Alternate title: “Barack Obama scares the hell out of me, and it’s not because he’s a black man.” A quick round-up (more to come) of the recent lies and distortions by the Obama campaign.
In response to the firestorm over Obama’s comment to “Joe the Plumber,” the campaign has declared that plumbers do not make $250,000/year, and therefore, Joe is a lying weasel whose personal business ought to be spread about the country. (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.) First distortion of the day: Joe never siad that he makes a quarter-million a year; he said that he was considering purchasing a business which pulls in approximately that amount of money. Sane people do not behave the same way when there are different incentives for their behaviour. Folks, we’ve already been down this road: rather than addressing the issues, Obama resorts to character-destroying smears.
During the debate, Obama claimed that he would like to outlaw late-term abortions, but believes in the validity of Roe. Let’s be real: Roe and its progeny forbid states from outlawing late term abortions, for any reason or no reason at all. States cannot impose an “undue burden” on a woman’s right to seek an abortion up through the sixth month of pregnancy; examples of such a burden include signing a piece of paper that one’s spouse has been notified of the abortion, or that the woman seeking the abortion is afraid to notify him. Obviously, if signing a piece of paper is too much an imposition on a “woman’s right to choose,” outlawing abortion at various stages of pregnancy would be, too.
Query how the constitutional law professor got it wrong. If that is supposed to be his speciality, and he messes it up, how are we to trust him with tying his shoelaces?
Besides, Obama justified his vote against the Born Alive Infants Protection Act on the grounds that it would interfere with abortion rights. BAIPA only applies to babies born as a result of late-term abortions; ergo, Barack, that consummate liar, said one thing in the Illionois State House (i.e. supporting late term abortions so much that he would not want to see doctors restrict their use of them based on the pesky requirement to give medical care to viable babies born after failed attempts at them), another thing at the debate (i.e. supporting the Constitution, which does not protect abortion rights after birth), and, yet a third thing at the debate (i.e. supporting restrictions on late-term abortions), all of which are mutually exclusive. Good going, Mr. Constitutional Law Scholar.
Obama also claimed that 100% of John McCain’s ads were negative. Coming from the person who, showing a remarkable lack of class, degraded the survivor of a saline abortion and mocked a war veteran for his injuries, this is a little rich to begin with. It’s also not true. The Boston Globe - hardly a bastion of conservatism - described McCain’s “first explicitly negative ad of the campaign.”
The only people defending Obama’s “100%” claim are those who cite very limited time frames, such as a week at the end of September. Maybe it’s just me, but there’s a big difference between running a week’s worth of negative ads and a campaign’s worth of negative ads. Then again, Barack is not a fan of the truth, nor of people who tell it.
Obama also stated that he would give tax cuts to “small businesses” and not “the richest corporations.” Folks, if you’re making $250,000/year - which is not out of the ordinary for small business owners - you’re going to see higher taxes under an Obama regime. Small businesses use a variety of methods to avoid double taxation (first on the corporate profits, then on those profits as they pay the salaries of the owners); one of those is to set up as a partnership, which results in the profits of the business being taxed not as corporate profits, but as personal income. Sorry, Obama: by your own admission, you want to tax small business owners. This explains the latest “Joe the Plumber Derangement Syndrome” - Obama wants to shut down those pesky people who, rather than feeding at the government trough, start their own compaies.
What round-up of Obama lies and distortions would be complete without a reference to ACORN? Obama claimed that his only connection to ACORN was while representing them with the Department of Justice in 1995. He failed to mention - conveniently - that his campaign gave over three-quarters of a million dollars to an ACORN-related group; that a non-profit that he was a director for funnelled millions to ACORN; that he sought and received endorsements from ACORN in his Chicago campaigns; and, best of all, a Chicago ACORN leader commended Obama for his “long service” to the organisation. (Hat tip: Aaron Klein.)
Finally, check out the unofficial list of Obama’s lies from the debate. It’s long and it’s growing.
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he has lied so many times that you need to put some sort of comedy act to it all. I just read this article that uses Eddie Murphy in Raw, when he said ‘Wasn’t me’ when confronted by a girlfriend that caught him sneaking into his gf’s house. Wasn’t me Obama says. The article is titled Eddie Murphy’s “It Wasn’t Me” Echoed by Barack Obama. Digg is actually preventing people from voting on it so far. Might be a glitch but it is packed with excellent info.
There cannot be enough written on the efforts of the Obama campaign and its soulless minions to destroy Joe the Plumber. Who not only had the temerity, the unmitigated GALL, to ask Obama a question, but apparently…..goes by his middle name (GASP!), has trouble shelling out his share of Fedzilla’s yearly tax diet (HORROR!), and….omigod….has gotten a divorce!!
To see a private citizen mercilessly smeared and attacked by the national media for asking a legitimate question when approached by a presidential candidate, and to hear it defended by Obama supporters, puts the lie once and for all to the farcical notion that liberals are (a) patriotic Americans, (b) tolerant in any way, or (c) possessed of the slightest shred of decency. If the Joe the Plumber debacle–and McCain’s noble response to it–does not turn this election around, what will?
If the people of this country elect a lying socialist thug like Obama in a an emotional temper fit against Bush, or because they’re so f***ing obsessed with their wallets that they can’t see straight, then this country deserves whatever it gets. WHATEVER it gets.
Open, undisguised voter fraud, the destruction of private citizens, the shameless use of government law enforcement to quell dissent—What the blue f*** is going on in this country?
Roxeanne,I quit blogging because I had other things to do, and I was living with faith that America was still America. But if that Christless piece of shit Obama gets elected, I will be starting a new blog with the sole objective of getting a fatwah from The Unholy One’s regime. That’s my “American dream” should Obama get elected.
Clearly, I am mad. I hope other “little people” are too.
Preach on, all of you! Hopefully the independents will see the Joe bashing for what it is - grotesque bullying and desperate attempts to destroy anyone who dares question the “messiah.”
It is all Obama’s fault anyway. Without his teleprompter he just reflexively spit out his socialist philosophy.
Da Man Conners,
Thanks for stopping by.
If the media were remotely unbiased, this would be all over SNL, with Obama in Ayers’ house - “wasn’t me” - signing up fake voters - “wasn’t me” - voting for tax increases on people making a whopping $34,000/year - “wasn’t me.”
Frightening.
Allison,
Agreed. This doesn’t seem like America, does it?
You do know that Tieki and I would be happy to have you on as a guest-blogger for the rest of the election season.
Neil,
Good points, as always.
ROFL to the last one. Maybe we need to resurrect “Comment of the Week” and put that up there.
This blog is a force to be reckoned with! Allison should join your team. I’m not sure what Tieki’s trick is to getting such quality people to blog here … I’ve heard she doesn’t pay well at all.
It’s probably a good thing for Roxeanne, Obama would just be taking it all and giving it to the poor liberal bloggers.
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Well, Tieki’s mom sends really good cookie recipes out to the Haemet bloggers, so that’s how she pays us.
Ted just left for a bike ride … I might run to the store, grab some baking ingredients and do a little baking myself. Yummm … Pumpkin Cookies.
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Yay!! It will be my warm-up for Nov. 5 and after.
Hey, has anyone else noticed that Joe the Plumber is hot? Big strapping fellow. Reminds me of my BF Jason on Ghost Hunters, except even hotter. Momma likey.
Oh, and Sunny D–your post reminds me of a study a while back: the scent that sexually aroused men the most was…pumpkin pie. Other winners: buttered popcorn, cinnamon buns, cheese pizza, and doughnuts.
Figures!
Sunny D? That’s hilarious
. I’ve never been referred to as Sunny D. Lol!
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Hey, those cookies are seriously good. I’m impressed that they also have beta-carotene and fiber.
ROFL to “Sunny D.”
I thought that cinnamon aroused men the most. Maybe it’s both, since pumpkin pie has cinnamon in it.
I’d better steer clear of any thread that talks of arousing men sexually — as it is a bit awk, being one of Tieki’s parents. I could find myself banned from Haemet!
lol
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ROFL. There will be no banning of nice, conservative moms. What do you think this is, DU or Kos?!?
Personally, I just think of your story of how you met Mr. Sunflower Desert: “Bring him to me.” Great stuff.
Lol Roxeanne
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That’s what Tieki needs to say to you about your friend from law school.
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