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Obama Lying by Omission
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The latest attack ad from Barack Obama on John McCain criticizes McCain for accepting donations from “big oil” and voting for legislation that benefits the oil companies.
The Obama attack ad finishes by saying, “After one President in the pocket of big oil, we can’t afford another.”
But what was most interesting about the advertisement was what Obama didn’t say.
You see, the way he negatively characterized John McCain could just as easily describe Obama and his dealings with the oil companies.
“Barack Obama’s latest negative attack ad shows his celebrity is matched only by his hypocrisy,” McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement. He claimed that Obama himself has taken nearly $400,000 in contributions from employees of oil and natural gas companies, and added that Obama voted yes on a 2005 energy bill that gave tax breaks to oil companies, a measure that McCain rejected, according to NationalJournal.com.
So, I guess by the logic of Senator Obama, he is also “in the pocket of big oil.”
Obama’s Ludacris Politics
The eleventh installment of RedHatBlueHat featured Mike Allen, Shawn Collins, Todd Crawford, Jeff Doak, Sam Harrelson, and Tim Jones (until a storm knocked him off).
This installment tackled the latest song to drop by rapper Ludacris in honor of Obama, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska facing a seven-count indictment accusing him of accepting financial gifts that weren’t reported on his financial disclosure forms, and the rumors of a John Edwards love child.
The modest growth of the U.S. economy for the second quarter was debated, as well as a heated discussion on the torture of terrorists.
The RedHatBlueHat crew also talks about whether they’d like to have a beer with Barack Obama or John McCain, the issue of Obama cancelling a visit to wounded U.S. troops in Germany, and what there is to like about John McCain.
Finally, the chat turned to whether polls are accurate at this point, and speculation over Vice-President prospects on both sides.
Episode 11 runs 75 minutes of ludicrous political banter.
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McCain Leads Obama in Rasmussen Poll
The Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Barack Obama and John McCain in a dead heat with 44% of the vote each, according to Rasmussen.
However, when “leaners” are included, it’s McCain 47% and Obama 46%.
Last week at this time, Obama was up by three-percentage points and the candidates were even among unaffiliated voters.
As of today, John McCain leads 52% to 37% among unaffiliateds.
But look on the bright side, Obama supporters, he would win if he were running for the Prince of Berlin.
Obama Flip Flops and Now Favors Off-Shore Drilling?
Barack Obama stated yesterday he would be willing to open Florida’s coast for more oil drilling, according to the Palm Beach Post.
Back in June 2008, Obama stated, “We can’t drill our way out of the problem.”
Yet now he’s open to drilling our way out of the problem?
In his interview with The Palm Beach Post, Obama stated, “My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices.”
I guess Obama had some time to reflect on the announcement by President George W. Bush, on July 14, 2008, that he would lift the ban on offshore drilling.
After the announcement from President Bush indicated to the world that the U.S. was prepared to take action on the escalating gas prices, the prices of crude oil plummeted.
Crude oil had traded as high as $147 a barrel on July 11. This month, crude oil was at $124.08 a barrel.
So basically, Obama is on the same page with Bush and McCain now?
Barack Obama is The One
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” - Barack Obama
Barack Obama is Adored Worldwide
Barack Obama is the biggest celebrity in the world. But does Obama have what it takes to be President of the United States?
The Obama Theme by Ludacris
Rapper Ludacris, who Barack Obama likes to listen to on his iPod, has a new ditty called “Politics: Obama Is Here,” where he lashes out at Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and President Bush.
Very progressive and artistic lyrics referring to Hillary as a bit** and Bush as mentally handicapped, as well as musing “McCain don’t belong in ANY chair unless he’s paralyzed.”
Here are the lyrics to Ludacris’ ode to hatred and divisiveness:
I’m back on it like I just signed my record deal
yeah the best is here, the Bentley Coup paint is dripping wet, it got sex appeal
never should have hated
you never should’ve doubted him
with a slot in the president’s iPod Obama shattered ‘em
Said I handled his biz and I’m one of his favorite rappers
Well give Luda a special pardon if I’m ever in the slammer
Better yet put him in office, make me your vice president
Hillary hated on you, so that b^$&%* is irrelevant
Jesse talking slick and apologizing for what?
if you said it then you meant it how you want it have a gut!
and all you other politicians trying to hate on my man,
watch us win a majority vote in every state on my man
you can’t stop what’s bout to happen, we bout to make history
the first black president is destined and it’s meant to be
the threats ain’t fazing us, the nooses or the jokes
so get off your ass, black people, it’s time to get out and vote!
paint the White House black and I’m sure that’s got ‘em terrified
McCain don’t belong in ANY chair unless he’s paralyzed
Yeah I said it cause Bush is mentally handicapped
Ball up all of his speeches and I throw em like candy wrap
cause what you talking I hear nothing even relevant
and you the worst of all 43 presidents
get out and vote or the end will be near
the world is ready for change because Obama is here!
cause Obama is here
The world is ready for change because Obama is here!
So Obama, is this one on your iPod?
Update: the Obama camp condemns the song, according to Ben Smith at Politico.com.
McCain Takes 4 Point Lead Over Obama
The USA Today/Gallup revealed the results yesterday of their latest poll where John McCain is leading Barack Obama by four points.
The tally has John McCain at 49 percent to Obama’s 45 percent among likely voters.
Last month, the same poll had McCain trailing by six points to the neophyte U.S. senator.
So, expect the Obama camp to say polls don’t matter (unless another one comes out where he’s leading).
The John McCain Op-Ed the New York Times Refused to Run
The New York Times has refused to publish an Op-Ed piece by John McCain, which was a direct rebuttal to Barack Obama’s ‘My Plan for Iraq’ essay, which ran in the New York Times less than a week ago, according to the Drudge Report.
According to the McCain campaign, the submission was rejected, because McCain would not include a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.
Here is the editorial that John McCain submitted to the New York Times:
In January 2007, when General David Petraeus took command in Iraq, he called the situation “hard” but not “hopeless.” Today, 18 months later, violence has fallen by up to 80% to the lowest levels in four years, and Sunni and Shiite terrorists are reeling from a string of defeats. The situation now is full of hope, but considerable hard work remains to consolidate our fragile gains.
Progress has been due primarily to an increase in the number of troops and a change in their strategy. I was an early advocate of the surge at a time when it had few supporters in Washington. Senator Barack Obama was an equally vocal opponent. “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there,” he said on January 10, 2007. “In fact, I think it will do the reverse.”
Now Senator Obama has been forced to acknowledge that “our troops have performed brilliantly in lowering the level of violence.” But he still denies that any political progress has resulted.
Perhaps he is unaware that the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has recently certified that, as one news article put it, “Iraq has met all but three of 18 original benchmarks set by Congress last year to measure security, political and economic progress.” Even more heartening has been progress that’s not measured by the benchmarks. More than 90,000 Iraqis, many of them Sunnis who once fought against the government, have signed up as Sons of Iraq to fight against the terrorists. Nor do they measure Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki’s new-found willingness to crack down on Shiite extremists in Basra and Sadr City—actions that have done much to dispel suspicions of sectarianism.
The success of the surge has not changed Senator Obama’s determination to pull out all of our combat troops. All that has changed is his rationale. In a New York Times op-ed and a speech this week, he offered his “plan for Iraq” in advance of his first “fact finding” trip to that country in more than three years. It consisted of the same old proposal to pull all of our troops out within 16 months. In 2007 he wanted to withdraw because he thought the war was lost. If we had taken his advice, it would have been. Now he wants to withdraw because he thinks Iraqis no longer need our assistance.
To make this point, he mangles the evidence. He makes it sound as if Prime Minister Maliki has endorsed the Obama timetable, when all he has said is that he would like a plan for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops at some unspecified point in the future.
Senator Obama is also misleading on the Iraqi military’s readiness. The Iraqi Army will be equipped and trained by the middle of next year, but this does not, as Senator Obama suggests, mean that they will then be ready to secure their country without a good deal of help. The Iraqi Air Force, for one, still lags behind, and no modern army can operate without air cover. The Iraqis are also still learning how to conduct planning, logistics, command and control, communications, and other complicated functions needed to support frontline troops.
No one favors a permanent U.S. presence, as Senator Obama charges. A partial withdrawal has already occurred with the departure of five “surge” brigades, and more withdrawals can take place as the security situation improves. As we draw down in Iraq, we can beef up our presence on other battlefields, such as Afghanistan, without fear of leaving a failed state behind. I have said that I expect to welcome home most of our troops from Iraq by the end of my first term in office, in 2013.
But I have also said that any draw-downs must be based on a realistic assessment of conditions on the ground, not on an artificial timetable crafted for domestic political reasons. This is the crux of my disagreement with Senator Obama.
Senator Obama has said that he would consult our commanders on the ground and Iraqi leaders, but he did no such thing before releasing his “plan for Iraq.” Perhaps that’s because he doesn’t want to hear what they have to say. During the course of eight visits to Iraq, I have heard many times from our troops what Major General Jeffrey Hammond, commander of coalition forces in Baghdad, recently said: that leaving based on a timetable would be “very dangerous.”
The danger is that extremists supported by Al Qaeda and Iran could stage a comeback, as they have in the past when we’ve had too few troops in Iraq. Senator Obama seems to have learned nothing from recent history. I find it ironic that he is emulating the worst mistake of the Bush administration by waving the “Mission Accomplished” banner prematurely.
I am also dismayed that he never talks about winning the war—only of ending it. But if we don’t win the war, our enemies will. A triumph for the terrorists would be a disaster for us. That is something I will not allow to happen as president. Instead I will continue implementing a proven counterinsurgency strategy not only in Iraq but also in Afghanistan with the goal of creating stable, secure, self-sustaining democratic allies.
So much for objectivity from the mainstream media.
Iraq Leader Maliki Doesn’t Support Obama’s Withdrawal Plans
German magazine Spiegel published a quote that indicated Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki thought Barack Obama’s 16 month time frame for a withdrawal from Iraq is the right one.
However, a spokesman for al-Maliki said his remarks “were misunderstood, mistranslated and not conveyed accurately,” according to CNN.com.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the possibility of troop withdrawal was based on the continuance of security improvements, echoing statements that the White House made Friday after a meeting between al-Maliki and U.S. President Bush.
So, despite the excited reports by the mainstream media that Maliki is on the same page as Obama, he’s actually in line with the John McCain strategy.
