The Obama Economic Record = FAILED

Obama: It is anyone’s fault but mine. Not so.

President Obama has told us repeatedly that the financial crisis he inherited was George W. Bush’s fault. But a closer look reveals that while Bush spent more than Republican presidents generally spend, it fell far short of what “tax-and-spend” Democrat presidents typically spend. An even closer look reveals it was Democrat policies that created the dangerous economic conditions and the Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac trigger that set off our financial crisis.

So the financial crisis inherited by Obama was in great part caused by himself and his own party. Obama’s blame game is not only based on a politically motivated fabrication, even if it were true it serves only to distract us from Obama’s responsibility as president to deal effectively with the crisis. It has been his economy for years and his record cannot be hidden or spun away. The Obama economic record gets a failing mark. He has managed to give us the worst economic recovery in 70 years. That is not hype, it is fact.

He not only blames former president Bush, he also blames Republicans for blocking his recovery plans. Yet for the first two years of his presidency, his party was in complete control of Washington and he passed almost every item on his agenda. So once again, he attempted to place responsibility for his failure on anyone but himself.

It should also be noted that while Obama dishonestly accuses Republicans of doing nothing, the Republican controlled House of Representatives passed a budget every year in addition to passing over thirty pro-growth bills, including many jobs bills. In contrast, the Democrat controlled Senate is constitutionally required to submit an annual budget, yet they have not done so in almost four years. They have also refused to vote on the many bills submitted to them by the Republican House. It is Obama’s own party in the Senate that has done virtually nothing to deal with our economic problems, not the Republican House. So President Obama is not only an ineffective leader, he is also blatantly dishonest.

Let’s take a look at Obama’s more obvious failures:

• Our nation’s unemployment rate has exceeded 8 percent for more than three years—the longest period over 8 percent since the Great Depression.
• He promised to cut the deficit in half. Instead, he increased it, dramatically.
• He told us that his budget achieves $4 trillion in deficit reduction and recently claimed, “Since I’ve been President, Federal spending has risen at the lowest pace in 60 years.” – yet he gave us unprecedented trillion-dollar deficits for four consecutive years and added over $5 trillion in new debt in just three years—more than all other presidents from George Washington through George H. W. Bush, combined!
• Since he took office, he has piled on a slew of new government initiatives, including an almost trillion dollar stimulus and a massive new healthcare entitlement.

Obama’s fiscal record has been a failure by any honest, credible measurements and his assertions to the contrary are more than misleading. His budget proposals for the future would perpetuate his failed policies and make an already dangerous fiscal situation worse.

Some more things to consider:

Measuring Obama’s record relative to the economy also shows that he has boosted spending sharply above historic norms. Federal spending has averaged about 20 percent of the economy during the past 50 years. Not only did Obama significantly increase spending by 21 percent from 2008 to 2009, but he kept it far above the historic norm well after the end of the recession in mid-2009.

• Spending surged 18% in 2009 reaching 25% of GDP – the highest since World War II
• Deficits have exceeded $1 trillion in each year of Obama’s term
• Gross debt has increased over $5 trillion since Obama was inaugurated
• Even adjusting for a weak economy and Bush-era policies, President Obama has signed legislation increasing annual deficits by $1.6 trillion over his term
• Republicans in the 112th Congress have stopped the spending spree and have forced Obama to accept over $2.3 trillion in future deficit reduction
• Spending surged a remarkable 18 percent from 2008 to 2009 – a rate of growth in year-over-year spending that has occurred only once since 1960.
• Spending will be 22 percent higher at the end of the Obama’s term compared to when he took office and is projected to continue higher under his proposed 2013 budget.
• The deficit soared to $1.4 trillion in 2009 – a 208 percent and $958 billion increase above the previous deficit record.
• Obama added nearly a $1 trillion stimulus package within a month of taking office .
• Non-defense discretionary spending increased by 10 percent from 2008 levels in that year alone.
• He pursued the creation of a new open-ended healthcare entitlement funded by huge tax increases, a raid on Medicare, and gimmicks to hide its true cost.
• He added even more to subsequent year deficits compared to those projected at the time he took office and has made no progress in reducing them.
• His 2012 deficit is projected to be 173 percent larger than the 2008 deficit before he took office, and each of his four years in office produce record deficits in excess of $1 trillion.
• Over the longer term, his budget request would keep deficits higher than any level experienced during the Bush administration, never dropping below $488 billion.

Bottom line: Obama spent much more than the government took in.

Our national debt could destroy us

The result of record deficits has been an explosion in government debt since Obama took office. Gross federal debt increased by 19 percent from 2008 to 2009, and is on pace to increase by 62 percent by the time Obama finishes his term. The debt would double in just eight years versus when Obama took office assuming his budget is implemented.

Our debt is projected to be higher than the total of everything we produce as a nation.

Perhaps the most shocking aspect of Obama’s fiscal record is the amount of debt he has accumulated versus the nation’s ability to pay for it. Gross debt jumped from about 70 percent of GDP in 2008, to 85 percent in 2009 – a 22 percent increase in just one year and by 2014, it is projected to reach 110 percent of GDP. Particularly troubling about this is that a larger share of the future economy will be absorbed by higher interest payments resulting in more tax dollars being diverted away from government services and paid to creditors, many of whom are foreign nations. With the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates artificially low, debt service costs (interest payments on loans) have not risen significantly, but once rates normalize the additional cost could run in the trillions.

President Obama’s own budget makes this clear by stating:

“Beyond 2022, the fiscal position gradually deteriorates mainly because of the aging of the population and the high continuing cost of the Government’s health programs. By 2030, the deficit is projected to be 4.5 percent of GDP, and by 2040 it is nearly 6 percent. The deficit continues to rise for the next 75 years, and the publicly-held debt is also projected to rise persistently relative to GDP.”

Despite sharply higher taxes, Obama’s budget would remain woefully unsustainable. Out-of-control spending is clearly the root of the problem and Obama has no plan to address it.

Note: Obama’s budget was so bad that not even the Democrats would vote for it.

Obama is a blamer not a solver

Presidents usually enter office to solve problems and not to blame their record on their predecessors. President Reagan could have said he “inherited” a weak economy, high taxes, soaring inflation and interest rates, a weak defense in the face of the Soviet threat and done nothing about it. Instead, he took action to address all of these problems that he could have claimed he “inherited.” Even so, if one removes the effects of enacted laws and economic conditions prior to President Obama taking office, his fiscal record is still dismal.

Republicans managed to slow the rate of spending but much more needs to be done.

With the election of a Republican House of Representatives in 2010, the spending explosion ended. The Republican House immediately stopped the huge increases occurring in discretionary appropriations and fulfilled the Speaker’s goal that any increase in the debt limit should be accompanied by a greater amount of deficit reduction through spending cuts and reforms. While a Republican House has slowed the growth in spending, much more needs to be done in order to avoid a fast approaching fiscal crisis, and it will take both strong Presidential and Congressional leadership to achieve it.

Another Obama term could literally destroy us!

Sources: U.S. House of Representatives—House Budget Committee and other government sources.

He has some ideas about Obama’s hidden school records

When a Columbia classmate challenges Obama, it is worth a read.

Wayne Allyn Root, a former classmate of Barack Obama at Columbia University, Class of ’83, has his own ideas about why Obama has spent millions to hide his Columbia records from prying eyes. Root, one of Las Vegas’ star oddsmakers, says:

I smell something rotten in Denmark. Obama has a big skeleton in his closet. It’s his college records. Call it “gut instinct” but my gut is almost always right. Obama has a secret hidden at Columbia- and it’s a bad one that threatens to bring down his presidency. Gut instinct is how I’ve made my living for 29 years since graduating Columbia.

Root is well aware of how the nasty Obama-Axelrod style Chicago politics works. He says,

Team Obama has decided to distract America’s voters by condemning Mitt Romney for not releasing enough years of his tax returns. It’s the perfect cover. Obama knows the best defense is a bold offense. Just keep attacking Mitt and blaming him for secrecy and evasion, while accusing him of having a scandal that doesn’t exist. Then ask followers like Senator Harry Reid to chase the lead. The U.S. Senate Majority Leader appears to now be making up stories out of thin air, about tax returns he knows nothing about. It’s a cynical, brilliant, and vicious strategy. Make Romney defend, so he can’t attack the real Obama scandal.

Of course this is the same strategy-of-personal-destruction that Obama has used to win virtually all his elections. It’s simple: He slanders his opponents through insinuations and leaks designed to ruin their reputation and character. At the same time, they are so busy defending all the bogus lies Obama throws at them, they have little time to press Obama for the real issues like his sealed school and health records.

As this is being written, Obama continues to push Romney to release more tax records, thereby insinuating that Romney has something to hide. Yet Obama himself has been hiding massive amounts of important information for years. Then Obama henchmen like U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, and the ever-willing Obama Media, step up the attacks on the bogus Romney Tax issue while ignoring Obama’s much more serious issue of his sealed records.

Root says,

My answer for Romney? Call Obama’s bluff. Romney should call a press conference and issue a challenge in front of the nation. He should agree to release more of his tax returns, only if Obama unseals his college records. Simple and straight-forward. Mitt should ask “What could possibly be so embarrassing in your college records from 29 years ago that you are afraid to let America’s voters see? If it’s THAT bad, maybe it’s something the voters ought to see.” Suddenly the tables are turned. Now Obama is on the defensive.

Root guesses that Obama will never release his records because they would destroy his chances of re-election. He predicts,

Once this challenge is made public, my prediction is you’ll never hear about Mitt’s tax returns ever again.

Root adds that not only did he not know Obama at Columbia, but he didn’t know anyone else who knew him.

If anyone should have questions about Obama’s record at Columbia University, it’s me. We both graduated (according to Obama) Columbia University, Class of ’83. We were both (according to Obama) Pre-Law and Political Science majors. And I thought I knew most everyone at Columbia. I certainly thought I’d heard of all of my fellow Political Science majors. But not Obama (or as he was known then- Barry Soetoro). I never met him. Never saw him. Never even heard of him. And none of the classmates that I knew at Columbia have ever met him, saw him, or heard of him.

The Wall Street Journal reported in 2008 that Fox News randomly called 400 of Root’s Columbia classmates and never found one who had ever met Obama.

After all these years, the media continues to ignore the very large question: Why would Barack Obama spend millions of dollars to hide something from us? But perhaps the larger question is: Why do we the people let Obama and the media get away with it?

It gets worse. Obama has not only sealed his Columbia records—he has sealed all his records all the way back to his high school days in Hawaii and his stint at Occidental College!

Of course other questions logically flow from the huge cloak of secrecy Obama has wrapped around his past. For example: Is he hiding his school records because of poor grades? If so, how did he manage to get into an Ivy League school? If his Columbia grades were poor, how did get into Harvard? – Yes, those records are sealed too. How did he pay for his costly schooling? If he did it with scholarships, he would have needed good grades.

Wayne Allyn Root has some ideas:

“Here’s my gut belief: Obama got a leg up by being admitted to both Occidental and Columbia as a foreign exchange student. He was raised as a young boy in Indonesia. But did his mother ever change him back to a U.S. citizen? When he returned to live with his grandparents in Hawaii or as he neared college-age preparing to apply to schools, did he ever change his citizenship back? I’m betting not.

If you could unseal Obama’s Columbia University records I believe you’d find that:

A) He rarely ever attended class.

B) His grades were not those typical of what we understand it takes to get into Harvard Law School.

C) He attended Columbia as a foreign exchange student.

D) He paid little for either undergraduate college or Harvard Law School because of foreign aid and scholarships given to poor foreign students like this kid Barry Soetoro from Indonesia.

If you think I’m “fishing” then prove me wrong. Open up your records Mr. President. What are you afraid of?

If it’s okay for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to go on a fishing expedition about Romney’s taxes (even though he knows absolutely nothing about them, nor will he release his own), then I think I can do the same thing. But as Obama’s Columbia Class of ’83 classmate, at least I have more standing to make educated guesses.

It’s time for Mitt to go on the attack and call Obama’s bluff.”

I’m with you, Mr. Root. It’s time “Mr. Transparency” comes clean and it’s way past the time for the corrupt Obama Media to clean up their act and start serving the American people and the interests of their nation.

NOTE: Obama supporters like to point out that, technically, the school records are not “sealed.” Apparently no court of law has officially sealed them. Of course this does not change the fact that the records are still confidential and unavailable to the public. Also, according to one source Mr. Obama did release a summary of his medical records in which his personal physician “… pronounced him to be in ‘excellent health …’”

It’s not pretty.

The following are considered to be dishonest statements made by Barack Obama. Verification is by:

• One or more reliable news agencies or credible authorities.
• Videos or transcripts.
• Logic: An exclusion of fact that clearly changes the meaning or the intent of the original.

153 160 173 Documented Obama Lies

Stay tuned, it’s hard to keep up with them.

Some lies date back to the 2008 Presidential Campaign between Obama and McCain. Lying is nothing new for Barack Obama. We should all celebrate the occasion of our first Black president. Unfortunately, while we had countless well-qualified black men and women from which to choose, we chose the wrong one.

Another update (Added on February 19, 2014).

The truth is (You do remember what truth is?) I am tired of doing this so do not think this is a complete list of our President’s dishonesty. He lies so often that I choose not to spend more time on this topic. Mr. Obama is not only the most dishonest president in U.S. history, he is the most dishonest person I have ever witnessed. I have not an ounce of doubt that if President Barack Obama were white, he would have been impeached a long time ago. We will not be a truly non-racist society until we neither protect nor condemn a person based on the color of their skin.

NOTE: PolitiFact.com rates statements as True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False, False, Pants On Fire.

13 More Obama lies

4 are simply false and 9 are “Pants On Fire” lies. All are from PolitiFact.

(Some are from the 2012 Presidential Campaign that I failed to list back then.)

1. “What we said was, you can keep (your plan) if it hasn’t changed since the law passed.” – PANTS ON FIRE! (Of all the false statements documented by PolitiFact that were made by anyone in 2013, this one made by President Obama was chosen as the “Lie of The Year.” The Washington Post, a Liberal-leaning newspaper, also chose it as their Lie of The Year.)
   
   Watch President Obama make this false statement on almost 40 separate occasions.
   
   
2. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court “is transparent.” – PANTS ON FIRE!
3. Says Mitt Romney plans to “fire” Big Bird. PANTS ON FIRE!
4. Says Mitt Romney “backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.” PANTS ON FIRE!
5. “Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich all say they would cut foreign aid to Israel — and every other country — to zero.” PANTS ON FIRE!
6. “What I have done — and this is unprecedented … is I’ve said to each agency … ‘look at regulations that are already on the books and if they don’t make sense, let’s get rid of them.'” PANTS ON FIRE!
7. “If you actually took the number of Muslims [sic] Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” PANTS ON FIRE!
8. “And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative.” PANTS ON FIRE!
9. Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh’s comments about immigration. PANTS ON FIRE!
10. The “most realistic estimates” for jobs created by Keystone XL are “maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline.” FALSE
11. “We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas.” FALSE
12. “Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts” to create a legal framework on counterterrorism. FALSE
13. “If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase.” FALSE

7 more Obama lies (Add to the original 153 below.)

1. Mitt Romney “says the Arizona immigration law should be a model for the nation.” He didn’t say it.
2. Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children. Not so.
3. “The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me.” Not on this planet.
4. Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double.” In your dreams.
5. If the Supreme Court throws out the federal health care law, it “would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” Whew! That’s a whopper.
6. “For the first time since 1990, American manufacturers are creating new jobs.” Think again.
7. “Preventive care … saves money, for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody.” Maybe by your math but you should go back to school.

The 153 Obama lies first posted:

1. Obama claims he wrote a letter to the U.S. Treasurer to try to prevent the housing crisis but he acted only AFTER he had caused it by blocking McCain’s bill.
2. Obama claims he is bipartisan — Congressional Quarterly shows he voted with his party 97% of the time.
3. Obama’s dirty lie scares seniors — Falsely claims McCain plans to cut $880 billion from Medicare: False says Annenberg Factcheck
4. Obama lies about his mother turning to food stamps AND still sending him to top schools; his grandmother paid for education
5. Obama lied about being asked to wear dead soldier’s bracelet — Family had asked Obama to stop wearing it.
6. Obama claimed all new spending in economic plan was self-funding; short by $3.5 Trillion says nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
7. Obama denied Admiral Mike Mullen had called Obama’s Iraqi troop plan “dangerous”; Mullen made comment on Fox in July 2008 according to WaPo
8. Obama lied about Kissinger’s views of diplomacy during first debate; Kissinger confirms the lie
9. During Debate 1 Obama denied voting to tax some people making $42,000 a year: Annenburg Factcheck,org confirms Obama is lying
10. After Debate 1, Team Obama denied Obama ever said, “Iran’s not a threat”: Video proves Obama DID say “Iran is NOT a threat.”
11. Obama claims under McCain employers would be taxed on the health care benefits it grants to workers — It’s a lie.
12. Obama refers to an Iraqi surplus of $79 billion and says U.S. should have it. — It was actually $60 billion and dwindling
13. Obama claims only 5% of Americans would see tax increase; he’s grossly understating the number of people effected
14. Obama accuses McCain of lying about Biden being against clean coal; video proves Obama is lying
15. Obama claims McCain is opposed to abortion in cases of rape or incest; McCain has never held that position.
16. Obama accuses McCain of making an ad about Obama’s vote to approve leaving babies who survive abortion procedures to die; McCain did not make the ad
17. Obama’s ad on abortion claims Obama always supported medical care to protect infants; text of the Bill he supported shows he wanted babies born alive after abortions to be left to die
18. Obama’s ad on abortion uses quotes by journalists who made negative comments about a McCain ad; but Obama is misleading because both journalists have been proven to be incorrect
19. Obama’s lying when he says McCain’s ad misstated Obama’s Sex Ed for Kindergartners Bill: McCain’s ad was accurate.
20. Obama and Biden both truncate McCain’s comments on the strength of the economy’s fundamentals: deliberate distortion.
21. Obama claims under McCain, Elderly would have had Social Security tied up in the Stock market; Newsweek cries BS
22. Obama claims his opponent will cut social security in half: NOT true; Obama guilty of scare-mongering aimed at Seniors.
23. Obama claimed during the primary he had more former President Clinton’s Foreign Policy advisers than Sen. Clinton; she had 70% more
24. Obama claimed his father served in World War II: his Kenyan-born father never served
25. Obama grossly misquoted Senator Clinton about her vote on a banking bill; Obama used the false quote to show why voters don’t trust government
26. Obama claimed employers are more likely to be struck by lightning than be prosecuted for employing illegals; Gov stats prove he’s lying
27. Pushing his Green agenda Obama claimed Japanese Cars average 45 mpg fuel efficiency; its actually around 29 mph
28. Obama disparaged the President saying he hadn’t met with auto makers until the sixth year of his presidency; GWB met automakers in April 2003
29. Obama disparaged the efficiency of our healthcare system saying the U.S. spends twice per capita than other countries: WaPo proves he’s lying
30. Obama claims President Clinton’s Labor Secretary said Obama’s healthcare plan, “Does more than anybody to reduce costs”; Robert Reich did NOT say it
31. Obama falsely claimed he won the Michigan Democrat primary: He was not on the ballot
32. Obama’s Spanish language ad lies about McCain’s position on immigration, tries to stir race-war: Lies debunked by ABC
33. Obama lies about his interference in Iraqi negotiations; but his campaign admits his treachery
34. Obama took credit for the economic stimulus package passed in Feb 08; Obama’s colleagues on Capitol Hill cry BS
35. Obama claims Big Oil is ignoring 68 million acres of oil fields they could be drilling; Most fields are being worked
36. Obama claims he never questions his opponent’s patriotism; asks of McCain “WHICH country first?”: ABC says he’s questioning McCain’s patriotism
37. Obama claims personal savings rates are lowest since the Great Depression; currently higher than under President Clinton
38. Obama claims on this video that he doesn’t switch positions; list of 31 flip flops show he’s lying
39. In the Primaries Obama puffed up his resume claiming he was a “Professor”; State Senate bio shows he was not ; he now agrees
40. When Obama ran for U.S. Senate his web site claimed “5 years as a community organizer” — He admits it was only 3 years.
41. Obama’s attack ad in Michigan claims McCain doesn’t support loan guarantees for auto-industry. McCain DOES support them.
42. Obama says “If we’re STILL in recession when he takes office…etc”; the economy was NOT in recession
43. Obama claims he signed up for Selective Service when he graduated from High School; records show he did NOT until he’d been at college 1 year
44. Attacking Palin, Obama has the audacity to claim,”Words mean something; you can’t just make things up “; Obama creates fiction like a veritable fiction machine.
45. Obama lies yet again to disparage Gov. Palin — ignores her executive experience as Governor of Alaska.
46. Obama says the U.S. economy has failed under Bush; World Bank stats proves Obama’s been lying; U.S. a world leader in growth, employment, incomes
47. Obama claims if you are born into poverty in America you are on your own — There are so many government programs, the government has trouble managing them all. Trillions have been spent on poverty programs.
48. Obama claims he’s bi-partisan: voting records prove Obama is #11 most partisan
49. Claimed Hillary would be on anyone’s short-list; Hillary wasn’t on Obama’s short-list
50. Obama claims abortion rates have not gone down under the Bush Administration; stats show they have gone down
51. Obama dismissed Bomber Bill Ayers as “… some guy who lives in the neighborhood” — They had a close working relationship.
52. Obama claims there’s no charge to attend his acceptance speech: CBS 4 in Denver proves he’s lying; some tickets cost $1000
53. Obama used being a first-time-buyer to justify consulting with Rezko before he bought his house; Obama had already purchased a residence
54. Obama lies about his support for infanticide; campaign concedes in 03 he opposed a bill stopping the killing of kids born alive after abortions
55. Obama overstates Oil Industry’s contributions to McCain; ignores cash the Oil industry gave to him — Newsweek debunks
56. To belittle America,Obama exaggerated the growth in Debt under the current Administration; debunked by WaPo
57. Obama claims President George W Bush had not left the country before he became President; WaPo confirms he’s lying
58. To promote “green”, Obama claimed he drove a vehicle that uses ethanol; GM confirmed the model was NOT ethanol-ready
59. Obama claims he’s taking his family for a week’s rest in Hawaii with no campaigning; schedules a rally for first day
60. Obama claims “properly inflating tires” will save as much energy as we could drill offshore; analysis shows not even close
61. Obama denies accusing McCain of using race against him; ABC, NYT confirm Obama did accuse McCain of making racial attacks
62. Obama claims he’s not being political when he’s flip-flopping; timing & direction of major flip-flops show he’s lying
63. Obama INVENTS a wall between Christians and Jews; deceptively omits the major religious wall is caused by a “fatwah” to kill American Christians and Jews
64. Obama claims he made a substantive call for Germany to help in Iraq; Berlin speech transcript proves he’s lying
65. Obama admits he underestimated the decline in violence from the Surge; falsely claims McCain made same mistake
66. Obama turned a disappointing crowd of 20,000 into media reports of 200,000
67. Obama lied about his father’s religious upbringing! half-brother confirms Obama’s father was “RAISED Muslim”
68. Obama claimed we only made one fundraising trip to Florida during the Primary; Florida papers proved he lied
69. Claims reducing obesity to 80’s levels would save Medicaid ONE TRILLION DOLLARS; not even close
70. To make Iraq/Afghan Wars look bad, Obama claimed demands on Nat Guard personnel hurt flood relief; Guards prove lying
71. Claimed due to overseas commitments, too few helicopters were available to help with Midwest flood relief; now concedes not true
72. Starting in Iowa, Obama claimed Clinton’s healthcare plan would “punish families that couldn’t afford healthcare”; NYT calls BS
73. Obama claims McCain’s tax plan will do nothing to help the middle-class: The Tax Policy Center proves he’s lying
74. Obama claims the use of an Email with a big red DONATE button is NOT a fund raising solicitation
75. Obama claims his trip to Europe was non-political: uses video of Berlin speech to raise money within hours
76. Tells NBC that during the debate on the Surge he said the Surge would work in Baghdad; video proves during the debate he said the opposite
77. Obama’s “Changing World” ad claims he’ll fast-track alternatives to oil to stop us buying from hostile nations; “fast track” is totally misleading
78. Obama tells Israeli media that he’s a member of the Senate Banking Committee; CNN confirms he’s delusional
79. Obama claims Lou Dobbs caused hate crimes against Latinos to double; the FBI and CNN confirm Obama is lying
80. Obama claims the military brass think like he does; top U.S. commanders say his plan for Iraq is unworkable
81. Obama promised to filibuster FISA; later Obama voted for FISA and now denies changing his position
82. Obama belittles Americans claiming we can’t speak European languages.
83. Obama denied he accused President Bush of starting the War for political reasons; Russert transcript proves Obama made that false claim
84. Obama claims there has been substantial job losses from NAFTA; Independent studies show its at least” job neutral”
85. Claimed in Feb 08 he got 90% of funds from donors giving $25, $50; fed filings show he got only about a third from donors below $200
86. Obama rewrites history about what specifically he had said during his October 2002 anti-war speech
87. Obama claimed in 04 that he had never supported bringing troops out of Iraq; rare video of 03 Teamsters rally shows he’s lying
88. Obama lied about the softness of the Stock Market to support his false claim the War was being used to distract the public
89. To justify move to private funds, Obama claims McCain’s campaign is” fuelled” by PACs and Lobbyists; its less than 2% of McCain’s money
90. Obama’s “Dignity” ad claims he “worked his way” thru college and law school; campaign admits only two summer jobs
91. Obama’s “Dignity” ad gives him credit for reducing Welfare rolls by 80%: he’s deceptive as he was opposed to Fed Welfare Reform in ’96
92. In Obama’s “The Country I Love” ad, he takes credit for passing a healthcare bill he did NOT vote for
93. Claims he first ran in Chicago as an un-endorsed candidate; his ’96 election questionnaire proves he had several
94. Obama claims he wants a vigorous and open debate on the issues: then goes out of his way to avoid it
95. Obama omits key details about a false rumor re video of Michelle’s “whitey” rant to justify breaking his public funding promise
96. Obama tries to deceive about why he voted “present” more than 100 times in the Illinois Senate; Chicago paper reveals the truth
97. Trying to claim patriotism Obama says his grandad signed up the day after Pearl Harbor; army records disagree
98. Claims race and party not important to how people vote as they put America first; 93% black vote disproves
99. On June 5, Obama stated that Israel must remain undivided; June 6 on CNN he reversed his position, but denied he had done so.
100. To further his own agenda, Obama grossly overstates the number of potential African- American votes in MS, GA, SC
101. Promise of $2500 reduction in Healthcare premiums needs billions in Admin cost savings by 2012: not possible
102. Obama omits to mention his 3 week trip to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan until it slips out trying to out-do Clinton
103. Obama claims McCain wants to wage a lengthy war in Iraq: Video proves Obama’s lying
104. Obama claimed he never prayed in a mosque; his campaign had to retract that statement
105. Obama dishonestly used endorsements in ads to pump up his healthcare plan
106. Claims he never discussed politics with Pastor; rebutted by photo of Obama with team of lobbyists led by Wright
107. Obama, an expert at parsing words, claimed he wasn’t familiar with the word “Clintonian”; then changed his story
108. Despite reeking of cigarettes, Obama denied smoking to ABC; now admits smoking on MSNBC
109. Obama said he’d meet unconditionally with Leader of Iran: now claims he “didn’t have Ahmadinejad in mind”
110. Obama claims he is using public financing to avoid special interests: WSJ nails his switcheroo
111. Obama’s rhetoric claims more young black men in jail than college: BoJ Stats disprove
112. Claims he never said he was a proponent of single-payer universal healthcare; Video proves he did
113. Obama claims remarks to industrialists were greeted with silence, shows he can deliver tough message: video of ovation
114. Obama claims you don’t rip opponents & leave on roadside: he did to Alice Palmer
115. Obama denies saying Indiana could be tie-breaker: he did
116. Obama omits that Pastor Wright led divestiture campaign from Israel
117. Obama claims Church not controversial; he knew it was controversial since 86
118. Lied about intention of taking U.S. out of NAFTA
119. Obama claims poverty growing up: both distort reality
120. Obama denies meeting Saddam’s Auchi; sworn Fed. witness places Obama at undisclosed party for Auchi at Rezko’s
121. Obama lies about not attacking Clinton over her Bosnia lies
122. Obama claims he passed ethics reform; ABC News shows he lied
123. Obama says he’s consistently opposed NAFTA; in October 2007 he supported expansion to Peru
124. Obama claims he’s above dirty political tricks; Clinton proves he lies
125. Obama claims his “bitter” remarks were mangled; then repeats attacks on guns religion and angry people
126. Obama claims never said he wouldn’t wear U.S. flag-pin; video shows he did
127. Obama says he did no favors for Rezko; untrue; he lobbied for him
128. Changes story repeatedly re: Rezko’s help in buying mansion
129. Obama claims he never supported a ban on handguns; he has twice
130. Obama claims stays at UCC as Pastor acknowledged comments were inappropriate; Wright never made this statement
131. Campaign is beholden to “only the people” as unlike McCain/Clinton he does not take lobbyist /PAC money; LIES!
132. Claims campaign never called Canada to say Obama not truthful re wanting leave NAFTA; smoking gun memo proves lied
133. Mrs. Obama admits she’s never been proud of America; Video disproves Sen. Obama’s later claim she was misquoted
134. Claimed would not run for President, as he would not be qualified by 2008: confirmed 3 times to Tim Russert in one 2006 interview
135. Claims famous in Il. for not letting lobbyists even buy him lunch; took from teachers, trial lawyers, hospital admins
136. Claims his parents met at Selma civil rights march; Washington Post noted it occurred 4 yrs after Obama’s birth
137. BO claims courageously opposed war in 2002 during U.S. Senate campaign; He did not announce his senate bid until 2003
138. Claims he passes tough Nuclear Law; NYT uncovers he took Nuclear Industry pay-off and watered down the bill
139. Claimed he didn’t know Rezko was corrupt when did a real estate deal with him; Chicago papers prove he lied
140. Claims does not accept money from Big Oil: Real Clear Politics proves he lied
141. Denies using his Hopefund PAC to influence endorsers; but the Washington Post reviewed the record and disagreed
142. Claims his State Chair is not a drug company lobbyist; Time magazine cries BS
143. Lies about how much he received in campaign funds from Rezko; forced to significantly increase the amount twice
144. Claims he did not fill out the 1996 candidate questionaire; Politico proves he lied
145. Took credit for achievement of others in Chicago; resume puffing exposed by LA Times
146. Claims he kept no State Senate records; now he changes his story
147. Denies doubling wife’s salary was due to becoming U.S. Senator; omits within months he earmarked $1 million for hospital
148. Denied meeting Saddam bagman Auchi; now admits he was at his dinner but does not remember talking to him
149. Denies using his church for politics: IRS disagree
150. Claims he was unaware of Pastor Wrights 911 comments: NYT proves he lied
151. Claims his father was a goat-herd; actually he was a man of privilege
152. Claims not an active Muslim as child; Indonesian paper proves he lied
153. Claims father linked to Kennedys; Washington Post proves he lied

If you think any are incorrect or if you have any that you think should be added, let me know in the Comment section, below. Please include documentation.

Who, exactly, is out of touch with average Americans?

Obama says rich man, Mitt Romney, is out of touch with average Americans. But wait a minute, the Obamas Live like royalty! So who exactly is out of touch?

Watch this video to learn about the lavish lifestyle of Barack and Michelle Obama.

Hypocritical? We need a bigger, louder word!

I think it was just a few weeks ago that I saw the Obama Media shills falling over themselves to characterize Ann Romney as an out of touch rich woman.  They showed a photo of her wearing an expensive designer blouse. Really? Well now, that does indeed tell us all we need to know about the Romneys. Are you with me on this? Ann Romney buys expensive clothes! It’s disgusting. Outrageous. Hasn’t anyone told her that she is required to buy her clothes at Walmart or Goodwill or, you know, where we the people buy ours.

But I have a few bothersome little questions for the Obama Media shills. Wasn’t FDR a rich man? Yeah, I know he was because I’m up on this stuff and I even visited his estate in Hyde Park, NY years ago. Yes, he was a very rich man. So why didn’t that bother the media? Oh yes, then there is John F. Kennedy. The Democrats and their media refer to him as JFK. (Ever notice how they like to use initials for their big stars?) Anyway, why didn’t JFK’s millions bother the media? Then of course there is John Kerry. He’s another super rich guy. (They couldn’t use “JFK” for Kerry. It was already taken.) So why didn’t that bother the media? Come to think about it, our richest presidents were all Democrats! Oh, I get it, it doesn’t count if you are a Democrat. Stupid me.

Listen, this is about as pure as hypocrisy can get. Our very first president, George Washington, was one of the richest men in the country. Hmm, wonder where he bought his clothes? Does anyone really think that Franklin Roosevelt or John Kennedy shopped for clothes in bargain basements? Do you think that John Kerry or any other rich people do?  The Obamas certainly don’t and the Romneys should not be expected to either. Would you if you were rich? It’s ridiculous.

This is just one more bogus political trick from Barack Obama. These “rich man” charges that Obama and his henchmen keep throwing at Romney are part of a Marxist style class warfare strategy designed to divide our nation and pit Americans against Americans. It is right out of Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals, which, by the way, Barack Obama used to teach. It is sad but true: Our president will say and do virtually anything to stay in power. It is not about what is best for our country, it is about Barack Obama and his plan to “transform” America into something entirely different than what has served us so well for 236 years—what has made us the greatest nation in world history.

So every time you hear him or his henchmen attack Mitt Romney for being rich, think of the video you saw here and what you read here. Remember all the rich Democrat presidents and presidential candidates. Remember how Barack and Michelle Obama live. Oh and while I’m at it, did you know that Mitt Romney gave far more to charity than Barack Obama and Joe Biden, combined? Just saying. No, I didn’t get that information from the Obama Media.