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Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Public records prove that Barack Obama cheated on his federal income taxes in 2004 Well, well, well – look at what we have here.Douglas A. Thompson writes at American Thinker: (the bolding is mine)According to the Illinois Comptroller’s office, then-State Senator Obama received: 2004 State of IL compensation: $ 52,817.38 (salary) $ 8,040.01 (leadership stipend) $ 3,765.00 (per diem) $ 2,400.00 (mileage) Stipends for State of Illinois legislators are paid to Senators and Representatives by their respective minority or majority leader. These stipends are not used to support the legislator’s living costs, but are used by...

Conservatives who have been wondering how Obama survived the 2012 election now have fuel for the common complaint that he stole the election by cheating. And no, I’m not talking about the vote rigging in precincts where he had more votes than voters. Nor am I talking about petitions where signature gatherers illegally forged names in order for Obama to qualify for a state primary ballot. I’m also not talking about Obama’s failure to vote on much legislation when he was an Illinois state senator, nor on his ability to produce any meaningful legislation for the three weeks he acted...

Hey Sen. Paul Kirk - screw! You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here, here being the U.S. Senate. It’s been 15 days now since a Republican won the special election in Massachusetts, and Kirk is still squatting in Ted Kennedy’s office. Hey Paul Kirk - how can we miss you if you won’t go away?

The fundraiser on Barack Obama's national website might be considered a raffle in Minnesota. Not so, his campaign says. The head of the Minnesota Gambling Control Board said that a solicitation for funds on the national website of the Barack Obama presidential campaign may constitute a raffle, which is a violation of Minnesota gambling laws. [snip] The state Gambling Board website specifically states that one cannot conduct a raffle as a fundraiser for a political campaign. Only nonprofit charities may conduct raffles. He said three elements make a drawing a form of gambling under state law: if it costs money...