MyDD :: Obama campaign caught in a blatant lie (with link)

Obama campaign caught in a blatant lie (with link)

by ann0nymous, Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 08:57:05 AM EST

I wonder if the networks will drum this story up as they drummed up the Bosnia story (but I think that they will not). Anyways, Politico seems to have dug up the questionnaire which the campaign said had not been ``seen'' by Senator Obama and it turns out that not only he saw it, he also wrote on the questionnaire. Furthermore, he actually had an interview about the questionnaire. Here is the link-
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/030 8/9269.html.

Actually, on reading the answers that the Senator gave way back in 1996, I like him better in 1996 than in his current incarnation. But I guess somewhere along the way, he seems to have turned more conservative for my tastes.

Tags: Questionnaire, credibility (all tags)

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Re: Obama campaign caught in a blatant lie (with l (none / 0)

There was (at least) one diary on this yesterday.

by mefck on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 08:58:03 AM EST

Well, I saw the story today. (none / 0)

So what is wrong with several diaries on the same subject. I see multiple diaries posted on the same subject. And I do not constantly monitor MYDD.

by ann0nymous on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:05:16 AM EST
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Actually I LIKE mutliple diaries (none / 0)

on the same subject, because on busy days the diaries move down the list and disappear off the end rather too quickly.

Reasonable people can disagree.

by mnicholson0220 on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:41:37 AM EST
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Re: Actually I LIKE mutliple diaries (none / 0)

I agree -- I miss stuff

And I wish there was a way for the better non-recommended diaries, but still ones with lots of comments, to stay up longer.

BTW, Jake Tapper concurs that Obama is fabricating when he says he does not take any $$ from the oil industry. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/ 2008/04/obamas-oil-slic.html This general question was the subject of a diary the other day.

by katmandu1 on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 12:59:14 PM EST
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Re: Obama campaign caught in a blatant lie (with l (none / 0)

Great sentiments then, by your reasoning there should only have been one Tuzla diary!

Hell's bells, even the GOP didn't have to crucify Eisenhower's record in order to make Reagan their 'saint'. We can have two great ones, you know?

by emsprater on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 10:14:56 AM EST
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Re: Obama campaign caught in a blatant lie (with l (none / 0)

Also, if you want to look at actions, instead of words, Obama was rated the most liberal senator in the US Senate.

by mefck on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:03:36 AM EST

I am confused about this argument (none / 0)

Let us say that the Senator Obama is more liberal than he says on the campaign trail. Does that mean he is lying to the American people and intends to govern differently from what he is telling to the Americans? Or is he actually not lying but does intend to govern more conservatively than I would prefer? So which option do you choose?

by ann0nymous on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:12:30 AM EST
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Ah yes, my child, and now you haveq (2.00 / 1)

finally understood the message: "The Audacity of Hope" means that you can be all things to all people, a "blank slate on which people project their hopes and dreams" <- Obama himself said that.

Like with any other scam, you just have to stay one step ahead of the sheriff.

Reasonable people can disagree.

by mnicholson0220 on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:38:19 AM EST
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The point is inconsistencies (2.00 / 1)

Obama says different things to different audiences. And some people are catching on, like the gay community. Here's an article in Queerty about Obama's "other" preacher problem. http://www.queerty.com/more-preacher-pro bs-for-obama-20080324/ I read a similar one on another gay blog yesterday but can't find it right now.

by econmom on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:15:38 AM EST

Here's the other article (2.00 / 1)

http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?sect ion=163&id=18614 In it the writer traces a long story of Meeks' divisive rhetoric.

I will also note that the gay magazine of the Washington DC Metro area, the Washington Blade, endorsed Hillary.

by econmom on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:21:56 AM EST
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God... (none / 0)

If Obama is too centrist for your test what must you think of HRC...

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by LtWorf on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 10:14:13 AM EST

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Here's the pseudo-Democrats at their finest.

I can see Lake Erie from where I live, so can I please run the Navy?

by hootie4170 on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 10:16:06 AM EST

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Thanks, ann0n. Here's the link to my diary on this yesterday.
http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/3/31/1550 28/516

Besides the lie, the story provides substantial evidence that Obama tailors his positions to his target audience, and then denies it.

On to the Convention Floor!

by oh puhleeze on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 03:11:25 PM EST

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