So Now Obama Is Lying In Spanish

ABC News fact checks an Obama Spanish-language ad tying John McCain to El Rushbo.

Shorter ABC - linking McCain to Limbaugh makes no sense sense Limbaugh is not exactly a supporter of McCain, and anyway, the evil Limbaugh quotes were taken out of context and are quite tame in context.

Quite a tony and high-minded campaign on both sides.

Comments

[Pagar]

When I think of Obama, the most descriptive one word for him is LIES, it doesn't matter what language it's in.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

One of the Limbaugh quotes was actually turned around. He was talking about Mexico's tough immigration policy, not the U.S. and the other comment was from 1993. Pretty lame when you have to go back 15 years to find a negative quote and then only by taking it out of context.

[kim]

The Flim-Flam Man, that's what he am.
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[Jane]

His campaign is tuned in perfectly to people who don't pay attention.

[kim]

Erroneo, good one. How did I know the link was to Jake Tapper before I even went? That was marvelous analysis. Jake Tapper for Press Secretary.
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[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Proof That It’s All About Political Cover

Today, Minority Leader John Boehner’s office issued this scalding statement on the Democrats’ hypocritical energy strategy. The statement highlights Democratic co-sponsors of the Peterson-Abercrombie bill that John Peterson and Neil Abercrombie wrote. Here’s part of Leader Boehner’s statement:

House Democrats say they want to “stimulate” the economy, but last night nearly every single one of them voted against the bipartisan energy bill authored by Reps. John Peterson (R-PA) and Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) to lower gas prices on behalf of working families and small businesses, including 24 Democrats who are cosponsors of the Peterson-Abercrombie bill. That’s correct, 24 Democrats flip-flopped, repudiated their past statements of support and cosponsorship for the bipartisan Peterson-Abercrombie bill by voting against it. And by rejecting the Peterson-Abercrombie bipartisan plan, Democrats proved once and for all that yesterday’s debate was about nothing more than providing political cover for vulnerable Democrats on the eve of an election, and not about passing “all of the above” energy reforms to make a real difference in lowering gas prices.

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It’s worth noting that many of these deserting co-sponsors are BDD’s. Still, the most stunning part of this is that Neil Abercrombie deserted his own plan. That’s unthinkable. It’s unthinkable because it’s extremely hypocritical. I can’t think of another time when a co-author of a bill abandoned the bill. It’s one thing to abandon it if a bunch of amendments had dramatically changed the bill. Thats defensible. This bill wasn’t dramatically altered. It was barely changed.

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[Cecil Turner]

David Freddoso on WGN:

If there's one lesson I'd like everyone to come away with, after reading The Case Against Barack Obama, it would be the fact that the entire central premise of Obama's campaign, that his is a message of hope and change, is in fact a great lie.

[east one]

off message but - yesterdays weekly standard had a post by frederick kagan and why china and not the u.s. will be pumping iraqi oil - no blood for oil. thanks to kerry, shumer and mc caskill.

[centralcal]

Obama himself is probably a big lie.

[hrtshpdbox]

My life has gotten a lot easier over the past couple of days - I no longer read JOM, or click refresh on the RCP averages, or check intrade for the current betting line, or look at Drudge. I'm tuning it all out because I'm scared, scared that Obama should be able to make hay out of the financial crisis simply because average folks don't understand it and might punish the party in power. Other people who don't understand the financial crisis include Bush, McCain, Obama, and every swinging dick in Congress. If Bush or McCain wanted to, or knew how to, or just got lucky, they could explain to the electorate that the current practice of "marking to market" depreciated assets leaves all sorts of companies with the appearance of insolvency, like art museums with masters on the wall who don't have the scratch to pay their electric bill and are therefore deemed to have no value. Change the reserve requirements, the regulatory hurdles, the nonsensical accounting inequities - and the Dow would rally 2000 points in about ten minutes. The extent of the cluelessness among our elected leaders, when it comes to basic economic understanding, is breathtaking.

[Captain Hate]

off message but - yesterdays weekly standard had a post by frederick kagan and why china and not the u.s. will be pumping iraqi oil - no blood for oil. thanks to kerry, shumer and mc caskill.

Rush talked about this yesterday; probably got it from the standard. Also OT, has anybody been able to get to AoSHQ since yesterday evening?

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

has anybody been able to get to AoSHQ since yesterday evening?

I haven't noticed a problem and I just checked and got in just fine.

[Syl]

Kudlow said that short-selling rules should change (can't sell unless you first bought the stock on the way up) and perhaps another specific targeted thing or two but his MAIN prescription was...

NO MORE SUB-PRIME LOANS.

Period.

He was a bit more colorful, but that was the gist.

Of course the gist as boiled down by the jerks on Morning Joe was BLAME POOR PEOPLE? That's just AWFUL.

Sigh.

Obama and the Democrats are over their heads in this sh*t but the MSM just looks the other way.

[centralcal]

Same here, CaptainHate - I have had no problems at Ace's - yesterday or this morning.

[Linda Maurice]

I love the smell of Obamanation desperation in the morning. The "angry guy" routine isn't going to have a good outcome for Obama...especially since it isn't a routine. You know, like that Twilight Zone "The Masks" episode, where they take off their ugly masks at the end and they are same ugly underneath.

[Captain Hate]

Same here, CaptainHate - I have had no problems at Ace's - yesterday or this morning.

Thanks guys; it must be my crummy computer.

[clarice]

The best campaign ad for Obama seems to be one with more truth to it--vote me into office or my party will destroy this country with every means at its disposal.

[clarice]

Sara, I had problems at Ace's yesterday--turns out he'd erased the item I had the link for, but I had to wait most of the day to finally get on

[Pofarmer]

The good news is, Rush won't let this slide. I wonder if he will try to force an apology or embarass Obama over it?

[sbw]

Jane: Obama's campaign is tuned in perfectly to people who don't pay attention.

Jane, that is the line of the campaign.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Just reported: Joe Biden says it is time to get patriotic, get with the deal, pay more taxes.

[Semanticleo]

NYT

September 18, 2008
McCain Seen as Less Likely to Bring Change, Poll Finds
By ROBIN TONER and ADAM NAGOURNEY

WASHINGTON — "Despite an intense effort to distance himself from the way his party has done business in Washington, Senator John McCain is seen by voters as far less likely to bring change to Washington than Senator Barack Obama. He is widely viewed as a “typical Republican” who would continue or expand President Bush’s policies, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll."

McCAIN is widely viewed as a “typical Republican” who would CONTINUE or EXPAND President BUSH'S POLICIES.

I thought I would repeat that, because it seems MILDLY important.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

I forget who it was yesterday that was looking for info on the stimulus plan, Rich? maybe. Anyway, here is a WaPo article that gives more detail:

WASHINGTON POST:Obama Exaggerates His Influence On Stimulus Plan.

[Semanticleo]

I don't think this is helpful..............

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122169431617549947.html

"Worst Crisis Since '30s, With No End Yet in Sight"

[Bob]

Helpful to whom semi-conscious?

This is the Dems fault, and not the Bush's. Obama is going to find it hard to shake this bogeyman for the next 45 days or so.

[Pofarmer]

Seems here lately that everytime I discuss Obama with somebody the words, "lying no good sack of shit" come out. Not always by me.

[Sue]

Folks, on this one, I'll have to agree with Leo. It doesn't have to be true, and in fact it isn't, but the uneducated general public that elects our officials believes it to be true.

[Bill in AZ]

Semantic - you're beginning to understand... The polls aren't done as a reflection of what people think. They are done to gauge the influence of the media on the people. That should bother you greatly - but you are too ignorant to understand the implication.

[Sue]

I heard another dem talking head this morning, McCaskill, say that Obama will lead us out of this because of his superior judgment in always being for more regulation. We are in for a long, long haul, folks.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

The President is speaking on the economy at 10:15 ET.

He canceled a trip to Alabama and Florida in order to stay in Washington and meet with all the top econ/financial advisers. I hope Harry Reid is listening so he gets a clue on what to do.

[Semanticleo]

"They are done to gauge the influence of the media on the people"

And the WSJ is in the tank for Obama?

How do you think the masses react when the penultimate partner to optimism in the Markets headlines Armageddon?

Take a look around. This is not Disneyland.

[bio mom]

Never underestimate the gullibility of the muddle who reelected Ray Nagin in N.O., crook Jefferson in N.O., and (to be non-partisan here) will possibly reelect Stephens in Alaska due to Palin on the ticket. There are so many more: Charlie Rangel, Barney Frank, Harry Reid, .... So now they are willing to put a flyweight socialist, who will be manipulated by the congressional lefties, in charge of the country faced with multiple crises. And why? Because "Charlie" and "Anderson" and "Katie" think they should. This is what we face and the crazy Internet is accelerating this problem, allowing rumors and outright lies to get out into the public realm. I feel we are in for a tremendous fall in our future. The adolescents have taken control.

[bad]

Then why is goofy always around?

[Bill in AZ]

Semantic - I rest my case on your response.

[sbw]

Goofy is my hero. He's on my favorite T-Shirt. He was praised in "Who framed Roger Rabbit" for his comic timing. Don't mess with Goofy.

[bad]

sbw

Note the lower case.

[sbw]

Whew!

[Semanticleo]

Well, maybe some folks live in Disneyland.

mea culpa.

[bad]

Fox News: LUN

LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan's efforts to stump for Barack Obama were reportedly thrown back in her face by the Democratic candidate's campaign ... and her father is none too happy about it.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, LiLo wanted to promote Obama but was turned away by his camp due to her wild ways. Now daddy Michael Lohan is biting back.

"For Barack Obama to condemn my daughter for past indiscretions when he admitted to the exact same himself is indicative of what kind of president he would be," Michael Lohan told Pop Tarts via e-mail on Wednesday night.

Here's a nice example of news that some people will notice who might not otherwise. Go Barry!! Dis those gay, hard partying young people. Seems awfully intolerant...

[SWarren]

east one

- yesterdays weekly standard had a post by frederick kagan and why china and not the u.s. will be pumping iraqi oil - no blood for oil. thanks to kerry, shumer and mc caskill.

Thanks for pointing to this article. It makes me so damn furious!! Who the hell put Dem senators in charge of making deals OR scuttling deals with other countries.
God forbid, they can't have AMERICAN BIG OIL rewarded with the contract, it's better that China gets it. I am steamed!!

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Instead, Senators Chuck Schumer, John Kerry, and Claire McCaskill wrote a letter to Secretary of State Rice asking her "to persuade the GOI [Government of Iraq] to refrain from signing contracts with multinational oil companies until a hydrocarbon law is in effect in Iraq." The Bush administration wisely refused to do so, but the resulting media hooraw in Iraq led to the cancellation of the contracts, and helps to explain why Iraq is doing oil deals instead with China.

Senators Schumer, McCaskill, and Kerry claimed to be acting from the purest of motives: "It is our fear that this action by the Iraqi government could further deepen political tensions in Iraq and put our service members in even great danger." For that reason, presumably, Schumer went so far as to ask the senior vice president of Exxon "if his company would agree to wait until the GOI produced a fair, equitable, and transparent hydrocarbon revenue sharing law before it signed any long-term agreement with the GOI." Exxon naturally refused, but Schumer managed to get the deal killed anyway.

LUN

[George G]

When does absentee voting start? Notice the Rasmussen tracking now has the race even.

[Bill in AZ]

Jane: His campaign is tuned in perfectly to people who don't pay attention.

I am getting the sense that the new Townehouse memo came out early this week with marching orders on the new media strategy to deal with Sarah Palin. The cone of silence has been descended over her and McCain. They will not be discussed for any reason whatsoever. I said here long ago that once the lib candidate was finally selected, you would here less about McCain than we heard about Fred Thompson.

We'll hear occasional mutterings about the McCain campaign "hiding" Sarah away from the press, etc - in fact on ABC news (radio) in between the cheering and gloating about the "trashed" economy they have finally managed to create, the newsreader mumbled exactly that about Sarah.

[Pofarmer]

McCaskill's got to be in the tank for Obama.

Afterall, ACORN got her elected.

[George G]

Should have added - are we seeing a Soros impact.

[Neo]

This is outrageous.

I won't wait for Joe Klein to question Obama's honor for 2 reasons ..
a) Klein won't
b) Obama has no honor.

b) worries me a lot. If you track the campaign of Obama, he has never really admitted to going anything wrong. This really scares me more than McCain who actually gets mad when his staff puts him in a lie and then apologies.

I have always said that the principles of Ganhdi only work on those who can be shamed .. Obama doesn't appear to be shameable and that makes him very dangerous.

[Charlie (Colorado)]

I can’t think of another time when a co-author of a bill abandoned the bill.

Charlie Rangel, draft bill.

[kim]

It does seem like an attempted putsch, Neo; the tactics are barbaric enough to turn the populace away.
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[Semanticleo]

Patterico is losing it.................

He's so pissed at Sully that he is linking to gay personal ads while warning about their content........then he melts down further by giving the dirty details in the comments.

Deputy D.A.(L.A. County) may soon be Deputy Dawg.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Chaco: I think you might win your stock market bet. It is up over 200 pts. this morning.

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Okay, people, take deep breaths. Dow is up 180, earnings are coming in good on consumers, financial stocks are actually up a little. Panic isn't warranted.