Once you get past the soaring oratory, to experience a speech by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is to be hit with an astoundingly lengthy list of promises.
"I don't know how any reasonable person" could think he'd really be able to accomplish everything he's pledging to do, said the mother-in-law of a colleague, a Missouri woman who intends to vote for Obama.
He put together a list from Obama's speech in Sarasota, Fla yesterday. It's quite lengthy. I thought this one was a stretch given the fact that Barney Frank has stated that the Democrats intend to cut the defense budget by 25%:
"invest in 21st century technologies so that our men and women have the best training and equipment when they deploy into combat and the care and benefits they have earned when they come home";
not increase taxes on anyone if they "make under $250,000; you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime -- not your income taxes, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains tax";
"It was the most touching moment of my life! I never thought this day would ever happen! I won't have to work to put gas in my car! I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage!
Come January, that woman is in for a cruel shock! She's going to be paying for her own gas and mortgage because Obama isn't going to pay for it. It will be a good lesson for her kids. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
To celebrate, I thought we could sing what's become the hymn of the Reformation: "A Mighty Fortress is Our God." Here are the words in case you don't know it. Here's a video of Steven Green singing it a capella:...
I wonder how many Democrats are secretly making the switch because they understand just how out of control this election has become, ordinary citizens are mocked and annihilated by the press and the Democrats (I know, that's redundant) for just...
Erica Jong speaking to an Italian paper demonstrates that the left has lost it and might want to read a book or go for a walk and keep away from the news until after the election. Evidently, they can't handle...
Obama must think he's supporters are stupid! There's a big difference between giving your toys or sandwich away which many of us do through acts of charity and the government ripping your sandwich or toy out of your hand and...
Socialism runs in the Obama family, here's a forgotten quote from Michelle Obama on giving up our piece of the pie so that others can have more: Most Americans, she said, don't want much. "They don't want the whole pie,"...
Both campaigns are stressing that possibility. Here's the Obama campaign: In a phone interview with FOX News, Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager, Steve Hildebrand said: "John McCain is right. Things are tightening in the battleground states." FOX News obtained a...
The Tax Foundation sponsored a contest to raise awareness of the high tax rates for businesses in the USA. All of the top three winners were pretty good though I thought the first place winner was excellent. The first place...
According to Geraghty it's looking like the Republicans will be picking up some seats, something they didn't do in 2006: But there is already one indicator that we are not headed to an exact re-run of the last cycle. The...
How about Murtha? He needs to learn that when you're in a hole, stop digging! How does it help his cause to use the Lord's name in vain? Isn't this the area where they cling to their religion bitterly? Don't...
Obama lowered it to $200,000 in his campaign ad: Then Biden lowered it to $150,000 in this interview: I wonder if he'll lower it to Clinton's definition of wealth: Back in 1992, Bill Clinton also campaigned for a "surcharge" on...
Do any of McCain's ads actually make it on the air? This one is pretty good, short, pointed and focuses on the fact that Obama plans to spend trillions of dollars, raise taxes and stick it to small businesses (yes...
"Thy change will come, thy will be done," at least he didn't say "on earth as it is in heaven." That's pretty much the extent of the blasphemy, the rest is just naming states and ethnic groups. It's reggae...
So, it's cool to be an Obama supporter until you realize what it's going to cost you in the long run, Obamanomics for dummies (Oh look, it's a cartoon): (via)...
They're a bi-monthly paper so they decided to throw objectivity out the window and anoint Obama the winner before all the ballots have been cast and counted. They're as presumptuous as Obama: "Obama Wins!" is the headline of the edition...
Tim Killer has written a new book about the gospel using the Parable of the Prodigal Son but as you can see from the title, he's turned things around, why? The word 'prodigal' is an English word that means recklessly...
Because she stated an opinion counter to their opinion. Typical. Sarah Palin is not considered to be a friend of the gay community, but the Republican vice presidential candidate seems to be looming over the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival. First,...
Palin reacting to Obama writing his inauguration speech (as reported in the NY Times). Notice the reaction of the crowds when the media are mentioned (hmmm, I wonder why :-): (via)...
And according to Obama that's a bad thing, the Civil Rights movement didn't push the courts far enough. This quote is from a 2001 interview with a Chicago public radio station: This is the guy who will be packing our...
Robert Schuller had given his son his ministry but now he has taken it back and no one seems to know why. Did the son stray from his father's teaching in a good way (preaching the gospel?) or in a...
During a campaign rally, Palin responsed to the blathering heads on TV, in print and on the Internet who have been whining on and on about the cost of her wardrobe as if politicians haven't been using campaign funds for...
From and email he sent to church members: "For 5,000 years, every culture and every religion - not just Christianity - has defined marriage as a contract between men and women," Warren wrote. "There is no reason to change the...
Pretty shocking that SNL would hit the Democrats this hard. Jack Murtha blathers on about how ignorant Western PA is and Biden is turned into a prophet who gives shout outs to local politicians in the crowd and predicts that...
They'll be debating at Westminster Thursday at 6:30 and the debate is open to the public, better get there early, there are only 400 seats available:Christopher Hitchens, renowned atheist and author of God Is Not Great, and Doug Wilson, author...
Don't watch if you have motion sickness because you might get a little nauseous like I did. Maybe that's the effect they were looking for, the thought of an Obama presidency makes us nauseous but I think the ads a...
What does he know that we don't know? If the race is over, why bother? Yeah, I know, "just in case." BTW, I think it's creepy that Biden knows what the conversations are at the kitchen tables in Delaware. Funny...
Another blast from the past to put today's news in historic context. The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll "shows 48% of Iowans likely to vote in Tuesday's election, or who have already voted by absentee ballot," support Sen. John Kerry...
You knew it was going to happen, right? The campaign ad wrote itself after Biden slipped and was honest with his donors. It has to give us pause to think about electing a guy who will be tested by our...
So, is this what Democrats mean when they run on family values? Mahoney confirmed that he had hired one of his mistresses for his Congressional staff and that he was also carrying on an affair with a Florida county official...
I'm not surprised by this at all, are you? After years of reading the words of Democrats, their bitter hatred of Bush and conservatives, it's not hard to see who is happy and whose life is a little too wrapped...
Not to mention, deranged. *sigh* When I saw the backward "B" I assumed that she wouldn't have been stupid enough to do it to herself. I know, I give people way too much credit. Of course now we won't believe...
The Catholic bishops have come out quite strongly against abortion pushing back against the Democrats who want to minimize this issue and make it a matter of personal choice. They are quite clear that the teaching of the church is...
I defy the Obamanite commenters to spin this (though I know you will): Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard tells Channel 4 Action News that the victim was robbed at knifepoint on Wednesday night outside of a Citizens Bank near Liberty...
So, which one do we believe? AP has it dead even, so does the Battleground Poll but Reuters has Obama up 12 and Gallup has him up 5 among likely voters. The only poll to get it right in 2004...
Oh.My.Heck! Some of the commenters on this blog have it bad, real bad. You guys have lost it and gone over the deep end. Political discourse has hit a new low on this blog (I can't say on the Internet...
McCain's new ad features average Americans not interested in spreading their wealth around: I hope it makes it to the airwaves to counter the hundreds of Obama ads and I live in an uncontested area! I can only imagine what...
Oh? Is that what we're calling gaffes now? "Joe sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes. But I think that his core point was that the next administration is going to be tested regardless of who it is," Obama told reporters after...
That I wasn't clearer on the dead bear cub post, it was very poorly worded and I don't blame you if you thought I was being unfair to Obama or his supporters. I've updated to reflect what I was trying...
Oh.My.Heck! What church did this guy go to? I've never met a pastor who hasn't been corrected by a member of his church. Maybe there out there but in the four churches I've belonged to the pastor has to listen...
Sounds like a radio stunt to me and if the left have their way, standard operating procedure (the resurrection of the fairness doctrine -- the Rush killer):Talk radio isn't exactly known for its lack of bias, but during yesterday's Kevin...
Yeah, this should convince that McCain supporter to vote for Obama:At some point during the wee hours of the morning, supporters of opponent Barack Obama attacked a private home in Prince George's County, Md., defacing the house, an RV, a...
That she would have been "clobbered" if she had said what BIden did. Isn't it great that members of the press are so quick to acknowledge that they're giving the Obama campaign a pass? Embedded video from CNN Video Even...
I wonder if the press will ever realize that they've created a monster? Here they've been covering his butt the whole election cycle, they got him through the primaries and the general by ignoring his past scandals (Rezco, drug use,...
We'll be attacked if Obama is president: (via) If everyone is this certain that we'll be attacked if we elect him, then why would we? It doesn't make sense. This would make a good campaign ad, McCain should jump on...
So, here's a little idol worshiping for my lefty readers: The song playing in the background is a spiritual which was originally song to Jesus (you can find the rest of the words here):Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary,...
And now for something completely different: A dead bear cub draped in Barack Obama posters has been found at the entrance to a university in North Carolina, police said today. Police and wildlife officials are investigating the incident at the...
Yeah, nice bummer sticker! Nice contrast to the Christian fish. Grace vs graceless. I'm glad the left has let out it's inner misogynist this election cycle, helps us to see that they really don't give a crap about women at...
The day after Obama's foreign policy and commander in chief creeds are supposedly (at least the MSM think so) strengthened by the Powell endorsement, here comes Biden stomping all over it with this warning. Why elect a guy knowing we'll...
Oh.My.Heck! Talk about idol worshiping! I guess no one can accuse the Democrats of being godless, eh? Try praying to him and see where it gets you. Do you think people like this who have gone over the deep end...
I know there many on the left and on the right who think Palin has become a huge drag on the ticket but those of us who understand the excitement she's generated among Republicans know that she's given McCain a...
Didn't realize that about yourself, did you? I bet you undecideds thought you were undecided because you didn't know which candidate you could trust to run the country. I bet you thought that Obama was a little too inexperienced and...
So, when my husband told me about it and reading Allahpundit's take, I was a little worried that it would be pretty bad but I think it's as over the top as I thought it was (it was about the...
Joe the Plumber hitting back at the media circus that has descended on him since he asked a simple question of Obama. "The media's worried about whether I've paid my taxes, they're worried about any number of silly things that...
Impressive. And it was just as impressive when Kerry drew that many people to see him at the end of October in Wisconsin and when Mondale and Ferraro were able to draw that many in the Garment District of NY...
A blast from the past, around this time four years ago: Polls suggest a dead heat. Even Republican organizers concede the Democratic senator has benefited from his performance in the three presidential debates. And a Washington Post poll shows Kerry...
Oh how true that statement is on so many levels but he could be referring to letting his inner Marxist out when he answered Joe the Plumber's (he doesn't need a license to be called a plumber, he works for...
Why? Because the parents of those who already had coverage dropped it so that they could get a freebie:Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched. Gov. Linda...
I expect this is happening at a number of schools this year. My 7th grader was called a racist by four of her classmates for supporting McCain. She's nice and didn't call them out on their racism for assuming that...
I think it's pretty clear this election cycle that we have no intention of allowing others to express an opposing view. We want to silence each other if we do not agree. If we could vote to end one of...
How did we get from a bailout to free up credit to owning a piece of nine of the major banks (even those who didn't take on bad debt like Wells Fargo): The chief executives of the nine largest banks...
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