April 15, 2008
One More Thing or Two On Obama
It's tax day and if Obama wins the Casa Blanca our taxes will go through the roof while the Dems continue to give tax breaks to the large corporate buddies who happen to have PACS and lobbyists. As Michael Coreleone said, Obama is part of the same hypocrisy. Well Michael Corelone did not say that, Cigar Mike did. But for a good read, check out the WSJ's op ed today entitled the Loophole Factory which explains how the Dems taketh away and then giveth to their pals. And to think that Reagan in 1986 passed a tax reform act which did away with all these breaks and gave us flatter tax rates with a maximum rate of 28%.
And for an even better read, check out John Fund's piece today where he shows us Obama's true colors, and we're not talking race, and how the Dems always seem to have a love at first site relationship with their Presidential candidates. Here's an excerpt pointing out his many liberal flaws:
As a state legislator he was even more off-center. In 1996, he opposed the Defense of Marriage Act, which the Senate approved 85-14 and President Clinton signed into law. He twice voted "present" on a bill to ban partial-birth abortions. In 1999, he was the only state senator to oppose a law that prohibited early prison release for sex offenders.Mr. Obama also backed a total ban on handguns, a move his campaign now says was the result of a rogue aide filling out a questionnaire. But Mr. Obama's own handwritten notes were found on the questionnaire, calling into question the campaign's version of what happened.
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Then there is trade, where his insincerity is at least as clumsy as Mrs. Clinton's. During the San Francisco episode, Mr. Obama had a throwaway line about how working-class voters fixate on "anti-trade sentiment" in order to vent their frustrations. But isn't it Barack Obama who has been spending months stirring up "anti-trade sentiment?" He has threatened to yank the U.S. out of the North American Free Trade Agreement unless Canada and Mexico renegotiate it. Last week, he denounced the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.According to Canadian diplomats, top Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee admitted to them that they could dismiss his man's anti-Nafta rhetoric. All of this makes Democrats wonder if Mr. Obama is ready for prime time.
But they have themselves to blame for letting him get this far largely unexamined. While Republicans tend to nominate their best-known candidate from previous nomination battles (Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and now John McCain), Democrats often fall in love during a first date. They are then surprised when all the relatives don't think he's splendid.Michael Dukakis had a healthy lead in 1988 against the elder Bush at this time and right through the political conventions. Then came the GOP's dissection of his Massachusetts record and his tank ride. Bill Clinton was able to win with only 43% of the vote in 1992, thanks in part to Ross Perot's presence as a spoiler. John Kerry had a six-point lead in the May 2004 Gallup poll over President Bush, then the wind-surfer crashed. All of those candidates had never run for national office before. Democrats paid a price for running a rookie.
And the left has the gall to call him a "progressive"? In a pig's eye perhaps.
Read the rest of the article here.
Update (Val): Does the proverbial apple ever fall far from the tree?
Update 2 (Mike) Check out this tidbit on Obama's big financial support from Code Pink:
According to Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen, Evans has bundled “at least $50,000” in donations for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. “Bundling” is a process in which people turn over a large number of “individual” political contributions as a group, in the hope of exerting greater influence if their candidate is elected.
Finally, check out George Will's Op Ed in the Washington Post where he shows how Obama is the fulfillment of modern liberalism. Great analysis that only Will can bring us. Read it here.
Posted by Cigar Mike at April 15, 2008 09:21 AM
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Mike,
McCain is delivering a speech in PA on the economy today where he will be calling for tax and spending cuts. Timely this being April 15th
Preliminary things I read about it on Bloomberg.com seem interesting like doubling the personal exemption.
As they say, stay tuned.
Posted by: JackW ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at April 15, 2008 11:20 AM
As a state legislator he was even more off-center. In 1996, he opposed the Defense of Marriage Act, which the Senate approved 85-14 and President Clinton signed into law.
Most decent human beings would oppose this, not just conservatives.
Posted by: thinwhiteduke at April 15, 2008 02:11 PM
Can it be, am I starting to hate Obama more than Castro?
Posted by: readytoshoot at April 15, 2008 05:19 PM
Mike,
Check out this op-ed in The New York Times about the San Francisco speech. It compares Obama's comments about religion to Marx's, and then goes on to analyze several other flaws in his speech.
Posted by: Monica at April 15, 2008 05:38 PM
I am as anti Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) as I am anti-Castro and anti-Obama. What is that Libertarian concept about the individual not conceding any of his rights to the government that are not necessary? The government has no business getting involved in who we choose to partner with. The same rights are granted to all by our Maker.
That said, I think Obama is the Manchurian Candidate :)
Posted by: Cangrejero de Caibarien at April 15, 2008 06:08 PM
"And the left has the gall to call him a "progressive"?"
Progressive = progress toward socialism
Posted by: brotio at April 16, 2008 02:11 AM
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