http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/campaign/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:58:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416007/posts Amazingly, these Obama lies, or to put it mildly, "broken promises", all are from the same speech given during his 2008 presidential campaign. When I first saw the title of this video, I assumed that the lies were snippets taken from several speeches, then sliced together. When I watched it, I realized that they were rifled off, one right after the other. Can you imagine what the press reaction would have been if George W. Bush had rattled off this many lies?... THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416007/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:58:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412682/posts Even according to Politifact (one of the most liberal "fact-checkers" in existence), Obama has already broken nine separate campaign promises since taking office less than a year ago. He has also "compromised" on 18 others. But if the "post-partisan" candidate for "change" signs this blatantly illegal, trillion-dollar health care takeover into law, he will be blatantly violating not just another campaign promise, but the one he built his entire candidacy on in 2008. Responding to allegations that he fully intended to raise taxes on regular working people, he said the following on the campaign trail: I can make a firm... The Macon County Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412682/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:15:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408716/posts Yeah, I know they all break campaign promises, but this has to be among the brassiest, most cynical and craven political lies in decades. As you listen to this promise (it's short, watch the whole thing), is there a single thing that Obama says about crooked, back-room dealing politicians in bed with the pharmaceutical companies that doesn't apply to directly to him this morning? Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408716/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:08:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405279/posts ANSWERING THE ALARM: As the president and first lady return to Washington from Oslo, Vice President Biden heads out on a trip to New England to campaign for Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) The VP will appear with Dodd at a fire station in East Hartford, Conn., where authorities have been given $3.39 million in stimulus funds to build a new facility - and where fire fighters successfully extinguished a five-alarm fire earlier this week. Whether Biden can perform the same kind of emergency response for Dodd's reelection campaign is another story... http://www.politico.com/politico44/ Also, The Obama extension campaign headquarters is doing... politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405279/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:48:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402104/posts Congressman Eric Massa paid himself and his wife a total of $33,000 from his campaign funds during last year race for the 28th Congressional District.... federal records show Massa took a salary of $15,000 while his wife was paid $18,000 working as the campaign's treasurer. Massa raised $2.1-Million dollars for the 2008 campaign against former Congressman John Randy Kuhl. Finger Lakes News Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402104/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:00:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392149/posts In October of 2008, Senator Obama's campaign accused Senator John McCain of planning to gut Medicare. ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (AFP) — Barack Obama's White House campaign Monday accused John McCain of plotting to impose savage cuts on government-run health care programs that insure the elderly and the poor.It was the latest attack from the Democrat's camp over an emotive issue that is taking on new urgency at a time when many Americans fear losing their jobs and thus the health care coverage that comes from their employers... "This plan would be a disaster. It would dramatically reduce the quality of... Bluegrass Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392149/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:21:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389849/posts He may have promised to change Washington, but President Barack Obama is continuing one of its most renowned patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors. Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and 44 percent have gone to career diplomats, according to records kept by the American Foreign Service Association. The latest nomination came this week, when Beatrice Wilkinson Welters was nominated to serve as ambassador to the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Welters, a longtime advocate for underprivileged children, and her husband, Anthony,... politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389849/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:01:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377793/posts Dear Friends, I pulled this twit from Doug Hoffman's Campaign facebook page: Tweet, Facebook, text, IM, make calls -- but get out the vote. Let the voice of the people, not the Pelosis be heard. #tcot LETS GET GOING AND Make some GOTV calls for him, and other buzz on the webb to help keep Mr. Hoffman's momentum gong..! The same can be said for Mr. Christie up in New Jersey as well..(and Harmer in CA 10), McDonnell. JSDude1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377793/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:26:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375331/posts SCOZZAFAVA's DROPPING OUT: WHO DOES IT HELP? HOFFMENTUM! Dede Scozzafava is suspending her campaign in New York's 23rd Congressional District. From BREAKING: Scozzafava suspends NY 23 campaign: Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her bid in next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election, a huge development that dramatically shakes up the race. She did not endorse either of her two opponents -- Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or Democrat Bill Owens. Scozzafava has “probably made her last campaign appearance between now and Election Day,” spokesman Matt Burns told POLITICO. “She’s releasing her support to the two other candidates." "I had a discussion... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375331/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:46:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368070/posts HACKENSACK, N.J. – President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged New Jersey to keep Democrat Jon Corzine as governor, calling him an honorable man who puts the people's interests first. "That's the kind of governor that Jon Corzine has been. That's the kind of governor that Jon Corzine will continue to be. That's why New Jersey needs to give Jon Corzine another four years," Obama told a cheering crowd of more than 3,000 in a gymnasium at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Making his second political trip of the week in support of a Democrat on the Nov. 3 ballot, Obama touted Corzine's... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368070/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:29:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366427/posts During the entire Bush administration critics accused him of using religion for political purposes. Many people were aghast that our President was a religious man.******- Obama chose the members of the advisory council precisely because they would fulfill his political goals. In this case, he wants to turn the American people against Israel and has the audacity of using a religious group to do so. Any Jewish person who has an atavistic fear of religion being used as a cudgel to hurt Jews should wonder why our President supports such a policy. I believe it is abhorrent that Obama and his... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366427/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:00:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356179/posts THE top US military commander in Afghanistan has been effectively rebuked by President Barack Obama's man in the Pentagon for running a public campaign to back his request for more troops. Defence Secretary Robert Gates yesterday spoke out just days after General Stanley McChrystal declared any scaling back of operations in Afghanistan, such as that favoured by some White House officials, would be short-sighted. In a speech to the Association of the US Army, Dr Gates urged advisers to Mr Obama to keep their views on the deteriorating allied position in Afghanistan behind closed doors. "In this process, it is... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356179/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 20:25:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352365/posts Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been quietly assembling the blueprint of a presidential campaign and will announce Thursday the support of a group of high-level political strategists and donors, complemented by a handful of top new media consultants, POLITICO has learned. Pawlenty, under the radar of D.C.’s political community, has locked up some of the key operatives who engineered then-President George W. Bush’s reelection campaign — a significant feat for a little-known Midwestern politician. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27785.html#ixzz0SgYFjiV3 Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352365/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:08:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2342466/posts The phrase "not raising taxes" means ONLY not raising taxes that go to the "general fund." But "everything else is on the table." He says clearly that when he says he will not raise taxes that he will raise taxes on gasoline. That's clear, right? Here's the video. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2342466/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:57:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341120/posts www.JoeWilsonForCongress.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341120/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:10:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2339714/posts We cannot forget to remind folks, now that the Senate has voted 83-7 to strip ACORN of millions of taxpayer funds and the white-hot klieg lights have been turned on this bunch of goons, that President Obama was completely and utterly in bed with them throughout his entire adult life. These are his people. He was a commmunity organizer and they are the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. He trained them, he defended them as an attorney, and he paid them a pile of cash last year to help him get elected and then had to 'amend' the... Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2339714/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338512/posts Hackers Imperil Wilson Campaign Web Site Sources close to the South Carolina congressman charge that hackers have blitzed his campaign Web site JoeWilsonforCongress.com with a series of attacks that periodically shut down the site.  Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338512/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:31:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336420/posts Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of the restrictions that have been placed on corporate money in politics. The ruling may be one of the Court’s most critical decisions in an age which has seen one Presidential campaign accumulate almost a billion dollars in contributions. When the constitutionality of any far reaching federal law is opposed, it is a matter of national relevance, however, when a law affecting the foundation of the Democracy is challenged, such event should be arousing everyone’s notice and should be at the forefront of all news media outlets. The case in... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336420/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:51:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331260/posts WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court next week will hear arguments on whether corporations and unions have a right to spend their money on campaign advertisements, in a case that tests not only a central pillar of federal campaign-finance law but the court's own respect for precedent. The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331260/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:25:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328469/posts Although written in July 09, this is still relevant quote: Obama was holding an evening prime-time news conference at a time when his long-running post-inaugural honeymoon appears to be ending. Several polls show his job approval rating dropping and that Americans are having doubts about his prescriptions for the economy and healthcare. They are concerned that his $787 billion economic stimulus plan has not helped the economy and are having sticker shock at the $1 trillion cost of the healthcare plan. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328469/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:03:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327048/posts It's not about saving the health care bill. It's about saving his presidency!Just before President Obama left on his vacation to Martha's Vineyard, he held a meeting with members of Organizing for America, the grass roots group which morphed over from his presidential campaign. He warned them not to get all "wee weed up" with his recent slide in the polls and the sour outlook for passing the most ambitious version of Democrats health care takeover. Looking back to a year ago he said: OBAMA: Just remember we've been through this before. Some of you were involved when we were... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327048/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:08:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322266/posts Oil industry protest campaign adds to summer heat on President Barack ObamaProtests against Barack Obama are spreading across America like wildfire on a summer prairie, fuelled by an angry and fearful oil industry. By Leonard Doyle in Washington Published: 7:04PM BST 22 Aug 2009 Still grappling on one front with opponents of his healthcare reforms, the President now faces a separate battle against an equally powerful foe: America's oil companies. As the Mr Obama begins his summer family holiday on the island retreat of Martha's Vineyard, a raucous new group of protesters has begun venting its anger about his plans... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322266/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309543/posts Rielle Hunter, John Edwards' former mistress, went inside the federal courthouse in Raleigh Thursday morning. A grand jury is meeting in the courthouse. FBI agents escorted Hunter into a back entrance ... Edwards, a former U.S. senator from North Carolina and two-time presidential candidate, is under investigation to see if campaign funds were illegally paid to Hunter. There is also widespread speculation that Edwards fathered her child. Capitol Broadcasting http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309543/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309703/posts RALEIGH (AP) — The former mistress of John Edwards arrived at a federal courthouse in Raleigh where a grand jury was meeting Thursday — an appearance that comes as federal investigators examine the two-time presidential candidate's finances. Rielle Hunter walked into the building through a back entrance and holding a young child. Edwards adamantly denied during his confessional interview with ABC News last summer that he had fathered a child with Hunter, and he welcomed a paternity test. His wife, Elizabeth, has said while promoting her book that she doesn't know if her husband is the father. AP via News-Record.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309703/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:40:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302830/posts For Immediate Release July 27, 2009 Contact: Leslie Miller 202-624-6911 (lmiller@teamster.org) Web Site, Ad Campaign, e-Activism Part of Unprecedented Union Effort Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on Monday announced that the union will campaign vigorously for health care reform using a new Web site, an ad campaign, call-in days, e-activism and events planned throughout Congress’s August recess. The campaign will kick off with a new Web site today, teamstersforhealthcarereformnow.com, to mobilize members in the fight for health care reform. The Web site launch will be supported by a Web-based ad campaign on targeted state blogs and on-line publications.Tens of thousands... International Brotherhood of Teamsters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302830/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:04:32 GMT