Posted on 10/17/2008 4:29:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
I understand what it means to fight hard, but fight fair. After a lifetime of making my living offering opinions on the radio, I try and follow that philosophy each and every day.
Many of us wear our beliefs on our sleeve. You know where we stand on issues, ideology and politicians.
But we don’t lie.
We don’t make stuff up out of whole cloth in a desperate attempt to win the argument.
We find it repulsive to try and trick people into believing things that aren’t true.
And after this week’s third and final presidential debate, I was dumbfounded by the audacity of lies that came from the Democrat candidate on that Hofstra University stage.
I know that calling someone – anyone – a liar is a serious charge. But in just one brief period of time, Sen. Obama demonstrated his enthusiasm for outright falsehoods, over and over again.
The lies ranged from the silly to the intricate.
At one point, Sen. Obama insisted that John McCain’s campaign has produced “100% negative” campaign ads. When Sen. McCain tried to interrupt and say that wasn’t true, Obama said, “Absolutely it is.”
So Sen. McCain is guilty of negative campaign commercials “100 percent” of the time, Sen. Obama?
Really?
I have a transcript of the extraordinary campaign ad that the McCain campaign produced and aired nationally the day that Obama gave his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The spot was voiced by Sen. McCain himself.
Senator Obama, this is truly a good day for America. You know, too often, the achievements of our opponents go unnoticed. So I wanted to stop and say, congratulations. How perfect that your nomination would come on this historic day. Tomorrow, we’ll be back at it. But tonight, Senator: a job well done. I’m John McCain and I approved this message.
What a blistering, negative ad, huh?
Believe me, the Obama campaign hasn’t spent one dime on any kind of message that contained that kind of class and grace directed towards Sen. McCain. For Obama to suggest that a campaign capable of that kind of positive message in the middle of a hard-fought campaign has been “100 percent negative” is simply a downright lie.
When Obama’s vote for the Illinois version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act came up in the debate, Obama lied again. He claimed: “There was already a law on the books that required lifesaving treatment, which is why…I voted against it.”
At no point in history has Sen. Obama or his colleagues ever cited this 1975 law as a reason for voting against the bill in Illinois. More importantly, the law only protected “viable” infants – and left the meaning of “viable” up to the abortion doctor who just failed to kill the baby in the womb.
More lies.
And finally, one of the biggest lies of all, that Republicans failed to reign in wild, foaming-at-the-mouth supporters who screamed, “Kill him” when Obama’s name was mentioned.
When Obama brought this allegation up during the debate, he repeated a charge that, according to the U.S. Secret Service, appears to be the fabrication of a small-town newspaper reporter named David Singleton.
When the agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton read the reporter’s claim, that a man was heard yelling, “Kill him” after a congressional candidate mentioned Obama, he was “baffled.” After all, Agent Bill Slavoski was at the rally along with an “undisclosed” number of additional Secret Service agents.
He told the Pennsylvania Times-Leader, “We have yet to find someone to back up the story.” The office actually conducted an investigation and interviewed countless witnesses. “We had people all over and we have yet to find anyone who said they heard it.”
In other words, the only person at that rally in Scranton with thousands of witnesses who claims he heard someone threaten Sen. Obama, Scranton Times-Tribune reporter Singleton, was the only person in a position to make that charge in a newspaper column, something he did with great enthusiasm. His bizarre (and apparently ridiculous) claim was dutifully reported by the Associated Press, ABC, the Washington Monthly, and MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann
Lies, lies and more lies.
And Obama perpetuated the lie during the debate by chastising Gov. Sarah Palin for not doing anything about it!
I don’t know what is going to happen on November 4th. But I think it’s going to boil down to whether or not enough Americans have been fooled by this serial liar.
For the sake of our country, I sure hope not.
“I did not have sex with that woman.”
So, Obama gets to talking about ACORN...He batted it around as if he was the only player on the badminton court and never did he condemn the apparent criminal activies of ACORN. Never did he mention the fact that what they do seriously corrupts the free and fair election process. Never does he mention the possibility that his beloved ACORN is part of their By Any Means Necessary policy agenda and why would he? Perhaps he’s aware of the fact that the FBI and the DOJ are about to take a closer look at it between now and who knows when? The awful truth may be that they can’t win without cheating. Break out the high-powered attorneys because it ain’t over...until it’s over. Oh yeah...If life begins at conception and Obama defends late-term abortions, where then, would those babies’ birthrights to high-quality government health care be? I know, I know...A woman’s right to privacy trumps the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” you say? Well, that’s the most neck-twisting, hackneyed “nuance” I’ve ever tried to wrap my head around. Obama and his crew’s idea of change is to smash, crash, slash and bust-n-burn the foundations of the Founding Fathers’ work in order to set the stage for uncheckable Marxist radical socialism for which he and the Democrats can then take the credit. If that happens, taking credit where credit is due would be most appropriate and in addition to taking the credit, let them be responsible for the consequences. I for one, will not share that responsibility nor would I ever feel compelled to participate with such a “deep sense of community”. If I’m wrong about their intentions and Obama’s mindset then I can’t think of anything else to explain it other than he must be in over his head and that’s pretty damned scary. Happy Halloween!
How crazy would it be if Obama were getting national security briefings every morning AND simultaneously being investigated by the for voter fraud and his shenanigans with Rezko?
whoops...that would be “investigated by the FBI”
How crazy? Like turning an adolescent monkey loose inside the unattended cockpit of Air Force One. That’s how crazy!
How crazy? Like turning an adolescent monkey loose inside the unattended cockpit of Air Force One. That’s how crazy!
One of the liars in this story is Scranton Times-Tribune reporter David Singleton. His lie is similar to the utter fabrication by a pair of AP reporters that "the crowd booed" when President/Candidate Bush asked a crowd to hope well for ex-President Clinton's pending surgery.
The media lies as much as or more than the politicians it covers. My motto when it comes to the media is "Don't trust. Verify everything."
hee hee!
Can we hold impeachment hearings before the election?
OK - that is silly.
Can we hold impeachment hearings after the election but before the inauguration?
Don’t blame Obama
It is the MSM that acts worse than PRAVDA ever did
“Can we hold impeachment hearings after the election but before the inauguration?”
We can only “hope”!
“Don’t blame Obama”
Are yew SEER-EE-US!
Obama cornered into pathetic Ayers lie:
MCCAIN: Yes, real quick. Mr. Ayers, I don’t care about an old washed-up terrorist. But as Senator Clinton said in her debates with you, we need to know the full extent of that relationship.
Obama: And I think the fact that this has become such an important part of your campaign, Senator McCain, says more about your campaign than it says about me.
MCCAIN: Well, again, while you were on the board of the Woods Foundation, you and Mr. Ayers, together, you sent $230,000 to ACORN. So — and you launched your political campaign in Mr. Ayers’ living room.
OBAMA: That’s absolutely not true.
MCCAIN: And the facts are facts and records are records.
OBAMA: And that’s not the facts.
MCCAIN: And it’s not the fact — it’s not the fact that Senator Obama chooses to associate with a guy who in 2001 said that he wished he had have bombed more, and he had a long association with him. It’s the fact that all the — all of the details need to be known about Senator Obama’s relationship with them and with ACORN and the American people will make a judgment.
[McCain cornered him to the point that BO lied his tail off. McCain kicked his ‘you know what’.]
hee hee!
that would be change I could believe in.
“...and the American people will make a judgment.”
Yeah, as in “The People vs. Barack Obama”!
We should demand that Obama vow to have an independent prosecutor investigate him the day he’s sworn in.
“I couldn’t believe that One so close to the Presidency could lie and lie and lie on national TV and not be held accountable.”
The good news is that only a small percentage of Americans trust the drive-bys any more.
The old media loses support every time they try to pull a fast one.
Media Bias Grab Bag List
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086961/posts
The real betrayal conservatives felt was the FoxNews commentary after the last debate. But I think that was long term strategery. FN announced earlier that day they have something hot regarding Obama that will break next week:
‘Obama Surprise to Break Next Week’ [FoxNews]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106412/posts
[Toss him a friendly gesture first perhaps?]
“We should demand that Obama vow to have an independent prosecutor investigate him the day he’s sworn in.”
Yes. In the interest of fairness. Do the right thing. Give it up. Show us the love.
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