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Obama, McCain, Clinton at LULAC convention (illegal immigration supporters; reconquista quote) - 7/07/2008

Barack Obama, John McCain, and even Hillary Clinton will all be speaking at this year's convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), an illegal immigration-supporting group that was once patriotic but has since been radicalized. As shown by the attendees discussed below, the convention will be a nexus of those who do not support what's in the best interests of the ...

Arlington's Walter Tejada gets Mexican government award at NALEO convention - 7/07/2008

Walter Tejada is chairman of the Arlington County, Virginia Board [1]. He's also a former leader of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). And, back on June 26 at the convention of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) he was presented with the Ohtli Award, given by the country of Mexico to elected officials in the U.S. who, not to put too f...

Barack Obama's "Global Poverty Act" (S. 2433, United Nations, global tax?) - 7/06/2008

Need further proof that the Barack Obama candidacy is just an elaborate practical joke? Consider this February story: Sen. Barack Obama, perhaps giving America a preview of priorities he would pursue if elected president, is rejoicing over the Senate committee passage of a plan [the "Global Poverty Act", S.2433] that could end up costing taxpayers billions of dollars in an attempt to re...

Barack Obama campaign bans user blog with Obama's own quotes (see disclaimer) - 7/02/2008

... my.barackobama.com and posted quotes from Barack Obama's book "Dreams of my Father". The blog was deleted in short order; details here.

In Colombia, John McCain calls for "hemispheric free trade agreement" - 7/02/2008

On his swing through Colombia en route to Mexico, John McCain among other things promoted NAFTA, supported the U.S.-Colombian Free Trade Agreement, promoted "free" trade in general, and said "I would like to see a hemispheric free trade agreement" (link).

Barack Obama wants Clean Energy Corps to fight global warming; was it my idea? - 7/02/2008

Barack Obama's speechwriters continue their sales job, today giving BHO a speech to read about public service. And, on his site you can find a "Plan for Universal Voluntary Public Service" (barackobama.com/issues/service), where he informs us that "this will be a cause of my presidency".

Eli Saslow/WaPo lies in support of Barack Obama - 6/30/2008

... Washington Post lies in support of Barack Obama while giving him a front page advertisement in the story "In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying" (link). Consider this: On the television in his living room, Peterman has watched enough news and campaign advertisements to hear the truth: Sen. Barack Obama, born in Hawaii, is a Christian family man with a track record of public se...

Deval Patrick trying to give tuition breaks to illegal aliens; help discredit him - 6/27/2008

Massachusetts governor (and Barack Obama quote source) Deval Patrick is back to supporting giving the in-state college tuition rate to illegal aliens (link). He considered trying to sneak it through without getting their legislature involved in January.

Commission on Presidential Debates releases sham debate proposal - 6/26/2008

... The latter format would negate Barack Obama's height advantage over John McCain. Unfortunately, that format would also result in yet another sham debate: The proposed debates also would feature a more open format to encourage the candidates to talk more to each other directly.

Is Bob Barr changing his immigration position, or just confused, or intentionally trying to confuse? - 6/25/2008

... complains that if John McCain or Barack Obama win they'll push amnesty. He also stresses border security.

John McCain, Barack Obama to appear at National Latino Congress? - 6/21/2008

... newspaper [1], both John McCain and Barack Obama may be appearing at this year's National Latino Congress/National Latino Congreso (latinocongreso.org), something I have a bit of trouble believing.

Questions for Matt Yglesias - 6/21/2008

Recently, Matt Yglesias of The Atlantic (matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com) has been posting a daily thread soliciting questions that he'll answer from his visitors ("requests"). I've posted a few comments to those threads without an answer, but that just means I'll keep trying. To be frank, the reason I do that is in the hope that one of these days Matthew Yglesias will let...

Paul Waldman wins the BOSA! (Barack Obama Sycophant Award) - 6/19/2008

... won the BOSA, also known as the Barack Obama Sycophant Award, the Toady, the Yglesias, and other names too numerous to mention! Last seen here calling the NAFTA Superhighway a myth and then admitting that it exists in one form, Waldman contributes to the American Prospect's TAPPED. BOSA judges "tapped" the following excerpt from this post as one of the reasons for the award. Refer...

Barack Obama patriotic, ad says - 6/19/2008

According to a new ad from the Barack Obama campaign (link), he was brought up with "values straight from the Kansas heartland", including "love of country".

Obama accuser Larry Sinclair arrested; very questionable celebration follows - 6/18/2008

... that he had homosexual sex with Barack Obama in 1999 (link). At the same time, Sinclair claims that - after he gave him the money to go run for it - he used powdered cocaine and BHO smoked crack.

NAFTAGate 2: Barack Obama backs off NAFTA opposition, admits being deceptive - 6/18/2008

From this: In an interview with Fortune to be featured in the magazine's upcoming issue, the presumptive Democratic nominee backed off his harshest attacks on the free trade agreement and indicated he didn't want to unilaterally reopen negotiations on NAFTA. "Sometimes during campaigns the rhetoric gets overheated and amplified," he conceded, after I reminded him that he ha...

John McCain wants townhall meeting with Barack Obama "in front of La Raza" (NCLR convention) - 6/16/2008

Both John McCain and Barack Obama will be speaking at the National Council of La Raza convention in July, and McCain has proposed to BHO that they square off at a townhall meeting at the extremist-funding and -awarding racial power group's event (link). Says McCain: "There is a meeting in California of La Raza... Both of us have accepted invitations.

Barack Obama bill: global warming K-12 education, "national information campaign", i.e, propaganda - 6/14/2008

... similar theme. From my humor to Barack Obama's seriousness, as a month ago he sponsored a bill called the "Climate Change Education Act" (S. 1389, link).

Ron Paul suspends presidential campaign; how supporters could actually have an impact - 6/12/2008

Ron Paul has suspended his presidential campaign and will be transferring $4.7 million in donations to a new group to be called "The Campaign for Liberty".

Barack Obama, the Chicago politician (moves DNC) - 6/12/2008

Barack Obama is moving parts of the Democratic National Committee ("DNC") to Chicago. While it's a wonderful town aside from being flat as a pancake, it's known for very dirty politics (in U.S. terms). So, Obama should fit right in. Per this, "Obama's senior staff will largely take over the coordination of national campaign efforts and state-level efforts...

Hispanic Caucus has excellent advice for Obama: Hillary as Veep, immigration reform in 1st hundred days - 6/11/2008

... extremely valuable advice that Barack Obama is urged to follow (link): Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) must commit to helping illegal immigrants achieve citizenship or else risk losing the vital Latino vote in the general election, Hispanic Democratic lawmakers are warning. If he does not promise so-called comprehensive immigration reform, the lawmakers say, the only other way to win over Hispanic...

Barack Obama VP vetter Jim Johnson tied to more than Countrywide (CFR, Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission) - 6/10/2008

... vice presidential vetter for Barack Obama, is a stalwart of the Washington establishment... In the mid-1990s, he headed up a power trifecta: mortgage giant Fannie Mae, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Brookings Institution... Yet despite Johnsona

Barack Obama, John McCain to speak at National Council of La Raza convention (+Villaraigosa) - 6/10/2008

... the not-so-surprising word that Barack Obama will also make an appearance (link).

Another shocking Barack Obama blogger spotted: me - 6/09/2008

Anyone can get a blog at Barack Obama's site, and you the reader might even want to get one (or more).

Barack Obama: Narcissistic Personality Disorder? (McCain denies his accomplishments) - 6/03/2008

Barack Obama's speech announcing that he's the Democratic Party's nominee is here. Admidst all the puffery and empty promises - probably written by someone else - this stands out: I honor [John McCain's] service, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine. Ohhhkay. While being the first black presidential candidate is certainly an accomplishment, I&...

Jim Hoagland/Washington Post: Obama should create North American Union - 6/03/2008

... informing us that Fidel Castro thinks Barack Obama is "the most progressive candidate for the U.S. presidency,", Hoagland says: Here's one example of new thinking [Obama] should pursue: The United States should apply to relations with hemispheric neighbors many of the lessons of the European Union and its half-century of economic and political integration. A functioning American Un...

Barack Obama clinches nomination; hello, President John McCain! (predictions!) - 6/03/2008

... "President John McCain", because Barack Obama has supposedly clinched the Democratic nomination. Assuming a matchup between McCain and Obama, I predict that BHO has a 0.1% chance of being elected our next president. Further, I predict that McCain will win by at least 10 points.

Scott Aust/Rapid City Journal helps Obama hide behind kid to support illegal immigration - 6/01/2008

... seventh-grader Steven Cady who asked Barack Obama about immigration in Rapid City, South Dakota yesterday. That article has the heartwarming backstory, with everyone thinking everything was just great.

Chris Bowers/Open Left promotes John McCain "Googlebomb" - 5/29/2008

Chris Bowers of Open Left has started a project called "Searching for John McCain" in which he wants bloggers and others to create a "Googlebomb" designed to get MSM articles that have negative information on John McCain to the top of that search engine's results: openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6044 The approach is supposedly more sophisticated than his similar effort o...

Barack Obama lies, falsely accuses Dobbs, Limbaugh of inciting hate crimes - 5/23/2008

... Florida fundraiser yesterday, Barack Obama said this: "A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year... If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it's not surprising that would happen." Those statements are beyond reprehensible, and come close to accus...

Dana Milbank/WaPo misleads about Barack Obama links - 5/23/2008

... questions about the various links Barack Obama has as believers in UFOs. He discusses a meeting yesterday conducted by Cliff Kincaid and attempts to claim that all the points raised were "implausible accusations", such as this: The smoking gun? Obama's "mentor" during his teens, according to Kincaid, was "a key member of a Soviet-controlled network that was spons...

Media Matters for America on immigration "myths" ("Fear and Loathing in Prime Time") - 5/21/2008

... also might want to check with Barack Obama. More later, but please leave other issues with the report in comments. UPDATE: From this: Three Democratic lawmakers who spoke at a briefing Wednesday about alleged anti-immigrant media coverage were not aware of a recent State Department travel alert warning Americans about military-like "combat" along the southern U.S. border in Mexic...

Obama Oregon rally was preceded by free concert from Portland band The Decemberists - 5/20/2008

Some forms of MSM deception are so gross you have to wonder why they'd put their reputations on the line. I guess they're playing a numbers game, assuming that they'll be able to fool many more people than learn the truth. Today's egregious example involves the big Obama rally in Portland, Oregon on May 18 which supposedly somewhere around 75,000 people attended.

Karl Rove has video of Michelle Obama railing against "whitey" at Rev. Wright's church? - 5/19/2008

... there's a video tape of Barack Obama's wife Michelle Obama railing against "whitey" at Reverend Wright's church. At post time the video - if it even exists - has not been released. Our new buddy Larry Johnson says that Karl Rove has a copy and is using it to fund an independent group that might offer it as an October surprise.

Jeff Bercovici, ThinkProgress spread anti-Rush Limbaugh smear (Antonio Villaraigosa) - 5/06/2008

... Montana shoeshiner wanted to give Barack Obama a shoeshine and was told to back off by Secret Service agents. The meeting above occured months before the April incident, but both had already occured when Rush made the statement above. For ThinkProgress, getting things wrong in this way is the normal course of affairs. One might think that someone working for Conde Nast Portfolio might not be just...

Nutroots hero makes Dems look bad with sleazy John McCain question; questionable Secret Service reaction - 5/02/2008

... Joe Biden campaign worker and Barack Obama supporter Marty Parrish, at a townhall meeting in Iowa, asked John McCain about a sleazy charge in a recent book that he called his wife a "c--t". The charge appears in a book by Cliff Schecter, associated with Brave New Films, the Huffington Post, and FireDogLake, and the only proof provided is that three anonymous reporters supposedly told Sc...

Illegal immigration marches: May 1, 2008 - 5/01/2008

This year's marches for "immigrant rights" - i.e., to give rights to illegal aliens to which they aren't entitled - were much less attended and made much less of an impact than those in 2006. There's a round-up of reports here and a round-up of the marches in various cities here.

Barack Obama statement supports illegal immigration marches - 5/01/2008

Barack Obama has released a statement supporting the May Day illegal immigration marches [1]. He misleads by failing to note that the marches are designed to benefit those who are here illegally rather than legal immigrants. He's also apparently proud of having spoken at the May 1, 2006 event in Chicago; the main organizers of that event have links to the Mexican government with one even bein...

El Paso BP chief Victor Manjarrez promotes immigration "reform", busboys-style (Alicia Caldwell) - 4/30/2008

Alicia Caldwell of the Associated Press offers "El Paso border chief urges immigration reform" (link). The person in question is Victor M. Manjarrez Jr., chief of the U.S. Border Patrol's El Paso Sector.

Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack takes illegal immigration side in Swift raid; Peter Schey link - 4/29/2008

From this: Allegations that federal officials illegally rounded up and arrested almost 1,300 Swift factory workers during raids in Marshalltown and across the country are being highlighted today at a public hearing that includes testimony from former Gov. Tom Vilsack...

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