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n0ov
04-22-2008, 02:41 AM
Help me understand

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=599AF7CA-9AEF-4215-93DE-C5CEB1BF5457

While Obama spoke of individual responsibility – such as stating that the government cannot teach kids to read, parents must – his ideology and voting record is quite different.

Obama is very liberal. Among his campaign contributors are George Soros, People for the American Way, pro-abortion groups and teacher’s unions. Soros got his money's worth from Obama, who turned out redmeat antiwar quotations during the run-up to Operation Iraqi Freedom. At an October 2002 antiwar rally, he repeated the false "economy and war" canard of fanatical antiwar liberals. Obama said:

"I don't oppose all wars…What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Roves to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income...to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression."

His voting record certainly displays the ideology characteristic of an indulgent liberal. (Sorry, "Progressive.")

Obama favors abortion, socialized medicine, and Affirmative Action.

Obama sponsored a bill in the Illinois legislature requiring local police departments in Illinois to record the race of anyone stopped for questioning so that the data can be used to track the occurrence of racial profiling.

He opposes a $2,000 tax credit for retirement

Has voted against private gun ownership, mandatory sentencing and the death penalty.

During his tenure as a legislator, he abstained from voting about an abortion parental notification bill and on legislation that would keep pornographic video stores and strip clubs from within 1,000 feet of schools and churches.

He has also voted against laws requiring students to complete suspensions before being transferred to other school districts.

He abstained from legislation requiring adult prosecution for students who fire guns on school grounds.

He opposed legislation making it a criminal offense for accused gang members to associate with known gang members.

Ironically, Obama is the candidate of the racial segregationist. It is not because segregationists want him to be a Senator. It is because he is classified African-American using the standards of racial segregationists.


What is really scary is how in the world could Obama even consider banning handguns while at the same time go soft on out of control students and gang members -- the very people likely to use firearms in anger or during a crime

O. Husain Obama talks a good show.............. but

Like I said, you decide

AE6IP
04-22-2008, 02:44 AM
If you are going to do your research on a candidate's voting record, any candiate, don't go with a distorted one-sided summary from that candidate's detractors.

Project Vote Smart (http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=9490) has accurate, neutral information on every candidate.

Be informed, not a tool.

n2ize
04-22-2008, 02:48 AM
Oh WOW !! Obama claims he was opposed to the corrupt IRAQ WAR !! That really makes him a ultra liberal radical... I mean my GOD!!! who in their right mind would want to end the corrupt Iraq war except some ultra left wing commie. It's alsmost as bad as being against the corrupt Vietnam war. Gee, Obama must have a hotline to Hanoi Jane.

w6ire
04-22-2008, 02:54 AM
Being for abortion is a good thing. It's a woman's right and none of the government's business.

n2ize
04-22-2008, 03:19 AM
Obama is very liberal. Among his campaign contributors are George Soros, People for the American Way, pro-abortion groups and teacher’s unions.
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Oh my God !! Teachers Union !! How terrible !! How evil !! Bad bad bad teachers ! Lousy rotten commie pinko teacher teaching our kids to read, write, add, and subtract and all that commie demon stuff. I say keep em ignorant. Fire em teachers, cut their pay, and hang em.

Oh, BTW, here are a few of Obama's other major contributers. The ones frontpagefag conveniently left out.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.asp?id=N00009638&cycle=2008


teaching our Soros got his money's worth from Obama, who turned out redmeat antiwar quotations during the run-up to Operation Iraqi Freedom. At an October 2002 antiwar rally, he repeated the false "economy and war" canard of fanatical antiwar liberals. Obama said:


Oh my goodness ?? I am apalled. He is against the corrupt war in Iraq ? The war that is wasting billions of dollars and lives ?? For shame for shame. How could anyone be against such a lovely and beautiful war ? Those rotten anti war slogans. Probably came right from the dirty mouth of Hanoi jane. Meanwhile Obama has no plans of withdrawing troops completely from Iraq.


"I don't oppose all wars…What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Roves to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income...to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression."


Oh my God what communistic talk. The very fact that he would admit that all is not well here at home. I guess he simply has not been spending enough time listening to Rush Limbaugh.


His voting record certainly displays the ideology characteristic of an indulgent liberal. (Sorry, "Progressive.")

Obama favors abortion, socialized medicine, and Affirmative Action.


God bless him... even though he is not going to give us a national health care plan.


Obama sponsored a bill in the Illinois legislature requiring local police departments in Illinois to record the race of anyone stopped for questioning so that the data can be used to track the occurrence of racial profiling.


God bless him. Racial profiling is a real problem in this country. About time somebody tried to generate some working statistics.


He opposes a $2,000 tax credit for retirement


A bvalid concern for retired folks and future retirees. No candidate is perfect.


Has voted against private gun ownership, mandatory sentencing and the de
ath penalty.


Mandatory sentencing which often invoilved long term jail sentences for petty and minor drug offences. It;s about time someone took a stand against mandatory minimums and put sentencing power back in the hands of judges. It's about time we stop giving people longer sentences for petty marijuana possession than we give for violent crime like rape and assault.


During his tenure as a legislator, he abstained from voting about an abortion parental notification bill


Good. Many young people come from abusive and neglectful families, releationships, etc. A person should be able to get family or abortion counselling without having to inform a potentially abusive parent, spouse, boyfriend, etc.


and on legislation that would keep pornographic video stores and strip clubs from within 1,000 feet of schools and churches.


Where and under what specific circumstances ?


He has also voted against laws requiring students to complete suspensions before being transferred to other school districts.


Good. Students belong in school not suspended and on the streets.


He abstained from legislation requiring adult prosecution for students who fire guns on school grounds.


I would say it should depend on the age of the student who fires the gun. If he's a minor then he should be prosecuted as a minor. If he's an adult then as an adult. Common sense.


He opposed legislation making it a criminal offense for accused gang members to associate with known gang members.


Is it a crime to be a gang member ? if I form a gang of poets is that illegal ? Why can't a gang member associate with anyone he choses. Unless a person is committing a known crime it should be a persons right to associate with whoever the person choses.


Ironically, Obama is the candidate of the racial segregationist. It is not because segregationists want him to be a Senator. It is because he is classified African-American using the standards of racial segregationists.


This sounds like a load of doubletalk.

I am no fan of Obama. But the idiocy that is being scoured up to try and oppose him is unbelievable.

W4DFW
04-22-2008, 03:45 AM
Oh, I see now.

Obama is really a conservative. Gosh DARN . . . could'a fooled me!!

N4VGB
04-22-2008, 11:26 AM
Oh my God !! Teachers Union !! How terrible !! How evil !! Bad bad bad teachers !
God bless him. Racial profiling is a real problem in this country. About time somebody tried to generate some working statistics.


Yes indeed, I consider the teachers union as being responsible for a large part of the degradation in the quality of teachers at public schools today. NONE of the private schools will tolerate the union and generally the teachers are paid MORE and the average expenditure per student is lower than public schools.

Racial profiling is a BIG problem, it resulted in the largest slow down of the drug flow on I-75N in history. Where would NYC be without the drugs!?

K3XR
04-22-2008, 01:17 PM
He's not a LIB he's an Extreme LIB.

http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/