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Chris Wallace doesn't ask Barack Obama about immigration, one of his most vulnerable policies - 4/27/2008

... Sunday finally got to interview Barack Obama, and the transcript is here. There is one mention of "immigration" in the entire transcript, and it's only an aside: Over the years, John McCain has broken with his party and risked his career on a number of issues, campaign finance, immigration reform, banning torture.

Barack Obama "worked" for Bill Ayers for eight years? - 4/27/2008

From this: In 1995, the Chicago Annenberg Challenge was created to raise funds to help reform the Chicago public schools. One of the architects of the Challenge was none other than Professor Bill Ayers. Ayers co-wrote the initial grant proposal and proudly lists himself on his own website as the co-founder of the Challenge. And who did William Ayers, co-creator of the Challenge, help select as...

Barack Obama cancels North Carolina debate; is he afraid of Katie Couric? - 4/21/2008

Barack Obama has refused to appear at a North Carolina debate which was to be held on April 27. The moderator of the debate? None other than the lovely and talented Democratic cheerleader Katie Couric. There's certainly no reason for him to have attended the event since he's got the nomination sewed up (and, by extension, John McCain will be our next president).

SPP North American Leaders Summit April 21, 22 in New Orleans - 4/20/2008

... contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama... The two have promised to kill or rewrite the pact if elected president as they compete for the support of voters, many of whom blame NAFTA for job losses, especially in the manufacturing sector. Well, not exactly. Obama recently spoke in code, indicating his support for the SPP process, and of course there's GoolsbeeGate to consider. Her paper w...

FingerGate: Did Obama flip the bird to Hillary Clinton? And, is this a previous example of him giving the finger? - 4/18/2008

... Raleigh, North Carolina yesterday, Barack Obama flipped off (aka gave the bird to, gave the finger to) Hillary Clinton. The campaign's video is here, it gets MSM attention here, CBS has video from another angle here, liberals agree with the assessment here, and a roundup is here. The latter explains the various references his gestures were meant to convey. A video still here shows that ther...

ABC News Democratic debate April 16, 2008 (Charlie Gibson, George Stephanopoulous) - 4/16/2008

... appearances by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was apparently fairly bad to very bad, depending on one's partisan inclination (transcript link). It was very bad to Obama supporters, who were dismayed by the debate focusing on "trivialities" such as Bittergate, Tuzla, Reverend Wright, and William Ayers. The HuffPost whines here and here. It also featured an apparently bad performan...

Barack Obama was at Million Man March (Louis Farrakhan) - 4/14/2008

A 1995 profile of Barack Obama had this news which was apparently a minor stir a couple weeks ago: Obama took time off from attending campaign coffees to attend October's Million Man March in Washington, D.C. Needless to say, that event was organized by and featured a keynote speech from Reverend Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam (profiled here).

CNN, The Best Political Team on TV. Part 1, Campbell Brown - 4/14/2008

Very short video with just one more data point illustrating what's wrong with CNN and the MSM in general.

Barack Obama misleads, smears Middle America - 4/11/2008

... less; pictures of his tour here), Barack Obama smeared Pennsylvanians and others by saying: "You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said th...

John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama advisors and bundlers include registered foreign agents - 4/11/2008

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Did Bob Barr swipe his immigration policy from Barack Obama (or Bush, McCain, Clinton,...)? - 4/11/2008

Libertarian Party contender for president Bob Barr was interviewed by Neal Boortz a few days ago, and the audio and a partial transcript is here.

James Parks/AFL-CIO, Jennifer Ludden/NPR promote bad, inhumane public policy, illegal immigration - 4/08/2008

Jennifer Ludden of National Public Radio (NPR) offers a two-part series about those deported from the U.S. to El Salvador in "Deportee Back Home After Near-Death Trip to U.S." (npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89383189) and "Deportee a Stranger in His Homeland" (npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89431942). To a certain extent they're both cautionary tales ...

Rick Perlstein misleads about John McCain immigration position - 4/07/2008

... be said and done, the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's.

John McCain running for America's Diversity Director (Web Ad: Tolerance) - 4/06/2008

... to imagine it coming from even Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. In fact, it's more appropriate for candidates in foreign countries such as England or Canada.

Bob Barr for President 2008: muddled thinking? - 4/05/2008

Former Republican representative from Georgia Bob Barr has joined the Libertarian Party and thrown his hat into the ring for president of the U.S. He's certainly the most mainstream, most sane person to run Libertarian for a long time, if not forever. He "occupies the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union, and as a Board Member of the Nat...

Barack Obama: no evidence of North American Union, confirms NAFTA Superhighway (?), says not CFR member - 4/02/2008

... 3/31/08, an audience member asked Barack Obama whether he's a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and asks about the North American Union. He denied being a member of the CFR, and said he didn't see any evidence of the NAU. However, in his discussion of the NAU he described something sounding an awful lot like the NAFTA Superhighway. If you go to one of his appearances, read back...

Poll: only 34% of McCain voters know he supports amnesty - 4/01/2008

A Center for Immigration Studies poll concerning voter knowledge of and support for their candidates' positions is here. Unlike most other polls, they asked about attrition: Only 34 percent of McCain voters, 42 percent of Clinton voters, and 52 percent of Obama voters correctly identified their candidate as favoring eventual citizenship for illegal immigrants who meet certain requirements...

Bush admin to build 361 more miles of border fence by end of year - 4/01/2008

From this: The Bush administration plans to use its authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations in an effort to finish building 670 miles of fence along the southwest U.S.

Barack Obama wants national holiday for Cesar Chavez - 3/31/2008

... obvious attempt at pandering, Barack Obama wants to make Cesar Chavez' birthday a national holiday (barackobama.com/2008/03/31/obama_calls_for_national_holid.php): ...As farmworkers and laborers across America continue to struggle for fair treatment and fair wages, we find strength in what Cesar Chavez accomplished so many years ago... Just one problem: unlike Barack Obama, Chavez opposed il...

SPLC's "The Year in Hate" misled about FBI hate crime statistics - 3/31/2008

... Richardson, in his endorsement of Barack Obama ("I have been troubled by the demonization of immigrants--specifically Hispanics-- by too many in this country. Hate crimes against Hispanics are rising as a direct result...", link) * The Associated Press' David Crary ("Hate Crimes Linked to Immigration Debate", 3/9, link) * Casey Woods of the Miami Herald ("Anti-illega...

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) endorses Barack Obama; a flashback - 3/28/2008

... from Pennsylvania, has endorsed Barack Obama and will go on tour with him. Per an Obama flack: "There are few stronger advocates for working families in Pennsylvania than Sen. Casey." Yes indeed, and it doesn't matter whether they're U.S. citizens or citizens of foreign countries who are here illegally, Senator Casey is on their side.

Eric Hananoki/Media Matters tries pretending that McCain differs from Hillary and Obama on immigration - 3/26/2008

... reported that Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain "essentially agree on the need for an overhaul of U.S.

Barack Obama and Reverend James Meeks (so far not another Jeremiah Wright) - 3/19/2008

... another radical preacher linked to Barack Obama. This time it's Reverend James Meeks of Salem Baptist Church of Chicago, whose day job is as an Illinois state senator. However, this time around the links are a bit more tenuous than in the case of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Here's Rev.

Barack Obama speaking out of both sides of his mouth on welfare? - 3/19/2008

The Mickster deconstructs Obama's Sermon on Racism here, listing several problems with it. Commenter "fhdpjosc" offers this followup: [Obama's] rhetoric is very carefully crafted to appeal to two different audiences: black and white.

McCain afraid to debate illegal immigration? (Lou Barletta invitation) - 3/19/2008

... running for Congress - invited Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain to his city to have a debate of some kind, saying in part: If you are interested in addressing the issue of illegal immigration, then you must come to our city to hear our stories and learn how cooperation and effective leadership can work to correct the problem and how outside forces -- primarily in Washingt

Brave New Films: Robert Greenwald attacks Fox News "virus" - 3/16/2008

... as it relates to criticism of Barack Obama. Their foxattacks.com/virus page makes it clear that, if Greenwald had his way, Fox would be off the air: Fox is a Republican mouthpiece, not a legitimate news organization.

Barack Obama lies about Lou Dobbs to support illegal immigration - 3/12/2008

... clip from earlier that day of Barack Obama lying about Dobb's position on deportations (transcript link, video link): When I hear Rush Limbaugh or you know Lou Dobbs or some of these people talking about how we need to send them all back. We're not going to send them all back. First of all, this is a country of immigrants.

Barack Obama, just another Chicago politician (deal with Daley machine?) - 3/09/2008

From this: Taking no chances, Daley called Obama in for a series of meetings that lasted two months. Obamaa

Barack Obama supporters: why you should vote for Lim Guan Eng instead - 3/08/2008

... just some of the reasons why Barack Obama supporters should vote for Lim Guan Eng instead: 1. Just like Obama, Lim Guan Eng is the candidate of change. 2. The Democratic Party is truly an international party, and, just as foreign citizens have every right to vote in U.S. elections, Democrats have every right to vote in Malaysia's elections too. 3. Lim's party, the Democratic Action Part...

"Civil Rights Act of 2008" admits illegal aliens "undermine the living standards and working conditions of all Americans" (Kennedy, Clinton, Obama) - 3/07/2008

From our "Isn't it Ironic" file comes the "Civil Rights Act of 2008", brainchild of Senator Ted Kennedy (S.2554, link).

Memo: we already knew Hillary Clinton reassured Canada on NAFTA - 3/06/2008

... "NAFTAgate" - the story that Barack Obama's senior economic policy advisor reassured Canada that the candi

The Laura Carlsen Farce (denies North American Union from slightly-honest Left) - 3/03/2008

Laura Carlsen of the "Americas Program, Center for International Policy" (who also blogs at americasmexico.blogspot.com) offers "The North American Union Farce" (link). She raises issues with the Security and Prosperity Partnership, but she also disputes that it could be a precursor to a North American Union.

Memo on Barack Obama senior advisor's meeting with Canadian government on NAFTA (Austan Goolsbee) - 3/03/2008

As previously discussed, Barack Obama senior economic policy advisor Austan Goolsbee discussed the candidate's position on NAFTA with Canadian government officials, supposedly letting them know that his anti-NAFTA statements were simply political posturing. Now, a Canadian government memo on the meeting has been released, despite previous denials of such a meeting having taken place. A roundu...

Let's make a video for Barack Obama! - 3/02/2008

... will.i.am video in support of Barack Obama, you know, the really creepy one with the chanting and the braindead celebrities like Jessica Alba and others I have no hope of identifying telling us how Obama's going to save the environment and bring world peace just before he brings all of us a pony and a shiny new bicycle.

Beth Fouhy/AP shows bias in article complaining about media bias - 3/01/2008

... Shorenstein is complaining about pro-Barack Obama bias by the MSM. Beth Fouhy of the Associated Press writes (link): ..."I am absolutely outraged with the media coverage of the presidential campaign," Shorenstein wrote in the memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press.

"Comedian" George Lopez, ethnic nationalist for Obama - 2/28/2008

... George Lopez brought U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's message of hope and change Wednesday afternoon to an estimated 1,200 potential young voters at the University of Texas at El Paso. "It is the time of the Latino, your time to step up, your time to take this country over," Lopez said, eliciting applause.

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton told Canada their NAFTA talk was just bluster? - 2/28/2008

... senior representative of the Barack Obama campaign called Canada's ambassador to the U.S. and informed him that, despite any anti-NAFTA statements Obama might make, it would all just be bluster and he wouldn't really mean it.

Barack Obama criticizes Hillary Clinton for supporting NAFTA, while supporting it himself - 2/24/2008

Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton support NAFTA, but Obama is trying to say her support is stronger. Or something.

Disgrace: CNN Democratic debate February 21, 2008 - 2/21/2008

... debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be a disgrace. Some part of that is due to the fact that one of the questioners is Jorge Ramos of Univision. He's not only a supporter of cultural separatism, he's not a citizen - by choice - despite having lived here for over a decade. And, if any immigration questions are asked they'll be meaningless: everyone on stage is on th...

Barack Obama promises "security and prosperity in North America" (work with Mexico, immigration "reform") - 2/20/2008

... (link), supposedly written by Barack Obama himself. It contains two phrases with "prosperity" and "security" together in relation to North America and even the use of "partnership" at the end.

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