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I thought I would share with my readers who might not have time to investigate all of these things what the media, and even some fellow politicians, are saying about Barack Hussein Obama.

They Said It! CBS On Barack Obama's State Senate Record

CBS' Dean Reynolds: "From votes for abortion rights, to lessening penalties for marijuana use, to raising doubts about capital punishment, Obama is a traditional liberal."
State Sen. Bill Brady (R-IL): "I can't think of a tax increase that he didn't embrace."
(CBS' "CBS Evening News," 2/28/08)

OBAMA'S LAUNDRY LIST OF TAX HIKES WOULD HURT THE ECONOMY

Obama Is A High-Tax Candidate Whose Slew Of Tax Increases Would Hurt The Economy:

Obama Has Called For Higher Income Taxes, Higher Social Security Taxes, Higher Investment Taxes, And Higher Corporate Taxes, As Well As "Massive New Domestic Spending." "Obama's transformation, if you go by his campaign so far, would mean higher income taxes, higher Social Security taxes, higher investment taxes, higher corporate taxes, massive new domestic spending, and a healthcare plan that perhaps could be the next step to a full-scale, single-payer system."
James Pethokoukis, "Barack Hussein Reagan? Ronald Wilson Obama?" U.S. News & World Report's "Capital Commerce" Blog, www.usnews.com, 2/12/08

Obama Has Also Called For Tax Hikes On "Dirty Energy" Such As Coal And Natural Gas.
Obama: "What we ought to tax is dirty energy, like coal and, to a lesser extent, natural gas."
("Q&A With Sen. Barack Obama," San Antonio Express-News, 2/19/08

Alan Reynolds, Senior Fellow At The Cato Institute: "In Short, Obama Is A 'Tax-And-Spend' Liberal..."
Alan Reynolds, Op-Ed, "Tax Delusions," New York Post, 2/15/08

The Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore: "[Obama] doesn't believe that raising tax rates is going to hurt the economy and if he becomes President ... tax rates will go up almost across the board."
The Wall Street Journal Website, www.wsj.com, Accessed 2/13/08

Ben Stein On Barack Obama's Economic Plan: "Mr. Obama could become president and derail everything because his understanding of economics is 100 percent wrong. ... I must say I'm so scared about Mr. Obama becoming president. I can hardly tell you."
CNBC's "Kudlow & Company," 2/14/08
The Las Vegas Review-Journal Calls Obama's Tax Plan "A Recipe For Economic Disaster."
Editorial, "More Class Warfare," Las Vegas Review-Journal, 9/20/07

The Washington Post: "[T]he Illinois Senator's Proposals Are Poorly Crafted, Lavishing Tax Goodies Where They're Not Needed."
Editorial, "Mr. Obama's Cookie Jar," The Washington Post, 9/25/07

U.S. News & World Report's James Pethokoukis: "[T]he Obama Plan Could Also Be Called A 'Ways In Which Government Can Collect More Taxes To Pay For New Spending' Plan..."
James Pethokoukis, "Obama Pushes For Higher Investment Taxes," U.S. News & World Report's "Capital Commerce" Blog, www.usnews.com, 9/19/07

*Are you starting to notice a pattern here? And this is just ONE issue among many! And these are not conservative hawks talking. For the most part, they are part of the liberal media. But wait…there’s more:

OBAMA'S BUSINESS TAX PLAN IMPOSES A SIGNIFICANT TAX BURDEN

Obama's Tax Proposal For Businesses Favors Employers That Fulfill "The Fondest Big Labor Agenda." "Mr. Obama's proposal would designate certain companies as 'patriot employers' and favor them over other, presumably not so patriotic, businesses. ... In other words, a patriotic employer is one which fulfills the fondest Big Labor agenda, regardless of the competitive implications. The proposal ignores the marketplace reality that businesses hire a work force they can afford to pay and still make money. Coercing companies into raising wages and benefits above market rates may only lead to fewer workers getting hired in the first place."

Obama's Proposal Penalizes Most American Companies That Have Subsidiaries Abroad With "A Big Tax Increase." "Under Mr. Obama's plan, 'patriot employers' qualify for a 1% tax credit on their profits. To finance this tax break, American companies with subsidiaries abroad would have to pay the U.S. corporate tax on profits earned abroad, rather than the corporate tax of the host country where they are earned. Since the U.S. corporate tax rate is 35%, while most of the world has a lower rate, this amounts to a big tax increase on earnings owned abroad. Put another way, U.S. companies would suddenly have to pay a higher tax rate than their Chinese, Japanese and European competitors."
Editorial, "Obama's 'Patriot' Act," The Wall Street Journal, 2/27/08

OBAMA'S PROPOSALS WOULD HURT SMALL BUSINESS

Obama's Plans For Health Care And Social Security Would Burden Small Businesses:

Obama's Health Care Proposal Includes "A New Tax On Small Businesses That Don't Provide Health Care To Their Employees." "[Obama] is calling for the tax cuts pushed by President Bush to expire in 2010 for upper-income earners -- an effective tax hike for more than 1 million taxpayers -- and is proposing a new tax on small businesses that don't provide health care to their employees."
Rick Klein, "No Lip Service: Dems Trade Higher Taxes For Social Programs," ABCNews.com, 5/29/07

Obama's Plan To Raise Payroll Taxes To Fund Social Security Would Hurt Small Business Owners Who Create Two Of Every Three New Jobs. "Lost in Obama's calculations is that many of the people who would be affected by eliminating the earnings cap are small-business owners who employ more than half the nonfarm private-sector work force and create two of every three new jobs in this country."

"Taxes would also be raised on 3 million small-business owners. By fiscal 2015, the number of job opportunities lost would exceed 865,000 and personal savings would decline by more than $55 billion."
Editorial, "Caps Off For Obama," Investor's Business Daily, 9/25/07

FLASHBACK: In The Illinois State Senate, Obama Was Criticized For Not Being On The Side Of Small Business. Kim Clarke Maisch, Director of the Illinois Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business: "When it's a labor versus business issue, he's not going to be on the side of the small business."
Ryan Keith, "Legislative Record Puts Obama At Heart Of Philosophical Debate," The Associated Press, 9/9/04

OBAMA'S POOR TAX, SPENDING AND BUSINESS INTEREST GROUP RATINGS

Americans For Tax Reform Gave Obama A Lifetime Rating Of 7.5 Out Of 100.
Americans For Tax Reform Website, www.atr.org, Accessed 1/29/08

Citizens Against Government Waste Gave Obama A Lifetime Rating Of 22 Out Of 100.
Citizens Against Government Waste, "CCAGW Challenges Presidential Candidates On Earmarks," Press Release, 12/27/07

The National Taxpayers Union Gave Obama A Grade Of "F" For His Fiscal Voting Record, For His Score Of 16 Out Of 100.
National Taxpayers Union Website, www.ntu.org, Accessed 9/25/07

The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Gave Obama A 55 Percent Rating For His Voting Record In 2006.
U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Website, www.uschamber.com, Accessed 9/17/07

Obama Is Among The Most Liberal U.S. Senators On Economic Issues:

"In 2006, Obama Was One Of 13 Senate Democrats With A Perfect Liberal Score On Economic Issues."
Richard E. Cohen, "Left To Right," National Journal, 3/2/07

OK, that’s enough stats for now. But, my fellow Opinionators, you see where this is going, right? Barack Hussein Obama makes Ted Kennedy look like Newt Gingrich! He is, I dare say, a socialist to the extreme, bordering on being a Communist. Is this really the direction in which we want our country to go? I think not.

Just think about it, you have media outlets like the Associated Press, CBS, ABCNews.com, U.S. New and World Report, Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the Washington Post coming out with these types of observations. Folks, these are hardly right-wing media outlets. If the liberal press is speaking this poorly about Barack Hussein Obama, just imagine how bad the truth must be!

I would like to thank the researchers at RNC for compiling this list of quotes.

Until next time--

Judges have limited scope under the Constitution

Why has the appointment of judges become such a flashpoint of controversy in the past twenty years or so? They should be people who respect the limited scope afforded Federal judges under the Constitution. They should be people who understand that the Founders' concern about the expansive tendency of power extended to judicial power as well as to executive or legislative power. They should be people who are humbled by their role in our system, not emboldened by it. Our freedom is curtailed no less by an act of arbitrary judicial power as it is by an act of an arbitrary executive, or legislative, or state power. For that reason, a judge's decisions must rest on more than his subjective conviction that he is right, or his eagerness to address a perceived social ill.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist had a profound understanding of the balance inherent in Federalism, between the states and the Federal governments, as well as between the three Federal branches--and he left us a strong legacy.
Source: Speech to The Federalist Society Nov 16, 2006

M.R.O. says: Sen. McCain is dead-on here. As a political observer and pundit here at Mr. Right Opinion, I can judge people all day long (and I do!) without having to adhere to the principles of the law and the Constitution. Federal judges are not afforded that luxury. And it is obvious that John McCain understands this.

He will appoint judges who can put their personal feelings aside, and make decisions based solely on the intent of the Founding Fathers in the Constitution. He’s not going to appoint judges that will legislate from the bench, like some former Democrat presidents we’ve had. We have a branch of the federal government for legislating. I believe it’s called the Legislative Branch!

More death penalty; stricter sentencing

McCain supports the following principles regarding crime:
-Broaden use of the death penalty
-Impose stricter penalties for violent felons
-Increase spending to build more federal prisons
-Impose “truth in sentencing” for violent criminals so they serve full sentences
-Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
-Support programs to provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction treatment.
Source: Vote-Smart.org 2000 NPAT Jan 13, 2000

M.R.O. says: I think, with the advent of DNA, broadening of the death penalty is a good idea, as long as the DNA is there to prove the case. If not, I think it should automatically be Life without parole.

Other than that, I agree with all his proposals. However, I think that if you fund more vocational rehabilitation and drug and alcohol rehab programs, we will see less of a need for more prison room, as recidivism rates, I am sure, will drop dramatically.

More community policing; enough hate crime laws

McCain agrees that funding should be increased for community policing programs. He says “increases should be implemented with state and local government commitments.” With regards to “hate crimes,” he says, “All but 13 states have hate crimes statutes. Federalizing all such crimes will simply obstruct justice by forcing them into clogged federal courts.”
Source: Vote-Smart.org 2000 NPAT Jan 13, 2000

M.R.O. says: Community policing is a wonderful idea, and it should be given the funding it needs. We saw what happened when the Minutemen patrolled the border and called BP when they spotted illegals. It worked. The same would be the case with community policing. As for hate crimes…you know where I stand on that.

Prosecute youths as adults, but separately; explore sources

McCain supports the following principles regarding juvenile crime:
-Increase penalties for crimes committed on school grounds.
-Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony.
-Increase funding for local Boys & Girls Clubs and other independent organizations in communities with at-risk youth.
-Provide block grants to states for implementation of programs to combat juvenile crime. -Impose harsher penalties for youths convicted of violent offenses.
-McCain points out that he “helped create the youth violence commission to develop remedies to youth violence.”
-Support the use of “boot camps” as alternative sentencing for juvenile offenders.
-Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth. -- ---McCain says, “Juvenile offenders should be kept separate from adult offenders and receive the appropriate remedial and rehabilitation services.”

M.R.O. agrees with all these proposals.

The following are other votes the Senator has cast, without my commentary:

-Voted YES on limiting death penalty appeals

-Voted YES on limiting product liability punitive damage awards

-Voted NO on restricting class-action lawsuits

-Voted YES on repealing federal speed limits

-Voted YES on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms

-Voted YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals

M.R.O.’s only opinion on these votes is to say that, at least as far as these votes are concerned, Sen. McCain has come down on the conservative side, for sure.

Well, here we go. Will the REAL Barack Hussein Obama please rise. This is really upsetting, because I was trying to work out some details on my book when I got this news, and I just HAD to immediately drop everything and start typing. This is a disgrace and a sacrilege. I guess I can at least give the man credit for coming out with his homosexual agenda BEFORE winning the nomination.

A couple of weeks ago, as you may recall, I wrote an article called “Who Wants to Homosexualize a Seven Year Old?” Here is a quote from my article: “Who in the world could be in favor of reading a book to second graders about a prince who, instead of marrying a princess, decides to marry her BROTHER. That’s right…her BROTHER! Talk about a “fairy” tale…or should I say “fairy tail?” The book is called “King and King.”

While Barack Hussein Obama declined to comment on that, he had plenty to say yesterday in an open letter to the LGBT community. By the way, that’s lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender.

He speaks of running for president to assure the founding fathers’ promise of “equality for all” extends to “our gay brothers and sisters.” Well, I have news for him, If our “fathers” were gay, we wouldn’t be here. It is not a natural state of existence, and it is an abomination before God.

Two things bring me to this conclusion: a) the Holy Bible says it is a sin; b) if same-sex sex were natural, it would result in procreation, just like straight sex.

In his letter, Barack Hussein Obama says, “It’s wrong to have millions of Americans living as second-class citizens in this nation. And I ask for your support in this election so that together we can bring about real change for all LGBT Americans.”

So now we’re getting to the route cause for this “open letter.” He wants to garner the LGBT community vote. I don’t blame him for that, there do seem to be quite a few of them running around, and I certainly feel that, as Americans, they have as much of a right to vote as anyone else. Just one question, though: Does a Bisexual vote count as one or two? I’ll bet at the DNC, Obama will try to get two votes counted for every bisexual.

His letter goes on to say that, “I co-sponsored a fully inclusive bill that prohibited discrimination on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity, extending
protection to the workplace, housing, and places of public accommodation.” So, basically, if there is a man who feels he is trapped in a woman’s body, Barack Hussein Obama wants him to be able to coach your little girl’s softball team, and then be able to use the same restroom as your daughter and wife. Isn’t that special!

Next, he says, “And as president, I will place the weight of my administration behind the enactment of the Matthew Shepard Act to outlaw hate crimes and a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act to outlaw workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.”

I personally don’t believe in special protection for ANY group where crime is concerned. Why should a gay man getting beat up be more severe under the law than me getting beat up? As I always say, a crime is a crime. And as far as outlawing workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity…forget that!

As I mentioned, I don’t want some “genderly-confused” man teaching my little girl Phys Ed. It’s just insane, and I pray to God above the American people won’t stand for it.

So, if Barack Hussein Obama has his way, we will have male teachers running around the school halls in dresses. Talk about “real change.” Sounds like Obama wants to “really change” your son into a girl! What is this crap?

Later in this fairytale letter of his, he says he wants to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This is the act that allows an exception of the full faith and credit clause in the Constitution forcing one state to honor the laws of another. If two men get married in Mass., where that kind of thing is legal, without DOMA, Kentucky, where that kind of thing is illegal, would have to recognize the two men as a married couple. PURE INSANITY!

Also, while we are in the middle of a two-pronged war, and a protracted War on Terror, Barack Hussein Obama wants to repeal the “Don’t ask don’t tell” military policy. Someone needs to tell the man, “If it ain’t broke, don’t mess with it!”

He then goes on to talk about HIV/AIDS, a very serious subject. Apparently, he is for age-appropriate abstinence education (you could have knocked me over with a feather when I read that), but then he dropped the bomb. Free, clean needle exchanges for junkies, and condom distribution in prisons.

Next he says, “I will never compromise on my commitment to equal rights for all LGBT Americans. But neither will I close my ears to the voices of those who still need to be convinced.” Not the voices of those who have strong convictions otherwise, but those who “still need to be convinced.”

What an arrogant, pompous ass. I am telling you that if this guy is our next president, America will cease to exist within the next twenty years. People, this is a dangerous man. He wants to strip our boys of their manhood. By the time he is done, every male under the age of thirty will be ashamed of being a heterosexual man.

I know I am ranting now, but this just really ate my lunch. Running on a platform of letting male teachers wear dresses to elementary classes because they are women trapped in a man’s body. Give me a BREAK!

Barack Hussein Obama is trying to be all things to all people…and they’re buying it! They love this guy. Is it possible that Barack Hussein Obama is actually the fore-runner to the anti-Christ? All indications are pointing that way.

During our last discussion on Senator McCain, we talked about his stances on civil rights…most of which I liked. Looking again to ontheissues.org, as I feel they have comprehensive summaries of where the remaining candidates stand on important issues, our first topic today is corporations.

Q: The president's economic stimulus plan would send out 116 million checks to American homes, but without permanent tax cuts that you sought. Will you vote for this compromise?

A: Yes, I will and I'm disappointed, because I think it's very important that we make the Bush tax cuts permanent. I voted to make them permanent twice already. If people and businesses and families in America are now planning their 2010 budget, there's a great deal of uncertainty. And if we don't make the tax cuts permanent, then they will experience what amounts to a tax increase. But I also would make sure that not only the tax cuts are made permanent, but we cut corporate income taxes. That would keep businesses here, and it would keep jobs here and create jobs here. We pay the highest corporate income tax of any nation in the world except for Japan. I'm glad to see that we're going to allow people to expense new investments in equipment, so they can write them off in a very short period of time.
Source: 2008 GOP debate in Boca Raton Florida Jan 24, 2008

M.R.O. says: We most definitely need for those tax cuts to be permanent. The hard workers here in America deserve to keep MORE of their pay, not less. There are so many wasteful government programs that could be cut out that we could probably run another country just off those savings.

And I am glad to see the lesson of Reagan’s “trickle-down economics” was not lost on Mr. McCain. It should be obvious to anyone who’s not a liberal (or anyone with common sense), that if you save the job-providers money, they will be more likely, and more able, to provide more jobs. Way to go, John!

People worry about corporations unduly influencing elections

Most Americans understand that competitive elections in a free country require money. Since campaigns require spending funds to communicate with voters, they know we can never take money completely out of politics, nor should we. Americans have a right to support the candidates and the parties they endorse, including financially if they so choose.

But what most Americans worry about profoundly is corporations or individuals with huge checks seeking the undue influence on lawmakers that such largesse is intended to purchase. That is why John McCain has fought to enforce long-standing prohibitions on corporate and union contributions to federal political parties, for sensible donation limits, disclosure of how candidates and campaigns are funded, and the diligent enforcement of these common sense rules that promote maximum public participation in the political process and limit opportunities for corruption.
Source: Campaign website, www.johnmccain.com, "Issues" Sep 1, 2007

M.R.O. says: Certainly, worded this way, these types of campaign limits make sense. Certainly we don’t want huge oil companies greasing, or “oiling” if you will, the hands of our top decision-makers of new fuel technologies. I think, without pointing fingers, that has gone on long enough.

I still, however, am not happy about the limits on free speech that McCain-Feingold imposed. But I do think that full-disclosure of donors over a certain amount is a good way to try and rein-in influence peddling.

Voted NO on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore.
Amendment to repeal the tax subsidy for certain domestic companies which move manufacturing operations and American jobs offshore.
Reference: Tax Subsidy for Domestic Companies Amendment; Bill S AMDT 210 to S Con Res 18 ; vote number 2005-63 on Mar 17, 2005

M.R.O. says: I disagree with this vote. I think if a company wants to move its operations to another country for cheaper labor, etc., they should lose some of the tax advantages for operating here and employing American workers.

Voted YES on reforming bankruptcy to include means-testing & restrictions

Amends Federal bankruptcy law to revamp guidelines governing dismissal or conversion of a Chapter 7 liquidation (complete relief in bankruptcy) to one under either Chapter 11 (Reorganization) or Chapter 13 (Adjustment of Debts of an Individual with Regular Income). Voting YES would:
-Declare a debtor eligible only for Chapter 13, as anyone financially capable of paying back their creditors at a rate that still allows them to earn above their state's median income
-Place domestic support obligations such as child support and alimony amongst the first priority claim category of non-dischargeable debts on a debtor filing for bankruptcy
-Require debtors to pay for and attend credit counseling prior to filing for bankruptcy
-Cap home equity protection at $125,000 if the debtor purchased a house within 40 months of filing for bankruptcy.

M.R.O. has no problem with voting yes on all of this. The bankruptcy laws have, for far too long, made it too easy to live beyond one’s means, say “oops,” screw your creditors, and give you a new life.

I especially like the fact that the reform places “domestic support obligations such as child support and alimony amongst the first priority claim category of non-dischargeable debts.” We have enough deadbeat dad’s and mom’s leaving their kids high-and-dry.

Tomorrow, or maybe later today if I have time, we will see where McCain stands on crime.

Until then-