The USA Today wrote about a subject I have tackled in depth here on a number of occasions, and that is Barack Obama’s penchant for grossly misleading people about his ties to lobbyists and special interests. They mention ads he is running in PA. He is running similar ads here in NC:
The Washington Post Fact Checker section catches BO in another example of him embellishing his and his family’s history:
Where oh where do I start with this morning’s NYT piece which questions whether or not the media is showing favoritism for Obama over Clinton? Oh yes – the beginning:
Hillary Clinton really blew it last night. Barack Obama got away with quite a few whoppers and trademark misleading statements, which she – nor moderator Tim Russert – called him on. The post-debate show had Obama apologist Keith Olbermann carrying his water with another whopper, which I will also correct. It’s the morning after in America, and I will do what all of them failed to do: fact check Senator Obama. Here’s a link to the transcript, which I will be quoting from in this post.
Barack Obama has tried to paint himself as the “change” and “reform” candidate this entire campaign season, but as I’ve noted here before, his rhetoric doesn’t match the reality. Hammering home those points are two great pieces this morning, first – one from the WSJ about how Obama is playing politics with the FEC in a way that could hurt John McCain’s chances against him (something he is no doubt doing deliberately), and the other from David Brooks on how – in the war against the influence of lobbyists (which, as noted earlier, BO tries to paint as one of his hallmark strengths) – John McCain’s experience shines, contrary to what BO may say about it.
As a central theme to his campaign, Senator Barack Obama has painted himself as an "agent of change," as someone who will move beyond "business as usual" in Washington, DC, who decries the "politics of the past," and who also claims he’s not in the business of telling people what they want to hear.
