Obama’s Billion-Dollar Campaign? ‘That’s Bullsh**’

They should add a plank to their platform for a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United ruling, eliminating super PACS, and ending the institutionalized corruption that lobbyists bring to government, forever.

Hey Jimmy Messina, how about going with public financing for the election like Barry promised to do last election.
Now that was bull****.

Go Obama. Go, go Obama.

I hope people donate because it is imperative to beat the craven and despicable Republicans. Remember when they tried to pretend they were anti-establishment independents who favored things like transparency?

NOT.

I totally agree with same again: The dems and Obama should “add a plank to their platform for a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United ruling, eliminating super PACS, and ending the institutionalized corruption that lobbyists bring to government, forever.”

(p.s. random names and emails are still showing up when I comment. this time I got Noz’s.)

Obama would have been a fool to go with public funding for his campaign. When he made the pledge, he didn’t have any idea how much money was being thrown against him…. and how seriously the media would take every single crackpot talking point that the GOP ginned up. People spent years harassing him over his birth certificate… Neither the politicians who swear an oath to look out for America nor the journalists who are supposed to find the truth even bothered to debunk this nonsense. Instead, Obama had to spend countless hours and time in court beating back these frivolous claims. The more cash he has the better. You have no idea what kind of nutty conspiracy theories the press is going to entertain this time around. I mean, look at what ABC is willing to run. Obama better have the cash to fight back.

BLIP, do you honestly think Obama was grilled and handled harshly by the media during his 2008 campaign? Seriously? Ask Hillary Clinton, she was beaten to a pulp, while Obama was handled with obsequious gloves by an awestruck media….I mean really, it was embarrassing how in love the press was with him. Sure Fox beat him up but that was about it. I don’t think you even believe your own comment. I mean really. Even today the media on the whole treats him like royalty…jokes, laughs, with only Tapper and Ed Henry asking tough questions of Carney and Obama. Obama took in and spent the most money on any political campaign in the history of the planet, $746M, you can’t deny that. McCain ended up with around $500M. The media on the whole is liberal, tv and print in particular, I don’t know what planet you live on, but that’s a pretty nice advantage for Dems historically. ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS…..only FOX bucks that trend. Wake up man.

Blip,
Obama was asked ONE question about Bill Ayers. One. No follow up. Nothing.

80 percent of all $20.5 billion in Department of Energy loans went to President Obama’s top donors. Has the press covered this?

LA Times: “McCain campaign accuses L.A. Times of ‘suppressing’ Obama video
The Times says its promise to a source prevents the paper from posting the video, which shows Barack Obama praising Palestinian activist Rashid Khalidi at a 2003 banquet. The story first appeared in April.” Did MSM cover this? Will they this time?

Did the press report on the dirty tactics he used to win the Senate seat in 2004?

Did the press question Obama’s statement, “Iran is a tiny country. so they pose no threat?”

If ANY ONE of these had been from a Republican candidate, it would be PLASTERED on the nightly news for at least a week.

Posted by: wheresmymoney | December 29, 2011, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm

And when you learn the difference between ‘fact’ and ‘allegation’ you’ll be a much more responsible and worthwhile citizen.

Thanks Jerry for informing some of us who have refused to operate on facts. I hope that Blip will promise henceforth to be a dutiful citizen by making facts the corner stone of his actions. With regard to the rumor that the Obama camp would raise a billion dollar, none of President Obama’s officials ever uttered the billion dollar amount; it was John King, host of John King USA CNN, who came up with that amount. If you love this country and do not want it to revert to the world the Arabs are fleeing, operate on facts. I hope that most people will agree with me that the best legacy to leave for our children, our grandchildren and all future descendants etc is a true Democracy. Long live the USA!

oBama’s Billion-Dollar Campaign? Corzine accidentally misplaces $1.2 Billion? Coincidence?

POSTED BY: MICHELLE SHU JAS | DECEMBER 29, 2011, 8:26 PM 8:26 PM

What a stupid post.

Hey, look, no matter how much evidence anyone provides…. the 23% of Americans who believe that Saddam caused 9/11, the Bush was a great President, that Obama is not American, who are loyal to Fox News, and that identify with the Tea party are not going to be convinced of anything that doesn’t conform to their political notions. If you point to examples of the press treating BS stories X, Y, and Z about Obama as legit, they say well, what about BS story A or B? You want the press to ask Obama about Ayers? What’s there to ask? That he secretly wrote Obama’s book? They probably should ask if Batboy works for the Pentagon or if the CIA gave Hugo Chavez cancer…. it’s nutty. You want them to ask if Obama sat on some education committee with Ayers? The answer is yes…. so what? Ayers, like G. Gordon Liddy, is a reformed criminal (though Ayers hasn’t recently called for blood like Liddy has)…. he’s allowed to be in Chicago at the same time as Obama.

It’s always the same. That hard core Tea Party base has been convinced that somehow America secret supports them and that they are the nation’s saviors…. and that all the distaste that the American public has for you is simply an illusion. When one of your candidates loses for being a nut, you blame it on fraud. And, when Republicans attack other Republicans in the Republican primary, you blame it on Democrats. Wake up. Obama didn’t torpedo Newt Gingrich…. Romney and every single prominent Republican lined up against him and took him apart. But somehow you persist in this belief that Democrats attack people. I mean, don’t you remember what happened to John Kerry? Don’t you remember that every single Republican candidate running for the party nomination has at one time or another supported the idea that Obama wasn’t born in America? And don’t you remember that the press let this story fest for years…. even though Obama had already provided a “Certification of Live Birth”?

You need to clear your heads and come back to society. It is actually dangerous when a small minority of people believes that they represent the hidden will of the majority, that their actions are approved of by God, that they are the protectors of history, that science and reason are tools of deception, and that all who disagree with them are part of a giant coordinated coverup. History is filled with examples of this sort of disconnect…. and whether you win or lose, it never ends well, neither for your allies nor for your enemies. Come back into the civilization. It is not so bad to be part of a community. We aren’t trying to hurt you or destroy the country. We are just Americans, all of us, who disagree from time to time. We need to start acting like it. But you have to stop discounting our President, our body politic, and our community. It’s time to start respecting the nation…. not just as a historical idea, but as a group of people, who sometimes don’t agree with each other, but who are all on the same side.

And when you learn the difference between ‘fact’ and ‘allegation’ you’ll be a much more responsible and worthwhile citizen.

Posted by: Jerry | December 29, 2011, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm

FACT: 80 percent of all $20.5 billion in Department of Energy loans went to President Obama’s top donors. Press silent.

FACT: LA Times: “McCain campaign accuses L.A. Times of ‘suppressing’ Obama video
The Times says its promise to a source prevents the paper from posting the video, which shows Barack Obama praising Palestinian activist Rashid Khalidi at a 2003 banquet. Press Silent

FACT: Obama campaign used dirty tactics to win the Senate seat in 2004. Press silent.

FACT: (USA Today 2008) “Ayers was one of many who sponsored coffees for Obama in 1995 when he declared for the Illinois Senate. The official campaign launch occurred at the Hyde Park Ramada.”

FACT: ” White House Hires ‘Terminator’ To ‘Squash Negative Stories’ About Obama” My guess is he frequents ABC blogs….

This for example is purely opinion….not fact.
Posted by: terminator | December 30, 2011, 10:48 am 10:48 am

“The Obama campaign obtained the contents of sealed divorce records of Democratic primary candidate Blair Hull and Republican general election candidate Jack Ryan. After the content of the records were leaked to The Chicago Tribune by the Obama campaign, the Hull and Ryan campaigns imploded, paving the way for Obama to sail to electoral victory without having to defend his own rather sordid personal history in a heated campaign cycle. Axelrod was a reporter for the Tribune for eight years prior to becoming a political consultant. Axelrod is currently chairing Obama’s 2012 presidential re-election campaign in Chicago.

The first Obama victim was Hull, a multimillionaire former securities trader whose war chest made him the candidate to beat in the primary. A month before the March 16, 2004 primary, the Tribune leaked details of Hull’s messy divorce. Since the records of his divorce from his second wife, Brenda Sexton, were sealed, Obama and other opponents called on Hull to release the records. After Hull and Sexton agreed to release the records, which indicated spousal abuse on the part of Hull, the candidate plummeted from first place in the polls to third. Obama won the primary in a landslide, capturing 52.8 percent, to 23.7 percent for Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes, and 10.8 percent for Hull.

Launching a dirty tricks attack on a fellow Democrat was not Obama’s first. Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1995 after he successfully challenged the nominating petition signatures of his three Democratic opponents, including incumbent Senator Alice Palmer. Invalidating the signatures of all his opponents, Obama was a single candidate on the ballot, ensuring his election to the State Senate.

With the U.S. Senate nomination under his belt, the next target was popular Republican candidate Jack Ryan. Ryan and Star Trek Voyager actress Jeri Ryan had divorced in 1999 and their divorce records, as were those of Hull and his ex-wife, were sealed. However, once again, details of the sealed Ryan divorce records were leaked to the Tribune. The Ryans demanded that the records remain sealed because of the harm the custody records would have on their 9-year old son. However, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider disagreed and ordered the release of the records because the public interest over the privacy interests of the Ryans tipped “slightly to the public.” Jeri Ryan was adamant that the records remain sealed because she was being subjected to stalker threats at the time.

Schnider, who is now retired, received a public admonition from the California Commission on Judicial Performance on August 31, 2009: “In the commission’s view, Judge Schnider’s failure to properly discharge his duty to supervise [Family Law Department] Commissioner [Ann] Dobbs resulted in significant financial and emotional harm to family law litigants and seriously undermined the integrity of the judiciary.”

“You know, Iran, they spend one-one hundredth of what we spend on the military. If Iran ever tried to pose a serious threat to us, they wouldn’t stand a chance. And we should use that position of strength that we have, to be bold enough to go ahead and listen.”

The actual quote is worse than “Iran is a tiny country. so they pose no threat”

The actual quote is worse than “Iran is a tiny country. so they pose no threat”

Posted by: foggy | December 30, 2011, 11:57 am 11:57 am

To a bigot sure . . . as expected.

Jerry, both Kennedy and Reagan did not just HAND over security in Europe as Pres.Obama did with the missile defense reduction, the ask and received what they ask for from the Russians. Who made that statement about wiping us of the planet? The only one who wants to wipe out countries is nut job Amadinashad, and pretty soon the WILL have the ability to do so.
BLIP, Pres.Obamas campaign started in Ayers living room, Ayers and Dorn are home grown terrorists, look it up. But Pres.Obama said he only knows him briefly, and the so-called media believed it. He sat in Rev.Wrights church for ump years and NEVER listen to any of his sermons, yea right. What ever happened to his grades in school, how he does not release any of his thesis, you wanted to see Bushes. Or were are the accusers of Cain, no one hears from them again, I guess they got enough money after destroying a BLACK MAN. You might want to check out Pres.Obamas early raise to power, you might be surprised.

In typical liberal fashion, you attempt to change the subject and attact the person if you cannot defend the actions of Obama. Transparant, and laughable.

Posted by: wheresmymoney | December 30, 2011, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm

Sorry pal, you’re the one who couldn’t defend the crap you were posting. You repost unproven nonsense and allegation from right wing blogs and can’t defend it. You’ve dismissed yourself and your comments. Zero credibility.

Sorry pal, you’re the one who couldn’t defend the crap you were posting. You repost unproven nonsense and allegation from right wing blogs and can’t defend it. You’ve dismissed yourself and your comments. Zero credibility.
Posted by: Jerry | December 30, 2011, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

Really? Name ONE thing I posted that wasn’t true. Then tell me about the 80% of the DOE loans going to Obama bundlers. When will the LA Times release the Obama tape?

I mean, think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela — these countries are tiny, compared to the Soviet Union. They don’t pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.
Posted by: Jerry | December 29, 2011, 5:41 pm 5:41 pm

So you agree, he SAID IT.

When the press STARTS vetting Obama as they have done the Republicans, I will stop asking. Until then, the questions will flow
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You should just stick with Fox. They’ll tell you everything you want to hear.

Once again, if you can’t defend the actions of Obama
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The really funny part is that anybody would expect us to have to defend Obama for being a politician. He is, and we don’t.

Yeah, Jerry. It’s always the same. They have a separate set of facts and system of logic. No point in arguing. They have to make the decision to come back to reality.

I have no problem with conservatives trying to make arguments in favor of their ideas. In fact, when they make their case rationally, I occasionally take their side.

But this business about Obama did this and the press did that…. it’s all just a distraction. The Republican Party has lost a lot of ground on national security, economic issues, and many social issues. They are a shrinking party…. so they are doing what declining movements tend to do…. fall into paranoia, purism, and the idea that their decline was caused by an external enemy. It’s too bad, the country needs some form of “conservative” movement to keep our dreams of progress realistic and dynamic. But the Tea Party is hardly a credible movement. It is full of dullards, cranks, and misanthropes.