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Barack “I-didn’t-know” Obama

By MBolack and SusanUnPC on March 24, 2008 at 10:30 PM in Austan Goolsbee, Barack Obama, Crown family, David Axelrod, Emil Jones, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Lobbyists, Michelle Obama, NAFTA, NATO, Nuclear Power, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Tony Rezko

Vetting our two Democratic presidential candidates has definitely been a mixed bag. On one hand, Hillary Clinton’s life and political history has been in the news and reported online for many years. Barack Obama is another deal. He has essentially gotten a free ride in the national media, only being questioned seriously when the news was so shocking that the mainstream media had no choice but to report it.

So I went hunting, and was often surprised at what I found. It amounts to a pattern that I find dismaying. There are a lot of links here, documenting sources for my conclusions, and there is a lot to read.

Here is my list, in no particular order. See if you agree with me, and answer the questions for yourself… did he really not know, or is it just that he didn’t mind?

1. He joined and remained active in a church where racism and anti-American hate is routinely preached. He and his family attended, and heavily contributed for about 20 years. This has received worldwide attention, as show in the link below.
Ten Must-See Videos from The Times Online
Obama first claimed not to know about Wright’s inflammatory statements. He later admitted he did.
CBS News
Flip-Flip Video
CBS News
OOPS… didn’t notice. Or else he forgot.
Rev Wright, one of the ministers, even promoted Obama and denigrated Hillary Clinton from the pulpit spurring an IRS investigation as to the validity of their non-profit status. The Obama campaign is also reported to have campaigned on at least one occasion at church events, furthering the curiosity of the IRS.
WCBS TV

Obama Speech at General Synod of the United Church of Christ

But, OOPS… he didn’t know. Or didn’t mind.

2. Senator Obama bought stock in two companies whose investors included his 2004 campaign political donors. One, in fact, was developing medicine to treat avian flu — with the stock purchase coming right before Obama introduced legislation to increase funding to combat the virus.
The other company, SkyTerra, received government permission to build a national wireless network on the day Obama purchased his shares. Among the principal owners of this business were four people who had raised more than $150,000 for Obama. Attorney Obama claimed later that they were in a semi-blind trust, that just didn’t legally work out. When this became public, Obama sold the stock.

Chicago Sun-Times
New York Times
Oops… he didn’t know. Or didn’t he mind?

3. Senator Obama came into politics through the famously corrupt Chicago political machine, with the help of some of the slimiest characters imaginable. (Several major players who helped him are have been indicted for graft, fraud, etc. Obama now keeps a rep at Rezko’s trial every day to monitor testimony.) Obama has had to donate to charity much of the money they gave him to get his start, though the admitted dollar amount keeps increasing as time goes on. It’s now up over $250,000. Tony Rezko, currently at trial on federal charges of attempted extortion, money laundering, and fraud, was also involved in the purchase of Obama’s home at well below market value.

Huffington Post
Chicago Sun-Times
New York Times
Not so well publicized is the fact that Obama wrote letters to the Illinois Dept of Housing, recommending Rezco’s company, North Kenwood, LLC, for the housing projects that soon became slums, causing inhumane hardship for their residents.

Obama Letters
These slums, later repossessed, were in Obama’s district while he was an Illinois senator. In fact, some are about a mile from his home, and several are still boarded up. Obama professed to be unaware of any problems. During the Democratic debate on January 21, 2008, Obama, in fact, gave the impression that he had merely done about 5 hours of legal work for “this individual.”
The Rezko Foreclosed Properties
telegraph.co.uk
No Quarter
Rezko Watch
Chicago Tribune: Almost Believable
OOPS… he didn’t know. Or did he care?

4. According to the Sun-Times, Barack Obama, “allegedly decent guy and agent of change” in Washington, requested an earmark in 2006 for $1 million taxpayer dollars for the University of Chicago Hospitals, where is wife, Michelle Obama, was a vice president. Said hospital, by the way, gave Michelle Obama a huge raise (nearly $200,000, more than doubling her salary) in 2005 after Barack was elected to the United States Senate.
Michelle Obama
Chicago Sun-Times
According to The Chicago Tribune, “Obama had a special connection to Maytag: Lester Crown, one of the company’s directors and biggest investors whose family, records show, has raised tens of thousands of dollars for Obama’s campaigns since 2003.” Maytag closed its refrigerator plant in Galesburg, Ill during Obama’s 2004 Senate campaign, but Crown says Obama never raised the fate of the Galesburg plant with him. Obama’s campaign responded “that the senator did not know Crown sat on Maytag’s board until the Tribune noted it last September in a story about the closing of the Maytag headquarters in Newton, Iowa.”

Chicago Tribune
Obama Truth
Oops… he didn’t know? Or didn’t he care?

5. Obama took donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees for his House and Senate races and his own Hopefund political action committee. He only stopped taking this political money — and began speaking out against it — when he launched his presidential campaign in February 2007. However, he still takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from their high level employees.
Politifact
The Hill
Politifact
Oops… he didn’t know? Or doesn’t mind?

6. Opponents have asked Senator Obama to release the records from his term of state office in Illinois. Since he has little other experience in politics (he did, after all, declare his presidential candidacy barely 2 years after election to the US Senate), this doesn’t seem an unreasonable request. The records might also shed light on his relationship with Rezko and some of the other corrupt individuals he rubbed shoulders with during his climb up through Chicago politics. But lo and behold, the records all seem to have mysteriously disappeared.
Politico
The Pantagraph, a central Illinois newspaper

Questions have also been raised about Obama-sponsored legislation during the last year he was in office there. It is alleged that, in the interest of making Obama appear more prolific, then Illinois Senate Majority Leader Emil Jones appointed Obama as sponsor of many pieces of legislation, even though other senior senators had spent many years working on the bills.

“I took all the beatings and insults and endured all the racist comments over the years from nasty Republican committee chairmen,” State Senator Rickey Hendon, the original sponsor of landmark racial profiling and videotaped confession legislation yanked away by Jones and given to Obama, complained to me at the time. “Barack didn’t have to endure any of it, yet, in the end, he got all the credit.”
“I don’t consider it bill jacking,” Hendon told me. “But no one wants to carry the ball 99 yards all the way to the one-yard line, and then give it to the halfback who gets all the credit and the stats in the record book.”

As a result, Todd Spivak of the Houston Press noted, “During his seventh and final year in the state Senate, Obama’s stats soared. He sponsored a whopping 26 bills passed into law — including many he now cites in his presidential campaign when attacked as inexperienced.”
Houston Press

Oops… he didn’t know? Or did he mind?

7. Obama’s website sported a page for the New Black Panthers organization until it was discovered and reported by the media. It was quickly removed. Obama denounced their support, but the New Black Panthers’ Winter 2008 newsletter still carries a full page ad for his campaign on page 36. Though the origin of the ad is not stated, it contains logos, graphics and quotes from the Obama website, which Obama could have ordered removed as a copyright violation.
The NBP page, before its deletion.
NBP Winter 2008 Newsletter
OOPs… he didn’t know.

8. In addition to the controversy concerning his numerous “present” votes while in the Illinois legislature, Obama also maintains that he just pushed the wrong button on 5 or 6 other votes. (Let’s not even go there!)

According to the New York Times, however, an examination of Illinois records shows at least 36 times when Mr. Obama was either the only state senator to vote present or was part of a group of six or fewer to vote that way, causing many to question whether he was really just trying to avoid taking a stand.
LA Times on Obama votes

Real Clear Politics
New Your Times
Obama also has an exceptionally high no-show ration for votes since coming to the Senate.
Media Matters
OOPS… he didn’t know? Or didn’t he care?

9. On Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008, CTV reported that a senior member of Obama’s campaign, Austan Goolsbee, spoke directly with the Canadian Consulate General in Chicago to assure them that if Obama publicly spoke about opting out of NAFTA, they should not take it seriously. It would just be political posturing… campaign rhetoric. Obama flatly denied the report, attacking both Senator Clinton and Senator McCain for their comments on the issue.
On March 4, the New York Times, among other sources, revealed that the conversation had indeed taken place, and published the memo. The Canadian government announced that an investigation would begin to find out who was responsible for leaking the memorandum concerning the conversation.
CTV News
New York Times
New York Times published the memo
OOPS… he didn’t know.

10. Obama’s position on the war in Iraq, in spite of the October 2002 speech, has not been as unwavering as he would have us believe.

  • He wrote in The Audacity of Hope that by March of 2003, “I began to suspect that I might have been wrong.”
  • In July, 2004, he told the Chicago Tribune, “There’s not that much difference between my position and George Bush’s position at this stage.”
  • Once elected to the US Senate, he told Charlie Rose on PBS, “Once the decision was made, then we’ve got to do everything we can to stabilize the country, to make it successful, because we’ll have too much at stake in the Middle East. And that’s the position that I continue to take.”
  • Obama continued that tack in his speech of November, 2005. Mirroring the Bush administration’s position, he asserted on January 26, 2006, that “it remains my position that we have a role to play in stabilizing the country as Iraqis are getting their act together.” In this interview on Meet the Press, he further stated, “My position has been that it would not be responsible for us to unilaterally and precipitously draw troops down regardless of the politics, because I think that all of us have a stake in seeing Iraq succeed.”
  • It wasn’t until October of 2006 that he called for “all the leadership in Washington to execute a serious change of course in Iraq.”
  • A month before he announced his presidential candidacy he repositioned himself again, saying for the first time, “It’s time to start bringing our troops home.”
  • It wasn’t until May of 2007 that Obama voted against funding for the war for the first time.
  • In June, 2007, Obama voted no to Senator John F. Kerry’s proposal to remove most combat troops from Iraq by July 2007, warning that an “arbitrary deadline” could “compound” the Bush administration’s mistake. He voted instead for a Republican-sponsored resolution that stated the Senate would not cut off funding for troops in Iraq.

    • Commentary Magazine
    Obama Gets the Facts Wrong
    Clinton Takes on Obama
    MSNBC
    The Boston Globe
    OOPS… did he forget?

    11. Senator Obama is chair of of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Europe, having been appointed in early 2007. According to Congressional Records, the subcommittee’s jurisdiction includes “all matters, policies and problems concerning the continent of Europe, including the European member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.” That means it has jurisdiction over NATO.
    As Senator Clinton asserted in a recent debate, “NATO is critical to our mission in Afghanistan. He’s held not one substantive hearing to do oversight, to figure out what we can do to actually have a stronger presence with NATO in Afghanistan.”
    Politifact
    OOPS… he didn’t know… or did he forget?

    12. Senator Obama told Tim Russert in January of 2006 that “I will serve out my full six-year term.”

    From the official transcript of Meet the Press:
    MR. RUSSERT: But there seems to be an evolution in your thinking. This is what you told the Chicago Tribune last month: “Have you ruled out running for another office before your term is up?” Obama answered, “It’s not something I anticipate doing.” But when we talked back in November of `04 after your election I said, “There’s been enormous speculation about your political future. Will you serve your six-year term as United States senator from Illinois?” Obama, “Absolutely.”

    SEN. OBAMA: I will serve out my full six-year term. You know, Tim, if you get asked enough, sooner or later you’re going to get weary and you start looking for new ways of saying things. But my thinking has not changed.

    MR. RUSSERT: So you will not run for president or vice-president in 2008?

    SEN. OBAMA: I will not.

    Obama formed an exploratory committee in January of 2007 and declared his candidacy two months later.
    Meet The Press Transcript January 22, 2006
    “Obama Takes the Russert Test” from The Swamp
    Obama Learns the Washington Ways
    OOPS… he forgot.

    13. Senator Obama promised to use public financing for the general election if his Republican opponent would do the same. Now, apparently after he realized how much more money he could have at his disposal, he has reversed himself.
    League of Women Voters
    Mr Obama’s Waffle
    OOPS… he forgot.

    14. Obama bragged in the Iowa debate about the “nuclear legislation I’ve passed.” When he encountered resistance from the nuclear industry… including Illinois-based Excelon, the country’s largest nuclear plant operator and one of Mr. Obama’s largest sources of campaign money, he edited his bill several times, making it weaker each time. The bill, however, never passed. It died. But Mr Obama gained a chief political strategist… David Axelrod. In October 2007, Obama resubmitted the bill in its watered-down version.
    Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate
    OOPS… he forgot.

    15. Senator Obama purports to be in favor of “universal” health care, utilizing private insurance, on the campaign trail. In fact, he adamantly denied advocating single payor. But there was a time when he was in favor of the single payor system.

    Video
    The Swamp
    OOPS… he forgot.

    16. While campaigning, Obama told several hundred people in Iowa, “No lobbyists need apply to my White House.”
    However, in contrast to his pledge to fight against the influence of special interests, his record on employing lobbyists isn’t quite so pristine. Several high level members of his campaign are registered lobbyists, including his New Hampshire campaign manager. Lately, he has softened his campaign line to, “They are not going to run my White House.”
    The Boston Globe
    The Wall Street Journal
    Politico
    The Washington Post
    The Hill
    Obama actually seems very comfortable working with lobbyists on legislation. To site just one example…

    According to ABC, Obama “has quietly worked with corporate lobbyists to help pass breaks worth $12 million,” that gave two overseas companies tariff suspensions. Both companies also have facilities in Illinois.
    One of these companies, Nufarm, told its shareholders it was making “more money than ever before in North America because it had increased its prices on its U.S. and Canadian customers, predominantly farmers.” This had the effect of profiting business interests in his state, while punishing its farmers.
    According to ABC News, “With a dozen tariff suspension bills to his name, Obama stands out as the most prolific of any Democratic presidential hopeful on the topic.”
    Despite Rhetoric, Obama Pushed Lobbyists’ Interests
    OOPS… he forgot. Or didn’t he mind?

    How many other things are we going to find that Senator Obama conveniently forgot? It is my hope that the political powers-that-be will lay off the talk about ending the primaries early, and that the media and the internet diggers will help us truly vet Senator Obama. Use a little old-fashioned, objective journalism… remember that?
    If he has nothing more to hide, it can only help him.
    But if we don’t know the whole story yet, it might just help us be certain that we can indeed put a Democrat in the White House in November.
    That is, after all, what Democrats want, isn’t it?

    Cross-posted at MyDD.com.

    • Lyn

      You should send this to every SD (and Fox news)

      • youradickhead

        Rising political stars often find themselves standing at the intersection of business opportunities and friendship. Bill and Hillary Clinton were no exceptions.

        When Bill Clinton was running for Arkansas governor in the late 1970s, they became partners with businessman Jim McDougal and his wife, Susan, in a planned vacation home development on the White River in the Ozarks.

        The Clintons’ Whitewater investment never would have created a stir if not for reports of fraud at the McDougals’ savings and loan and a New York Times article about the Clintons and the McDougals during the 1992 presidential campaign.

        That and the legal work Hillary Clinton did for the McDougals’ financial institution were enough to send federal regulators scurrying to Little Rock, Ark.

        Investigators began taking another look at the warehoused records of the McDougals’ old S&L. Questions lingered:

        _Had the McDougals taken money from their savings and loan to pay down the bank loans on Whitewater?

        _In doing so, had they lightened the financial load on their partners, the Clintons?

        A Hollywood producer would be hard-pressed to find a more colorful cast of characters than those mixing it up with the Clintons in the Whitewater deal.

        Jim McDougal, in failing health and living in a trailer after regulators took away his S&L, remained the bombastic personality he had been in the days when he had money to burn. All he needed was an audience.

        There always was one – the press, prosecutors, political pundits – during Whitewater. Not to mention Republicans feasting on the Clintons’ legal problems.

        Whitewater investigators are “going to hang” the Clintons, McDougal proclaimed from prison in 1997.

        Prosecutors never nailed the Clintons, but they tried, from late 1993 to 2000. First the Justice Department. Then a specially appointed outside prosecutor. Then court-appointed Independent Counsel Ken Starr.

        An assortment of controversies were tacked on, one by one, to the initial probe by Starr, a prominent Washington lawyer and a conservative. His conservative credentials were seized on by Clinton loyalists who decried Starr’s inquiry as politically motivated.

        Hillary Clinton’s role in firing employees in the White House travel office also came under scrutiny. So did the gathering by some low-level White House aides of FBI background files on prominent Republicans.

        Bill Clinton’s alleged perjury and obstruction regarding his relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky was added to the list. The Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandal captured the nation’s attention for a year and led to his impeachment. The Senate acquitted him.

        In the end, Jim McDougal died in prison. His ex-wife, imprisoned after refusing to testify against the Clintons, was pardoned by President Clinton on his last day in office in 2001.

        • lifelong dem leaving party

          don’t forget the $70 million of taxpayer dollars wasted on starr and his cronies.

        • http://www.correntewire.com/blog/myiq2xu myiq2xu

          And in the end, the most partisan of witch hunts in our history proved that Bill lied about a blow-job.

          But that whole Whitewater thing? Turned out the Clinton’s were innocent, just as they claimed.

          BTW – Susan McD was out of prison when she was pardoned. According to her, she refused to lie, not testify.

        • Just Wonderful

          Clinton has been out of office for almost 8 years. You really need to let it go dickhead.

      • http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/29/718285.aspx youradickhead

        http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/29/718285.aspx

        Sen. Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show.

        The federal government has accused the Illinois management consulting firm, International Profit Associates, or IPA, of a brazen pattern of sexual harassment including “sexual assaults,” “degrading anti-female language” and “obscene suggestions.”

        In a 2001 lawsuit full of lurid details, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims that 103 women employees at IPA were victimized for years. The civil case is ongoing, and IPA vigorously denies the allegations.

        “This is by far, hands down, the worst case I’ve ever experienced,” said Diane Smason, one of the EEOC lawyers handling the lawsuit. “Every woman there experienced sex harassment, they were part of a hostile work environment of sex harassment. And this occurred from the top down.”

        • Anamosa White Fawn

          Are you telling us that if you were convicted of a crime you can’t contribute to a candidacy? If only certain crimes which ones? Or does the Presidential Candidate have to have had a relationship with the Candidate before it is inauspicious?

      • herb

        The Bell Toll
        I can hear the faint sound of a bell as I come near
        the sound gets louder and starts to pound with each
        step I make its like it pulling me, What is this
        sound that magnetise me, I think its raping a
        tune,as I get closer it becomes clear the tune says
        Let Freedom Ring, Good God Almighty Let Freedom Ring.

        Herb Mathis

    • mel

      Good piece of work, there is more, plenty more, just too tired to add some of them tonight…..lol

      Just add this one of Obama eliminating opponents deviously since the first time he ran for office!

      Brought to you by the Obama campaign on the Environment, Recycling matters, even words!

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      • marie

        what about William Ayre

      • Frank

        You have got to be kidding. Please…You never heard of White Water? Ask those Clinton business partners what they think.

        • MMiller

          So tell me exactly what Whitewater is…facts, please.

    • Melissa

      I second the motion- send this to Fox and to all SD’s.
      Oh wait- before sending this to the SD’s is there an anti-dote to the poison sponges???

    • bert

      WOW !!!!!! What an exhaustive list. And every single item referenced with factual information to back it up.

      MBolak, this is an outstanding piece of work. THANK YOU so very much for all of the hard work and long hours that had to go into all the research and compiling this info into a seamless whole.

      This will come in very handy.

    • Fleaflicker

      This is a very important diary. Each component of it would help anyone to write a letter to the editor on any number of subjects. Excellent work. Especially all of your sourcing. Superb!

    • truthteller2007

      And notice how dangerous Obama’s forgetfulness is: residents in Will County, Illinois, must live with radioactive waste in their groundwater as a result of Obama’s dereliction. We cannot elect someone so reckless and venal to the White House.

    • http://bucknakedpolitics.typepad.com/buck_naked_politics/2008/03/media-obama-goo.html D. Cupples

      Excellent work!

    • Fredster

      Yep, this definitely needs to get out to the MSM.

    • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

      You have a whole new group of fans, M. Thank you so very much for allowing us to post this superbly researched work here.

      I am bookmarking this specific story for future reference.

      NOTE: IF OTHER BLOGGERS WISH TO CROSS-POST THIS, PLEASE E-MAIL ME and I will ask M. I bet she will agree. susanunpc at gmail dot com

      • Athy

        Hi Susan-
        I have been blogging on Huffington Post for the past few weeks

        http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/athy

        and

        http://www.topix.net/forum/news/2008-presidential-election

        and cross-posting at
        http://www.stop-obama.org/?page_id=8

        I try to ALWAYS include source link when possible-like you guys did here. This source linking is VERY
        valuable.

        Bloggers, authors, voters, feel free to crosspost whatever information that I have posted . Please pardon my gross spelling errors- I have a day job and spent most of my nights blogging after avg of 2 to 3 hours sleep. That’s how concerned I have been about what has been happening in this campaign with regrds to lack of information for the voters.

        The facts need to get out there.
        We need public discourse in this campaign.
        We need our fourth estate(media-esp independent media) to help inform the citizens. Sad to say, our corporate owned consolidated mass media has been grossly lacking in providing useful information that is necessary to inform the citizens so that we can elect the best candidate and be self governing.
        Thanks again…

    • grtphoto

      Fantastic work. I agree forward this on to whomever will print it. I cannot quite pinpoint which one is my favorite. I think the acutal lies are the best hits. It takes great arrogance to lie one day and the very next say the exact opposite with absolute no emotion. We’ve already had 8 years of that. Enough.

    • Newport News Dem

      but but but Hilliary is a liar because 12 years ago she flew into Tuzla under the threat of sniper fire and over a decade later she said she flew in under sniper fire. She is the first First Lady since Roosevelt to be on the front lines while Senator Elmer Gantry was doing what? Can we get his schedule during her trip?

      Get on message, will you!

      • http://www.todayslies.com Will

        Sen. Clinton is not a moron. She knows good and well the image people take from the phrase “I remember landing under sniper fire.”

        She didn’t say “there was a known threat of potential sniper fire”–she said “I remember landing under sniper fire.”

        Everyone takes that to mean there were bullets being fired in her direction, by snipers. That’s really obvious.

        Too bad, it simply was not true.

        • Rob Gard

          While Hillary bit the bullet and admitted her misstatement during last night’s debate, Obama continues to spin like a top, and offer his “W.O.R.M.” (what Obama really meant) remarks to just about every allegation of misstatement. I also notice how you have not addressed any of the topics in the post above, but come at us with….but, but, but, Hillary said this or that. Actually, I’m unable to understand why Hillary made such a misstaement because, as you have said, she is a smart woman, and I don’t believe that she thought that “being under sniper fire” would garner any more votes than “being under threat of sniper fire”. Since there was no up-side to lying, and there would be a potential down side to lying, and she is, as you have said, a smart woman (who would certainly understand the risks), I am more convinced than ever that she misspoke, and did not intend to deceive. She has admitted the misstatements, what more are you asking for, waterboarding ?

      • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

        I adore the snark.

        Then there is this in defense:

        http://www.talkleft.com/comments/2008/3/23/14293/1085/131

        VERY IMPORTANT to read.

        • bert

          About 30 minutes ago CNN (Cooper & Crowley) was announcing a “Breaking Story,” telling viewers that Mrs. Clinton said she “mis-spoke” about her trip to Bosnia.

          • Rob Gard

            This is the link from the CNN “Breaking News” Site: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/25/campaign.wrap/index.html
            Clinton said:”Now let me tell you what I can remember, OK — because what I was told was that we had to land a certain way and move quickly because of the threat of sniper fire. So I misspoke — I didn’t say that in my book or other times but if I said something that made it seem as though there was actual fire — that’s not what I was told,” she told the newspaper.

            “I was told we had to land a certain way, we had to have our bulletproof stuff on because of the threat of sniper fire. I was also told that the greeting ceremony had been moved away from the tarmac but that there was this 8-year-old girl and, I can’t, I can’t rush by her, I’ve got to at least greet her — so I greeted her, I took her stuff and then I left. Now that’s my memory of it.”

            How this stacks up against Senator Obama’s deliberate misrepresentations (until he got caught) about NAFTA, Rezko, Rev. Wright, His positions on Iraq, etc. is not even close. If this is the best that the MSM and the cult of preciousness can come up with, then they are unbelievably desperate and delusional.

            • http://www.todayslies.com Will

              Wow, what a heroine. Under heavy sniper fire, Hillary couldn’t break that little girl’s heart and just “rush by her”, now could she? Did she tackle her to the ground and shield her from the bullets, too?

              • salo

                get your flak jacket and land in the green zone.

                Bosnia is where the archduke was assassinated, triggering ww1…it was dangerous enough in my mind.

                landing under the threat of sniper fire would be more accurate though.

                • http://www.todayslies.com Will

                  “Bosnia is where the archduke was assassinated, triggering ww1…it was dangerous enough in my mind.”

                  That was over 90 years ago…is Hillary claiming that the threat was from leftover detachments from WWI?!

                  • TeakwoodKite

                    So was the Civil War igit…the confederate still flies in cetian locations DOESN’t IT? Hate and bigotry live for centuries.

      • MMiller

        THESE ARE TWO SEPERATE NEWS REPORTS. PLEASE SEE MARCH 26, 1996. OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN RELEASED THE VIDEO. OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN ALSO REFERRED HER BOSNIA RECOLLECTION TO THE INITIAL LANDING. AS YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF..MRS CLINTON WAS REFERRING TO HER FLIGHT WITHIN BOSNIA TO ANOTHER OUTPOST TO BOOST MORAL FOR OUR SOLDIERS. IF YOU GO TO THE ORIGINAL REPORT, YOU WILL SEE A PHOTO ALSO.

        But the highlight of her trip were visits to two fortified posts outside the U.S. base in Tuzla. Even President Clinton, restricted to the base by bad weather in January, did not see as much of this war-wracked region as Mrs. Clinton did Monday.
        …
        Riflemen rushed to the brush line as the helicopter landed and surrounded her as she walked into the post. Located in a “separation zone,” the U.S. outpost nestles between two tree lines. Just months ago, one was Serbian territory, the other Bosnian.

        Security was tight – fighter jets accompanied her C-17 cargo plane to Tuzla – but officials said the first lady took no extraordinary risks on the trip.
        Lexis – By RON FOURNIER, Associated Press, March 25, 1996

        =
        First Lady of the United States, Hillary Clinton, visited her country’s troops at their fortified outposts in north-eastern Bosnia today and said their peacekeeping work was “extraordinary to behold”.
        Mrs Clinton’s helicopter flight to Camp Alicia, home of a mechanised infantry outfit and a combat engineer batallion 15 miles east of Tuzla, took her over burned out villages and farm houses whose roofs had been blown off in the fierce fighting before last December’s Paris peace agreement ended the 43 -month-old war in Bosnia.

        A machine gun emplacement guarded the entrance of the outposts and marked Bosnian minefields were visible outside its perimeter.
        …
        After lunch with the troops in a makeshift dining hall surrounded by sandbags, she flew on to Camp Bedrock south of Tuzla to visit an army field hospital.

        Mrs Clinton, who later returned to Tuzla for a show starring singer Sheryl Crow and comedian Sinbad, said she was “amazed at how much has been accomplished in such a short period of time” by US troops in Bosnia.
        Source – Lexis – The Herald (Glasgow), March 26, 1996

        • Illinois Voter

          By LISSA MUSCATINE and MELANNE VERVEER
          Published: April 1, 2008

          Washington

          AS staff members who traveled with the first lady, Hillary Rodham
          Clinton, to Bosnia in March 1996, we have followed with more than
          passing interest the extensive news coverage of her landing in Tuzla.
          Video footage clearly shows that Mrs. Clinton?s assertions that she
          landed ?under fire? and that the arrival ceremony was canceled were
          wrong. She said so herself last week.

          Yet even since she acknowledged her mistake, the commentary has
          continued unabated. Reports are now being embellished (to borrow the
          term du jour) to suggest that Bosnia was not really a danger zone. Her
          visiting American troops on a peacekeeping mission in a hostile
          environment is now being treated as if it were a trip to the beach.
          During a week of nonstop coverage, few journalists went beyond the
          irresistible video footage to ask what else happened on this trip and
          how Mrs. Clinton might have erred in the details about the landing in
          Tuzla. So here are some facts that provide context:

          We flew in a C-17 cargo plane from Germany to Bosnia precisely because
          it was capable of steep descents and ascents into and out of areas of
          conflict. We were issued flak jackets on the plane before landing in
          Tuzla and were told the tarmac ceremony might be canceled or curtailed
          due to sniper fire from the surrounding hillsides. The first lady and
          Chelsea Clinton were moved to the armored cockpit for the landing.
          Armored vehicles were placed around the tarmac, and Apache helicopters
          hovered overhead.

          In a recent e-mail message to a British blogger, Ejup Ganic, who was the
          acting president of Bosnia during Mrs. Clinton?s visit, wrote: ?I
          remember that visit quite well. Although the NATO troops were in Tuzla,
          we still believed that some positions on the hills were occupied by
          radical Serbs, so I was worried about the overall safety.? The planned
          welcoming ceremony was shortened, he said, but it still lasted a bit
          longer than expected because a nongovernment group brought along a
          little girl to sing to the first lady.

          Later, Mrs. Clinton flew from Tuzla to two military outposts by
          helicopter, escorted by Apache gunships.

          As has been reported, Mrs. Clinton?s trip to Bosnia included a U.S.O.
          component with the comedian Sinbad and the singer Sheryl Crow. The
          helicopters that carried them to performances at American base camps
          zigzagged just above the trees to avoid potential ground fire, according
          to Carey Cavanaugh, who was then a State Department official traveling
          with Sinbad, and helicopters flew alongside to deal with the threat of
          anti-aircraft fire or snipers. These facts explain why many of us,
          including the first lady, believed that the conditions on the ground
          were precarious. We were worried about sniper fire and were prepared to
          rush off the tarmac when we landed.

          In their single-minded focus on the landing in Tuzla, reporters and
          commentators have omitted any discussion of what Mrs. Clinton
          accomplished on her trip. In addition to showing support for our troops
          and for the peace accords in Bosnia, Mrs. Clinton met with Bosnian
          religious leaders, women and community activists and, when she returned
          to Washington, was able to give administration officials her firsthand
          assessment of the nascent reconstruction effort.

          After leaving Bosnia, she met with leaders of Turkey and Greece and in
          those countries promoted efforts on behalf of international development
          and democracy. In Istanbul, five years before 9/11, Mrs. Clinton
          presciently convened representatives of some of the world?s major
          religions to advance a dialogue about religious reconciliation and ways
          to counter religious extremism.

          The video of her arrival on the tarmac in Bosnia may be great theater
          and easy fodder for commentators, but it shouldn?t be allowed to obscure
          what else was happening on this important trip when the cameras weren?t
          rolling.

      • crl9

        What does this post have to do with the Obama information?

        • Rob Gard

          Nothing, but we were distracted by a troll, sorry.

    • http://www.dawnellesplace.com Dawnelle

      Wow what a great compilation of what appears to be great facts.

      Granted I’ve not checked out each link (yet) but WOW again GREAT thanks I’ll be emailing THIS one out!!

      Peace and Gnite!

    • dofogo

      Great job! I think my blood pressure just spiked while reading it because it made me so angry. But I appreciate you writing this. Everyone needs to read this. It makes me angry, because I cannot comprehend how anyone can vote for Obama, especially anyone who has researched what Obama as really done and just as important, what he hasn’t done. It’s questionable if he’s qualified to be a U.S. Senator, but he is most certainly not qualified to be in the White House. Bush promised changed 8 years ago and look where that got us. We need solutions. We don’t need a president who has not backed up a single world that comes out of his mouth. His past record doesn’t warrant becoming president so why should anyone believe what he says. Open your eyes people before it is too late. We can’t afford to have a president who needs on the job training. We need Hillary who will get to work on day one!

      • Gregoryp

        Well, in all fairness I think he succeeded in bringing us lots of change. We changed from a prosperous country with relative security and peace to one that is addled with debt, the economy is tanking and we are constantly at war. Maybe not the kind of change you had in mind?

    • SueB.

      Fantastic!

      Oh, on #8, I read somewhere (Sun-Times maybe?) that one of the “pushed the wrong button” votes enabled passage of the legislation by only two votes. The legislation was regarding a casino on Lake Michigan (possible Rezko tie-in there). Worth looking for. Obviously you have the google-touch. ;)

    • campskunk

      solid piece of research you did here. excellent work!

    • jwrjr

      If Obama’s record was subject to the same scrutiny as the other Democrats (and even a few republicans), he would be road-kill.

      • JoeySky

        LOL! I love your road-kill analogy. It’s so true. He might be the most empty suit politician in the Senate.

    • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

      Hillary needs our support financially now. Obama will still be able to outspend her three to four times in each state, but we can help her. Every $5-25 helps. More is better if you’re able. Spread the word. We can do this.

    • reality based

      Thanks for this. The coincidental stock investments really are interesting. How come we haven’t heard more about them from the enterprising MSM journalists? I wonder if Bill Frist taught him how to set up that “semi-blind” trust?

    • karen Anderson

      Something else Obama forgot: His 2002 anti-war speech!!! There is no record of it in its entirety, just a 23 second snippet, but the rest of the speech is mysteriously MISSING. In December, Obama then decided to reenact the speech with crowd cheering in the background, and released it as an ad, thereby duping millions of people into thinking they were listening to the actual event instead of a reenactment! (confirms David Alexrod to the Chicago Sun-Time in December 2007.)

      Makes you wonder if he actually did say the things he claimed to have said in his speech, the magical disappearing speech that he bases his entire campaign on? Contrary to his false assertion in the last debate, he was running for his state senate seat in Illinois when he delivered the speech, NOT when he was running for U.S. Senate “when the stakes were high” as he claimed at the debate. Did he misspeak or did he know that the media wouldn’t call him out on his faulty recollection, thereby making himself out to look like he was more involved in the national political scene than he really was?

    • Percy

      Excellent piece and I hope MSM and our Super Delegate friends get to see it!

      I am appalled at his stock handling…..buy stock and then vote for funding… ummm…..if Martha Stewart had jail time… I am thinking this is at least worth a slap on the hand. I am sure this is common practice ….yet he is the Messiah above all of this kinda stuff!

    • vee

      What is a semi-blind trust?

      • PMS

        What is a semi-blind trust?

        You get to keep one eye open… or “wink”.

        • apishapa

          Like Frist

          • TeakwoodKite

            Was this like he could not call his broker directly, but he could use his “phone a friend”?(of the broker)

      • Rob Gard

        In this instance, just like a “blind trust” with the “blind” part removed.

    • TJ

      This is excellent! Thanks so much!

      Please keep this on the front page where we can find it.

    • scorbs

      Another item: In his first foreign policy excursion, he got involved with Odinga his cousin in Kenya resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths. Dick Morris was sent over there, gave bad advice as usual, and the resulting disputed election led to bloodshed.

    • TeakWoodKite

      A 16 count indictment. Very well organized and documented. Great read>

      “Obama now keeps a rep at Rezko’s trial every day to monitor testimony.”

      A criminal attorney? or? what is it that he worried about? Same guy or from a firm?

      With a dozen tariff suspension bills to his name, Obama stands out as the most prolific of any Democratic presidential hopeful on the topic.”

      Which companies got suspensions and which lobbying firms were involved? Axelrod won’t be far away. And what is up Obama and trusts? How many trusts has he gone through in the last 10 years?

    • Patrick Henry

      Roger that Teakwood..

      This is well put together and reasearched..

      Teakwood..Did you ever read an article called “OBAMA and ME..by Todd Spivak..” Google it..You find some answers there…

      Thanks MBolack……..Good Job..

      • TeakWoodKite

        Yea I thought that Todd Spivak was a real down to earth guy. We need more of ‘em.

    • Patrick Henry

      Make that” Barack Obama and Me..”

    • Retired

      If Obama is elected…keep him away from buttons, for God’s sake! With his inability to tell red from green and “go” from “no”, there’s not telling who he might accidentally launch a nuclear strike against.

      On the other hand, considering the complexity of that multi-line telephone in the Oval Office, perhaps he’ll conference White and Zawahiri together and they can have find some common ground in who they hate.

    • Patrick Henry

      If that wasn’t so sad..it would be funny..

      Reminds me of the Saturday Night Live Skit..

      Well..We are ALL Finding Common Ground..Eh..

    • rwc

      Excellent work!

      The picture it paints of Obama is that of a chameleon like man(who is seemingly for everyone and yet no one) who has no principles or morals who say anything and make alliances with anyone to get ahead.

      Not to mention being good friends with a racist and bigot of the first order.

      And endorsed by Farrahkan.

      Hardly a unifier more like a wolf in sheep’s clothing

      Not to mention being a serious security risk with all those “friends” and “mentors” of his.

      Nixon looks honest compared to him.

    • bert

      I hate to ask this becasue you all are so busy. But several folks brought up a couple of items that merit further research.

      On this thread: Karen Anderson mentioned that Obama’s anti-war speech is missing. Is this true? And is what we hear and see on TV ads a recreation? If so, that could be damaging.

      Also from this thread: Barb mentioned Obama’s visit to Kenya and problems that arose with a speech he made. I had heard something about that about four or five months ago. I heard he supported a relative’s tribe against the standing Kenyan governemnt, which we officially support. I understand State was not happy.

      If this created diplomatic problems for the U.S. then this incident could give more weight and credence to Hillary regarding her foreign expereince.

      Then on the Shape of Things to Come thread there is a link provided by Nobama about Wall Street funding Obama’s campaign (The Obama Bubble) in order to get a tax payer buy out of their housing bubble and other scandals plus no legal action taken against them. Obama is bought by Wall Street and is theirs. If nothing else, exposing all the corporate and lobbyist money driving his campaign would be good to have.

      Again, thanks for all you do.

    • http://DeeLee deelee

      If Michelle Obama was vice-president of Community Affairs and got a raise from $121,910.00 to $316,962.00 ($195,052.00 increase),can anybody find out what the University of Chicago Hospital paid the President of Community Affairs? And, what did she do to justify that much of a salary?, or was it a form of a kick-back?

      • TeakwoodKite

        was it a form of a kick-back?

        Yes. It quacks like a duck…doesn’t? University salaries are public information. It was not the only influence peddling scam MO was involved with.

    • Minniemom

      This is excellent! Thanks so much for your hard work. I am sending this to everyone I know. We should all send this to the SD’s and the MSM too . . . if for nothing else than to at least let them know that there are many of us who know what is going on and won’t be “bamboozled” by obama and the failure of the MSM to do their jobs. The more people that send this to them the more attention it will get!

    • Cyn NY

      Thank you for an excellent post. This couldn’t have been easy to put together with all of the various links and information. Your effort is very much appreciated.

    • Cyn NY

      I would also suggest that those with a blog put this on their front page and others should share with their email list. This is important.

    • tiffany

      I had to chuckle when i read what he said on Meet the Press. Obama really is a typical politician and anyone who does not believe it is in denial.
      Excellent post and I recommend it be sent to the MSM or out in the blogosphere.

    • Robert Earl Lewis

      Your piece of work is full of inuendoes which is characteristic of those of you in the Clinton campaign. You say that Hillary has been vetted by the media (which is a lie). Her ties to Shoo, who is now seving time in a federal prison, gave her, to our knowledge over $850,000, which she is suppose to give back. There is no mention of the court proceedings in California against the Clintons with Peter Paul. They put out the lies on Obama concerning NAFTA when in fact they are the ones who approached the Canadian people just before the Ohio primary. The Canadian government has since refuted that “Misinformation” the media has not published it. What about the financial ties the Clintons have with companies that are outsourcing American jobs to other countries? Their financial ties with oil companies and the monies she receives from the Health Care and Denfense Lobbyists. Concerning Obama’s church: Have you ever attended? I have, on many occasions over the past 30+ years. He does not preach racial hatred. He does speak against the injustices that the people in power (who happen to be RICH WHITE FOLKS not ordinary citizens of the country and the world). He warns America that it is on a road to destruction by the mistreatment of its people and others around the world much the same as the prophets of old warned the people in the Old Testament. He also tells us that if turn from our evil ways, God is merciful and would forgive us. You, like the other “spinmasters”, continue to hookwink the American public to keep us divided so you can continue to do what you do to maintain power over us. Let me tell you that, regardless of what happens in this political race, business will no longer be as usual because Obama has taken the sheep’s clothing off some of you wolves and we are beginning to question the whys! Why is there still such a racial and social economic divide in our nation? Why are we constantly played against each other when, in fact, we are in the same boat? Why does the rest of the world dislike us so? Why are we involved in the throwing over of sovereign governments for our own aggrandizement? Why is oil still our main energy source when alternatives were presented (and crushed), to my knowledge, over thirty years ago? What part do our politicans, the stock holders, and Big business play in our plight? Why? why? why? This stuff you present here is but a mere smoke screen to hide the REAL Problems of our day. I can tell by the responses you have received that it has been effective. I congratulate you on your eptness to “spin and hid” the real problems

      • Rob Gard

        TROLLERIFIC!!, moron

      • lifelong dem leaving party

        “shoo” -? shoo, troll.

    • Nancy

      Excellent work! The list is quite exhaustive when you see it all in one place. It just blows my mind that he’s such a prima donna to his followers, not to be questionad or critiqued. My ass. If I’m to even consider voting for him in November, I want to know everything. It’s stupid to vote with your eyes closed.

      What bothers me the most about Obamabots are how they refer to his candidacy as a “movement”. My ass. What will happen to all those starry-eyed bots when they finally realize that they’ve been fooled by a typical Chicago politician. Oh, the humanity!

      The past few days the media is busy wetting its’ pants over Hillary’s one faulty 14 yr old memory of a trip to Bosnia, but they can’t bring themselves to take an honest look at Prima Donna Obama, as you’ve done here. Keep up the great work, the rest of us will keep reading, and trying to spread the word.

      • Rob Gard

        And like other “movements”, when you flush them with the facts, they just spin away down the ceramic fixture of history.

      • Janis

        Honestly — nothing will happen to them. They will continue to believe his garbage until the day they die. People can be remarkably resistent to admitting that they were completely made fools of and taken advantage of. ESPECIALLY when the stakes are so high.

    • http://www.thecjpoliticalreport.com/mysite.rss.txt Halli Casser-Jayne

      Actually, this should be sent to the Obama Campaign with a demand for answers. It should be sent with a signed list of collaborating website owners and with a time constraint for the answers. A press release should be sent out to MSM so it becomes a media event. We’re onboard over at THE CJ POLITICAL REPORT @ http://www.thecjpoliticalreport.com. Halli

    • mostest

      #6. Grates me the most.

      The MSM and the “alpha male” so called progressive blogs are all over Hillary’s first lady papers. Looking for stain marks, I guess. But not once has any MSM (that I am aware of) mentioned Obama’s lack of proeduction of his state senate papers. Not once has any MSM (that I am aware of) has highlighted Hillary’s First Lady papers and then stated that Obama has yet to release his state senate papers as requested by Chicago papers. Not Once!

      Also, how the “alpha male” so called progressive blogs have hammered Hill on her Kyle Lieberman resolution vote but never mentioned Obama did not vote at all. The Obamabots are quick to supply an explanation but Hill’s explanation for actually taking a stand and voting is ignored.

      This is why I am a Hillary supporter.

    • Kathy

      Have we ever seen a doctor’s report on Obama or Hillary? Don’t they usually have to submit a public report before the election?

    • Paul V

      Barack Obama is a liar,,,

      To all
      Obama speech ,,,, Not sure if you caught Not only did Obama,,, Refuses to denounce him,, but even More,, He say in his own words,,,
      Barack Obama was in church when Jeremiah Wright,, was spewing Anti-American, Racist ism ,,,, Those were his own words,,, barack was there
      After going on keith Oberman ,Show obama said he would denounce that if he heard that language he would leave and not tolerate it , and denounce it
      After he went on MSNBC,, he went on FOX CNN ABC< all the news station saying he was never there,,, in his church when he said these things,,
      But Now today during his speech,,He states flat out Say’s HE was there,,, Last week Barack Obama Lied,, went on all the news stations, and Lied,,
      But your not reporting that,,,, You can rest assure,,, cnn ,,, Fox , ABC,,, Msnbc,, are getting more on this ,,, they will be reporting on this, and we will see
      If you chose to report, Obama Lying on tv,,, If this was Hilary clinton lying and caught lying on all the new station,,, you can be sure,, you would talk about it every hour
      people will be on your station debating this,,,, people analysing , if it is hilary clinton but it was not her it was Barack Obama, ,, it bad enought He lied, about being in church
      With Jeremiah Write, when he said these anti american ,,,,,and still refuse to denounce him…all the news agency want to do is speak on how good his speech was,
      Not that he lied,,, Last week on all the news agency ,, He was never there today in how own speech He say I was there,,,,should play all Obama videos from last week
      stating he was not there,,, or heard any of the anti-american Jeremiah Write, said in his churc then play his speech today saying he was there and he did hear him in church and refuse to denounce Jeremiah Write,,,

    • Paul V

      Well MSNBC doing it again,,,I see Bill Oreilly,, “Oh I mean Keith Oberman who acting like Bill Oreilly”
      OutRage, just out rage,,, about OBama Passport,,, He more up set about it than Michelle Obama..
      Get a grip,, Everyone know you have this love feast with Obama,, but know as Always Billo ops I meant Keith.
      Speaking out of term again,, It no just Obama Passport,, it Hilary McCain. Barack .
      But Of course in your eyes , it only going to be about Obama try to make the public,,, give only him
      Sympathy ,,, You’ve always wrong lately,, Your not wrong about bill OReilly maybe you should just stick with him..

      LOOK at the blunder you did with your special comments on Hilary and Ferarro… how she was out of line for her comments
      But when Obama Racist pastor does something or its a different story,,a man he knew for 20 year,, not only did he lie on your
      Station,,, saying he never Heard those remarks or ever hearing him saying those remarks,,, then he came out a week later say yes he was in church when he said some remarks,,,and then he will not denounce Jeremiah Wright ,,, Yet he He did say last year, Imus should get fired for those remark against the woman basket ball team,,, but Jeremiah Wrights comment are alot worst,,, And still yet Billo Oberman, Now he is saying,,, talking about his grand mother, she a Typical white woman,,,, all the racism coming from Obama camp.
      Obama want to unite everyone ,,, it will happen but not by Obama,,, the Obama camp been on CNN and Msnbc & Fox saying if the Super Delegate give Hilary the delegates, The obama Voters are going to vote for McCain,, Well that a big to blog out there,,, Most of us are learning from the Obama camp,,, If Obama wins the Primary,,, Hilary voter will vote for McCain, ,,,What goes around comes around,,, there many blogs on this,,,Why don’t MSNBC Just call them selfs MSNBC Barack Obama head Quarters.who who will be the main Anchor,, Billo Oberman. The Worst Person in The World,

    • Paul V

      Bill Richardson,,,
      Is 1 delegate,,, after his interview,,, then bill oberman told him what clinton said word for word ,,, Richard tried to change what bill clinton said,, and tried to make it more about race,, Then later on the show ,, Richardson,,, He voting for Barack Obama because,,,it what the voter want,,,, That is so funny,,,for Richardson to say that,, Since Hilary clinton won his state of new mexico,, the people have spoken,,, and he saying someithing completely different,, You can bet assure,,, he not going to get re-elected,, Hope he made that back door dealing with Obama,, ,,,

    • Andy

      MBolack: this is an excellent post. You should cross post it everywhere and send it to the media at large.
      It is sobering to read like that: what a snapshot …
      Thank you for all the hard work.

    • mbolack

      Thanks, everyone, for your kind words.
      Frankly, getting this done put me quite a bit behind on my day-to-day work. So, how’s this? Anyone interested has my permission to submit the “Barack I-Didn’t-Know Obama” post anywhere you think it will do some good.
      I am already starting to keep notes for a revision/addition to it, often based on the ideas you have mentioned. But it will be a few days. In the meantime, maybe getting this around will open a few eyes.

    • bert

      MBolak Susan or larry -

      Just caught this over at Taylor Marsh. Did any one here know this? Am I the only person in the world who does not know this?

      There’s also this beauty from the same piece by Lynn Sweet: … .. Several direct-mail pieces issued for Obama’s primary campaign said he was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He is not. He is a senior lecturer (now on leave) at the school. In academia, there is a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter. … ..

    • Athy

      Mr Johnson,
      Thank you so much for this very valuable information (both your comments & links to your source material).

      Here is another link that your readers might find informative. I have also passed on your link here to
      them. It is important that the voters have opportunity to research the candidates.We need to share information with each other.
      Through your work, you are helping us to do this.

      There is too much at stake in this election.

      http://www.stop-obama.org/?page_id=8#comment-2109

      It has been so difficult to research information about Sen Obama.

      Thank you so much for your important work.

    • Athy

      My apologies MBolack-
      You are the author of this excellent article. Our
      sincere thanks go to you and Mr Johnson…
      Thank you for giving us permission to pass on your work…

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    • LLw

      You could write a similar article with links and paint the same picture with any candidate.

    • Athy

      http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_oil_spill.html

      “Obama’s Oil Spill” 3/31/08
      Obama says he doesn’t take money from oil companies. We say that’s a little too slick.
      Summary
      In a new ad, Obama says, “I don’t take money from oil companies.”

      Technically, that’s true, since a law that has been on the books for more than a century prohibits corporations from giving money directly to any federal candidate. But that doesn’t distinguish Obama from his rivals in the race.

      We find the statement misleading:Obama has accepted more than $213,000 from individuals who work for companies in the oil and gas industry and their spouses. Two of Obama’s bundlers are top executives at oil companies and are listed on his Web site as raising between $50,000 and $100,000 for the presidential hopeful.
      This Factcheck expose is an excellent example of what the Columbia Journalism Review author reported on:
      Sen Obama has accused Sen Clinton of soliciting $ from lobbyists and stating how this is not ethical�
      See how Sen Obama receives lobbyists” money- he hides it well.

      http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/obamas_lobbyist_line.php

      “A “more complicated truth” on campaign contributions” , by Trudy Lieberman 2/15/08 , Columbia Journalism Review. Article describes how Sen Obama was able to receive “cloaked” lobbyist money. The lobbyists contributed to funds being collected by their industry or company “so $ was lumped together under a different category-. This is why people need to ask the tough questions. Check out the author”s credentials.

    • Athy

      Please tell me who was playing games here with the DNC ruling not to campaign in states that have not been authorized…Sen Obama got caught…

      http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/01/obama_is_first_democratic_cand.php

      Obama Is First Democratic Candidate to Advertise Nationally By Ira Teinowitz 1/21/08 TV Week

      http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/clinton-says-obamas-national-ad-buy-violates-fla.-pledge-2008-01-21.html

      Clinton campaign: Obama is violating Florida ban
      By Aaron Blake 1/21/08
      “The campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on Monday accused Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) of knowingly breaking a pledge not to campaign in Florida by paying for cable TV ads that reach households there.”

      http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/29/clinton_thanks_florida_voters.html

      Clinton Thanks Florida Voters by Anne E. Kornblut

      “DAVIE, Fla. — After winning Florida’s non-binding Democratic primary, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton thanked Florida voters for their support. “I could not come here to ask in person for your votes, but I am here to thank you for your votes today,”

      http://video1.washingtontimes.com/bellantoni/2008/01/team_clinton_obama_violates_ea_1.html

      National Obama ad that ran in Florida

    • Athy

      False Information About Sen Obama’s Legislative Record Has Been Refuted…

      http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/substance_abuse.html

      Substance Abuse
      April 1, 2008
      A widely forwarded e-mail claims that Obama’s bills are more substantive and numerous than Clinton’s.

      Don’t believe it.

      Summary

      A misleading e-mail has been making the rounds, alleging that Clinton has fewer legislative accomplishments than Obama, and that they are less substantive. We’ve had questions about it from a number of readers, and blogs have jumped into the fray. So what’s the real story on the Senate careers of the Democratic presidential candidates?
      We find that the e-mail is false in almost every particular:

      • It sets up a face-off between apples and, well, broccoli, comparing only the Clinton-sponsored bills that became law with all bills sponsored or cosponsored by Obama, whether they were signed into law or not.

      • It includes legislation Obama sponsored in the Illinois state Senate, a very different legislative body.

      • It tells us that Obama has sponsored more legislation than Clinton, when in fact he has sponsored less.

      • It implies that Obama has passed more bills into law than Clinton, when the opposite is true.
      Contrary to the e-mail’s assertions, Clinton’s and Obama’s contributions are not qualitatively different, and quantitatively, Clinton has the edge. For more details-visit website listed above.
      Also, read these 3 articles for more indepth analysis about particular bills worked on by Sen Obama- his efforts have sabatoged these bills that were supposed to help the middle class and working families.

      http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/The_Obama_Craze_Count_Me_Out_5413.html

      Beyondchron.org, The Obama Craze: Count Me out ” by Matt Gonzalez 2/27/08

      http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080211/fraser

      The Nation, “Subprime Obama” by Max Fraser 1/24/08 Post 2/11/08 issue

      http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2008/03/i-am-barack-obama.html

      Mother Jones, ” I am Barack Obama” by Mark Winston Griffith 3/17/08

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factcheck.org information ABOUT Factcheck.org

    • http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/29/718285.aspx youradickhead

      Sen. Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show.

      The federal government has accused the Illinois management consulting firm, International Profit Associates, or IPA, of a brazen pattern of sexual harassment including “sexual assaults,” “degrading anti-female language” and “obscene suggestions.”

      In a 2001 lawsuit full of lurid details, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims that 103 women employees at IPA were victimized for years. The civil case is ongoing, and IPA vigorously denies the allegations.

      “This is by far, hands down, the worst case I’ve ever experienced,” said Diane Smason, one of the EEOC lawyers handling the lawsuit. “Every woman there experienced sex harassment, they were part of a hostile work environment of sex harassment. And this occurred from the top down.”

      • Athy

        Hi DH,

        What’s your point here?

        The case is still open. This is America. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. She is not saying that she will not ever return it…

        http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/29/718285.aspx

        By Lisa Myers and Jim Popkin, NBC News 2/29/08
        Sen. Clinton accepts donations from troubled firm

        Clinton Campaign Response:

        Sen. Clinton’s spokesman, Howard Wolfson, told NBC News in a statement that the senator decided to keep the funds because the lawsuit is “ongoing” and because none of the sexual harassment allegations has been proven in court. “With regard to the pending harassment suit, as a general matter, the campaign assesses findings of fact in deciding whether to return contributions,” Wolfson said.
        Wolfson dismissed the notion that keeping IPA money reflected a lack of concern about sexual harassment. “Sen. Clinton is proud of her long record of championing women’s causes,” he said. “When the EEOC rules on the allegations involving Burgess, we will consider that outcome in assessing if there is any reason to return his contribution.” Of the $170,000 total in donations from all IPA officials and employees, Burgess and his family members personally contributed $16,000 to Sen. Clinton, campaign records show.

        “Other prominent Democrats also have returned IPA’s donations including Sen. Ted Kennedy and then-Senate candidate Claire McCaskill.

        On the same day in 2006, Sen. Barack Obama received $4,000 in campaign donations from a senior IPA official and his wife. Obama quickly returned $2,000 from the senior IPA official, campaign records show.

        But the campaign has held onto the matching $2,000 donation from the IPA official’s wife, the Obama campaign confirms.

        IPA Reaction:

        For its part, IPA vigorously denies any wrongdoing and said it has been fighting the EEOC lawsuit for more than six years. “Since a lawsuit was filed in June 2001, IPA has continually and consistently denied the allegations,” IPA spokeswoman Jennifer Cumbee wrote in an email to NBC News. “At IPA, we have zero tolerance approach when it comes to sexual harassment.”

    • http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/29/718285.aspx youradickhead

      foreign contributions are illegal. but clinton has accepted them so all of this Obama bashing has to stop. The Blogger on this site has nerve when he’s suping a known liar. How can you MISSPOKE something? She told that story on 3 separate occasions. She was well aware of what happened and what didn’t happen. She flat out out told lies. If you want to trust someone who was wrong about the war on Iraq, Told lies on numerous occasions, Supported NAFTA until she decided to run for president, lies about her experience, Takes money from from foreign contributors, and is currently hiding something in her taxes then be my.

    • Athy

      Hi DH,
      What’s your point here?

      The case is still open. This is America. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. She is not saying that she will not ever return it…

      http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/29/718285.aspx

      By Lisa Myers and Jim Popkin, NBC News 2/29/08

      Sen. Clinton accepts donations from troubled firm

      Clinton Campaign Response:

      Sen. Clinton’s spokesman, Howard Wolfson, told NBC News in a statement that the senator decided to keep the funds because the lawsuit is “ongoing” and because none of the sexual harassment allegations has been proven in court. “With regard to the pending harassment suit, as a general matter, the campaign assesses findings of fact in deciding whether to return contributions,” Wolfson said.

      Wolfson dismissed the notion that keeping IPA money reflected a lack of concern about sexual harassment. “Sen. Clinton is proud of her long record of championing women’s causes,” he said. “When the EEOC rules on the allegations involving Burgess, we will consider that outcome in assessing if there is any reason to return his contribution.” Of the $170,000 total in donations from all IPA officials and employees, Burgess and his family members personally contributed $16,000 to Sen. Clinton, campaign records show.

      “Other prominent Democrats also have returned IPA’s donations including Sen. Ted Kennedy and then-Senate candidate Claire McCaskill.

      On the same day in 2006, Sen. Barack Obama received $4,000 in campaign donations from a senior IPA official and his wife.

      Obama quickly returned $2,000 from the senior IPA official, campaign records show.

      But the campaign has held onto the matching $2,000 donation from the IPA official’s wife, the Obama campaign confirms.

      IPA Reaction:
      For its part, IPA vigorously denies any wrongdoing and said it has been fighting the EEOC lawsuit for more than six years. “Since a lawsuit was filed in June 2001, IPA has continually and consistently denied the allegations,” IPA spokeswoman Jennifer Cumbee wrote in an email to NBC News. “At IPA, we have zero tolera http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/24/barack-i-didnt-know-obama/#comment-176158nce approach when it comes to sexual harassment.”

    • Athy

      Some more interesting news:

      http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=a9Iwr1aLiyzw&pid=20601070

      Obama Wins Backing of 9/11 Commission Co-Chairman Lee Hamilton by Julianna Goldman 4/2/08

      Is this the man currently serving on Pres. Bush’s Homeland Security Council; the same man who, as Chair of the Select Committee To Investigate Arms Transactions with Iran-chose NOT TO INVESTIGATE PRES. G.H.W.Bush or Pres. Reagan because he felt it would not be good for the country;

      So much for transparency and accountability in government-right Sen Obama?.

      Hamilton, who co-chaired the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
      (BTW ask how many citizens still think the govt is not telling us the whole truth about 9/11)
      and headed the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

      He and James Baker co-chaired The Iraq Study group (ISG), also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission.

      This Commission was created by the United States Congress, to assess the situation in Iraq and the US-led Iraq War and make policy recommendations.

      Critics of the ISG’s final report say the study focused too much on Iraqi oil and so they concluded that the Iraq Study Group would extend the Iraq War until American oil companies have guaranteed legal access to all of Iraq’s oil fields.

      Iraqi President Jalal Talabani called the group’s conclusions “very dangerous” to Iraq’s sovereignty and constitution, according to CNN. “As a whole, I reject this report,” Talabani said.

      http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/10/iraq.main/index.html

      Iraq president rejects Baker-Hamilton report 12/11/06

      Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected the Iraq Study Group’s report Sunday, calling it “very dangerous” to Iraq’s sovereignty and constitution.

      http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-juhasz8dec08,0,4717508.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail

      “It’s still about oil in Iraq” A centerpiece of the Iraq Study Group’s report is its advocacy for securing foreign companies’ long-term access to Iraqi oil fields. By Antonia Juhasz 12/8/06.

      Again, so much for transparency and accountability in gov’t…

      I wonder what Hamilton will expect from Obama as payback in case Obama wins the election?

      Sen Obama ALWAYS pays back – ask Sen Lieberman.

    • Athy

      Well-researched, well-documented investigative report…

      http://www.stop-obama.org/?p=476

      “Professor” Obama, Rascist Media, and Obama Supporters in Rut” 4/1/08 by Juanita Gonzales

      An excerpt:

      While America’s Clean Black darling has stopped calling himself a Professor, the first thing you get when you Google “Professor” and “Obama” are just these sources, with their unanimous verdicts that Obama was indeed a Professor. This is the work of the University of Chicago’s appallingly mendacious statement,

      http://www.law.uchicago.edu/media/index.html whose results have now permeated the media.

      http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/03/professor_obama.html

      How convenient, that Hussein’s better half, has been an Associate Dean

      http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/960606/obama.shtml at the University since 1996 and a Vice President for community and external Affairs

      http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2005/20050509-obama.html
      at the University Hospital since 2005. How convenient, that one of Borack’s peers at the University of Chicago happens to be one of his political patrons, Abner Mikva,

      http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/mikva
      who runs the University’s Legal Aid Clinic and writes pro-Obama screeds

      http://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/mikva-021608/index.html

      prominently domesticated on the University server.

      Convenient but hardly as wonderful as one of the Universities Trustees being non other than Thomas Pritzker
      http://trustees.uchicago.edu/
      whose sister is Obama’s Finance Chair.

      http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/01/sweet_blog_scoop_penny_pritzke.html

      Thoma’s pro-Obama bias is well known, as he features among Obama’s billionaire http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=IL&last=Pritzker&first=Thomas
      donors

      http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/867973,CST-NWS-sweet30.article

      No ‘Professor’ Obama at U. of C. TAUGHT CLASSES | Political flap over his precise law school title by Lynn Sweet, Sun-Times Columnist , 3/30/08

    • mbolack

      Thanks again for your kind words. I’m working on additions and revisions to this, and hope to have more up next week. In the meantime, please don’t take comments made by anyone who calls himself “imadickhead” too seriously. Unfortunately, that name speaks for itself.

    • Athy

      Update about what REALLY happened with NAFTA and the Canadian embassy…and how Obama dealing with it…

      CTV News

      http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080227/dems_nafta_080227/20080227?hub=CTVNewsAt11
      The controversy began last week when CTV, a Canadian television network, reported that an Obama official had called the Canadian ambassador in Washington to play down the significance of Mr. Obama’s criticism of Nafta.

      http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/politics/04nafta.html?_r=2&st=cse&sq=obama+nafta&scp=9&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
      The Obama campaign and the Canadian Embassy issued denials that were, it appears, technically accurate. But they were incomplete because they did not address Mr. Goolsbee’s meeting with Canadian officials.
      When WKYC-TV in Ohio asked Mr. Obama about the CTV report, he said:
      “I don’t have to clarify it.
      The Canadian Embassy already clarified it by saying the story was not true.
      And our office has said the story was not.
      And so I think it’s important for viewers to understand that it was not true.”
      When pressed, he said, “It did not happen.”

      Memo published by New York Times

      http://www.nytimes.com/images/promos/politics/blog/20070303canmemo.pdf

      Now, Obama is lying about what may have happened and Obama supporters are ‘pushing’ this lie as truth on blogs. Here is 1 story hitting the blogs…

      “Canadian Consulate in Chicago reached out to an econ professor at the U of Chicago (Goolsbee)-who happens to be an Obama advisor. U of Chicago professor comes to visit but doesn’t think enough of it to tell the campaign. Consulate scribe writes a disputable interpretation of the conversation. Disputed interpretation gets leaked by Conservative Party (~Canada’s GOP) PM’s office in a way that makes the actual conversation difficult to identify since the purported speaker doesn’t remember making those comments and the details of the conversation didn’t match the initial description provided:”

      My response….
      Hmmmm…..
      This is the second time that I can recall where Sen Obama claims that he did not know that someone from his campaign made a ‘high-level’ controversial visit to foreign govt but the campaign staff member….f o r g o t ….to tell Obama….

      http://www.nysun.com/article/71123
      The New York Sun 2/12/08 “Obama Adviser Leads Delegation to Damascus By Eli Lake Supposidly Sen. Obama had no idea that ZB, one of his foreign advisors at the time, was making a trip to Syria several weeks ago???

      ZB…forget to tell Obama? U of Chicago professor…forget to tell Obama?…….What’s wrong with this picture?

    • karen for Clinton

      There are so many things wrong with Obama that one of the things that particularly peeved me isn’t mentioned above: Exelon (reported about excellently in the New York Times.) The bill was written in March and it was watered down but the nuclear waste in his constituents drinking water was forgotten about and he wheeled and dealed with them.

      Clinton signed on in Sept. to Obama’s bill, because she was having issues with Indian Point at the time. See her senate page on Indian Point for the old articles related to this matter.

      The Nuclear plant Rezko wanted to build in Iran is somehow tied to Obama’s nuke buddies too.

      His history is all one big circle of filth.

      His fabrication based books too. See Hazel Johnson.

      And his prior senate races, Alice Palmer and running uncontested. See Chicago Tribune on his races.

      I agree with the poster that thinks he will end up in jail. He is past due for his fitting for an orange jumpsuit.

    • Elise MacDonald

      Wow. Looks like the rumors you’re digging up regarding Obama outweigh Clinton’s outright repeated lies regarding Bosnia, at least in your mind.

      I’m sure the actual soldiers dodging sniper fire in Iraq are *really* loving her stories.

      http://kitchensink08.blogspot.com/

    • Carolina

      Retired Enlisted Association: our veterans

      Obama – 12%,

      Hillary – 41%

      Our retired veterans are supporting Hillary in mass.

    • Carolina

      Obama in the end you will be going:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsljOR1KFso

    • Athy

      Sen Obama Sponsors Bill dealing with Blackwater and other private contractors…

      Thanks…but no thanks…

      http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080331/scahill (BTW, Excellent publication)

      Blackwater Seeps into the Campaign by Jeremy Scahill, posted online 3/18/08.

      In February 2007, Obama introduced contractor reform and oversight legislation that has become the Democrats’ major plan in the Congress.

      Scahill says legislation would give private military industry tremendous PR victory. The companies could finally claim that legally accountable structure governed their operations, yet they would be well aware that such legislation would be nearly impossible to enforce. Perhaps that is why industry has passionately backed this approach” Scahill.

      Sen Clinton supports banning private contractors altogether but Scahill says not enough.

      http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/28/amy_goodman_questions_sen_obama_on

      Obama sponsored Private contractor legislation-however many view as “toothless tiger” because no way to monitor actions of private contractors.

      Recent investigations into Obama”s legislative record (introduction, support, passage of bills) leaves many scratching heads because bills appear to be “gutted” with regards to helping citizens versus the corporations . Blackwater bill is example.

      http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/The_Obama_Craze_Count_Me_Out_5413.html

      Beyondchron.org, The Obama Craze: Count Me out ” by Matt Gonzalez 2/27/08

      http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080211/fraser
      The Nation, “Subprime Obama” by Max Fraser 1/24/08 Post 2/11/08 issue

      http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2008/03/i-am-barack-obama.html
      Mother Jones, ” I am Barack Obama” by Mark Winston Griffith 3/17/08

    • Athy

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxDwv-G3YYg&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlie-rose/my-conversation-with-davi_b_95121.html

      Mr Charlie Rose,
      Instead of asking David Axelrod about the horserace with respects to campaign strategies, I wish…I really really wish you could have asked him the following questions:

      1- Mr Axelrod, is it true that Sen Obama hired you because your specialty is getting black candidates elected by causing ‘race issues’ to pop up in each campaign. Is it true that using the race card is a major Obama campaign strategy so that Sen Obama can divide the voters and then scoop up the angry black votes and sympathetic white votes?

      Mr Axelrod, please comment on what these 2 articles say about the intentional race baiting that Obama
      campaign is engaged in?

      http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=aa0cd21b-0ff2-4329-88a1-69c6c268b304

      The New Republic, “Race Man” by Sean Wilentz.

      http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070219/hayes

      “Obama”s Media Maven” by Chrisptoher Hayes. 2/19/08 issue

      2- Mr Axelrod , is it true that you are involved with another company that works for corporate clients in helping shape public opinion about the company. Who are clients of this other company? Many have accused you of conflict of interest. Any comments? Also, what do you think about the fact that Illinois does not require public-affairs firms to register as lobbyists unless they seek to influence officeholders directly. Doesn’t this go against principles of transparency? Doesn’t this hurt the Illinois citizens while help the corporations doing business there? Why do you think Sen Obama allows this situation to exist?

      http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2008/db20080314_121054.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily

      Businessweek, “The Secret Side of David Axelrod -The master of “Astroturfing: has a second firm that shapes public opinion for corporations- by Howard Wolinsky 3/14/08

    • Athy

      http://mediamatters.org/items/200804040007?lid=210162&rid=6329027

      With a wildly off-base prediction record, Morris said Hillary Clinton “might have some trouble … getting re-elected senator from New York”
      Summary: On The O’Reilly Factor, Dick Morris claimed that Hillary Clinton “might have some trouble, though, getting re-elected senator from New York, particularly if the blacks give her a primary fight.” Morris has made previous predictions about Clinton that have proved wildly off the mark.
      I do not respect anything Dick Morris says about the Clintons.

      Morris that had to resign from the Bill Clinton in 1996 because of affairs that he was involved with a prostitute. Is this the same Morris who had been listed by the Morris’ failure to pay his income taxes. The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services as the seventh-largest delinquent taxpayer for 2007. Morris is known as a brilliant strategist however, his integrity his highly questionable.

      According to Howard Kurtz, 2/3/99 Washington Post article, Morris, “After two decades as one of President Clinton’s closest friends and advisers” he turned on Clinton with a vengeance.
      This is the man who is accused of “spilling his guts” to the public about personal family matters, financial matters, political matters of the Clinton family while he worked for Pres. Clinton.

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/morris020399.htm

      http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19960902,00.html Before the scandal

      http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19960909,00.html

      Voters, PLEASE check the following links for information about questionable attacks on Sen Clinton and MORE UNANSWERED questions that are being neglected by the Main Street Media.
      Issues that need to be discussed about Sen Obama.

      http://www.stop-obama.org/?page_id=8

      http://www.stop-obama.org/

      http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/24/barack-i-didnt-know-obama/#more-1919

    • Sharin Bowers

      Dear Larry,

      Where would we be without your fact-checking. Thank you for all the research.

      I am wondering if you know when Hillary Clinton first came out against the war? The date? Was it about the same time as Obama, before or after? This is being discussed at DU and daily kos and everywhere and I have tried to find it and cannot. I really need some help.

      Thank you,
      Sharin Bowers
      CA

    • Vero

      Great article! I wonder how we can forward this to all of the States that still need to vote.

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