Video: The Two Faces of Barack Obama

Obama on the Issues:
For, Against and Present




Barack Obama is many things to many people.

The following video may explain why that is.

We recommend watching the entire nine minutes.




by Mondo
video hat tip: Bob McCarty Video Outlines Obama's Rhetoric vs. His Record

John McCain Fighting Back: Straight Talk, Hard Questions Time

Obama and Issues:
What John McCain must say and ask


McCAIN THE FIGHTER: This photo provided by the Library of Congress shows John McCain, (front, right) with his squadron in 1965. McCain, a former Navy fighter pilot, was captured by the Vietnamese, tortured and imprisoned for more than five years. He was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross Medal, Prisoner of War (POW) Medal. McCain, 70, a Republican senator from Arizona making his second presidential run who knows what it's like to have fought before and lost, agrees with President Bush on sending 21,500 more troops to Iraq.

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Barack Obama is wrong on virtually every issue. John McCain will not list the reasons why.

I have pretty much thrown in the towel on the McCain campaign because I am tired of caring more about his winning the White House than he does.

John McCain is a good man. Yet he simply does not make the case. I will again try to make the case for him. I pray that my advice gets heeded.

Barack Obama will raise taxes. That can be stated over and over, but unless it is properly explained, it is a meaningless phrase. Barack Obama claims he wants to cut taxes for 95% of Americans. He also plans to repeal the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. Repealing tax cuts is exactly the same thing as raising taxes. Additionally, it is impossible mathematically to lower taxes on 95% of Americans when only 62% of Americans pay any taxes at all. How do the other 33% have their taxes lowered when they pay nothing? The answer is “refundable tax credits,” which in English means wealth redistribution, aka socialism.

Some will scream that calling Obama a socialist is a slur. No, it is not. What bothers me is not the socialism, but the refusal to admit it.

On health care, Obama wants mandates. How will these mandates be enforced? Will people be fined? Obama says no, but does not answer how he will enforce mandates. Also, Obama claims that 47 million Americans do not have health care. 15 million of those people are illegal aliens. When asked whether he favored covering them during the primaries, he was all over the map. Also, what about young people that refuse to purchase health care for their own selfish reasons? Should they be fined or sanctioned?

On trade, Obama is moving away from the free trade policies of recent democratic and republican Presidents. He blames President Bush for shattering our relationships with our allies. Yet he then says he will veto trade deals with South Korea and Latin American countries, as well as revise NAFTA. Does he understand that rejecting our allies in this manner will push them into the arms of countries that hate America, such as Venezuela? He praises Bill Clinton and the economy of the 1990s. Doesn’t he realize that free trade helped spur this economy?

On Iraq, Obama was against the surge, which worked. Yet this argument is not enough. Obama has stated that he was against the war from the very beginning. Fair enough. This means that if he was in power, he would not have gone into Iraq. This then means that Saddam Hussein under an Obama administration would still be in power.

Is Obama delighted that Saddam Hussein has been removed? No matter how he tries to dance around this, the yes or no question remains whether or not he is glad Saddam is gone. If he finally does say yes, than he needs to be reminded that President George W. Bush made this decision.

When Obama points out that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, remind him that the issue is not Iraq and 9/11. The issue is Iraq and terrorism. Saddam was not behind 9/11. He absolutely was connected to terrorism. He gave $25,000 to the families of Palestinian homicide bombers. Saddam Hussein absolutely was a terrorist. Does Obama agree or disagree with this statement?

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On October 26th, 1967, while on his 23rd bombing mission, a surface to air missile hit McCain's plane, forcing him to eject, knocking him unconscious and breaking both his arms and his leg. He fell into a lake where he used his teeth to inflate his life vest. A North Vietnamese mob dragged him out of the water, where someone in the crowd bayoneted him and turned over to the local authorities. --The 40th Anniversary of John McCain's Capture by the North Vietnamese

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The Saddam Hussein angle absolutely relates to Israel. Obama claims to be supportive of Israel, despite claiming that “nobody has suffered more than the Palestinians.” My Holocaust surviving father would disagree. How can one who supports Israel have a problem with the forcible removal of one of Israel’s biggest enemies? I would then mention every anti-Israel person Obama has relied on for advice. General Tony McPeak blames Jews in New York and Miami for the current world problems. David Bonior, a rabidly antio-israel former Congressman from Michigan, was part of his circle of advisers. So was Samantha Power.

Obama shoves people under the bus after they get caught making anti-Israel statements, but not before. Or he just disavows that they ever are or were advisers. It depends what the meaning of “advisers” is. As for Jeremiah Wright, his position on Israel is well known and available for all to see.

Regarding Iran, the argument that he wants to dialogue with Iran is not enough. A more convincing train of thought is necessary. Would he support a resolution to bring Iranian President Armageddonijad up on war crimes before the Hague Court? After all, he was one of the hostage takers during the 1979 hostage crisis. The fact that he leads a nation does not alter the fact that he is a 30 year fugitive.

Obama wants to close down Guantanamo Bay. Fair enough. Where does he want to keep the detainees? They have to be kept somewhere. Also, would he be willing to turn them over to other governments if he suspected they would resort to methods to obtain information that we would not? After all, we do not have the right to tell other nations how to handle their criminals, do we?

With regards to the current situation on Wall Street, he blames President Bush for a culture of deregulation. While Ronald Reagan did deregulate many industries, George W. Bush did not create any new notable deregulatory measures. Can Obama name three specific examples of deregulation under the Bush Presidency? Also, does he realize that Sarbanes-Oxley increased regulations, and made things much worse?

If he is willing to go after the “bad guys,” does that mean former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines? Will he investigate Chris Dodd? Will anybody notice that Congressional Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a banker he was supposed to be monitoring?

Notice I did not say “homosexual relationship.” If Barney Frank tries to make this a gay-bashing issue in the tradition of Jim McGreevey, stick to the fact that this is no different from the Jon Corzine sexual scandal, which was heterosexual. Also, this is not about sex. It is about undue influence and corruption. The fact that it is sexual, and homosexual at that, is irrelevant. It is no different than bribery or other financial misdeeds.

Does Obama support forcing lenders to make loans to poor people with bad credit? That contributed to the current mess in the first place. Is he willing to demand that a certain percentage of loans go to minorities, regardless of ability to pay? Should the government simply buy the homes for them?

For those who are still taking notes, or are at least cutting and pasting, observe that none of the above has anything to do with William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Acorn, Louis Farrakhan, Rasheed Khalidi, or others that Barack Obama has shoved under the bus. I personally believe all of these people are fair game if expressed properly. Yet what I am emphasizing is that even if such topics as these make one squeamish, there are plenty of issues above to show that Barack Obama is somebody that simply has a problem with telling the truth.

Nobody of any substance is saying that Barack Obama is a terrorist, a closet Muslim, an Arab, or a hater of America. He is a Christian, a good husband, and a good father. He is also a man that associates with ne’er do wells, and then disavows them once they become hurtful to him. This does not make Obama a criminal. It makes him a conventional Chicago politician.

He does not transcend race. He does not transcend politics. He does not transcend anything. He climbed the ranks of Chicago, which does not happen ethically.

He was a community organizer. So are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. This is not about race. It is about corruption. Community Organizers are agitators. They are rabble rousers. This is how Obama ended up knee deep in ACORN. They are sympatico in their belief that community organizing, regardless of the law, is fair game.

Some will say he has bad judgment. This is not a fair argument because it implies a certain innocence or naivete on Obama’s part. He may be naive on foreign policy, but with regards to his associations, he knew exactly what he was doing. He got elected in Chicago by getting his challengers thrown off of the ballot. This is neither illegal or unusual. However, it reinforced Obama as a typical politician that will bend the rules to win.

What about Russia? Or Pakistan? What about Obama and cultural issues?

Continue reading: What John McCain must say and ask.

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by eric
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Source: What John McCain must say and ask.

Top 10 Reasons Conservatives Oppose John McCain

It Has Nothing to Do with "Pouting"
Libertarians aren't too Keen, Either



The Republican establishment and the Mainstream Media speaking as if with one voice?

Conservative talk show hosts are getting heat from the liberal media.

That's nothing new.

The same commentators are under fire from the Republican establishment?

That's nothing new, either. Just replay last summer's Senate immigration bill tussle.

But about which Republican nominee they support?

Or, rather, don't support?

Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and others of the conservative persuasion have been under fire from the Republican "Get on Board" establishment and the Mainstream Media commentators for their disdain of Senator John McCain's conservative credentials.

Our take: McCain is a Republican; he's no conservative.

We came across this story about why conservatives have a problem with McCain. They have to do with the substance of McCain, not his style. We decided to add some information we had already researched on McCain to it--just to "flesh it out".

Here are Ten Reasons conservatives oppose McCain--and "pouting" isn't on the list.

The Top 10 Reasons Conservatives Oppose John McCain

1 Campaign Finance Reform

McCain tried to limit the role of money in politics with measures like McCain-Feingold that, critics say, stomp on the constitutional right to free speech.

It may be that McCain is overzealous at squashing other people's political voice because he knows what can happen if a politician is tempted, ala "The Keating Five".

Though he was not convicted of anything, McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating after Keating gave McCain at least $112,00 in contributions. In the mid-1980s, McCain made at least 9 trips on Keating's airplanes, and 3 of those were to Keating's luxurious retreat in the Bahamas. McCain's wife and father-in-law also were the largest investors (at $350,000) in a Keating shopping center; the Phoenix New Times called it a "sweetheart deal."

It was after the "Keating Five" scandal (of which McCain is the only Senator involved still in politics) that McCain acquired such zeal for extra-constitutional measures, i.e., campaign finance reform.

2. Immigration

McCain has been a vocal supporter of a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, although he now says he understands the border between the U.S. and Mexico must be sealed first.

Conservatives also remember the same senator who begs for their support today, called them "racists" and "stupid" for opposing the McCain-Kennedy Immigration Reform bill last summer.

3. Tax cuts

McCain twice voted against President Bush's tax cuts, saying in 2001 they helped the wealthy at the expense of the middle class and in 2003 that there should be no tax relief until the cost of the Iraq war was known.

But he now wants to extend the tax cuts.

4. Gay Marriage

McCain refuses to support a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.

McCain has previously called social conservatives "stupid" and anyone paying attention to the issues important to families "pandering".

5. Stem cell research

McCain would relax restrictions on federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research, which critics consider tantamount to abortion.

One reason many Pro-Life groups refuse to consider McCain.

6. Global warming

Among the loudest voices in Congress for aggressive action against global warming and a frequent critic of the Bush administration on the issue.

A "conservative" wants to solve problems by taxing and regulating a large portion of the economy? No, it's not Hillary Clinton's health care, it's John McCain's solution to the non-problem of "man-made climate change".

"Climate change is real & is taking place. We have now a confluence of two national security requirements. One is to address the issue of climate change, and nuclear power is a very big part of that."
--John McCain

Never missing a photo op for "bipartisanism", McCain could appoint Al Gore to a new federal department.

Maybe "Department of Weather".

7. "Gang of 14" member

One of seven Republicans and seven Democrats who averted a Senate showdown over whether filibusters could be used against Bush judicial nominees.

Showdowns are what happen when two groups espousing a different set of principles confront each other. McCain was a natural Gang of 14 member.

8. Kerry veep

McCain was approached by the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, about being his running mate. McCain talked with Kerry but rejected the offer.

"I believe my party has gone astray. I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy."

--April 2, 2004

Spoken like the conservative he is.

9. Works with Democrats.

The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on.

He's hoping most voters don't pay attention, either.

So far, so good.

10. Belligerence

McCain can be acerbic toward his critics, such as when he labeled televangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson "agents of intolerance." He reconciled with Falwell in 2006. Conservative James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said in a statement on the morning of the Super Tuesday primaries that he would not vote for McCain, citing among other things his "legendary temper" and that he "often uses foul and obscene language."

So all the complaints about conservatives not warming up to a McCain nomination have their basis in solid, philosophical, practical reasons.

Conservatives aren't "crying" or "pouting"; nor, do they need to "grow up".

They are simply explaining two things.

ONE: That John McCain is no conservative and has a long history of antagonism toward conservatives and conservative principles.

TWO: That those who attempt to label McCain as "conservative"--whether in the Mainstream Media or the Republican Party establishment--are ignorant of his record, deceptive or self-serving.

Pointing out the disconnect between John McCain's long history of working against most of their causes and his desperate longing to be "a conservative" has brought conservatives no love from either the MSM or the GOP-first types.

And, once more, that's nothing new.

by Mondoreb
Sources:
* Main Reasons Conservatives Oppose John McCain
* John McCain
* John McCain Quotes

Other DBKP articles on John McCain: * John McCain Spoofs and Parodies * John McCain's Double Talk Tango * Mix-and-Match McCain's Ever-Shifting Stands on the Issues --don't like McCain's stand on an issue? Give it a few minutes: it's bound to change. * John McCain Astrology: Is the Presidency Written in the Stars? * Reactions to John McCain Heat Up * David Brooks, MSM: Why Liberals Cry for John McCain * Has Poor Cap'n. Ed Jumped the Shark? * Chuck Norris, 67, Says McCain is Over the Hill * Super Tuesday: Damn those Voters Having their Say! * McCain Tries Spiking NY Times Story on Lobbyists

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Fred Thompson, A Need for A Steely Leader

Death Lives in Fear of Fred Thompson



A truly reasoned view of Fred Thompson, as told by a hard-bitten veteran pundit.

"In the Fred Thompson administration, there will be no need for the leaders of terrorist states to visit Ground Zero; Ground Zero will be visiting them."

and

"If strangling Socialists with their own intestines is wrong, Fred Thompson doesn't want to be right."

as well as

"In a fight between John Wayne and Chuck Norris, Fred Thompson would win."

These, plus many more Thompson-isms: just right for any country in need of conservative leadership are at
Death Lives in Fear of Fred Thompson at Doug Ross @Journal.

Doug also thoughtfully provides a "pocket Thompson" for those who are fuzzy on where Fred Thompson stands on the issues.

No waffles served here.

pointed out by Mondoreb
[image: Doug Ross @Journal]
Source: Death Lives in Fear of Fred Thompson





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Hillary for Dummies: 10 Hillary Clinton Quotes on the Issues

10 Hillary Clinton quotes on the issues to start your day.

Two weeks ago,the news was about Hillary Clinton's flip flops on driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. For or against? No one, including Clinton, seemed to know.

The focus has since turned on the experience Clinton brings to the table in her quest for the 2008 Presidency.

To answer both questions about her stand on the issues and her experience, DBKP presents this capsule view of the 2008 Clinton platform--in her own words. Carry it with you for quick reference.

Tax policy: * "The tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're going to have to cut that short and not give that to you. We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." --San Francisco fund-raiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer - 6/8/2004 Small Business Growth: * "I can't worry about every under capitalized business" --Testimony before congress on the effects of Nationalized Health Care. The War on Terror: * "It's been said, and I think it's accurate, that my husband was obsessed by terrorism in general and al-Qaida in particular." --Dateline, NBC 4/16/2004 Executive Privilege: * "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president." --Commenting on release of subpoenaed documents in 2000. Religious Issues * "I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian." --Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1997 * "I have to admit that a good deal of what my husband and I have learned (about Islam) has come from our daughter." --U.S. presidential reception - 2/20/1996 The U.S. Constitution * "A right-wing network was after his (husband Bill Clinton) presidency...including perverting the Constitution." --20/20, ABC 6/8/2003 Media Matters: * "I mean, you've got a conservative and right-wing press presence with really nothing on the other end of the political spectrum." --aired on C-Span, 1/19/1997 The Importance of The Historical Record: * "Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed. I can't write anything." --Asked in 1996 interview if she as US First Lady was keeping a diary, hours before a jury in Little Rock, Arkansas, returned guilty verdicts against Clintons' business partners. Challenges * "The great story here for anybody willing to find it, write about it and explain it is this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for president." --NBC's Today show interview January 1998

Clear, concise, compact: the 2008 Hillary Clinton stand on the issues, in her own words.

Never again be confused.

ALSO:
Bill Clinton: 1992-2000, In His Own Words

by Mondoreb
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Ron Paul, Wolf Blitzer: In the Situation Room

Ron Paul talks about his "phenomenal" fund-raising day, as Wolf Blitzer describes it. Paul, a Republican presidential candidate raised over 4.2 million dollars in one day as part of his campaign's "Money Bomb" fund-raising activities.

Wolf Blitzer interview Paul in the "Situation Room".

Video is 6:56.

Blitzer calls the fund-raising effort "amazing" and asks Dr. Paul why he thinks it was accomplished.

Paul attributes the effort to "frustration" by the "grass roots".
Blitzer also says that Paul's support in the CNN Poll has risen to 5%--more than double what he had two months ago.

Paul talks about what, if any, other candidates he might support. Blitzer also asks Paul if he'd run as a third-party candidate.

Dr. Paul says that if he does not get the nomination, he will remain in Congress.

Blitzer also details the many dissenting votes that Paul has cast in 425-1 House bills.

This may change the way other campaigns plan their fund-raising tactics.

by Mondoreb




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