Has Barack Obama Accomplished Anything in the Senate »
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Has Barack Obama Accomplished Anything in the Senate. Video from Chris Matthews on CNN, the entire clip. You watch, you decide.
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NoSpinDave1 month ago
"Has Barack Obama Accomplished Anything in the Senate?"
Actually YES!!!
He apparently managed to snow a bunch of head in the sand liberals that he is actually something new and different!
I can just see him and his wife laughing behind closed doors at how gullible the liberal base is. What a PERFECT group of morons to play like a fiddle to get elected to the most powerful position in the world.
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FSU92grad1 month ago
Cactus,
I've always maintained that at least with Hillary....That made more since to me as a Democrap candidate...She's got the experience, the connections, the backing, etc...I don't like her either, but she's a little closer to the middle than Osama is...
Osama just doesn't make any sense to me...I mean, if all you had to do to be president is to make a few good speeches and call a reporter "sweetie" to get elected...
Hell, I'm in ! I'm ALL in.....
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mesodude1 month ago
"The fact that this hollow facade of a candidate is actually a Democratic nominee, to me, is chilling and very frightening. The implications are horrible!"
--That sounds really familiar, CactusAnnie...Oh, I know why. You said virtually the same thing about McCain not long ago:
CactusAnnie's political judgement earlier this year:
"Another great article! Excellent summary of McCain.
I knew all that, and that is why I could never vote for McCain. I don't even want to think about him being nominated!"
--How will you feel about McCain or Obama tomorrow? ;-(
http://politics.propeller.com/story/2008/01/13/...
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mark-stevens1 month ago
A jerk question!! has any any one at Washington done anything worth while?? The country is on the verge of failing. Ask any elected official "have you done anything worth while?"
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CactusAnnie1 month ago
Most of the ones who try to are attacked the way our President has been, and "run out of town"...
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mark-stevens1 month ago
The country is in the toilet and everyone "KNOWS" what is going to fix it or not fix the U.S. Since we are the goverment, we all better start looking in the mirror and ask " who I voted for, have they made the country better?"
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CactusAnnie1 month ago
I still believe this is the most wonderful country in the world. I do not believe you or anyone else has the right to trash it. You have more freedoms, and benefits here than any where, including the freedom to start your own business if you want to. You are not bound into doing only what your father did that gives you entry to a certain Guild. You can do ANYTHING, find something you love and prosper, contribute, get off your behind and the sky is the limit. Figure it out!!! Put a little effort into it. This country does not owe you anything just because you have breath.
And yes, the majority of people who we have in office right now have no business being there!! You vote them out! It is a blessed right that our forefathers gave us. And be very wary of voting in anti-Americans like Barack Hussian Obama.
Scary!!
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mesodude1 month ago
Speaking of puzzling questions, RedRiverJ, could you kindly explain how you got to where you're now posting attack stories about Obama from where you were mere months ago? Here, for ex:
RedRiverJ on McCain: "McCain's state of Arizona is suffering desperately yet McCain along with Ted Kennedy wrote an amnesty bill last summer for illegal immigrants. You can also give credit to fellow senator from Arizona John Kyl. If I lived in Arizona I'd make it my lifes mission to make sure both these yahoo's never got elected again in my state. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYoioZJYBCE This is worse than global warming I'd think."
--In the quote above you basically say McCain is destroying the US. You also really don't think he should be running a state (much less the entire country). Any thoughts on the gigantic leap in your trust in and respect for John McCain? It's very odd, don't you think? ;-(
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RedRiverJ4 weeks, 1 day ago
I posted this video, the hit piece as you call it, because I thought Chris Matthews hard hitting interview was very interesting since a few months ago he was getting chills up his leg over Obama and claimed Obama's speeches made him cry. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/09/chris-matthews-obamas-s_n_80805.html
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Now he is really hitting Watson hard to name some legislation accredited to Obama. He could not because there is little or he simply couldn't think of anything. Make of that what you will, that is up to each individual to determine.
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mesodude1 month ago
RedRiverJ says McCain totally sucks below. Why no comparison of McCain's accomplishments? We want to hear about McCain Feingold and McCain Kennedy, RedRiverJ. Don't disappoint us. ;-(
RedRiverj on McCain:
"Very good article on the RHINO (republican in name only) John McCain. No mention of his abysmal, traitorous stance on amnesty for illegals in the summer of 2007. I hope when the American Citizens go into the voting booth flash backs of McCain, Obama, Clinton, John Kyle, Lindsey Graham will flash in their heads come election time. Here is a link to tell you EXACTLY how McCain votes."
-Wow a RINO and a "TRAITOR" RedRiverJ? But wasn't that you gushing over him yesterday on AG's shilljob POW story? You want a "traitor" to run your country? Wow...This pretty much sums up the con mentality. Party before country 100%. ;-(
http://news.propeller.com/story/2007/12/31/flas...
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RedRiverJ4 weeks, 1 day ago
McCain's abysmal voting record on amnesty for illegals last summer wasn't erased in my mind because I made a positive comment on AG's POW story. He, along with Obama, Clinton, John Kyle, Lindsey Graham, were more than willing to give instant amnesty to people that were breaking the law, disrespecting our country by doing so and risking the safety of the American people with little or no security checks on these individuals. I do feel it is wrong to give instant amnesty, doesn't matter if it's McCain or someone else.
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Locky121 month ago
Heck NO!
All he did as a member of house was vote "present" a bunch of times.
The only thing he wrote about was his favorite subject-- himself.
It's laughable that libs are saying McCain isn't fit to be president just because he was shot down and was a POW.
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ADAGUY1 month ago
"libs are saying McCain isn't fit to be president just because he was shot down and was a POW."
Who said this?
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mark-stevens1 month ago
A Bush way of doing business. We are saying "is just because he was a POW, doesn't mean he would run the country correctly" That is a big difference from what we are being quoted
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NoWayMan1 month ago
whats laughable is that you brought up senate votes since the senator who missed the most votes in the last year was, yep you guessed it, John McCain, who missed 60% of the votes.
the senator who missed the second-most votes was Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) who was absent for several months following a brain hemorrhage.
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Formidable1 month ago
If I'm reading it correctly, he sponsored 8 resolutions, 57 bills, and 59 amendments in this session. (I'm talking sponsored, not co-sponsored.) Despite Democratic control of the Senate, only two of his resolutions and exactly *zero* of his bills even made it to the floor - most never got out of committee. The two were pretty significant.
S.CON.RES.46 : A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month.
S.RES.133 : A resolution celebrating the life of Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson.
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HOUSEMD1 month ago
Formidable you should have done the interview, you are more informed than Senator Kirk Watson.
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injest1 month ago
"he sponsored 8 resolutions, 57 bills, and 59 amendments in this session. (I'm talking sponsored, not co-sponsored.)"
Formidable
And did "HE" "ACTUALLY" write these resolutions, bills and amendments?
Or were they just given to his office and he puts his name on them?
Since that's been his MO for awhile (helps explain why doesn't know what he wrote/answered questions to, say gun control)
It also helps explane why he vote present on soooooooo many bills.
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Klarissa1 month ago
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obama_p...
So far, so good. But Obama goes on to tout his legislative accomplishments, and those claims don't stand up as well under scrutiny. In order to establish his bona fides as a politician who cares about working families, Obama cites his success with three relevant bills. But he doesn't mention that two of the three pieces of legislation were actually passed by the Illinois Senate, not the U.S. Senate. Obama's campaign tells us that when he says, "I passed laws moving people from welfare to work," he is referring to the bill that created Illinois' Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program in 1997. Obama was one of five original sponsors of the bill, which set limits on public assistance and required welfare recipients to outline plans for moving into the workforce.
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injest1 month ago
"The two were pretty significant"
neither of those have gone beyond committee so actually there is none nada zippo that have go anywhere.
Significant? Please, ya mean significant like
July
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
June
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
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SonOfTheMask1 month ago
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SonOfTheMask1 month ago
Some quick tidbits off the initial page:
Barack Obama has missed 270 votes (43.7%) during the current Congress.
Barack Obama has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.0% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Obama did not vote.
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injest1 month ago
"Barack Obama has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.0% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Obama did not vote."
But But But But Bush lied people died!!!
But But But But But Gen. Betray us!
But But But But McCain bomb the USS Forestall!
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