"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
--author unknown
Posted on 06/15/2008 12:09:30 PM PDT by mondoreb
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
--author unknown
For the past 32 years, the election cycle has revolved in a most familiar way.
Every sixteen years, the Democrat candidate for president has been a relatively-unknown who campaigned as an agent of "CHANGE!"
"One reason why this constant mantra of “CHANGE! HOPE!” is so irritating is that they’ve been peddling this snake oil for decades."
--Charles Johnson, Little Green Footballs
[video of Carter commercial]
Thirty-two years ago, it resulted in a squeaker of an election that wasn't decided until the next day. Jimmy Carter became just the second Democrat since 1944 to convince a majority of voters that the country needed "CHANGE!" Carter received 50.1% of the popular vote.
He was the last Democrat who's managed that trick.
Carter's term was disastrous and, after four years, the U.S. had had enough of his "CHANGE!"
Many Americans saw Carter as an inept leader who had failed to solve the worsening economic problems at home, and had made the US look weak abroad. The election was held on November 4, 1980. Ronald Reagan with running mate George Bush beat Carter by almost ten percentage points in the popular vote. Republicans also gained control of the Senate for the first time in twenty-five years on Reagan's coattails. The electoral college vote was a landslide, with 489 votes (representing 44 states) for Reagan and 49 votes for Carter (representing 6 states and the District of Columbia).Sixteen years after Carter, Bill Clinton--another relatively-unknown Democrat--convinced 43% of American voters that the country needed a "CHANGE!"
(Excerpt) Read more at deathby1000papercuts.com ...
You said it. This is the crux of the Dim's strategy.
Any chance the GOP will get out the word on the type of CHANGE! Obama represents?
This is why it's mostly college and university students - who know no history - who are his most ardent worshipers.
They've been trained to be, in deed if not in name, socialists and Marxists - and they've found their leader in O.
Re: your tagline.
I’m using Janice Rogers Brown as my write-in. Woman, Black, Conservative.
Let’s hope that this “CHANGE” mantra generates enough anti-incumbant voting to CHANGE Congress to GOP!
Obama forgets that there are alot of who lived through that last change that have children old enough to vote. Children who were taught how STUPID that last “change” was.
e mail I recieved must read:
You don’t have to agree with me but you need to consider how you will use
your vote in November. We need to be INFORMED voters. I hope I have not
offended anyone, and I do hope the truth is not offensive to anyone. Do we
vote for someone because they are charismatic and can put across a speech
well? Do we vote for someone who’s mentor was a racist minister and who’s
wife was NEVER proud to be an American until her husband became the probable
nominee for President? Do we vote for someone who tells half-truths?
Didn’t we have enough of that with Bill Clinton who never seemed able to
find the REAL truth?
Maybe you feel you could NEVER vote for any Republican. Well, you have a
real choice in November. You could vote for Obama’s promise of a “change”
which he never really outlines and then live with what he ultimately decides
we need or you can vote for a man who would have willingly given his life
for this country.
Do we allow a backlash for the sins of our fathers due to slavery, to
determine who will be our President?
Search your conscience and really look into this man’s REAL background. I
believe that once you know him, really know him, and know his wife and the
people with whom he surrounds himself, you will NEVER vote for him.
I ask God to bless you with the knowledge we all need when we make decisions
such as this.
Obama’s Not Exactly’s:
1.) Selma Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough
to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in
1965.
(Google’Obama Selma’ for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about
its various untruths.)
2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged,
well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.
3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part
of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.
4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - NOT EXACTLY,
your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn
a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence
in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to
overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Obama, is
Odinga’s follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak
to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that....and
for more.
Obama’s cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get
Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his
followers have burned Christians’ homes and then burned men, women and
children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama
SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama
and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.
5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she
does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to
mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1
man.
6.) My Name is African Swahili - NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic
and ‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means ‘blessed’ in that language.
Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be
the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack
Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother’s side and 43.75% Arabic and
6.25% African Negro from his father’s side. While Barack Hussein Obama’s
father was from Kenya, his father’s family was mainly Arabs.. Barack Hussein
Obama’s father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father’s
birth certificate even states he’s Arab, not African Negro). From....and for
more....go to.....
http://www.arcadeathome.com/newsboy.phtml?Barack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab- Americ
an,_only_6.25%25_African
7..) I Never Practiced Islam - NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily
at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31
years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
4-3-08 Article “Obama was ‘quite religious in islam’”
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559
8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - NOT EXACTLY, you were
registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making
fac es (check your own book).
February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago:
Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer,
reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully
uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to
prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.” This is just
one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says “Obama’s narrative
is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts.”
9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says
you could speak the language.
10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience
- NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn’t even
speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch
cartoons.
11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for
Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been
anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest
allies.
12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - NOT EXACTLY,
you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya
and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were
just fine.
13.) An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - NOT EXACTLY,
Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and
never did, exist.
14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - NOT
EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you menti on in your book. It
doesn’t, and never did, exist.
15.) I Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ‘08 - NOT EXACTLY, here
you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough
experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
16.) Voting “Present” is Common In Illinois Senate - NOT EXACTLY,
they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.
17.) Oops, I Misvoted - NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church
groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.
18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - NOT EXACTL Y, you were a senior
lecturer ON LEAVE.
19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were asenior lecturer ON LEAVE.
20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - NOT EXACTLY, you
didn’t write it, introduce it, change it, or create it.
21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just
14 days from start to finish.
22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was
rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation -
mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.
23.) I Have Released My State Records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March,
2008, state bills y ou sponsored or voted for have yet to be released,
exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - NOT EXACTLY,
you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You
failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111
economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and
even YOU voted against your own bill.
26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even
your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.
27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - NOT EXACTLY, they
were not YOUR bills, but rather hand ed to you, after their creation by a
fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28.) No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT
EXACTLY, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the
conversation your campaign had with them.
29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran
Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the
destruction off Israel.
30.) I Want All Votes To Count - NOT EXACTLY, you said let the
delegates decide.
31.) I Want Americans To Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses
that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate
during small windows of time.
32.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - NOT EXACTLY, you
passed 26, most of which you didn’t write yourself.
33.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - NOT EXACTLY, you used
tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.
34.) I Don’t Take PAC Money - NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.
35.) I don’t Have Lobbysists - NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47
lobbyists, and counting.
36.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - NOT EXACTLY,
your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.
37.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - NOT EXACTLY, you weren’t in
office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time.
38.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - NOT EXACTLY,
your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don’t have to buy it
You have performed a real service by posting this here! Although I had a lot of this info (wasn’t aware of the Kenyan violence by Obama’s cousin), this is researched and you provide a compact “Obama file”, which is invaluable to anyone looking at what BH Obama is really all about.
Thanks a million.
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