New NAFTA Memo Draws Clinton Attack in Ohio
The battle to see which Democratic presidential contender opposes NAFTA more escalated today with a memo obtained by the AP detailing a meeting between a top adviser to Barack Obama and a Canadian diplomat in Chicago in which the adviser is said to have called his candidate’s anti-NAFTA stance “political positioning.”
The memo’s author writes that Obama’s economic adviser Austan Goolsbee “candidly acknowledged the protectionist sentiment that has emerged” in the campaign thus far, adding that “he cautioned that this messaging should not be taken out of context and should be viewed as more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans.”
In a press conference with reporters in Toledo, OH this morning, Clinton said “I don’t think people should come to Ohio and tell the people of Ohio one thing and then have your campaign tell a foreign government something else behind closed doors.”
“That’s the kind of difference between talk and action that I’ve been pointing out this entire campaign,” she said. “If you come to Ohio and you both give speeches that are very critical of NAFTA and you send out misleading and false information about my position regarding NAFTA, and then we find out that your chief economic adviser has gone to a foreign government and basically done the old wink-wink, don’t pay any attention this is just political rhetoric, I think that raises serious questions.”
Obama spokesman Bill Burton accused Clinton of a “blatant distortion,” saying she’s “not telling the truth on this story” — but did not attack the veracity of the memo, instead ripping Clinton for calling NAFTA a victory in her autobiography.
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In her media avail, Clinton also accused the press of a double standard on the story — saying “look at this story, substitute my name for Senator Obama’s name, and see what you would do with this story…If some of my advisers had been having private meetings with foreign governments, basically saying ‘ignore what I’m saying because it’s only political rhetoric.”
A new study of network news coverage by the Center for Media and Public Affairs backs up at least a part of Clinton’s argument; while Hillary gets better press on discussion of her issue positions and performance in office, Obama has far more positive coverage in stories about his political skills and the likelihood that he’ll make a good president — which are far more frequent than issue-based stories.
UPDATE: The Canadian Embassy releases a statement, saying of the memo “there was no intention to convey, in any way, that Senator Obama and his campaign team were taking a different position in public from views expressed in private, including about NAFTA.”
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Clinton points out only one issue,she’Clinton ‘ said one thing in Ohio concerning NAFTA,then says another in Texas !!NOTHING that out sources AMERICAN JOBS can be good for ANY AMERICAN or their state !!Thats like her illegal immigrant issues,why doesn’t she just say,ILLEGALS are good for the BORDER towns in Texas,but bad for the Northern states and towns!!!As that IS what she is saying ,as NAFTA helps illegals and other countries ,NOT Americans WITHOUT JOBS!!
The more Obama denies what he said, when it is clear he said that he would either renegotiate or end to NAFTA, the more he loses credibility. For him to maintain his image as the transcendant politician who can do no wrong he needs to come clean and stick to his guns. Right now, he is pulling the Clinton Triangulation technique for minimizing stupid statements and he looks really phony in the process.
Actually this is a serious issue, cause either way Obama is lieing.
Personally it looks like he’s doing everything he can to alienate our allies, while rolling over to our enemies.
More double talk from Obama! I’m sure there will be even more exposed in the days to come.
How about Rezko!!! Can’t wait to hear more of this!!!
The court is also expected to hear from John Thomas, an FBI mole, who reportedly witnessed Mr Obama and Mr Blagojevich making frequent visits to Mr Rezko. Judge Amy St Eve has said that she will allow prosecutors to offer evidence that Mr Rezko directed two associates to make two $10,000 contributions to Mr Obama’s 2004 senate campaign because he had already donated the legal maximum.
Liar, Liar, Liar! Everytime Obama gets into trouble it’s a ‘Boneheaded Mistake”. I think he is Boneheaded and we don’t need that kind of person anywhere near any nuclear buttons. He would say’ Whoops, that was a boneheaded mistake” Boom. We would be gone.
Hillary ‘08
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VOTE HILLARY!!! Republicans, too!! Lets get Obama out of here!!!
This is nothing new with Obama, He’s been double talking the whole time and finally, finally people are waking up. Vote Hillary and lets get this Country straightened out - We cannot afford an Obama experiment. He lied about his Church dealings, Lied about Rezko, Lied about Canadian talks, Spoke of fear mongering in the red Phone ad and then DID IT HIMSELF ! Said he would set preconditions on meeting with Cuba, and in the VERY NEXT BREATH - you guesses it SET PRECONDITIONS ! He didn’t vote on going to war in Irag because he wasnt even a member of Congress at that time, then later said he didn’t know if he would have voted for it or not. It wasn’t Congress that screwed up the War strategy in Iraq - IT WAS BUSH CHENEY ! Obama doesnt even know if Al-Queda is IN IRAQ or not. All these College kids spporting Obama are living in Fantasy land - most of them are there on Mommy & Daddy’s dime and none of them know the responsibility yet of raising a family, paying mortgate, Prop Tax etc.. I like to see young people vote but its a RESPONSIBILITY, not something you do for FUN or to make a point. PEOPLES LIVES DEPEND ON THIS ELECTION - realize that !
WHY WILL YOU VOTE? - for a politician who will promise or say something to get all praises but do different thing behind closed door??? That’s BLATANT PUBLIC BETRAYAL,
DOUBLE-CROSSER, HYPOCRITE, AND BACK STABBER!!! (What else….???)
HOW CA WE TRUST THAT PERSON TO LEAD US FOR A “REAL CHANGE”???
Now people are seeing the real TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA’S PROMISES AND SPEECHESSSSS….
ALL WORDS BUT NO TRUTH, REALITY NOR SUBSTANCE….
THANK YOU TO NEWS MEDIA WHO ARE NOW STARTING TO RECOGNIZE AND REALIZE THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS “GREAT PRETENDER OF CHANGE”…
AMERICANS PLEASE FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE AND DON’T BE SWAYED BY THE FLOWERY WORDS AND SPEECHESSSSSSS…. A LYING TONGUE OF THIS POLITICIAN!
VOTE BILLARY 4DEMS. THEIR DEMONS & POLITICAL ROADKILL ARE BETTER DOCUMENTED.
Obama is a joke. He is NO different than anyone in Washington. He will double talk around every issue. He will change his mind on the important issues. He will go down in as one of the worst President in our history.
vote Fred Flintstone, I mean Mike Huckabee. yaba dabd doo I want your vote too!
Delmont Olds: George Bush’s closet is opening before he gets out of office!
Dr. suss wrote great books. inspired a generation and gave people hope! Let’s make him the democratic nominee!
Comment to Jo
I could’nt agree more… You hit the bulls-eye!! Americans!!! (Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians please vote with your conscience! Especially - YOUNG VOTERS!!! This is your chance to show your PATRIOTISM! for a better AMERICA!!! Remember - you are the product of the choices you make….
I suppose she neglected to mention her husband’s support of NAFTA and her vote to allow the president carte blanche ability to negotiate similar horrors with only limited debate allowed on passage? Naaaa, she probably didn’t mention that. Must have just slipped her mind, right? Yeah, right. Hil-Liar-y is the one with the NAFTA albatross above her head; not Obama. If you want more jobs to disappear from the U.S. economy, then by all means go ahead and vote for Hil-Liar-y. She’s your girl alright……the neocons think so too as well as the multi-national corporations who are funding her campaign, not to mention money from the chinese that she doesn’t like to talk about.
Should we consider Obama an unindicted co-conspirator in the Rezko trial?
Something I did’nt know until today…Obama accepted and now has transferred to charity $160,000.00 that Rezko “collected” for him.
that there is a memo out that shows Obama as a liar on NAFTA. He been telling Ohio’s Nafta haters that he’s against it while letting those NAFTA supporters in Canada that they have nothing to fear.
This is the same line McCain uses on the Conservatives. They have the brains to see otherwise. Do the Democrats.
Hillary can still win this. There’s an excellant that Rezko will rat out Obama before the convention.
Hillary can also beat McCain without Obama’s voters. His voters are mostly first and last time voters.
The young and African American voters have never went to the poll before so they aren’t a factor in the McCain vs Clinton election. They are only for Obama, theyre not coming out. Clinton will win in a close election with Florida and Ohio going Democrat.
Why take a chance on an Obama indictment or an anti-black vote or a Hillary voter backlash. After what Obama’s done to split the party will surely come back to haunt us.
@GO HILLARY
In reviewing your comments, your overall line of reasoning has deteriorated into vulgar idiocracy.
I didn’t realize until now that Crayola was making wireless handwriting recognition devices.
I guess there’s nothing new under the sun. A lot of younger voters like me liked the idea that we finally had a chance to vote for a candidate we could be excited about rather than holding our noses an pulling the lever for the lesser of two evils like we’ve been doing these last few elections. Obama had promise, now even though it looks like the Canadian story is a non-story (the Canadian gov’t has been doing backflips to get the point across that nothing underhanded happened, loved the debate in the Canadian parliament about this) it still looks like the Obama camp lied/spun about whether a meeting took place or not. I still don’t want a Clinton within 10 yards of the Oval Office - her campaign has shown that her presidency would be a mixture of Bush’s cronyism and mismanagement with Bill’s scandal and doublespeak, but I can’t say I’m as enthusiastic about Obama any more. Break out those noseplugs, folks, looks like it’s another lesser-of-two-evils election.
Keep it up Hillary. Finally the media is doing their job. The dirt is out on Obama and Texas and Ohio will do what is best for this country. Get Obama out of our face’s.
I agree with others here - Obama’s shiny image is getting tarnished as more and more of the truth is revealed. In the end, he will not get the black vote, either. Because I think the blacks have plenty of intelligence and know when they are getting scammed. He’s one of the worse liars I’ve seen come this far in a primary.
Comment by Helen
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I guess there’s nothing new under the sun. A lot of younger voters like me liked the idea that we finally had a chance to vote for a candidate we could be excited about rather than holding our noses an pulling the lever for the lesser of two evils like we’ve been doing these last few elections. Obama had promise, now even though it looks like the Canadian story is a non-story (the Canadian gov’t has been doing backflips to get the point across that nothing underhanded happened, loved the debate in the Canadian parliament about this) it still looks like the Obama camp lied/spun about whether a meeting took place or not. I still don’t want a Clinton within 10 yards of the Oval Office - her campaign has shown that her presidency would be a mixture of Bush’s cronyism and mismanagement with Bill’s scandal and doublespeak, but I can’t say I’m as enthusiastic about Obama any more. Break out those noseplugs, folks, looks like it’s another lesser-of-two-evils election.
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@ Helen
Seriously, Obama has lied either to the people of Ohio, or to Canada. One is misleading voters, the others is trying to piss off an ally.
Is it me, or does Obama and Clinton resemble the characters from the movie Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, where Sally Field portrays a power, arrogant, egotistic congresswoman and Reese Witherspoon plays a lawyer that is seen as a delusional, ignorant, and Capital Barbie doll. How could a blonde political virgin come to Washington D.C. and think that she could make a difference among the elite policy-makers. Of course, in this case Obama is not a mindless or an air head individual, but is still seen as a Capital Ken doll. Now, the question that needs to be asked, can Obama pull a win like Ms. Witherspoon.
-Joe
Pensacola, Fl
OBAMA VS. CLINTON = “Thing One” vs. “Thing Two” scrapping over letting everyone know the other will cause the most damage.
In each of their own minds, that anyone else besides the other will cause even greater damage than both of them together is for now a given to be dealt with later.
You know when they report on who is voting for Hillary and they say the uneducated are supporting her, I can see this in your blog responses. If you took the time to research any of this information instead of repeating what you hear you would know that Hillary or should I say her campaign has said things that were not true and she has had to appologize for it. One of them was someone from her campaign sending out an email stating Obama was a Muslim, she later had to apologize and claims she fired the campaigned worker. If he was a muslim why did Hillary appoligize. Hillary compaigned made comments about Obama teenage drug use, so what. I bet you about 95% of adults experimented with drugs when they were a teen ager. I just wish someone would tell me what Hillary has done during her 35 years. I hear her say she was on this commitee and she fought for this but what did she do. I think if you are going to ask Obama about his experience we should ask Hillary about hers, and this does not include Bill’s accomplishments just hers.
Hillary is so negative, it makes me vomit.
If Hillary thinks her experience as first lady makes her a National Security expert, then Laura Bush, Nancy Reagan and others should claim the same experience and run for the presidency. She is acting more and more delusional by claiming all Bill Clinton’s experience as her own.
lady Leo writes…
I think if you are going to ask Obama about his experience we should ask Hillary about hers, and this does not include Bill’s accomplishments just hers.<<<
Oh I agree completely. I don’t care if Obama experimented with drugs as a kid as long as he’s not doing it now. What bothers me is that he says one thing on the campaign trail but his voting record shows the exact opposite.
I mean this is a guy who says he is for strengthening the security of the United States and securing our borders. Yet he voted against allocating funds for terrorism prevention activities, including rail and transit security. (vote #00185, 2005) He voted against against providing emergency funding for border security efforts. (vote #0094, 2006) He voted to block passage of a bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism. (vote #00358, 2005) He was one of only 16 Senators to vote against increasing the amount of fencing and improving vehicle barriers installed along the southwest border of the United States. (vote #00126, 2006) He voted against funding to construct double-layered fencing and vehicle barriers along the southwest border and to offset such increase by reducing earmarks. (vote #00200, 2006) he voted against funding to enable the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire investigators to investigate immigration laws violations. (vote #00201, 2006) And that’s not it. 12 more times he voted similarly on such efforts.
Then he turns around and votes against legislation to protect United States citizens from ballots being cast illegally by non-United States citizens and illegal aliens. (vote #00143, 2006) And votes to allow taxpayer dollars being allocated to entitlements for temporary workers and illegal aliens. (vote #00192, 2007)
Who cares if he snorted a line when he was a kid. I’m far more worried about what he’s done (or indeed has NOT done) as an adult.
You know it’s funny to hear someone say some candidate lied as they all lie time after time throughout a campaign. Of course some would say they just embellish the truth but let’s face it folks, their words are as empty as their promises because we all know it’s the House and Senate that effectively make the changes.
With that said, let’s take a minute to consider the possibility that the Obama picture was actually put out by his camp to damage Hillary and take the sting out of any attempt by McCain to use it in the General election. Now, I live by the philosophy that the truth lies with whomever benefits the most. So as I look at that situation, I see only two possible winners and Hillary is the least likely of the two. No, I’d bet it was Obama and mainly because he was the only one who could really benefit from the photo being released.
Not the point really but a good example of how politics work in our great country!
In two exceptions to the media blackout, Tucker Carlson of MSNBC described Trinity as having a “racially exclusive theology” that “contradicts the basic tenets of Christianity.” Sean Hannity of Fox News confronted Wright on TV and asked how a black value system is any more acceptable than a white value system.
If a white presidential candidate’s church had a similar statement and “you substitute the word black for white, there would be an outrage in this country,” Hannity said. “There would be cries of racism in this country.’”
“If your spiritual advisor makes outrageous statements, it’s incumbent on you as a leader to denounce those statements,” says Brad Blakeman, a former Bush White House aide who heads the conservative Freedom’s Watch. “Silence is an admission that you agree with what your spiritual advisor pronounces
Who is the RACIST????
As for Israel, “The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now,” Wright has said. “Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community and wake up Americans concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism.”
And we are to believe that O-BUM-A went to his church for 20 years. But WE are to believe HE SUPPORTS ISREAL.??????
In sermons and interviews, Dr. Wright has equated Zionism with racism and Israel with South Africa under its previous policy of apartheid. On the Sunday after 9/11, Wright said the attacks were a consequence of violent American policies. Four years later, Wright suggested that the attacks were retribution for America’s racism.
“In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01,” Wright wrote in a church-affiliated magazine. “White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just ‘disappeared’ as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.”
In one of his sermons, Wright said, “Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!…We [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God.”
May be that you Rev. Write are full of hate and racism. But dont think all america is….
We are a congregation which is unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian,” says the Trinity United Church of Christ’s website in Chicago. “We are an African people and remain true to our native land, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.”
That’s just the beginning. The church has a “non-negotiable commitment to Africa,” according to its website, and its pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. subscribes to what is called the Black Value System.
I HAVE A NON-NEGOTIABLE COMMITMENT TO AMERICA… How can Obama when he goes to a church like this for 20 years???
This guy is all word’s and NO substance.
And what substance that can be found on him. Makes things even more scary.
A wife that’s never till now been proud to be American???
I don’t know about you all BUT I have been proud many many times.
One of the times I want you all to think of is. THE plane that went down in PA.
Think about it.. IT was very very sad. BUT a group of AMERICAN’S said you may kill us. BUT WE WILL NOT HELP YOU KILL OTHER”S.
THE fire fighter’s that went in to save others?? the People from all over the country that WENT to New york to help.
A Rev. Write as his mentor And father like figure. That is a racist pig that even other black churches want nothing to do with… who said 9/11 was the white mans fault for not paying attention to the black mans needs???????
NO THIS O-BUM-A IS NOT WHAT AMERICA NEEDS…
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OMG .. Why dont you tell us what you realy think of Obama……???? LOL
HIT HIM WHERE IT HURTS…..
NO and DPG have the same email address.
DPG,
I just wish the media had the courage to put this information out but unfortunately, they’d rather back Obama than face 4 more years of the Clintons or McCain. Wow!
HE prob. used mine.

As fox has not fix this yet.
A lot of people are useing others so theirs wont be up for all.
I really don’t care That is what spam filters are for..
10-4 I’ve just made one up. Try it. Try gomerhuck@aol.com
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/galleries/596.html?SITE=CONGRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Obama lies. The Press was eating up all that he dished out, May be now all of them are waking up with indigestion, hope it is not too late!!!
He staged the people in the audience to act as if they are fainting to look better
He stages that President Clinton hacker and his supporter to get TV timer on Fox and CNBC channels
He sent that Somali picture to hide his real past and present
He will stage more dramatics to get young and vulnerable Americans to vote for him, He is a Harvard lawyer!
He is showing young girls and boys to stand next to him in the rallies to disillusioned young naive brains.
He is a real phony
He has done nothing for Illinois for eight years and Zero for our country.
He is going to ruin this country for Americans and the world
People wake up, think, think and think again
Let’s all watch him stutter his way through trying to turn this around on Hillary! I love it! He is crooked and I will really enjoy watching him go down!!!
If you read the Post I posted at 7:00
The part about Isreal.
Think about Obama saying he wants to change the mindset. That got us 9/11 and into Iraq.
Have you ever thought about what he could offer the wacko’s. Like Osama Iran POL and other Wacko’s. When he sit’s down to talk to them?? WHAT IS IT ALL THESE WACKO’S HAVE AGAINST US???
THE ONE COMMON FACTOR IS…(DRUM ROLL PLEASE)) ISREAL…
WE support the so called Illegal government of Isreal…
What IS he going to do Offer not to protect Isreal..???
NO OBAMA FOR ME… HELL NO
Comment forDPG You are right!
Hell no to Obama for president!!!
GO HILLARY !!!!
Yes YOU CAN !!!
Finally - the media is starting to give some glory to Hillary - and ask questions of Obama.
Fox news even reported that fact tonight - 84% of all Obama reports were favorable -
52% favorable on Clinton - they have created this mess by trying to engineer their opinions. Just now they are looking at this rock star - let’s hope its not too late!! He does give a good speech - and can rally a crowd - but we need to elect the President of the United States.
We need Clinton - she is experienced, and a proven leader. Texas & Ohio - Please VOTE
CLINTON - You can help her save our country!
GO HILLARY !!
The funny thing is that job growth, exports, goods manufactured, the unemployment rate and virtually every other economic indicator has been great since NAFTA went into effect despite the dot com bubble bust, 9/11, the Iraq war, hurricanes Rita and Katrina, rapidly rising oil prices and the junk mortgage foreclosures. Politicians didn’t make the economy storm through the last two decades, a free market capitalist economy did. NAFTA has its flaws but it’s better than the protectionist economy promoted by Clinton and Obama.
YES WE WILL HILLARY!!!!!! THE LIES ARE COMING OUT – OBAMA LAUDRY AIRING EVE RY DAY!!!!!!! I LOVE THE NEWEST HEADLINE………
March 3rd, 2008 6:13 PM Eastern
Obama Addresses Rezko, Advisor’s Role in Discussing NAFTA with Canadian Official
by Bonney Kapp
Senator Barack Obama took 9 questions at a hastily arranged press availability today in San Antonio. The campaign squeezed the avail into the candidate’s schedule, despite the fact that he was running behind schedule. The last media avail took place on Thursday - nearly an eternity in campaign time (Keep in mind, Hillary Clinton has held two media availabilities since yesterday).
The 15 1/2 minute press avail began with a question about Austan Goolsbee, the Obama economic advisor who reportedly told someone in the Canadian government that Obama’s anti-NAFTA campaign rhetoric is just political speak. Campaign Manager David Plouffe told reporters earlier in the day that Goolsbee attended the meeting not as a representative of the campaign, but as a visiting professor from the University of Chicago. In interviews, Obama had previously denied that “it happened,” and so he was asked by a reporter today to clarify what happened.The second topic du jour was about Obama’s relationship with Tony Rezko, an Obama contributor whose federal corruption trial began today in Chicago. A fair number of Chicago reporters headed south to San Antonio to question Obama on fundraisers held by Rezko, who was in attendance, and on Obama’s transparency on the issue.
Should we consider Obama an unindicted co-conspirator in the Rezko trial?
Something I did’nt know until today…Obama accepted and now has transferred to charity $160,000.00 that Rezko “collected” for him.
that there is a memo out that shows Obama as a liar on NAFTA. He been telling Ohio’s Nafta haters that he’s against it while letting those NAFTA supporters in Canada that they have nothing to fear.
This is the same line McCain uses on the Conservatives. They have the brains to see otherwise. Do the Democrats.
Hillary can still win this. There’s an excellant that Rezko will rat out Obama before the convention.
Hillary can also beat McCain without Obama’s voters. His voters are mostly first and last time voters.
The young and African American voters have never went to the poll before so they aren’t a factor in the McCain vs Clinton election. They are only for Obama, theyre not coming out. Clinton will win in a close election with Florida and Ohio going Democrat.
Why take a chance on an Obama indictment or an anti-black vote or a Hillary voter backlash. After what Obama’s done to split the party will surely come back to haunt us.
Why has CNN been so biased in there backing of Obama. It seems so unfair and has almost cost Hillary the campaign. It was not her but the media (CNN in particular) pulling the gender card, because with her experience and if she had been a man this would never have been allowed.
So this to me is more about gender as much is it is about race. However, the race issue in South Carolina seems to have swayed all black voters to Obama…Along with Oprah…..
Part II:
Why has the media been giving Obama such a free ride without going after him like they have Hillary until this last week? What about the Rezko deal? why hasn’t that been touched on more? They have finally have questioned his radical religious realtionships, but have waited so long to question these issues, not mention his drug past apparent, did Obama inhale?
Obama’s Canada Connection?
It is alleged today someone from the Obama organization (and it would not be just anyone I am certain) got in touch with the Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce.. and said.. When Obama is president he will be renegotiating the NAFTA Agreement.. “but”..dont worry about it.. that is just for the voters..rhetoric for the campaign.. “we aren’t really going to do that.. relax”
Now that, if true, will really p.o. the voters in Ohio .. what kind of “NEW” politics is this???? Obamarama???
GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAJYMgX4JuU
Obama and NAFTA
thanks for the link,,,,,I can,t beleive this,- Obama is f,,,,liar,,,,,,
On the issue of experience, Obama`s record/experience is a joke by comparison…Hillary`s been to no less than 80 countries…helping any way she could…in addition, here`s just some of All Hillary`s achievements/experiences as a US Senator:
In 2000, Hillary was elected to the United States Senate from New York. As Senator, Hillary has continued her advocacy for children and families and has been a national leader on homeland security and national security issues.
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Hillary worked with her colleagues to secure the funds New York needed to recover and rebuild. She fought to provide compensation to the families of the victims, grants for hard-hit small businesses, and health care for front line workers at Ground Zero. And she continues to work for resources that enable New York to grow, to improve homeland security for New York and other communities, and to protect all Americans from future attacks.
She is the first New Yorker ever to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee, working to see that America’s military has the necessary resources to protect our national security. She has visited troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and at Fort Drum in New York, home of the 10th Mountain Division and other New York bases, as well as at Walter Reed Military Hospital. She has learned first-hand the challenges facing American combat forces. Hillary passed legislation to track the health status of our troops so that conditions like Gulf War Syndrome would no longer be misdiagnosed. She is an original sponsor of legislation that expanded health benefits to members of the National Guard and Reserves and has been a strong critic of the Administration’s handling of Iraq.
But Hillary has recognized that we can’t ignore our problems at home while we face challenges overseas. She has introduced legislation to tie Congressional salary increases to an increase in the minimum wage, because she believes if America’s working people don’t deserve a raise, neither does Congress. She has supported a variety of middle-class tax cuts, including marriage penalty relief, property tax relief, and reduction in the Alternative Minimum Tax, and supports fiscally responsible pay-as-you-go budget rules. She helped pass legislation that encouraged investment to create jobs in struggling communities through the Renewal Communities program. She has championed legislation to bring broadband Internet access, which is so important in today’s information economy, to rural America.
In the Senate, Hillary has not wavered in her work to expand quality affordable health care to more Americans. She worked to strengthen the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which increased coverage for children in low income and working families. She authored legislation that has been enacted to improve quality and lower the cost of prescription drugs and to protect our food supply from bioterrorism. She sponsored legislation to increase America’s commitment to fighting the global HIV/AIDS crisis, and is now leading the fight for expanded use of information technology in the health care system to decrease administrative costs, lower premiums, and reduce medical errors.
Her strong advocacy for children continues in the Senate. Some of Hillary’s proudest achievements have been her work to ensure the safety of prescription drugs for children, with legislation now included in the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, and her legislation to help schools address environmental hazards. She has also proposed expanding access to child care. She has passed legislation that will bring more qualified teachers into classrooms and more outstanding principals to lead our schools.
Hillary has been a powerful advocate for women in the Senate. Her commitment to supporting the rights guaranteed in Roe v. Wade and to reducing the number of abortions by reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies was hailed by the New York Times as “frank talk…(and) a promising path.” Hillary is one of the original cosponsors of the Prevention First Act to increase access to family planning. Her fight with the Bush Administration ensured that Plan B, an emergency contraceptive, will be available to millions of American women and will reduce the need for abortions.
Hillary is strongly committed to making sure that every American has the right to vote in fair, accessible, and credible elections. She introduced the Count Every Vote Act of 2005 to ensure better protection of votes and to ensure that every vote is counted.
In 2006, New Yorkers reelected Hillary to the Senate with 67 percent of the vote.
to begin with, in last week`s debate, there was the great ignorance Obama showed to the world when he told that story about the platoon, etc…displaying a great lack of knowledge about how the military is structured, etc…
in the last debate, he stated that he`d take action in Iraq…if intel indicated that Al-Quaeda was building a base there, etc., there…what?…wait a min?…this from a guy who stated that he was against the war from the start…
when the war started, the US had intel which indicated that Al-Quaeda had bases in Iraq…the very same condition which Obama states he`d take action over there…just like Bush did…
which means Obama was either LYING in the last debate or when he says he was against the war from the start.
btw, Hillary showed her superior experience, etc., by correctly answering this question…because a good Commander-in-Chief needs to know the facts before answering such questions…
she was also correct in pointing out that Obama wasn`t in the Sen. at the start to vote on the war…and he`s going to say what ever makes him look good…so, of course he`s going to LIE and say that he was against the war from the start…makes him look smarter than everyone else…especially to his followers…
and speeches, etc., aren`t the same…there`s a HUGE difference between giving speeches, etc., and voting with a constituency to answer to, nearly all of who were for the war at the time…
in fact, on and just after 9/11, very nearly every American, including Obama, was for going to war or dropping a bomb on who ever was responsible for what took place on 9/11…especially NYer`s…anyone who says differently is lying just like Obama is…as SHOWN above…
quite simply, Today`s world is too dangerous for a Pres. to be learning on the job…and openly negotiating without pre-conditions…with our enemies/terrorists…many of who HOPE every American drops dead this very moment…and would CHANGE the United States to something other than democracy…to think otherwise, like Obama, is extremely naive.
The more I read about Obama, the more fearful I become. His record of drugs, association with criminals, the radical black only church and dirty politics. The worldwide support of every muslim group in the world with money and endorsement. Louis Farrakhan, with his Nation of Isalm is a real concern and Obama’s church endorsed him. Obama is not presidential material. His black only mentality is very troublesome and not right for our country. Both Obama and his wife received Ivy League education through affirmative action, but now they are finally proud of our country. Neither of the Obama’s had the grades or finance for the Ivy League college education, but the taxpayer got stuck with the huge expense. Don’t you get that warm and fuzzy feeling regarding the Obama’s. I didn’t use his middle name.
Thank God! People have snapped out of this trance, we want Hillary to stay in the race until Obama’s laundry all airs out…. and as you will find…there is just as much enthusiasm in learning about his faults and laundry that the media “especially” that media machine that CNN has exposed as to what I call a Hillary CNN Bashing Machine… CNN led to this unevenness in race and the truths of a real democratic race itself. I believe whether or not if you are a Christian or not, you should specifically make sure what the core beliefs of your church are…and I’m not into an all black belief based church that Obama represents. I want a church that believes for my core beliefs as well, especially if they are going to be president.. WAIT A MINUTE - Don’t forget they haven’t even got into the Rezko story yet,,,That starts March 3rd,,,,, however in the past week you have seen some good Obama Bashing and WELL DESERVED after all the Hillary bashing. They believe pretty much the same things but experience prevails as to who can accomplish what CAST YOUR VOT FOR HILLARY - THE CLINTON DAYS BROUGHT PROSPERITY TO ALL>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Thank God! People have snapped out of this trance, we want Hillary to stay in the race until Obama’s laundry all airs out…. and as you will find…there is just as much enthusiasm in learning about his faults and laundry that the media “especially” that media machine that CNN has exposed as to what I call a Hillary CNN Bashing Machine… CNN led to this unevenness in race and the truths of a real democratic race itself. I believe whether or not if you are a Christian or not, you should specifically make sure what the core beliefs of your church are…and I’m not into an all black belief based church that Obama represents. I want a church that believes for my core beliefs as well, especially if they are going to be president.. WAIT A MINUTE - Don’t forget they haven’t even got into the Rezko story yet,,,That starts March 3rd,,,,, however in the past week you have seen some good Obama Bashing and WELL DESERVED after all the Hillary bashing. They believe pretty much the same things but experience prevails as to who can accomplish what CAST YOUR VOT FOR HILLARY - THE CLINTON DAYS BROUGHT PROSPERITY TO ALL>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Looking from the outside in, President Bill Clinton was the best President the USA had in the last 20 years. Now you have the worst in history in George Bush.
Hillary in every debate has answered her questions clearly and in detail while Obama just sits there and responds with ‘ I agree with Hillary and furthermore…”. This is enough proof that demonstrates he is definitely not cut out for the job.
The media gave Hillary a rough ride. The media keeps throwing out these obscure polls where this demographic here is gaining for Obama here and another obscure poll the media throws out thats says Obama that…so what’s up with the media ?
Obama says too he wants to go and talk with the US adversaries with no preconditions. Absurd !! Why is anybody even buying into this guy’s jive talk ?
I want to add too that this is the worst and most biased media coverage of a primary and Presidential election I’ve ever seen. I challenge anyone to prove I’m wrong. I’ve been proven right in these political matters 9 times out of 10 and I’m sure I’m right now.
Obama or McCain as President will be a very bad thing for the USA.
Obama has a history of ruthless and dirty politics: From a story about how he first gained public office in the Illinois State Senate: (Chicago Tribune April 4, 2007): The day after New Year’s 1996, operatives for Barack Obama filed into a barren hearing room of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. There they began the tedious process of challenging hundreds of signatures on the nominating petitions of state Sen. Alice Palmer, the longtime progressive activist from the city’s South Side. And they kept challenging petitions until every one of Obama’s four Democratic primary rivals was forced off the ballot. His overwhelming legal onslaught signaled his impatience to gain office, even if that meant elbowing aside an elder stateswoman like Palmer. A close examination of Obama’s first campaign clouds the image he has cultivated throughout his political career: The man now running for president on a message of giving a voice to the voiceless first entered public office not by leveling the playing field, but by clearing it. One of the candidates he eliminated, long-shot contender Gha-is Askia, now says that Obama’s petition challenges belied his image as a champion of the little guy and crusader for voter rights. “He talks about honor and democracy, but what honor is there in getting rid of every other candidate so you can run scot-free? Why not let the people decide?” Had Palmer survived the petition challenge, Obama would have faced the daunting task of taking on an incumbent senator. Palmer’s elimination marked the first of several fortuitous political moments in Obama’s electoral success: He won the 2004 primary and general elections for U.S. Senate after tough challengers imploded when their messy divorce files were unsealed. Hence, his rapid ascent to power…
I absolutely have to disagree with this. The highlights that you have mentioned are two that yes, should be commended - however is record IS subject to much dispute concerning the times in which he has chosen, consciously NOT to vote on imperative issues within the Senate.
For instance: In 1999 Senator Obama was faced with an extremely difficult vote in the Illinois legislature, a bill which would allow Juveniles to be tried as adults. This had massive implications for African Americans and the potential to cause great controversy within that group.
VOTE: Neither yes or no. He voted ‘Present’ - effectively meaning he side stepped the issue.
130 OTHER times he took this stance within the Senate. On this note, when you state that you are shocked at the cries of millions of Americans who state that Obama lacks substance, on this issue who can really dispute this notion?
Although voting ‘present; is not unusual - it does raise the fundamental premise on which his campaign had been founded upon: he has tried to distinguish himself from Senator Clinton as a somebody who is ready to lead, who does despite popular belief, have the experience and tenacity with which to lead this incredibly bruised country.
He has not however, proved through this 130 - Present - record - that he can take on the tough issues - the issues which will undoubtedly face him on ‘Day One’ and shape the lives of the American people - if they issues present a hard line or a hard truth that people might not want to digest.
His record reflects also something else - at least 36 times Senator Obama was the ONLY state senator to vote present or was part of a tiny minority (5/6).
This is clearly with motive as opposed to being mindful of the issues at hand - his present votes stood out amongst widespread support because he has admittedly confessed to use them to register objections to part of the Bill - an act which you do, if you are mindful of running the risk of saying ‘No’. It clearly gives him political cover.
So I ask you - is this transparency…..
No….it really is more of the same. Washington Politics at its finest….
No ‘Change’ there then - a term he has so often brandished and banded around to fit his rhetoric….this time Senator Obama, I am certainly not falling for it. I hope to goodness the American people follow the lead.
Hopefully, You watched SNL last couple of weekends. The Clinton/Obama debate
skit spoke volumes. CNN is bias in favor of Obama.
I can’t tell the difference between watching the FOX network from
CNN or any other of the major networks.
ALL our media sources suffer from Obamania!
Thankfully, SNL nailed it!
I hope CNN tries to regain some objectivity.
First of all Obama voted for NAFTA himself in 2004 and if people especially you young voters would stop following the media; Have you ever stopped and thought that the younger generation has grown up to be media kids, meaning in a lot of instances they vote for what the media represents as the going thing - like “Obama” without even researching all the facts. Simply amazing.
Hillary won that debate in Texas and Ohio, Obama got to study… and stumble his way through the whole thing and got to respond to Hillary’s thoughts before he spoke…HMMM and you wonder why Hillary questioned why did she haven’t to go first…hmm…probably because again, the media gave him chances to respond - he looked like Hillary’s Secretary, not a Presidential Leader - Get real,,,,,,,,,,,,She roped him, hands down and HELLO TEXAS AND OHIO DON”T BE BOUGHT BY THE MEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama has a history of ruthless and dirty politics: From a story about how he first gained public office in the Illinois State Senate: (Chicago Tribune April 4, 2007): The day after New Year’s 1996, operatives for Barack Obama filed into a barren hearing room of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. There they began the tedious process of challenging hundreds of signatures on the nominating petitions of state Sen. Alice Palmer, the longtime progressive activist from the city’s South Side. And they kept challenging petitions until every one of Obama’s four Democratic primary rivals was forced off the ballot. His overwhelming legal onslaught signaled his impatience to gain office, even if that meant elbowing aside an elder stateswoman like Palmer. A close examination of Obama’s first campaign clouds the image he has cultivated throughout his political career: The man now running for president on a message of giving a voice to the voiceless first entered public office not by leveling the playing field, but by clearing it. One of the candidates he eliminated, long-shot contender Gha-is Askia, now says that Obama’s petition challenges belied his image as a champion of the little guy and crusader for voter rights. “He talks about honor and democracy, but what honor is there in getting rid of every other candidate so you can run scot-free? Why not let the people decide?” Had Palmer survived the petition challenge, Obama would have faced the daunting task of taking on an incumbent senator. Palmer’s elimination marked the first of several fortuitous political moments in Obama’s electoral success: He won the 2004 primary and general elections for U.S. Senate after tough challengers imploded when their messy divorce files were unsealed. Hence, his rapid ascent to power…
I absolutely have to disagree with this. The highlights that you have mentioned are two that yes, should be commended - however is record IS subject to much dispute concerning the times in which he has chosen, consciously NOT to vote on imperative issues within the Senate.
For instance: In 1999 Senator Obama was faced with an extremely difficult vote in the Illinois legislature, a bill which would allow Juveniles to be tried as adults. This had massive implications for African Americans and the potential to cause great controversy within that group.
VOTE: Neither yes or no. He voted ‘Present’ - effectively meaning he side stepped the issue.
130 OTHER times he took this stance within the Senate. On this note, when you state that you are shocked at the cries of millions of Americans who state that Obama lacks substance, on this issue who can really dispute this notion?
Although voting ‘present; is not unusual - it does raise the fundamental premise on which his campaign had been founded upon: he has tried to distinguish himself from Senator Clinton as a somebody who is ready to lead, who does despite popular belief, have the experience and tenacity with which to lead this incredibly bruised country.
He has not however, proved through this 130 - Present - record - that he can take on the tough issues - the issues which will undoubtedly face him on ‘Day One’ and shape the lives of the American people - if they issues present a hard line or a hard truth that people might not want to digest.
His record reflects also something else - at least 36 times Senator Obama was the ONLY state senator to vote present or was part of a tiny minority (5/6).
This is clearly with motive as opposed to being mindful of the issues at hand - his present votes stood out amongst widespread support because he has admittedly confessed to use them to register objections to part of the Bill - an act which you do, if you are mindful of running the risk of saying ‘No’. It clearly gives him political cover.
So I ask you - is this transparency…..
No….it really is more of the same. Washington Politics at its finest….
No ‘Change’ there then - a term he has so often brandished and banded around to fit his rhetoric….this time Senator Obama, I am certainly not falling for it. I hope to goodness the American people follow the lead.
Hopefully, CNN watched SNL last night. The Clinton/Obama debate
skit spoke volumes. CNN is bias in favor of Obama.
I can’t tell the difference between watching the FOX network from
CNN or any other of the major networks.
ALL our media sources suffer from Obamania!
Thankfully, SNL nailed it!
I hope CNN tries to regain some objectivity.
YOU GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Obama supports the upper-middle class, not the poor, average Americans searching for HOPE, you must be able to see through all these nice spoken words………………..
It’s amazing to me that people are voting for “Obama” someone that does not follow our country’s traditions, no hand during the pledge, “a Muslim past”. It’s kind of scary to see how someone can give such wonderful speeches and the media can be so biased of Hillary and he gets a free ride with free media coverage, just crazy… he’s a dreamer without any substance and HOPE is not going to change this country’s direction based on WORDS.
GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAKE UP TEXAS, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO….OBAMANIA IS A FALSE HOPE THAT SPELLS TROUBLE…….
“Obama, Clinton Donating Heavily to Superdelegates’ Campaigns
by Associated Press
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The study tracked donations received by members of Congress from the candidates’ leadership PACs and from their candidate committees. It tracked donations made to governors by examining the presidential candidates’ expenditures.
Among the findings:
— Since 2005, Obama’s committees gave $228,000 to superdelegates who have endorsed him, $363,900 to those who were still undecided, and $102,400 to those who have endorsed Clinton.
–Clinton’s committee’s gave $95,000 to superdelegates who have endorsed her, $88,000 to those who
were still neutral, and $12,500 to those who have endorsed Obama.
Email Misrepresents Hillary’s Legislative Record
There is an email circulating that grossly misrepresents Hillary’s legislative record, as well as the record of Sen. Obama. (Various versions appear on the Obama campaign website here, here, and here.)
The email only gives Hillary credit for bills where she was the original sponsor and have also been signed into law. Here are the facts. In her time in the Senate, Hillary has sponsored 21 bills that have become law including:
— a bill that extended the availability of unemployment assistance.
— a bill which established a program to assist family caregivers.
— a bill that provided benefits to public safety officers who were killed or injured during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
But Hillary’s accomplishments in the Senate are not limited to bill sponsorships. Among her many other legislative accomplishments:
— Hillary worked with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to expand access to health care for the National Guard and Reserve.
— Hillary passed an amendment that created a national program for teacher and principal training and recruitment.
— Hillary used Senate rules to force the Bush administration to make emergency contraception, also known as Plan B, available over the counter.
Meanwhile, the email gives Sen. Obama credit for every bill he introduced or signed on as a co-sponsor, whether or not they became law. The reality is, since Sen. Obama joined the Senate (applying the same standard the email applies to Hillary) he has sponsored two bills that have become law:
— a bill that sought to promote democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
— a bill that named a post office.
When O-BUM-A no longer gets the free ride he is getting now.
When the republican talk show’s and Media Finally stand up. And start doing their job’s. DO you really think. ANY southern or midwest state’s (Besides Ill) will vote for this man.?????
In two exceptions to the media blackout, Tucker Carlson of MSNBC described Trinity as having a “racially exclusive theology” that “contradicts the basic tenets of Christianity.” Sean Hannity of Fox News confronted Wright on TV and asked how a black value system is any more acceptable than a white value system.
If a white presidential candidate’s church had a similar statement and “you substitute the word black for white, there would be an outrage in this country,” Hannity said. “There would be cries of racism in this country.’”
“If your spiritual advisor makes outrageous statements, it’s incumbent on you as a leader to denounce those statements,” says Brad Blakeman, a former Bush White House aide who heads the conservative Freedom’s Watch. “Silence is an admission that you agree with what your spiritual advisor pronounces
Who is the RACIST????
As for Israel, “The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now,” Wright has said. “Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community and wake up Americans concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism.”
And we are to believe that O-BUM-A went to his church for 20 years. But WE are to believe HE SUPPORTS ISREAL.??????
In sermons and interviews, Dr. Wright has equated Zionism with racism and Israel with South Africa under its previous policy of apartheid. On the Sunday after 9/11, Wright said the attacks were a consequence of violent American policies. Four years later, Wright suggested that the attacks were retribution for America’s racism.
“In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01,” Wright wrote in a church-affiliated magazine. “White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just ‘disappeared’ as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.”
In one of his sermons, Wright said, “Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!…We [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God.”
May be that you Rev. Write are full of hate and racism. But dont think all america is….
We are a congregation which is unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian,” says the Trinity United Church of Christ’s website in Chicago. “We are an African people and remain true to our native land, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.”
That’s just the beginning. The church has a “non-negotiable commitment to Africa,” according to its website, and its pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. subscribes to what is called the Black Value System.
I HAVE A NON-NEGOTIABLE COMMITMENT TO AMERICA… How can Obama when he goes to a church like this for 20 years???
This guy is all word’s and NO substance.
And what substance that can be found on him. Makes things even more scary.
A wife that’s never till now been proud to be American???
I don’t know about you all BUT I have been proud many many times.
One of the times I want you all to think of is. THE plane that went down in PA.
Think about it.. IT was very very sad. BUT a group of AMERICAN’S said you may kill us. BUT WE WILL NOT HELP YOU KILL OTHER”S.
THE fire fighter’s that went in to save others?? the People from all over the country that WENT to New york to help.
A Rev. Write as his mentor And father like figure. That is a racist pig that even other black churches want nothing to do with… who said 9/11 was the white mans fault for not paying attention to the black mans needs???????
NO THIS O-BUM-A IS NOT WHAT AMERICA NEEDS
He has shown his lack of foreign relations credibility before so is it surprising that he would tell the American people on thing and then tell our allies that he is using them for political gain? If Canadians weren’t such whimps they’d slap him in his lying face in the national media. How can we possibly trust someone who openly lies to his fellow countrymen and it’s allies at the same time? This is getting out of hand. His words are his greatest strength and his greatest weakness, too bad everyone else is unwilling to call him out.
Comment by blacky
March 4th, 2008 at 12:17 am
new politics….renzko
new politics,,130 present votes
new politics,,,,copy speeches,,,,
new politics,,,,use oprah to campaign for you
new politics,,,,talk about new future with ,,looser kerry and kennedy on ur side
http://www.obamatruth.org/
new politics,,,,do crack,,write book ,,so young people can be inspired to do the same,,
What this country needs is God. The USA and congress has told God that we do not need
you any more. Just take a look at all the school shootings, Hurricanes .Also the government is trying to do away with “In God We Trust” on our currency. God has taking is hand off of the America. With out Him this country has steady gone the tube. I believe that all the things that have happen in the past years is God is tell us that we need him. With that said. I think O.B or H.R.C is no the answer. I think we have a better chance for change with John. McCain or Mike Huckabee. Nether o.b or h.r.c
have no experience as a leader. Now with John McCain is war hero and has had experience as a leader. Mike Huckabee was a Governor and has the experience of running a state government.
Guess I’ll get off of my soap box. I pray to God that get the right person of the job.
Jr obviously you work for the hillary compaign….who wrote your blog for you.as for as Obama no dooing anything for Illinois….Do any of you live in Ilinois….Have heard the Msnbc report that the Canandian embassy has aplogizedfor the misrepresentaion of the “meeting ” with an Obama adviosr.Obama ws not aware of the meeting and the memo was miquote…check out the facts before you make a statement..BUT if you are a Hillary supporter…that is the norm…half truths…misconstrueing the facts.I hope sh has a competent staff for that 3 o’clock in the morning call….be assured she will not be the one answering the call..by the way did you count the 6 rings it took to get an aswer…..no telling what would have happenedin tha time….
FOX - You are by far the most pathetic media news coveage around- You haven’t a clue of what’s fair and balanced.
Who is telling the truth now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBheLrsMh4E&feature=email
And will Fox correct this lie?