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Entries Tagged as '2008 Presidential Election'

Obama to Break Yet Another Campaign Promise?

February 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments

By rochester_veteran
Do you remember Obama saying this while campaigning for the 2008 Presidential Election:

Actually, Obama repeated the promise to not raise taxes for those who made below $250,000, several times, including that famous encounter with Joe Wurzelbacher and Joe called him on it (and payed for daring to question “The One” from the Obamabots).
There are [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · American History · Communism and Socialism · Conservatism · Economy · From the Liberal's Mouth · Nanny State · National News · Politics · Taxation

Government Spending at Highest Percentage Since WWII

February 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments

By rochester_veteran
Obama released his budget for the upcoming year and it’s a doozy at $3.8 trillion and increases the deficit to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion! This isn’t good for Americans and will further encroach upon our financial freedoms and saddles ours and future generations in debt.
Betsy McCaughey from Investors.com brought up this point about the [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · Communism and Socialism · From the Liberal's Mouth · Moonbat Lunacy · Nanny State · National News · Politics · Socialized Health Care · Taxation

Obama Supporters Experiencing Buyers Remorse

January 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments

By rochester_veteran
The annual Presidential State of the Union Speech is today and I’ve been perusing articles on the subject. I came across this one, from Christopher Buckley (the late William F. Buckley’s son), “The Audacity of Oops”, that was posted on the Daily Beast. It’s a satire piece on a sneak preview into [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · Communism and Socialism · From the Liberal's Mouth · Liberal Media Bias · Moonbat Lunacy · National News · Politics · Socialized Health Care · Taxation · Tea Party

Unreal Expectations?

January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

President Obama asked for them.
By Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
For nearly three months since the election, we have been warned by President Obama, his staff, and the media not to burden him with unreal expectations that no mere mortal could meet.
But why then consciously borrow from Abraham Lincoln’s speeches? And why re-create Lincoln’s historic train [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · Communism and Socialism · From the Liberal's Mouth · Nanny State · National News · Politics

What Conservatives Must Now Do

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

By Peter Ferrara
The American Spectator
As we close out a disastrous 2008, a year in which Western
Civilization essentially suffered a nervous breakdown,
conservatives now must turn to two fundamental goals. First, we
must stop the destructive policy initiatives of the Obama
Administration and the liberal left now ruling in Washington
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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · American History · Conservatism · Politics

Awards For The Year’s Worst Reporting

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

By Herb Denenberg
The Bulletin
This is a column on awards for the year’s worst reporting. You will read what an expert panel determined to be the most outrageous quotes of the mainstream liberal media for 2008.
I think you will find them amusing for openers. But they have significance far beyond their considerable entertainment value. The quotes [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · American History · Communism and Socialism · From the Liberal's Mouth · Just for Fun · Moonbat Lunacy · Nanny State · National News · Politics

Troops’ support of Obama iffy: poll

December 29th, 2008 · No Comments

MILITARY TIMES SURVEY | 6 of 10 have doubts about new commander-in-chief
By BRENDAN MCGARRY
Chicago Sun Times
When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey.
In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · National News · National Security · Politics · Supporting the Troops · Veterans Affairs · Women Warriors

Rezko attorney ‘owns’ Obama mansion

December 26th, 2008 · No Comments

By Jerome R. Corsi
WorldNetDaily
An attorney for convicted fundraiser Tony Rezko is listed as the owner and taxpayer for Barack Obama’s Chicago mansion, according to records obtained by WND.
William Miceli is a lawyer at the Chicago law firm Miner, Barnhill & Galland, which also formerly employed Obama.
The controversy began when a website called News and [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · Communism and Socialism · Crime · From the Liberal's Mouth · Moonbat Lunacy · Nanny State · National News · Politics

EXCLUSIVE Interview With Sarah Palin

December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Human Events
“Thank you, sir. It is an honor to be named your ‘‘Conservative of the Year.’”
That’s how Sarah Palin began her third interview this year with HUMAN EVENTS Political Editor John Gizzi. She spoke to Gizzi last April as the first of 16 Republicans he interviewed for HE’s “Veepstakes” election-year feature and then she sat [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · American Traditions · Conservatism · National News · Politics · Pro-Life · Religious Freedom · Second Amendment · Supporting the Troops · Veterans Affairs

Orly Taitz US Supreme Court legal action challenging Obama’s qualification to serve as President

December 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Attorney Orly Taitz who has active US Supreme Court legal action challenging Obama’s qualification to serve as President of the United States has posted the following on her blog http://drorly.blogspot.com/ . Those that favor US Constitutional principles are tightening the grip on Obama’s stonewalling public disclosure of his official birth certificate. This lawsuit [...]

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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · Communism and Socialism · From the Liberal's Mouth · National News · Patriotism