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Heartless Obama throws poor, illegal alien aunt under bus; will return illegal donations; lies about not knowing? - 11/01/2008

Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt Zeituni Onyango - called "Auntie Zeituni" in his memoirs - turns out to be an illegal alien living in a Boston slum who illegally donated part of her meager income to his campaign. And, now she joins a host of other former Obama associates under his bus. After it was discovered yesterday that she's an illegal alien, the Obama campaign has today releas...

Obama's illegal alien, impoverished aunt redistributed her "wealth" to Obama's campaign via illegal donations - 10/31/2008

Barack Obama's impoverished Aunt Zeituni - recently discovered living in poverty in a Boston slum - donated $260 to Obama's campaign. From this: Federal Election Commission records show that Onyango donated at least five times to her nephew's campaign in July and September. Three of the donations were for $5 each, and two of the donations were for $25. Records compiled by The Huffin...

Barack Obama's impoverished, Boston-living aunt is an illegal alien (ICE halts all depotations!?) - 10/31/2008

... under the bus!] From this: Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned. Zeituni Onyango, 56, referred to as "Aunti Zeituni" in Obama's memoir, was instructed to leave the United

Obama's October surprise-ish: State of Hawaii says his birth certificate is genuine (but...) - 10/31/2008

... officials say there's no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama's original birth certificate. Fukino says that no state official, including Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama's c...

Charles Ogletree - advisor and part of Barack Obama's "inner circle" - supports massive reparations; "interesting" comments - 10/31/2008

... Ogletree is an advisor to the Barack Obama campaign and part of his "inner circle" (National Journal, March 31, 2008, link). Perhaps I should have said "was an advisor", because Ogletree seems to have some quite interesting thoughts. See the video collection here. See the Oct. 25, 2008 audio here; summary: Top Obama adviser Prof.

Elderly McCain supporter allegedly attacked by Obama supporter - 10/31/2008

From this: A 75-year-old man was hospitalized after another man shoved him into a fire hydrant during an argument about the upcoming election, DeLand police said. Timothy L. Rundle, 53, faces charges of felony battery after allegedly pushing William Hunter on Thursday near the intersection of Woodland Boulevard and New York Avenue in DeLand [Florida]. Hunter was displaying a sign for Republ...

Does the Obama/Khalidi video include a dance troupe performing "beheadings"? - 10/31/2008

... troupe that appeared at the [Barack Obama/Rashid Khalidi] event has a history of simulating beheadings and stomping on American, Israeli, and British flags... In June 2004, I went undercover and attended a Dearborn fundraising dinner for Islamic Relief, the Muslim Brotherhood charity that is a front for HAMAS and Al-Qaeda...

Loretta Waldman: "<s>Lenin's</s> Obama's Letter Was Answer To A Little Boy's Request" - 10/31/2008

Instead of concentrating on Barack Obama's creepy outreach to pre-teens where he wants to use those children 12 and under to get votes, how about some good news?

1995 Obama praises Rev. Wright: "the best of what the Black Church has to offer" - 10/31/2008

Here's a 1995 interview with Barack Obama where he praises Reverend Jeremiah Wright of the Trinity United Church of Christ, calling him "the best of what the Black Church has to offer" (more quotes from the video here).

Barack Obama's DailyKos diary on the judiciary, Supreme Court, etc. - 10/30/2008

... couple other wondeful folks, Barack Obama has his own Daily Kos diary: barack-obama.dailykos.com. He appears to have only posted two entries just about three years ago, although there might have been others that fell victim to DK's habit of sending things down the memory hole. One of the diaries deals with the judiciary, the Supreme Court, etc. I'll leave seeing if there's somethin...

Barack Obama's Pay to Play Chicago Way: got donations after state funded grant - 10/30/2008

From the Sep. 8, 2007 L.A. Times article "Fresh face or old-school player?" (link, via this): Later [in 1999], [associates former Obama opponent, Yesse B. Yehudah, a Republican] pitched in an additional $5,000 to help retire Obama’s debt [from his run against Bobby Rush]. The contributions were recorded on Oct. 7, 2000, three days after the Illinois Senate, at Obama's behest, appr...

Barack Obama jokes about white people being too racist to vote for him (Jon Stewart) - 10/30/2008

... into the voting booth and... Barack Obama: I won’t know what to do. Jon Stewart: Your white half will all of a sudden decide, "I can't do this." Barack Obama: That's a problem. Jon Stewart: (laughing). Barack Obama: I've been going through therapy to make sure that I vote properly on the 4th. Just relax! It's not like if he wins there will be four y...

Obama campaign intentionally disabled address verification on donations (AVS) - 10/30/2008

... questionable donations to the Barack Obama campaign has found even more strange cases of those who don't appear to be U.S. citizens, such as thousands for an assortment of Middle Eastern and Asian countries: link. However, the most important bit appears to be the news that AVS was intentionally disabled and by a major company. Some news reports haven't mentioned it, and some have tho...

Enemy of the State: checks on Joe the Plumber more extensive than thought - 10/29/2008

Thou shalt not question The One.

President Dr. Phil: Barack Obama's infomercial belongs on Hallmark Channel - 10/29/2008

... tonight's infomercial from Barack Obama (youtube.com/watch?v=GtREqAmLsoA) are more than enough. The first thing I noticed was the horrible acoustics in the room where he was giving his spiel, dissipating his voice and giving it a whiny, nasal character. (Perhaps that was intentional). Then, I noticed him being a good listener while an older white man was describing how he'd lost his pen...

2004 Michelle Obama on presidential run: "It's way too soon, he hasn't done anything yet" - 10/29/2008

... question on what she think of Barack Obama running for president: "It's way too soon, he hasn't done anything yet."

The Non-Partisan Case Against Barack Obama - 10/29/2008

... a Republican to be opposed to Barack Obama. Here are some of the reasons that almost anyone should oppose him: 1. PERSONALITY CULT As a host of Youtube videos, comments on blogs, chants at rallies, and even tattoos show, Obama clearly has a growing personality cult. About the only policy positions some of those supporters could name would be "hope" and "change". Most of his su...

Los Angeles Times: McCain camp accuses us of suppressing Obama/Khalidi tape - 10/28/2008

An unnamed Los Angeles Times staff reporter offers "McCain campaign accuses L.A. Times of 'suppressing' Obama video" (link): John McCain's presidential campaign Tuesday accused the Los Angeles Times of "intentionally suppressing" a videotape it obtained of a 2003 banquet where then-state Sen.

Don't donate to Goodwill Industries (Palin smear) - 10/28/2008

... the left pane and "Dear Barack Obama, If you'd care to donate any of your $1,500 suits on Nov. 5th, we'd greatly appreciate it". While it might seem balanced, the fact is that the costs of BHO's suits has not been the subject of an MSM smear campaign. They are in effect simply furthering a smear, and I strongly suspect they were fully aware of what they were doing. It...

Keith Olbermann lies, says Sarah Palin is a socialist and described Alaska that way - 10/28/2008

... case, Sarah Palin is accusing Barack Obama of advocating socialism when she literally used that word to describe the collective wealth sharing in her home state of Alaska. However, the quote in question is actually from the New Yorker writer (Philip Gourevitch), not Palin (link). There's only one instance of socialis* at that page, and it's the writer saying it: Alaska is sometimes desc...

Alexander Lane, Amy Hollyfield/Politifact spin redistribution for Obama - 10/28/2008

... might as well be working for the Barack Obama campaign by offering 'Obama would "experiment with socialism."/The McCain campaign experiments with dishonesty' (politifact.org/truth-o-meter/statements/826). It's another example of the MSM taking a statement that wasn't phrased in a painfully legalistic fashion, playing dumb, and then spinning things Obama's way. I...

Obama campaign itself turned in fake voter registrations (St. Charles County, MO; but, just 15 of them) - 10/28/2008

The Barack Obama campaign itself - i.e., Obama for American and not ACORN - turned in 15 bogus voter registration forms in St. Charles County, Missouri (link). However, that might be out of 3000 total that they submitted, and the person who turned those registrations over to the FBI and discussed this with the media, St. Charles County elections directorRich Chrismer, may be a McCain supporter.

Did Barack Obama compare the U.S. to Nazi Germany, or is there another explanation? (public radio audio) - 10/27/2008

... Chicago public radio interview with Barack Obama: just to take a, sort of a realist perspective...there's a lot of change going on outside of the Court, um, that, that judges essentially have to take judicial notice of. I mean you've got World War II, you've got uh, uh, uh, the doctrines of Nazism, that, that we are fighting against, that start looking uncomfortably similar to what...

Fake flier tells Democrats to vote on November 5; telepathic plagiarism? - 10/27/2008

A phony flier is being distibuted in Virginia telling Democrats to vote on November 5 (link). Oddly enough, it mirrors a satire I wrote but never got around to posting.

Palin's wardrobe: $150,000. Obama's trips to Hawaii: $800,000. Obama at Invesco: $5.3 million - 10/27/2008

The fact that Sarah Palin and/or her GOP helpers spent $150,000 or so on her wardrobe should be a very minor matter. Except, it isn't because the BHO campaign and their surrogates in the MSM have blown it into a major "scandal". Meanwhile, they've ignored the cost of Obama's trips to Hawaii: $800,000 (link).

Bombshell: Obama wealth redistribution audio from 2001 - 10/26/2008

... public radio interview where Barack Obama showed some pretty clear redistributionist tendencies, among others: ...the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth... I think, tragedies of the civil rights movement was, um, because the civil rights movement became so court focused I think there was a tendancy to lose track of the political and community organizing and a...

Obama Youth: campaign targets children under 12 - 10/26/2008

... "Ask kids to draw a picture of Barack Obama or what America means to them. These pictures could be used on campaign buttons and/or bumper stickers. It's a great way to get kids involved!" A video shows a successful adult-led event and happy children who share their perspectives: "I want to vote for Barack Obama because he is cool!" Please send the link to this page or to ...

Ben Smith/Politico falls for Obama camp spin on New Party - 10/26/2008

From this post discussing Ben Smith of the Politico: Have you ever heard of a political party that has no members? Ben Smith has [link], and he believes.

Some things about Barack Obama you don't have to spend time making up - 10/25/2008

I was mulling over creating a fake group like the following, but I see that the real ones have saved me time by creating it themselves: my.barackobama.com/page/group/ScientologistsforObama It all just fits together, doesn't it?

Berg lawsuit over Obama citizenship dismissed; didn't have standing - 10/25/2008

The Philip Berg lawsuit against Barack Obama in which he claimed that BHO wasn't eligible to be president due to not being an American citizen has been tossed.

How you can help Barack Obama finally win this thing - 10/24/2008

A lot of people aren't content to simply sit back and wait for Obama to win. Instead, they want to get involved and help him finally seal the deal. Here's a list of ways that you can help: 1. Simply bringing a stuffed monkey bedecked with Obama stickers to the next McCain/Palin rally isn't enough. Make sure that CBS News gets it on tape. 2. On your website or TV show, just keep aski...

Garrulous Pajamas Media paper tiger warns: mainstream media is biased (or something) - 10/24/2008

Newspaperman Michael Malone takes to the esteemed web pages of Pajamas Media to offer "Editing Their Way to Oblivion: Journalism Sacrificed For Power and Pensions" (link).

Joe the Plumber privacy violated by government officials? (an Obama preview) - 10/24/2008

... Audited" (link)? Well, Barack Obama's surrogates look like they're intent on bringing those glory days back: "State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about "J

Peter Wallsten/LAT refuses to release Barack Obama/Rashid Khalidi videotape - 10/24/2008

... Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama" (link), about Barack Obama's friendship with Rashid Khalidi, an "internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights". Per Wallsten: the warm embrace Obama gave to Khalidi, and words like those at the professor's going-away party, have left some Palestinian American leaders believing that Obama is...

Michael Luo/NYT spins away Barack Obama's fraudulent donations - 10/23/2008

... discusses the various attempts by Barack Obama's opponents to test just how easy it is to donate to the Obama campaign using fake names and addresses ("Donor Patrol: ObamaaMichael Luo of the New York Times discusses the various attempts by Barack Obama's opponents to test just how easy it is to donate to the Obama campaign using fake names and addresses ("Donor Patrol: Obama�...

New from Obama cultists: the November 4 PROPHECY (Quincy Jones) - 10/23/2008

... showing a cult-like devotion to Barack Obama's personality cult, complete with the contention that it's a 'prophecy' for him to be elected president?" Well, your prayers to The One have been answered! I rush to remind our "liberal" friends that this is not at all creepy, and it would be great if it went viral just like the kids singing to Dear Leader video ...

Barack Obama campaign accepts bogus gift card donations - 10/23/2008

... Ken Timmerman article about the Barack Obama campaign having millions in possibly fraudulent campaign donations. In that post I verified with the BHO campaign that they accept credit card-style gift cards. Those can be bought with cash and in large enough denominations that it would be possible to donate large sums of cash to their campaign. Those donations would be nearly untraceable, for instan...

What John McCain should say about Bill Ayers - 10/22/2008

... in all the other associations Barack Obama has had. There really is enough already known to sink him, but McCain just won't attack him hard enough and there are no surrogates around to fill in the gaps.

MSM reporters: will you be employable after the election? - 10/22/2008

... you have gone all out to elect Barack Obama as president, completely oblivious to the long-term impact that advocacy could have. It's easier than ever for news consumers to do research on specific reporters and see whether they have a habit of lying, misleading, ignoring relevant facts, failing to ask tough questions, or other forms of bias. And, as time goes on that's going to become e...

Odd: two quit different robocall firms over fact-based scripts - 10/22/2008

Now, here's something odd. Two people in different states have both quit robocall firms over what they say are misleading scripts they were asked to read. What are the odds of that happening, and over the same script? (Hint: it's a large number). First up, from that hotbed of conservatism Madison, Wisconsin, Ted Zoromski of Middleton quit Sitel ("Even though I was being paid to do i...

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