Barack Obama's biggest lie (w/ poll)

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Monday April 11, 2011 · 4:46 PM PDT

2011/04/11 · 16:46

Politicians make many promises; reasonable people understand that not all promises will be kept. Follow me below the fold for a short list of Barack Obama's promises.

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What is Barack Obama's biggest lie?

Health Care: Any plan I sign must include ... a public option

Guantanamo: As President, I will close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution and our Uniform Code of Military Justice provide a framework for dealing with the terrorists.

Iraq: I will remove one or two brigades a month, and get all of our combat troops out of Iraq within 16 months. The only troops I will keep in Iraq will perform the limited missions of protecting our diplomats and carrying out targeted strikes on al Qaed

Torture: When I am president, America will reject torture without exception. America is the country that stood against that kind of behavior, and we will do so again.

Taxes: Repeal the Bush tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 (couples) or $200,000 (single)

Change: We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

All of the above: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

None of the above: Obama speaks the truth

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What is Barack Obama's biggest lie?

Health Care: Any plan I sign must include ... a public option

20 votes

5 votes

4 votes

Torture: When I am president, America will reject torture without exception. America is the country that stood against that kind of behavior, and we will do so again.

5 votes

Taxes: Repeal the Bush tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 (couples) or $200,000 (single)

22 votes

Change: We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

13 votes

81 votes

None of the above: Obama speaks the truth

26 votes

A Sensible Financial Rescue Plan - w/poll

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 9:00 AM PDT

2008/09/30 · 09:00

On a day's reflection, I think we dodged a bullet with the failure of the Bailout/Power Grab proposed by the lamest-of-all-ducks Bush Administration - although I have to say I don't feel any anger or rancor towards those who supported this - with the exception of some key players, I think most people on both sides of the aisle and the issue were acting in good faith and with good intentions on this one.

But what now? What might a real plan look like?

My back-of-the-napkin proposal after the fold.

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I

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I

am worried that in the future, I may not be able to afford pie.

8 votes

am hopeful that in the future, I will be able to afford pie.

12 votes

am not thinking of the future, but enjoying my pie right now.

2 votes

don't like pie.

4 votes

Montana GOP concedes National, Statewide races - w/poll

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Tuesday August 05, 2008 · 11:05 PM PDT

2008/08/05 · 23:05

The Montana Republican party is saying "every man for himself" in the wake of a new poll showing the strength of Brian Schweitzer's popularity and 'the Democratic brand'.

According to State Republican Chairman Erik Iverson:

"Part of the message is you can't let the Democrats nationalize the race or even make it a statewide referendum. We're telling each candidate their race needs to be localized and not them versus Brian Schweitzer or them versus the national Democratic Party.

"The reality of the situation is the Republican brand nationwide isn't very strong right now. I don't want them losing because they let their opponents make the race about George Bush or the Iraq war or any other national or state race."

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I am willing to help by:

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I am willing to help by:

Moving to Montana immediately to volunteer for the campaign season

3 votes

Moving to Montana, soon, to volunteer for the campaign season

3 votes

I already live in Montana, and of course I'm volunteering

3 votes

Contributing to the MT Dems

7 votes

Riding my pony

5 votes

Flossing my teeth

12 votes

Sending good vibes

53 votes

Red Pies over Montana

9 votes

Clinton attacks Obama over Iraq - with poll

Feanor

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Monday January 07, 2008 · 11:02 AM PST

2008/01/07 · 11:02

At a rally in Nashua on Sunday, where Mrs. Clinton spoke to a crowd that was about the same size as Mr. Obama’s one day earlier in the same school gymnasium, she raised questions about his voting record on Iraq.

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Is Clinton credible in attacking Obama over war funding?

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Is Clinton credible in attacking Obama over war funding?

Yes

45 votes

221 votes

Undecided

3 votes

Wes Clark likens our Iraq policy to the Titanic

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Friday March 02, 2007 · 2:09 PM PST

2007/03/02 · 14:09

Wes Clark, when asked by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, "Do you think Congress should stop funding the war?" once again argued forcefully and clearly against troop withdrawal:

I think Congress should take a strong stand to get the strategy changed. I don't think that if you cut off funding for the war, it’s in the -- right now that's not in the United States' interest. What is in the United States’ interest is to change the strategy in the war. You cannot succeed by simply stopping the funding and saying, "You've got six months to get the Americans out."

You must give Clark credit, because it takes courage for a potential Presidential candidate to come out so strongly against withdrawal despite the fact that a solid majority of Americans want out of Iraq, even if it means civil disorder in that country.

But unswayed by public opinion polls, General Clark argues not for an end to our occupation of Iraq, but simply for a change of strategy.

On the flip, follow General Clark to the the deck of the Titanic

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Do you think (the United States should keep its military forces in Iraq until civil order is restored there, even if that means continued U.S. military casualties); OR, do you think (the United States should withdraw its military forces from Iraq in order

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Do you think (the United States should keep its military forces in Iraq until civil order is restored there, even if that means continued U.S. military casualties); OR, do you think (the United States should withdraw its military forces from Iraq in order

Keep forces in Iraq

5 votes

Withdraw forces from Iraq

22 votes

No opnion

0 votes

Pelosi measure presses for timetable on Iraq withdrawal

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Thursday June 16, 2005 · 2:47 PM PDT

2005/06/16 · 14:47

San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi, leader of the House's minority Democrats, raised the stakes on the debate over the war in Iraq on Tuesday by introducing a resolution that if enacted would set the stage for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. Pelosi's proposal, which she offered as an amendment to the $428 billion military appropriations bill, would direct that within 30 days of the legislation's adoption, President Bush "report on a strategy for success in Iraq.'' The House is expected to take up the bill Thursday.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/15/MNGCJD8J6P1.DTL

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Missoulian slams Burns on hatchery rider

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Thursday April 21, 2005 · 3:00 AM PDT

2005/04/21 · 03:00

I've read a lot of anti-porkbarrel rhetoric, but rarely is it as hard hitting as this one slamming embattled Montana Senator Conrad Burns.

Making the world safe for walleyes?

It's embarrassing to see a Montana fish hatchery included in the bill providing emergency funding for troops in Iraq.

We enjoy fishing as much as the next guy. But our need to fight the big one hardly rates as important as the needs of those who are, well, fighting The Big One - the war in Iraq. So, it's with more than a little embarrassment that we see a $5 million appropriation for a Montana fish hatchery tacked onto the U.S. Senate's $80 billion "emergency" supplemental military spending bill. What in the heck does that have to do with fighting a war?

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Conrad Burns versus the Billings Gazette

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Sunday April 17, 2005 · 9:11 AM PDT

2005/04/17 · 09:11

In an op-ed in the Billing Gazette today, Conrad Burns attempts damage control on the scandals swirling around him. But in a scathing editorial the Gazette deflates the spin.

Burns:

In the Old West, if someone had accused me of the things that Montana Democratic Chairman Bob Ream did recently, we would have been meeting in the street. Today, we just chalk it up to the start of negative campaigning, even though we are over a year and a half away from Election Day. The Montana Democratic Party has accused me of ethics violations and even brought up the word "bribery" in their blatantly false allegations. The root of their allegation is my actions on the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees Bureau of Indian Affairs funding, and the appropriation the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe received to improve their school for tribal children.

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Sunday April 10, 2005 · 1:18 PM PDT

2005/04/10 · 13:18

Veteran Montana journalist Chuck Johnson weighs in on Schweitzer's governorship so far:

With the Legislature winding down, Gov. Brian Schweitzer has racked up a pretty hefty batting average so far. Nearly all of Schweitzer's initiatives and the bills he has backed are still alive, with most heading for passage. A tally sheet shows as of Saturday that 30 of the 34 bills the freshman governor backs are still alive, have passed both houses or already have been signed into law.

Feanor

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Thursday March 17, 2005 · 11:18 AM PST

2005/03/17 · 11:18

they are, after all, "purple mountain majesties"

No one knows just when the West decided it had had enough of being run from Washington, D.C. Perhaps it was the continuous pigeonholing by national political pundits who see life in only two colors, red and blue. Or perhaps it was the broken promises of a president who ran on states' rights and freedom and went on to crush both mercilessly with top-down dictates and government secrecy. Somewhere along the line the color codes broke down, left and right joined together, and the West told Washington to take a hike.

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Monday January 10, 2005 · 3:42 PM PST

2005/01/10 · 15:42

William Rivers Pitt interviews Cameron Kerry on election reform, the protest in Congress, Kerry's concession and more..

William Rivers Pitt: What is the impression of the Kerry campaign on the events of last Thursday in Congress, with the Electoral College hearing and the challenge to the certification of the Ohio Electors?

Cameron Kerry: It was something that we welcomed. It put a spotlight on the issues of election reform. We have made some progress on that since 2000, but we still have a long way to go. This election, particularly in Ohio, showed that. I think the action the other day helped to highlight that, as John indicated in his statement. He was very much in sympathy with it, though he was not there in joining it.

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Sunday December 05, 2004 · 9:45 AM PST

2004/12/05 · 09:45

It sounded like the opening bars of a new campaign song, not an elegy to a lost election. U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry last night delivered a rousing call to action to a room filled with hundreds of supporters at the Center of New Hampshire Radisson Hotel.

"Keep up the fight. Keep New Hampshire blue forever," Kerry shouted

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Clinton attacks Obama over Iraq - with poll

Wes Clark likens our Iraq policy to the Titanic

Pelosi measure presses for timetable on Iraq withdrawal

Missoulian slams Burns on hatchery rider

Conrad Burns versus the Billings Gazette

Schweitzer watch: Skinning cats and barking dogs

Western revolution - Telling Washington where to stick it

Cameron Kerry interview.

Kerry, in NH visit, sounds a lot like a candidate