Posted on 09/06/2008 12:55:37 PM PDT by Chet 99
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) Barack Obama is offering his first direct criticism of Sarah Palin (PAY'-lin) and it's on the subject of earmarks.
(Excerpt) Read more at kxmc.com ...
I think an important distinction that needs to be drawn is that Palin never said she opposed ALL earmarks of every kind....she’s ooposed to the ABUSE of the earmark process. I don’t know how any state could operate without SOME federal funding for roads, freeways, etc.
Her record of reform against those who become corrupted by abusing the process is pretty solid - she’s gone after members of both parties and I have little doubt she’d shake up Washington as well.
LOL! And the blackest pot is only 12$ black! Of course his deeds and dreams are straight out of Alinsky’s “Rules For Radicals”!
He probably pronounced it “haughty” since he is more familiar with that word.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
>....Obama speaking to 700 people in Indiana....<
While McCain/Palin addressed a cheering crowd of 10,000 in Colorado Springs today!
Seems to be she was doing her job. Her job is to get back as much money as she can that the citizens of Alaska send to DC to be .... away. That is her job as mayor or governor or head of the PTA.
Well, well ... this is a great introduction to Obama’s oversight of millions in the Annenberg Challenge.
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/can-obama-survive-the-annenberg-cover-up/
Particularly when you've requested earmarks for your wife's boss. Clueless.
The man doth protest too much me thinks.
Senator Barack Obama on Thursday released a list of $740 million in earmarked spending requests that he had made over the last three years, and his campaign challenged Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to do the same.
The list included $1 million for a hospital where Mr. Obama’s wife works, money for several projects linked to campaign donors and support for more than 200 towns, civic institutions and universities in Illinois.
But as the Senate debated a bill to restrict the controversial method of paying for home-state projects — a measure defeated Thursday evening — Mr. Obama’s presidential campaign also said that only about $220 million worth of his requests had been approved by Congress. And among those that had been killed were his request in 2006 for $1 million for an expansion of the University of Chicago Medical Center, where Mr. Obama’s wife, Michelle, is a vice president.
Mr. Obama’s aides and officials at the hospital said Mr. Obama’s wife had had nothing to do with the request. Campaign officials said he had voluntarily released the list of his earmark requests to underscore his promise to bring greater openness and transparency to government, an issue on which he has tried to put Mrs. Clinton on the defensive.
Good thing Michelle wasn't there.
Does this mean the subject of “EARS” is no longer off limits.
Dumbo-bama may live to regret starting this fight. The mans ears are down right elephantine!
DESPERATE and CONFUSED... in Democratland.....
Obama is loosing it day by day. Just listen to the weakness of his attack on Palin. And why is he even “debating” Palin? She is the VP of the other party. I just can’t imagine this is a smart campaign strategy for Obama.
And yesterday, his comments about guns to his handpicked ground in PA. Whiny and pathetic.
I always thought Obama was very bright, articulate, able to connect with voters, but he just had no experience. Now I am beginning to wonder how did he ever get nominated? Hillary has to be fuming. How could such an idiot beat me. That is why she wouldn’t drop out of the race. I am sure in her heart, that she just couldn’t believe she would loose to this empty suit when it was all said and done.
I’ll bet you the democratic party brokers are very worried behind the scenes. They see the “Titanic Obama” going down fast. And all Obama is doing is having the band play another song while the water rises around their instruments.
Wonder if he used that “mercy beau coup” phrase again?
it’s working... he is debating the VP nominee... yes, he is a loser...
Where’s Biden...shouldn’t he be responding?
“I’m not sure he wanted to open that door”
He probably had no choice. Someone had to shoot back and they probably decided that crazy Uncle Joe would probably flub it with some kind of an end game slur.
And I have anecdotal evidence that Obama isn't even particularily liked by all black people. From my wanderings around here in Mississippi, he seems to be loved only by black women....seems his only reliable constituency is the OJ Jury. Black men are mixed (you won't get them to admit they don't strongly support Obama, but you can hear it in their voice). Of course, this is all anecdotal.
There are legitimate earmarks and absurd ones, like ones for the Woodstock Museum.
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