Posted on 10/29/2008 10:17:27 PM PDT by RobinMasters
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing budget pressures he would face in office.
Obama's assertion that "I've offered spending cuts above and beyond" the expense of his promises is accepted only by his partisans. His vow to save money by "eliminating programs that don't work" masks his failure throughout the campaign to specify what those programs are - beyond the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
A sampling of what voters heard in the ad, and what he didn't tell them:
THE SPIN: "That's why my health care plan includes improving information technology, requires coverage for preventive care and pre-existing conditions and lowers health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year."
THE FACTS: His plan does not lower premiums by $2,500, or any set amount. Obama hopes that by spending $50 billion over five years on electronic medical records and by improving access to proven disease management programs, among other steps, consumers will end up saving money. He uses an optimistic analysis to suggest cost reductions in national health care spending could amount to the equivalent of $2,500 for a family of four. Many economists are skeptical those savings can be achieved, but even if they are, it's not a certainty that every dollar would be passed on to consumers in the form of lower premiums.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...
This very well could lead to his demise on Nov 4. Go Big Mac!
Zogby and his minions liked it.
Ruh Roh!
You make $100,000 from a business or job. Tax rate is 38%.
Under Obama, you send the IRS $38,000 and he spends it on programs and mails some of it to poor people.
Under McCain, he gives you a $5000 tax credit for health care. You send the IRS $33,000 and use the $5,000 you saved in taxes to buy health insurance. McCain & CO. still spend the $33,000 on the usual cr*p.
Get it? You keep $5,000 OF YOUR OWN MONEY to spend on health insurance. It is NOT the government's money. Its your money and you either send it to the IRS or spend it on health insurance.
The media is now trying to reclaim its credibility by telling the truth for a change 6 days before the election.
And he claims he'd send those troops to Afghanistan, so there'd be zero savings if we take him at his word (which would be a silly thing to do anyway).
Generally one can only stomach so much of this guys ego - even the undecideds (whom ever they are) will have to turn this coronation crap off.
Yes...here's Frank's group of 'Undecided Voters' reacting to it.
They’re just campaign promises to get elected. Everybody does it. It isn’t like he should be expected to keep them. /sarc
"President Clinton kept every promise he intended to keep."
Stuning price for an afternoon snack!
He’s just not good with money. Don’t you see how much he’s blowing on an election he is going to lose?
LOL. that was so fitting and awesome!!!
I think it runs in the family.
Brother lives in shack on $12/year.
Zeituni Onyango, the aunt so affectionately described in Mr Obama’s best-selling memoir Dreams from My Father, lives in a disabled-access flat on a rundown public housing estate in South Boston.
Lives in public housing; may or may not be a citizen; recieves a "small stipend" for 'volunteering' 6 hours a week...but managed to use the Housing Authority's business address to donate $260 to her darling nephew.
The money quote:
Speaking outside her home in Flaherty Way, South Boston, on Tuesday, Ms Onyango, 56, confirmed she was the “Auntie Zeituni” in Mr Obama’s memoir. She declined to answer most other questions about her relationship with the presidential contender until after the November 4 election. “I can’t talk about it, I just pray for him, that’s all,” she said, adding: “After the 4th, I can talk to anyone.”
bttt
Shame on me! I left out the link!
Found in a rundown Boston estate: Barack Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5042571.ece
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