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Originally Posted by Mule
# 19 Claims famous in Il. for not letting lobbyists even buy him lunch; took from teachers, trial lawyers, hospital admins
# 18 Claims his parents met at Selma civil rights march; Washington Post noted it occurred 4 yrs after Obama's birth
# 17 BO claims courageously opposed war in 2002 during US Senate campaign; He did not announce his senate bid until 2003
# 16 Claims he passes tough Nuclear Law; NYT uncovers he took Nuclear Industry pay-off and watered down the bill
# 15 Claimed he didn't know Rezko was corrupt when did a real estate deal with him; Chicago papers prove he lied
# 14 Claims does not accept money from Big Oil: Real Clear Politics proves he lied
# 13 Denies using his Hopefund PAC to influence endorsers; but the Washington Post reviewed the record and disagreed
# 12 Claims his State Chair is not a drug company lobbyist; Time magazine cries Bull****
# 11 Lies about how much he received in campaign funds from Rezko; forced to significantly increase the amount twice
# 10 Claims he did not fill out the 1996 candidate questionaire; Politico proves he lied
# 9 Took credit for achievement of others in Chicago; resume puffing exposed by LA Times
# 8 Claims he kept no State Senate records; now he changes his story
# 7 Denies doubling wife's salary was due to becoming US Senator; omits within months he earmarked $1 million for hospital
# 6 Denied meeting Saddam bagman Auchi; now admits he was at his dinner but does not remember talking to him
# 5 Denies using his church for politics: IRS disagree
# 4 Claims he was unaware of Pastor Wrights 911 comments: NYT proves he lied
# 3 Claims his father was a goat-herd; actually he was a man of privilige
# 2 Claims not an active muslim as child; Indonesian paper proves he lied
# 1 Claims father linked to Kennedys; Washington Post proves he lied
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AFAIK, he never lied about WMDs.
AFAIK, he isn't pretending to be a moderate like McCain.
It seems to me that booga-booga and nit picking is all about small crap that many would like to escalate into big signifigance. The fact of the matter is that he is sayng the party will be over if he gets elected, and this scares the pants off of the far left and big business.
Screwing the middle class isn't the way to make an economy function. Going for maximum profits isn't always going to steer big business into responsible actions.
Going for first class education, paying off our foreign debt, and encouraging American businesses to create new jobs in this country while diversifying are all good things. Decreasing dependance on foreign oil is not a bad thing. Big business is not going to go broke, but the status quo is unsustainable. That should be obvious after the last eight years. We simply can't sustain a cold war approach against the whole world, and we are not going to be the only economic super power with India and China booming, and Russia having those vast reserves of oil.
We need to adjust for the thirty year sprint. It doesn't matter which party does it, but Obama is the only one saying it. McCain needs to address this, and show he understands it.