Obama the Magician
By Bud White on April 10, 2008 at 9:53 PM in Abortion, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Florida, Iraq, Michigan, NAFTA, Second Amendment
One of the things most disconcerting about Obama is that he is the Master of Misdirection. Like a magician who distracts you in order to pull off a trick, Obama is the opposite of who he claims to be.
Here are some examples:
After the Wright story broke, Obama flatly told Anderson Cooper that he never heard Wright make those statements.
Then he lectures us on race, admits hearing those statements and, here’s the fake-out, equates Wright’s unacceptable hate sermons with Ferraro making an obvious observation about his candidacy.
Obama is running an ad in Pennsylvania touting the fact that he doesn’t take money from oil companies. Did you see that? No one takes money from oil companies; it’s illegal. But Obama does take money from oil executives.
Obama attacked Hillary on NAFTA while campaigning in economically troubled Ohio, and then a member of his inner circle tells the Canadians that all this talk is just politics. Vous devez être plaisante?
Obama is running as the unity candidate. He unexpectedly loses New Hampshire to Hillary and then his campaign runs a relentlessly negative and racially charged campaign heading into South Carolina. They accuse the Clintons of being racists. Come again?
While in the Illinois State Senate, Obama votes repeatedly against the right’s of gun owners. Now he is touting his credentials as a constitutional scholar and his belief in the 2nd Amendment. Watch out, Pennsylvania sportsmen!
Obama claims he is pro-choice, but when he was in the Illinois State Senate he voted ‘present’ on issues of choice — telling us he was keeping the seat warm but not voting to support women’s rights.
Obama’s campaign is based largely on one speech he gave in 2002. But he has done absolutely nothing to end the war in Iraq since entering the Senate in 2005, except to remind us about the speech he gave.
Obama tells us he believes every vote should be counted, but it’s his campaign that is the only thing holding up counting Michigan and Florida, or having a re-vote. Which is it, Senator Obama? Do Democrats count votes or not? A stolen nomination is a lost election.
This tiring magic act never ends. Some are fooled by the tricks; others are beginning to see.
If you stay focus and use your intellect, you will know that it’s a magic trick. but if you are drunk from kool-aid shots, you’ll be fool.
“Law School Senior Lecturer Barack Obama wins U.S. Senate seat”
< < Barack Obama, Senior Lecturer in the Law School, has won Illinois' U.S. Senate seat with 70% of the vote in the 2004 election.>>
Read the rest at: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/04/041103.obama.shtml
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And, no, “served as a professor ” and “regarded as professors” are NOT the same as saying Obama “was” a “professor.”
P.S. A perusal of Obama’s own campaign website informs us that Obama NO LONGER claims to have been a law “professor”: he says only that he returned to Chicago to “teach constitutional law.” http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet_barack.php
Obama’s senate website makes NO mention of his ever having been a “professor.” http://obama.senate.gov/about/
Lecturers are not professors, not by a long shot.
They keep thinking the can rewrite history to defend the stupid stuff they do. Capture all the screen shots you can kids because in the electronic age there is no paper trail.
Susan, in your link they don’t mention his famous war speech, only his speech the year before…..
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You and your Casey/Gates clone facilitator appear to be getting pretty damn desparate. How can Obama be “NO LONGER” claiming to be a professor when he never made that claim in the first place? How about providing a citation or “clip” that backs your claim.
Regarding the resident spooks silly list of talking points that supposedly prop up his “magic act” theory, the last one demonstrates who is actually playing fast and loose with the truth. The implication that the percentage of Clinton supporters that will defect to McCain in the event of Obama winning the nomination should give pause to those supporting Obama, doesn’t pass the smell test. In the first instance these “supporters” are mostly conservative shills that will never vote for any Democrat in the general election; and secondly, any talk of percentages is hollow rhetoric as long as the base numbers the percentages are based upon are not mentioned. The cited article claims that 30% of Clinton’s supporters will defect; 30% of what? It say that 29% of Obama’s will defect; 29% of what? Which one has more, numerically speaking, supporters? Is 30% of Clinton’s supporters more or less that 29% of Obama’s supporters? Which candidate is garnering the support of progressive/liberal Democrats, Republicans, and Independents? And….who really gives a damn what disgruntled conservatives think or want, or who they may or may not vote for?
I have not heard one lecture being posted anywhere.
What about the Constitution has the Senator shown us he understands?
Not much it appears.
As someone who actually HAD HIM IN LAW SCHOOL, I will only say that you Hillary people are REALLY barking up the wrong tree! In the years after I left, Obama taught Equal Protection. That course was formerly taught by David Strauss, a tenured “name” professor (such as “The G.G. Lemonjuice Professor of Law”). I think Elena Kagan, who is now dean of Harvard Law, also taught the same class. Do you see my point? Can you grasp the importance of a course on Equal Protection, a bedrock element of constitutional law that relates to discrimination of all kinds?
Anyone who knows ANYTHING about law schools in general, and the U. Chicago in particular, knows that a Senior Lecturer positions IS a professor position. Is it tenure track? No. Because Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit, who holds the same title that Obama held, has a day job . . . as did State Senator Obama. Just as a visiting professor position is not tenure track, Senior Lecturer is a professorship — plain and simple.
The more you Hillary folks parse whether he was a “professor” at a top five law school for 11 or 12 years, or merely a Senior Lecturer like one of the most prolific judges in US history, the more you call attention to the fact that he is one friggin smart guy.
On second thought . . . keep up the controversy!
B-Rob…..(sigh)….No academic would’ve made that mistake on a C.V. It was an embarrassment to OBAMESSIAH and the university. But perhahps you don’t know the difference between a one page resume and a C.V. ?…
That U.S. Govt. Issue Crack is good isn’t it….Don’t bogey the pipe.
This entire piece reminds me again of who I see when I see Obama: Leland Gaunt handing out Needful Things.
I Think Steve Martin did a Movie about having two Heads…except that was Funny…and Fiction..
Obama knows the way to the White House is to play the same Game George W. Bush did..LIE..ALIBI..DENY
.Bush..”Who could have anticipated ”
Obama…’I never heard Pastor wright say that”
But hey..thats ok.GUYS LIE..ask thier Wifes..
.We can disqualify Hillary for saying she ducked bullets in Bosnia..Evweryone knows that guys are Liars..Bullshitters..Cons..but a Woman Fibbing ..?? OMG..now THATS NEWS..
Elections should be Mano On Mano..cut throat Poker…Winner Takes All..Its a BLOOD Sport..Knife Fight..
The Black heavy weight vs The White heavy weight and
May the best promoters and Vegas Money Win..
After all..Its only for President..Who cares if they are Qualified..
Who Cares..?
Steve Martin did a movie where he was born a poor black child too. Barry must have watched it with Rev Wright & thats how Barry know what its like to grow up a poor black child.
And Steve Martin also did a movie called “The Jerk.”
So, Obama’s life has been simply an oeuvre of Steve Martin movies?
And who would be sharing his mind, ala “All of Me?”
And does that make Michelle the Victoria Tennant character?
It’s the same movie.
“I’m somebody now!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt7eLe8RBJQ&NR=1
“He hates these cans!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXRM3lFRwRI
Lol!
We can disqualify Hillary for saying she ducked bullets in Bosnia …
That was such crap. You know what, if it’s MY ASS in that plane, I’m not gonna register a real difference between “landing under sniper fire” and “landing under threat of sniper fire” either.
I agree…. Smacks of the old freudian….Women are Hysterical…Women are Hysterical….
I want to see him pull a unity pony out of his
asshat!He’s gonna charm us right into voting for him! As soon as Haley’s Comet rolls around again.
As a resident of Illinois, I can tell you that the day Obama gave his war speech no one ever noticed it,
nor was it featured anywhere and there was no copy or tape of it made. In fact he recreated the speech
to use in his campaign and they recorded sounds in the background to make it sound like it was given the
day he made it. It was not a courageous speech in all blue Chicago and relatively blue Illinois….it was a totally unnoticed speech until
he decided to run for President. The Chicago Tribune and Sun Times never even mentioned him or the speech,
Jessie Jackson was the star attraction that day. Less than 1,000 people attended. No one even knew who he was when he ran in the primary for the Senate
and people kept calling him Osama by accident because they were more familiar with that name.
Karen, you are so right. I also live in Illinois and I supported and volunteered for him in his Senate campaign and this speech was never mentioned. I sent the speech link to Taylor Marsh and I think she posted it. But if not, NPR has it.
The Wirght Business will probably prove to be a Dean Scream moment.
I went into uncontrolable laughter when I heard Dean “yell” in 2004, and Wright’s Jeremiads produced the same sort of belly laugh.
Only thing is we might be stuck with Obama now.
It’s hard not to laugh sometimes.
Ehmmmmm………….Howl…
You are giving a voice to those that do not have it. Keep up the good work.
Speaking about his speech on race. sorry for my lack of understanding of English language.
He insulted every American and poke his finger into your eye and dare you to say a word and will accuse you of racisim.
Sad most people wants to support Obama, because it is cool. It is sad.
Keep up your standing up for your candidate. You are a good man.
God bless you. God bless America.
Your English is just fine!
One of the biggest lies re “Obama’s magic” is the one told or referenced by his supporters as to his “organizational” skills. IE: “What a magnificent campaign Obama has organized and run”!, as first proclaimed by Clyburn re SC campaign. The remark that prompted WJC’s Jesse Jsckson remark, and rightfully so.
The truth is Obama has “organized” nothing, despite the claims of his supporters. .
The “Far-left wing” of the Democratic party handed him an organization. This Dean, Brazile, Shrum, Soros, MoveOn, DailyKos, ad infinitum organization “organized” him, with the intent of owning him.
They want a “controllable, owned” President, just as the R’s have had with GW Bush. They know “a Clinton” is not controllable and therefore seek to destroy them
What we have is the remnants of 3 failed campaigns, Gore’s, Dean’s, and Kerry’s trying to destroy the only “winning” campaigners we have had in the past 3 decades, the Clintons and we their die-hard Democratic supporters . The only “players” missing, to their credit, are Al Gore and John Edwards.
I must once again point to the site “Burning at the Grass Roots, Inside the Dean Machine” http://burningatthegrassroots.com/ And ask all HRC supporters including Larry and Susan to please explore and read all, esp sample chapter on Kerry. To read the Kerry “sample chapter” is equivalent to seeing exactly what Obama’s “scripted” campaign is doing to Clinton.
The author Dana Dunnan relates how he as an operative for the “Dean/MoveOn movement” tried to “swift-boat” Kerry before RNC did. Dean’s movement ironically used race as their trap for Kerry, ie Malcolm X, and even suggest that the “baiting” would have played better in SC as opposed to NY where they first tried it!)
It is hard to believe that the Kerry’s(J. or T.) have ever seen this book, otherwise how could they support the same Democratic group that tried to “destroy” them. Perhaps “the white liberal guilt” factor is at work?
It is also hard to believe that the media has ever seen it either, the race-baiting thing alone re Kerry should be fodder for much discussion re Obama’s tactics, considering it was “re-run” against the Clintons in SC, and subsequently many times.
The book also partially explains why MSNBC first read bloggers are so anti-Clinton. Aswini Anburajan who was one of the first “Home Meeting” organizers for Dean’s “movement” (as mentioned in the book)is now a writer For Msnbc Firstread and NJ Hotline, yet obviously is still closely affiliated with MoveOn, as are possibly Todd himself and others. She demeans Clinton in most every segment she writes.
They chose Obama before he even became a Senator and helped elect him, Dunnan did a book tour for him. The Senate was to be, just as it has been, merely a “jumping off point”. Obama is the one “running” and I find the fact that he is an enigma disconcerting. However, those “running Obama” and their goals are even more disturbing.
This primary is not just about the Obama/Dean/Soros/ MoveOn/DNC coalition’s efforts to “crush” and deny Sen. clinton’s campaign, aided by an in the tank media. It is about “control” of the Democratic party and this Nation, now and for years to come.
http://burningatthegrassroots.com/
http://burningatthegrassroots.com/chaptersummaries.php
http://burningatthegrassroots.com/kerry_chapter.doc
http://burningatthegrassroots.com/barack.php
Thank you for your informative post.
This issue is one that often stuns me. Some Obama supporter will ramble on about all Hillary’s problems stem from the fact the she has run a lousy campaign and the Obama’s has been brilliant.
If anyone bothers to look closer it is obvious that no campaign, no matter how well run, could stand up to the onslaught that Hillary Clinton’s campaign has had to contend with.
Obama has his own little cable news channel, MSNBC, just as George Bush had in FOX. Thus trying to compete on issues is impossible. In fact trying to get your message out is nearly impossible with Obama shills like Tweety and Olbermann tearing her down and building him up on a daily basis. Saves his campaign a lot of those big advertising bucks too.
Meanwhile, in spite of all the media bias favoring Senator Obama, in spite of all the media hate directed at Senator Clinton, she’s still in the race. And if nothing else, that should tell everyone who the better candidate really us.
Over there is style and over here is substance. And over there is whiny wimp who complains constantly about how mean his opponent is and over here is a strong woman that takes everything they throw her way and still manages to smile and talk about issues.
I know who I will vote for. And I know who I wouldn’t vote for even with both hands holding my nose. I did the nose holding thing for the last time with a wimp named John Kerry. I won’t do it again. Either the Democratic Party sends me a candidate I can support or I’ll write in my own choice. I don’t vote for Republicans. You just can’t get the smell off your soul.
She is AMAZING for withstanding the onslaught thus far.
Add to it one thing, Republicans. Fox News, conservative t.v. and radio. She’s survived attacks from all sides at all times.
Her only fairness occasionally comes from Repubs. but it is amazing how she’s not out like JE. She’s still fighting and she even has a path to victory.
Other favourite magic tricks performed by Obama:
1. I am not a moslem (I only have an Arab moslem first name “Barack” which means ‘light” and a middle name “Hussein” which means “ape” among other things).
2. The moslem school I went to isn’t a madras. A madras is, by definition, a moslem school. A “student” by definition is called “taliban”. In the 50’s and 60’s, religious schools, including Christian ones, focused on one thing, religion, as though that should surprise any one. But according to Obama, his was the exception to the rule then.
3. Indonesia wasn’t a radical moslem country in the 50’s and 60’s so the school wasn’t. Indonesia has been ethnically cleansing its islands of Christians for more than half a century, the last two being Aceh and East Timor.
4. The Christian church I go to is not a mosque - even though the hate and the ranting and the excuse making are the same.
5. I’m not a moslem even though the ways I talk are identical to the way moslems talk. These include the overuse of the word “we”, for example. In the koran, the monotheist god Allah refers himself as “We”, a plural entity. The mantra of the koran could be summarized as “Yes, We Can”. In the koran, the word “koran” is followed by other words, like “kill, destroy, take slaves, torture, steal”.
When you see “Change We Can Believe In”, remember that the word that merges “change” and “believe” together is the verb “convert”.
6. Obama’s message is said to be original - but it isn’t. He came from Kenya. He came from Kansas. The homonym of “ken” and “kan” is “can”, his favourite word.
But when you see the word “kenya”, remember how al-qaeda tried to shoot down Israeli planes in Kenya, and know that the reason they tried to was to send Jews a message. The word “kenya” in Hebrew means “submission, slavery”.
And what is the Arab word for “submission” and its synonym “slavery”? Islam.
The list of his magic mouth tricks goes on and on….
But my favourite is how he laments the tragedy of moslems mass murdering Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. How he “feels” for them.
But I heard that he was head of the oversight committee for the war in Afghanistan while in the US Senate. He cares so much for the soldiers and the war that not once, did he meet with the committee, not once did it have a meeting, in a year and a half!
He makes me sick. He is a typical moslem, a hypocrite and liar who says one thing and does the opposite. Why? Because he doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong. Not surprising because the koran teaches that wrong is right and right is wrong, that what is good is evil and what is evil is good.
Obama didn’t get to learn the difference either - not from his parents, not from his madras, not from his “spiritual advisor” Wright whose job it is to know the difference but who has no clue either.
WHAT the hell is up with the blogs now?! Taylor is down and when I went to refresh, NoQuarter appears to have lost posts from today…they just vanished. I hope you, Larry, are working on your blog and that’s why those posts have suddenly disappeared from my computer.
I’m thrilled to be here!
SensibleWoman
Taylor marsh was down as well?
Is this site down now like Taylor Marsh’s? This says how absolutely devasting BO’s latest racist gaffe has been to him. Obamabots have attacked all network sites. (gaffe isn’t the right word…these are simple racist Obama-talk.)
This man had better step aside soon.
Left Coaster seems to also be down.
DNS Amplification Attacks
http://www.isotf.org/news/DNS-Amplification-Attacks.pdf
The remaining question being: who? We can assume that Clinton supporters are not guilty. That leaves Obama supporters or rethugs (wanting to stir up trouble among the Democrats).
The girlfriendless Virginia Tech ugly hacker geek nerd wasting hours upon hours doing this is such a life-free loser who has never know the caress of a lovely girl. You stare, they look away, you know you’re unwanted, you go get to you computer and spend endless hours by yourself in a dark, dirty room hacking.
All they’re doing is aiding everyone’s resolve to pop the object of all your love and devotion.
The Blow Up Barack Doll that replaces A Girl.
Regarding the “bitter” Obama controversy, I haven’t heard anyone mention that not only did Obama insult a large group of people with his comments, he also lied about Bill Clinton’s record. He said:
“You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them,” Obama said. “And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not…”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/obama-no-surprise-that-ha_b_96188.html
Jobs were created in Pennsylvania during the Clinton administration.
http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/states/Pennsylvania.html
Obama takes every opportunity he can to deceive the country about Bill Clinton’s record. He should be called on this outrageous lie.
OBAMESSIAH is just a New Left puppet. The New Left is engaged in a power struggle with the New Democrats. Party will veer back to the left. This is why they ae smearing the Clinton/Gore admin.
Watch these vids and get them out!! (I’m reposting them from yesterday because they were scrubbed during the hijack) Down, down with Barack and his Orcs!! The DNC won’t even want to get a whiff of this guy come the Denver Convention. He’s Toast. Last night was not a gaffe–it was a devastating moment for the unity pony train. It was Obama’s Macaca moment. (say that three times)
Obama, Odinga, Rezko, Ayers, Wright, Auchi
Obama’s Mentor Bill Ayers and The Weather Underground
Obama’s Church of Slurs
Obama Praises Jeremiah Wright
Obama was At Trinity United Church During Racist Ceremony
The Audacity of False Hope
Obama’s Backroom Deal?
I’ve been following this stuff for a while. The age of McCarthyism has returned as some people are having their careers attacked for expressing a legitimate opinion… Check out the anti-Tina Fey vids.
Sub Title, Fairy Dust!!!! A good friend of mind and a old close friend of Obama told me after Iowa that he was going to follow him around because “fairy dust falls from his ass.” If people do not see through this, I am going to believe he is right.
This is why a me, a black women who grew up on the South Side of Chicago and lived in his district is supporting HRC. They are Elist! Remember, Do you have Arugula? That should have given people a clue, but no. The MSM still pushed this image of a man that succeeded against the odds. He is just a tanned John Kerry who did not marry up.
If the campaign does not take advantage of him finally showing his true self, we deserve what we get, McCain.
LOL….Arugula. That fairy dust you mention….is it better than the Govt. Issue Crack ? Just askin.