George W Bush or Barack Obama? I can’t tell the difference anymore…

Obama flip flops again…

From a recent AP article;

THE SPIN:

Obama argues that Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Sen. John McCain — he calls them “the two Washington candidates” — are pandering to voters by proposing to suspend the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents a gallon for three months. He says a tax holiday would provide consumers little real relief, ignore the country’s energy problems and take money from road and bridge repairs.

“This is the problem with Washington. We are facing a situation where oil prices could hit $200 a barrel. Oil companies like Shell and BP just reported record profits for the quarter. And we’re arguing over a gimmick that would save you half a tank of gas over the course of the entire summer so that everyone in Washington can pat themselves on the back and say that they did something,” Obama says.

THE FACTS:

In 2000, gasoline prices were climbing quickly, reaching $2 a gallon in the Chicago area — a remarkable price back then. Illinois legislators scrambled to offer some election-year relief to angry motorists.

Obama voted three times for a tax holiday.

The version that ended up becoming law required a six-month suspension of the state’s share of the sales tax on gasoline, a 5 percent tax paid directly by consumers rather than gas stations. It also required gas stations to post signs on their pumps saying that the Illinois General Assembly had lowered taxes and the price should reflect that cut.

Seat Florida’s delegates!

Now that the seating of Florida’s delegates has come to the forefront in this election, it’s important to understand why the Florida election was legitimate as it stands. In that vein, I’m re-posting one of the first postings I wrote for this blog below. The reasons that Florida should have been considered a great victory for Hillary are the same reasons why the delegates must be seated.

Obama loses bigtime in Florida..

Of course, he doesn’t want the public to believe that, and as usual, the mainstream media is more than willing to sing his tune.In his typical George W Bush style, Barack Obama has smugly

Obama, Wellstone a “gadfly.”

I watched with nausea as Obama spoke a while back in Minneapolis and praised and praised the popular former senator from Minnesota, Paul Wellstone, who unfortunately was killed several years ago in a plane crash.

I couldn’t help but think of David Sirota’s article about Obama in The Nation, Mr. Obama goes to Washington, in which Obama refers to Wellstone as a gadfly.  Gadfly is defined as; a persistent irritating critic; a nuisance.

In a similar vein and a must read is Harper’s Magazine’s, Barack Obama Inc.

Obama Kept Contributions From Accused Fixer’s Wife And Others

Apparently Obama thinks pointing out contributions from Rezko’s wife is “casting a wide net.” More strange Obamalogic…

From ABC News;

ABCNews.com Analysis Shows the Campaign Still Hasn’t Returned More Than $100,000 in Questionable Contributions

By AVNI PATEL

Jan. 28, 2008—

Despite claims over the weekend from Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama that his campaign had given away all the donations connected to accused fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the campaign has not returned

Come on guys; I answered like eight questions. We’re running late.

Those were Obama’s words as he curtly walked out on a press conference earlier today, a sign of the continuing deterioration of the relationship between Obama and the press.  As the Rezko trial begins and more and more evidence mounts that Obama has been rather untruthful (shocking!) with the press about his relationship with Rezko.

From Obama’s best friend in the media MSNBC;

From NBC/NJ’s Aswini Anburajan
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Led by the Chicago press corps that has covered Obama for years, the candidate today faced a barrage of questions in what turned out to be a contentious news conference.

Despite Rhetoric, Obama Pushed Lobbyists’ Interests

ABC News: The Blotter

Despite Rhetoric, Obama Pushed Lobbyists’ Interests

Justin Rood Reports:

Away from the bright lights and high-minded rhetoric of the campaign trail, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has quietly worked with corporate lobbyists to help pass breaks worth $12 million.

In his speeches, Obama has lambasted lobbyists and moneyed interests who “have turned our government into a game only they can afford to play.”

“It’s an entire culture in Washington — some of it legal, some of it not,” the Democratic hopeful told a New York crowd in June, rallying support for his ethics reform agenda.

But last year, at the request of a hired representative for an Australian-owned chemical corporation Nufarm, Obama introduced nine separate bills

The Obama/NAFTA Lie..

I know, it’s hard to keep Obama’s lies in order, I’m going to have to start some sort of labeling system…

The NAFTA lie we pointed out here, has now been further documented

Michelle warns against taking the same path she’s taken…

Once again the Obama’s are pretending that they are saintly public servants, living in poverty and struggling to pay back their student loans. (See “Obama: Not cashing in???”) She fails to mention that she currently rakes in more than six times the average salary of the citizen s in the town she’s speaking in, and that she has

Words alone cannot atone…

Obama has taken full page ads out in gay and lesbian newspapers begging for their vote.  Of course he never mentions his actions that contradict his words, actions

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Present, Present, Present, Present, Present, Present…

Remember when Hillary Clinton pointed out Barack’s numerous present votes (rather than taking a stand) on abortion? As always, Barack

Money, Money, Money…

Barack Obama likes to use the word ‘disingenuous,’ perhaps because he wrote the book on it. The definition of disingenuous is; lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: His excuse was rather disingenuous. Much of Barack Obama’s campaign thus far fits well within

In their own words: Health Care

By popular demand!

*NB: What you find below are select quotes from Obama and Clinton’s websites. I have chosen these particular quotes because I think they represent the essence of of their respective platforms, and provide interesting points of comparison. Anything in blue are my own words, everything else is direct from the candidates mouths… I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO BOTH WEBSITES AND LOOK AT VOTING RECORDS TO SEE FOR YOURSELF! Obama’s Plan to Cover Uninsured Americans: Obama will make available a new national health plan to all Americans, including the self-employed and small businesses, to buy affordable health

Old School Dirty Politics of Obama.

The following is the complete article on Obama’s ruthless, and successful, effort to knock all other challengers off the ballot when he ran for state senate. Obama has never won a truly contested election. He lost when he ran against

Obama and Rezko.

Rezko is the smoking gun that McCain can’t wait to exploit. I’m not sure of course, but I think it’s likely the reason republicans have been working so hard to get Obama to be the Dem nominee, as evidenced by the fact that they have spent millions in several primaries advertising against Clinton, and none on Obama, and have also voted for him in huge numbers in a number of primaries that weren’t so close on the Republican side.

Audacity????

Obama, when examining his record in Illinois, seems to use that term rather loosely. In Obama’s Audacity Gap, Sunil Garg reminds us of Obama’s less than audacious career in Illinois politics.

For every paragraph the article contains, there’s pages more to be written. If republicans thought Whitewater was a boon, wait till they start with Obama and Rezko.