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"Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue." |
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Obama would "experiment with socialism." |
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"Obama raises taxes on seniors (and) hard-working families to give welfare to those who pay none."
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Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit." |
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"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'" |
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"Barack Obama has consistently voted against tougher penalties for criminals." |
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If parents "don't have health insurance that Senator Obama wants them to have (for their children), they will be fined." |
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Says Obama wants to redesign the American flag "to better offer our enemies hope and love." |
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Barack Obama will "raise Social Security taxes." |
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"Barack Obama's plan gives a driver's license to any illegal who wants one." |
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"Barack Obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to." |
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"Sen. Obama's campaign announced that he's choosing his cabinet." |
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In 1992, Barack Obama directed "Project Vote - an arm of ACORN that also encouraged voter registration." |
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Barack Obama was "a trial attorney for ACORN." |
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"If Barack Obama would apply for a job with the FBI or with the Secret Service, he would be disqualified because of his past associations with William Ayers." |
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"He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year." |
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If you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he's going to fine you." |
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"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement." |
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"Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks." |
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Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago." |
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"(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together." |
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Barack Obama opposed a bill that would have saved Gianna Jessen's life. |
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Barack Obama voted against "born alive" legislation in Illinois that was "virtually identical to the federal law." |
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Barack Obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses." |
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"Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts." |
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"Obama held one of the first meetings of his political career in Bill Ayers's home. And they've worked together on various projects in Chicago." |
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Barack Obama's health care plan is "to mandate health care coverage and have a universal government-run program." |
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"Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more." |
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"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal." |
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Obama "has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year." |
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"He has asked for $932-million of earmark pork-barrel spending, nearly a million dollars for every day that he’s been in the United States Senate." |
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"Senator Obama has the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate." |
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"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns." |
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"Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' " |
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Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them." |
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“Obama has asked for $932-million in earmarks, literally $1-million for every day that he’s been in Congress.” |
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Obama's one education accomplishment was "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners." |
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Says Obama called Sarah Palin a pig. |
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"For four days in Denver, the Democrats were afraid to use the words 'Islamic terrorism.'" |
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"I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them." |
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"Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power." |
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Obama is the Senate's "most liberal." |
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Barack Obama supports plans to raise "income taxes ... payroll taxes." |
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Sarah Palin "already has more executive experience" than Barack Obama and Joe Biden "combined." |
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Obama voted "to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield." |
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In the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama "has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done." |
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When Sarah Palin was in government, Barack Obama was a community organizer. |
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"Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power." |
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"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'" |
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Obama wants to increase the size of government by 23 percent. |
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Barack Obama "rejects everyone white, including his mother and his grandparents." |
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Barack Obama "openly supported (opposition leader) Raila Odinga during his visit to Africa in 2006." |
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Barack Obama has "pledged to reduce the size of the military." |
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Says Obama replaced the American flag on the tail of his plane with his campaign logo. |
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On Obama, “The press warns the ‘Taxman Cometh.’” |
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Obama "promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family." |
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Obama plans "a tax increase for everyone earning more than $42,000 a year." |
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"First, he (Obama) opposed the surge. Then he confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge." |
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"Obama voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000." |
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Barack Obama promises higher taxes on "the sale of your home." |
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"Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales." |
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Barack Obama wants to "restore" the estate tax that George W. Bush "repealed." |
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Obama "says he'll raise taxes on electricity." |
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Barack Obama "is more to the left of the announced Socialist in the United States Senate." |
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"He made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn’t allow him to bring cameras." |
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Obama "shunned the opportunity to talk to soldiers to thank them for their service." |
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Says Obama has flip-flopped on public campaign financing. |
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Says Obama flip-flopped on banning handguns. |
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Says Obama flip-flopped on withdrawing troops from Iraq. |
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Obama "voted against critical resources: no to individual body armor, no to helicopters, no to ammunition, no to aircraft." |
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Obama "voted against funding our troops." |
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"Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan." |
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Obama "hasn't been to Iraq in years." |
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"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!" |
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Obama "voted for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the (immigration overhaul) legislation." |
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Barack Obama wants to "unilaterally disarm our nation." |
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Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping. |
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"Barack Obama said he would debate 'anywhere, anytime' but has rejected joint town hall meetings." |
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Barack Obama has "reversed" on his commitment "to begin withdrawing American troops from Iraq immediately." |
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"If you have an investment for your child’s education or own a mutual fund or a stock in a retirement plan, (Obama) is going to raise your taxes." |
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"Throughout his time in elected office, Barack Obama has taken multiple positions on banning handguns and the D.C. handgun ban." |
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E-mail quotes Maureen Dowd column that Obama has received suspicious contributions from Saudi Arabia, Iran and China. |
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Says Obama opposes lower gas taxes, nuclear power, new offshore drilling and doesn't have "new solutions" to the energy crisis. |
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"He won't even support his colleague's ... motion to censure the Bush administration for systemic repeated illegal wiretaps." |
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Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday. |
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Says Obama opposes innovation, the electric car and "clean, safe, nuclear energy." |
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"I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn’t blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to." |
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“Obama has maintained a friendship with a now convicted felon.” |
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Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas." |
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"Did Obama know that Tony Rezko was saving him $300,000 on the purchase of his home?" |
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Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help. |
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"In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate." |
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Obama's plan to raise the capital gains tax "hurts the middle class." |
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Sen. Obama wants to "enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War." |
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From Obama's book: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race." |
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Obama said he would "stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction." |
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"Fidel Castro endorses Obama." |
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"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years." |
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Obama's wife wrote a paper in college that said America was a nation founded on "crime and hatred" and that whites in America are "ineradicably racist." |
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Obama's wife said her goal in life was to put the black community "first and foremost." |
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"Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once." |
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"Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions." |
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Iran "might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of Iran poses is anything but 'tiny,'" as Obama says. |
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"Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war." |
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“They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change).” |
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Says Obama called Israel "a constant sore" that infects U.S. foreign policy. |
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"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama." |
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"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama." |
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"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga." |
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Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no." |
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Barack Obama "wants to nearly double the capital gains tax" increasing taxes on "mutual funds, 401(k)s" for "policemen, firemen, nurses." |
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Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday." |
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"As a state senator, he (Obama) even refused to support a measure to stop sex businesses from opening near schools or places of worship!" |
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Obama "supports hate-crimes expansion ... potentially putting churches at risk if they preach the truth about homosexuality." |
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Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person." |
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on all income brackets. |
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"Barack Obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies." |
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"Obama voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil." |
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales. |
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Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11." |
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Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren — in 2nd grade, no less — about homosexual relationships." |
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Obama "has no experience or background at all in national security affairs." |
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"According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ ... will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent ... is it OBAMA??" |
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Obama spent "40 percent of the PAC money, 43 percent to be exact, on Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina politicians." |
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"(Obama) did accept donations from lobbyists and PACs and he spent money in this campaign from that, through his political action committee." |
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market. |
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Obama says America is great, but let's "try to change it." |
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"You don’t even have to go outside Obama’s campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel." |
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"The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group." |
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Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources. |
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Obama "only wants your children to have health insurance." |
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"Obama's liberal fiscal agenda: Over $874-billion in new spending." |
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Obama "basically threatened to bomb Pakistan." |
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Barack Obama said in 2004 "that he basically agreed with the way George Bush was conducting the war." |
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"He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight." |
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"Barack Obama loves Che Guevara." |
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Obama "suggested bombing Pakistan." |
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Says the difference between her and Barack Obama is "about 35 years of experience." |
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"On issue after issue that really were hard to explain or understand, you voted present . . . And anytime anyone raises that, there's always some kind of explanation." |
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Barack Obama said "he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad." |
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"Senator Obama has, in fact, never had a serious Republican challenger." |
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"While others place their hands over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches." |
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In the Illinois Legislature, Barack Obama "voted 'present,' instead of yes or no" on seven votes involving abortion rights. |
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Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan. |
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Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan." |
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"I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago." |
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Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..." |
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"Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository." |
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Barack Obama "said in 2004 there was no difference between (Obama) and George Bush on the war." |
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The church Barack Obama belongs to has a "nonnegotiable commitment to Africa." |
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Barack Obama's middle name is Mohammed and he's a "covert" Muslim. |
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The church Barack Obama belongs to only admits black people. |
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"Barack Obama hasn’t passed any (bills)." |
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Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone." |
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"Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies." |
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“You said you would vote against the Patriot Act, then you came to the Senate, you voted for it.” |
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"Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world." |
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When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)." |
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"Senator Obama's relatives and friends say he has been talking about running for president for at least the last 15 years," a campaign spokesman said. |
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Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15-million Americans out.” |
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Obama "refused to not only put his hand on his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance, but refused to say the pledge." |
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Sen. Obama "made the very argument he is now criticizing back in November 2006." |
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"Obama Skips Out On Condemning Left-Wing Attacks On Gen. Petraeus Despite Casting Other 'Important Votes' Earlier And Later In The Day." |
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Barack Obama supported keeping troops in Iraq, but now he wants a "precipitous withdrawal" regardless of "conditions on the ground" or "consequences of a defeat for the United States," an RNC radio ad. |
Obama urges withdrawal, but allows for national interest concerns. |
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