really means it.
As one senior McCain spokesman explained: 'She is the embodiment of the American dream, the small-town girl who rises to the very top, doesn't sacrifice her family or her values along the way, takes on the big guys and wins.
'The thing about Palin is that every aspect of her story touches someone.'
"She is the embodiment of the American dream..." You attack that at your peril as the Democrats are finding out.
Compare Palin's life with Obama's. He's a product of the Chicago political machine, friends with terrorist Ayers and convicted felon Rezko and up to his eyeballs in the current financial scandal. Palin's not just a breath of fresh air, she's like an oxygen tank.
Media's Brazen Bias for Obama
They have no shame. As I keep saying, just how far ahead would McCain be if the media weren't in he tank for Obama.
Intense Pressure from Democrats Led To Palin UN Snub
Democrats supporting Iran.
The Democrats and Clinon are playing politics with our national security. Now there's a surprise. And some Democrats aren't going to take it anymore.
Who wins in all of this? Ahmadinejad
"Sources tell CBS 2 HD that a decision to disinvite Palin from the high profile rally after Clinton pulled out in a huff came as the result of intense pressure from Democrats.
"This is insulting. This is embarrassing, especially to Gov. Palin, to me and I think it should be to every single New Yorker," Assemblyman Dov Hikind, D-Brooklyn, told CBS 2 HD.
Sources say the axes were out for Palin as soon as Sen. Clinton pulled out because she did not want to attend the same event as the Republican vice presidential candidate. "
The Democrats and Clinon are playing politics with our national security. Now there's a surprise. And some Democrats aren't going to take it anymore.
"I'm absolutely appalled at the behavior of the Democrats," said Bob Kunst of Defenders.net. "I'm a Democrat and for the first time in my life I'm going to vote Republican. I can't take it anymore."
Who wins in all of this? Ahmadinejad
Palin opened a window onto the turbulent id of the left
And it's an ugly sight.
"Somehow, every element of her life--the dual offense of being a beauty-queen and hunter; the Down syndrome baby who wasn't aborted; the teenage daughter about to get married, whose baby also wasn't aborted; the non-metrosexual husband working the nightshift; the very fact of five children--touched a nerve on the liberal template, and sent the whole beast into convulsions, opening an intriguing and somewhat frightening window onto the turbulent id of the left. "
Street clashes erupt in Germany
The left are the violent ones but the right get the blame.
See how that operates? All you have to do is get violent and you can get a peace rally banned. Listen,
Got that? The far left wing protesters set fire to barricades but it's those on the right labeled as "arsonists".
"Thousands of left-wing demonstrators gathered to protest against an extreme right-wing rally have clashed with police in the Germany city of Cologne.
Police said about 3,000 protesters threw stones at officers, while some tried to steal their weapons.
Violence erupted after the protesters tried to halt an "anti-Islamification" rally, which police eventually banned. "
See how that operates? All you have to do is get violent and you can get a peace rally banned. Listen,
"Earlier, the leftist demonstrators blocked two Pro-Koeln leaders from entering the conference venue, pursuing them as they sought refuge on a boat.
Police say they responded with batons after left-wing protesters set fire to barricades.
In a speech earlier on Saturday, Cologne Mayor Fritz Schramma labelled Pro-Koeln "arsonists and racists" hiding under the cloak of a "citizens' movement".
Got that? The far left wing protesters set fire to barricades but it's those on the right labeled as "arsonists".
Boston Globe "I don't support the troops"
Shame more liberals don't admit it.
Well dumbass, some of our species want to wipe out our existence and if not for these brave men and women of our military, you're dumbass wouldn't be able to write such nonsense.
Good grief, do these people ever listen to themselves?
"Well, I have an ugly confession to make: I don't support the troops - at least not unconditionally. When somebody tells me they serve in the military, my first impulse isn't to say, "Thank you for your service!" like those insufferable chickenhawks on talk radio.
My first impulse is to say, "I'm sorry to hear that." Because I am. I'm sorry to know that the person I'm talking to might someday be maimed or killed on the job, or might someday kill someone else. Or refuel a plane that drops bombs on buildings.
I can't see how anyone who calls himself or herself Christian - or human, for that matter - wouldn't be sorry.
The fact that we have an army, that we need an army, is inherently tragic. It's an admission that our species is still ruled by fear and aggression."
Well dumbass, some of our species want to wipe out our existence and if not for these brave men and women of our military, you're dumbass wouldn't be able to write such nonsense.
Good grief, do these people ever listen to themselves?
Americans...They're Just Too F***ing Dumb!' video
First it was if you don't vote for the messiah you're a racist. Now it's because you're dumb.
Lying BBC reporter may be sent to Iraq
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
I like the other irony here as well.
He claimed his girlfriend was pregnant but she was a fellow BBC reporter and not pregnant. (Why are you allowed to get out because your girlfriend is pregnant?)
Then we are told this:
And we're suppose to believe and admitted liar and from the BBC to boot?
I like the other irony here as well.
"Russell Sharp, 25, did 15 weeks before lying so he could quit on “compassionate” grounds. "
He claimed his girlfriend was pregnant but she was a fellow BBC reporter and not pregnant. (Why are you allowed to get out because your girlfriend is pregnant?)
Then we are told this:
"Sharp’s programme did not show any filmed evidence of ill-treatment, though he claimed to have witnessed it. "
And we're suppose to believe and admitted liar and from the BBC to boot?
WaPo - Hey, you messed up. You trusted us.
You can't make this stuff up. The Washington Post is saying don't trust what they report.
Rein In Fannie, Freddie? Not Dodd
The Democrats are to blame for the current financial scandal and Obama is up to his eyeballs in it. McCain should be hammering Obama on this.
"As recently as last summer, when housing prices had clearly peaked and the mortgage market had started to seize up, Dodd called on Bush to "immediately reconsider his ill-advised" reform proposals. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said that the president's suggestion for a strong, independent regulator of Fannie and Freddie was "inane."
Sen. Dodd wonders what the Bush administration did to address the risks of Fannie and Freddie. Now, he knows. The real question is: Where was he?"
Obama votes 'present' on new economic rescue plan for now
Obama epitomizes the do nothing Congress.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Sen. Barack Obama today met with some of his many economic advisors and made an announcement that he was not going to make an announcement about any new plan to plan plans.
Democrat Rangel Calls Palin 'Disabled'
in answer to this question.
Obviously Palin is no disabled but why are Democrats afraid of disabled people?
The question was simple: Why are the Democrats so afraid of Palin and her popularity?
The answer was astonishing.
"You got to be kind to the disabled," Rangel said.
That's right. The chairman of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee called Palin disabled -- even when CBS 2 HD called him on it.
CBS 2 HD: "You got to be kind to the disabled?"
Rangel: "Yes."
Obviously Palin is no disabled but why are Democrats afraid of disabled people?
Friday, September 19, 2008
Obama Is Stoking Racial Antagonism
Race is all the Obama and his supportes have left to rely on.
A desperate and despicable one.
That means Obama.
"Mr. Obama's campaign is now trafficking in prejudice of its own making. And in doing so, it is playing with political dynamite. What kind of potential president would let his campaign knowingly extract two incomplete, out-of-context lines from two radio parodies and build a framework of hate around them in order to exploit racial tensions? The segregationists of the 1950s and 1960s were famous for such vile fear-mongering."
A desperate and despicable one.
"The malignant aspect of this is that Mr. Obama and his advisers know exactly what they are doing. They had to listen to both monologues or read the transcripts. They then had to pick the particular excerpts they used in order to create a commercial of distortions. Their hoped-for result is to inflame racial tensions. In doing this, Mr. Obama and his advisers have demonstrated a pernicious contempt for American society.
We've made much racial progress in this country. Any candidate who employs the tactics of the old segregationists is unworthy of the presidency."
That means Obama.
Obama "No money from lobbyists"?
More lies from The One.
"The [Obama] campaign has no problem accepting money from the spouses of Washington lobbyists. A database search conducted for this column by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign-finance issues, found that more than 20 spouses of prominent Washington lobbyists have donated to the Obama campaign, including the wives of Dan Glickman, the head of the Motion Picture Association of America; Norman Brownstein, a prominent Denver-based lawyer who has lobbied for Oracle, Toshiba, and Comcast; and Stuart Pape of Patton Boggs, Washington’s foremost lobbying firm, who has lobbied for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, and the Smokeless Tobacco Council....."
McCain Plays the Race Card
Oops!
Or it could be that McCain has two ads out, one for Raines and one for Johnson. Oops!
But hey, nice of her to point out the "...far more significant tie--that of Jim Johnson, the former Fannie Mae chairman who had to resign as head of Obama's vice presidential search team after it was revealed he got a sweetheart deal on a mortgage from Countrywide Financial."
Hmmm. Wonder why she didn't point out that after just 4 short years in the Senate Obama was the second largest recipient of donations from Mae and Mac?
As you can see from both ads Obama is up to his eyeballs in the scandal.
Glenn has more including this.
"Let me stipulate: Obama's Fannie Mae connections are completely fair game. But this ad doesn't even mention a far more significant tie--that of Jim Johnson, the former Fannie Mae chairman who had to resign as head of Obama's vice presidential search team after it was revealed he got a sweetheart deal on a mortgage from Countrywide Financial. Instead, it relies on a fleeting and tenuous reference in a Washington Post Style section story to suggest that Obama's principal economic adviser is former Fannie Mae Chairman Frank Raines. Why? One reason might be that Johnson is white; Raines is black."
Or it could be that McCain has two ads out, one for Raines and one for Johnson. Oops!
But hey, nice of her to point out the "...far more significant tie--that of Jim Johnson, the former Fannie Mae chairman who had to resign as head of Obama's vice presidential search team after it was revealed he got a sweetheart deal on a mortgage from Countrywide Financial."
Hmmm. Wonder why she didn't point out that after just 4 short years in the Senate Obama was the second largest recipient of donations from Mae and Mac?
As you can see from both ads Obama is up to his eyeballs in the scandal.
Glenn has more including this.
"Bob Krumm emails: "How do you know that the Obama-Raines ad hits its target? Because Time magazine has declared that it is racist."
Obama changes his position on the financial crisis
Now there's a surprise. Is there any issue Obama hasn't flip flopped on?
Let's see, McCain proposed legislation to regulate Mae and Mac 3 years ago and the Democrats defeated it. Obama has been silent till now. And now that he's been exposed as up to his eyeballs in the scandal, he's flipping.
Not to mention that Obama is the number two recipient of donations from Mae and Mac.
Sure, now that the scandal is all over him like a bad suit.
Nice to see the Post at least dip it's toe in the scandal. Now, how about looking into Obama's ties to terrorist Ayers and convicted felon Rezko.
"FOR ALL THE talk about energy, taxes and health care, the first economic policy challenge to face the next president could be coping with a crisis at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- and the related job of reforming them to make sure they never put the global financial system at risk again. Republican John McCain, long a skeptic of the two government-sponsored enterprises, has said that, if the government must bail them out, it should fire their current boards and managers en route to full privatization. Until now, Democrat Barack Obama has been more circumspect, agreeing with Mr. McCain that taxpayers should come before shareholders and managers but offering few concrete ideas about the ultimate dispensation of the companies. But this week he's given an encouraging hint of fresh thinking about the problem."
Let's see, McCain proposed legislation to regulate Mae and Mac 3 years ago and the Democrats defeated it. Obama has been silent till now. And now that he's been exposed as up to his eyeballs in the scandal, he's flipping.
"This is not an easy one for the Illinois senator because of the companies' close ties to his party. To be sure, both Republican and Democratic politicos have held well-paid positions in the two firms or have partaken of the tens of millions that they spend on lobbying. But a few Republicans, such as Mr. McCain and Sen. Richard C. Shelby (Ala.), who has been chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, have taken them on over the years, warning about their use of an implicit government guarantee to pursue private profits. Meanwhile, Democrats were not only politically but intellectually committed to the companies, seeing them as innovative public-private institutions that have been a boon to homeownership. In the current crisis, their biggest backers have been Democrats such as Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (Conn.) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (Mass.). Two members of Mr. Obama's political circle, James A. Johnson and Franklin D. Raines, are former chief executives of Fannie Mae. "
Not to mention that Obama is the number two recipient of donations from Mae and Mac.
"Now, however, Mr. Obama may be inching away from the conventional wisdom"
Sure, now that the scandal is all over him like a bad suit.
Nice to see the Post at least dip it's toe in the scandal. Now, how about looking into Obama's ties to terrorist Ayers and convicted felon Rezko.
New York Times portrays Obama as Jesus
Take a look at the photo accompanying this NYT article. Notice the pictures on either side of Obama? Notice the cross above Obama's head in the background?
More on Hackergate and Obama
Richard Miniter reports.
"I predict that the same crowd that said that Palin should have been able to control her 17-year old daughter will defend the 2o-year old hacker by saying no one can control their kids. At least they will be right once."
AIG gave $10 million to Democart Rangel
Yes, $10 million!!!
$10 million!!
"The Post reported last year that Rangel sent letters asking for donations for the Charles B. Rangel Center to several potential corporate donors with business before his committee.
Last year, Rangel's office provided The Post with a list of some of the donations he had already helped secure for the project, which included $10 million from AIG; $500,000 from the Verizon Foundation; and $1 million from Eugene Isenberg, CEO of energy firm Nabors Industries. "
$10 million!!
Obama and The Arab Vote
Interesting.
"For what it's worth: the poll's sponsor, the Arab American Institute, is run by James Zogby, brother of pollster John Zogby, and he is a partisan Democrat who keeps a signed picture of Yasser Arafat in his office (or at least he did several years ago, when I interviewed him)."
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