Official Obama Administration Scandals List – Page One 1-150
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Contains scandals, mistakes, blunders, broken promises, flip flops, gaffes, lies, etc. That’s too long of a name, so we call it the Scandals List. Okay? List in chronological order – recent items on highest page number.
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- Frank Marshall Davis Obama Scandal – National Review: “The press refuses to delve into Barack Obama’s radicalism, his Leftist revolutionary collaboration with self-identified communists [like] Frank Marshall Davis. Obama identifies Davis only as ‘Frank’ in his book. The National Enquirer says Davis “confessed to having sex with children, sadomasochism, bondage and practicing a wide array of deviant sexual activities…In Dreams from My Father, Obama wrote: “He would read us poetry whenever we stopped by his house, sharing whiskey with Gramps out of an emptied jelly jar. As the night wore on, the two of them would solicit my help in composing dirty limericks.” Obama described being counseled by Frank often and recalled drinking whiskey with him. Since Frank Davis has been identified as the author of Sex Rebel: Black, Obama has been extremely secretive about the true nature of his experience with the self-admitted deviant.” The Honolulu Advertiser reports: “I have a lot of expectations, a lot of hope, & I expect to see a lot of change,” said the daughter of Davis, a black journalist & poet & friend of Obama’s maternal grandfather. “I feel truly proud to be an American,” said Davis’ granddaughter. “I never have before.” Sounds like Michelle Obama!
- Obama Drug Use-Scandal – In his own book, Obama writes that he used both marijuana and cocaine (”maybe a little blow”.) “Oddly enough, he writes that he didn’t try heroin because — wait for it — he didn’t like the pusher who was selling it. (Weren’t there any other reasons?)”
- Obama’s Scandalous Strategy for Picking Friends! – Obama wrote, “I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and the Structural Feminists.” Yeah, he chooses his friends carefully. NOT!
- Obama Saul Alinsky Training Scandal – The American Thinker: Obama’s early mentor in the “Alinsky Rules for Radicals” [socialist] method was Mike Kruglik, who said of Obama: “He was a natural, the undisputed master of agitation, who could engage a room full of recruiting targets in a rapid-fire Socratic dialogue, nudging them to admit that they were not living up to their own standards. As with the panhandler, he could be aggressive & confrontational. With probing, sometimes personal questions, he would pinpoint the source of pain in their lives, tearing down their egos just enough before dangling a carrot of hope that they could make things better.” The Thinker reported: “The agitator’s job, according to Alinsky, is first to bring folks to the “realization” that they are indeed miserable, that their misery is the fault of unresponsive governments or greedy corporations, then help them to bond together to demand what they deserve, & to make such an almighty stink that the dastardly governments & corporations will see imminent “self-interest” in granting whatever it is that will cause the harassment to cease.” Obama called this being a “Community Organizer!“
- Jeremiah Wright Obama Scandal – Obama pledges never to disown his pastor despite Rev. Wright’s anti-American and racist rants. Wright says “G.D. America!” during a service. Days after the news, Obama tosses Wright under the bus along with his white grandmother in a clumsily handled press conference on racial relations.
- Father Michael Pfleger Obama Scandal – Another “man of God” Obama calls a spiritual advisor, Pfleger spoke at Obama’s church mocking Hillary Clinton saying she expected to win only because she was white. Obama finally decides he should leave the Church. Ya think?!
- Emil Jones Obama Scandal – Obama’s political Godfather, the man who taught Obama all he knows, Jones “is known for steering state money to favored institutions, including some that employ his relatives. Several of his relatives have gotten state jobs, & his wife’s government salary jumped 60% after he became Senate president. He has played an important role in blocking ethics legislation in Illinois.” (Source AP)
- Michelle Obama Pay Increase Scandal – Michelle Obama gets a big promotion & huge pay increase right after her husband is elected US Senator. The prez of the U. of Chicago Hospitals promotes her to VP of “external affairs” & nearly triples her salary to $316,962! He tells the bankrupt Chicago Trib the promotion & raise had nothing to do with Barack joining the Senate.
- Tony Rezko Obama Scandal – Obama buys a $1.65-million house in a nice neighborhood with help from indicted political fundraiser Tony Rezko and other pals. Rezko buys the lot next door & sells it to Obama for far less than it’s value. Obama admits not handling that one properly. UPDATE 2/9 the Federal Election Commission notified Judicial Watch that Obama had in fact received a deeply discounted home loan (a savings of $108,000) from the other pals at Northern Trust. Not a deal you could get!
- Obama Endorses Socialist Candidate Scandal – NewsAlert Blogspot: VT self-described socialist congressman Bernie Sanders ran for senate & Obama endorsed him. Obama passed on the slated Democrat & chose socialist Sanders. Obama says he’s an “outstanding candidate” and “only a handful of wrong headed people don’t like him.” Watch the video of him saying it: Click Here.
- Obama’s Family Scandal # 1-Broken Promise to Kenya –Evening Standard: Obama promised help for a school in his grandmother’s village but has not given any. “I have said I will assist the school and I will”…although Obama did not say “financial”, “there was no doubt among us [teachers] that is what he meant. We interpreted his words as meaning he would help fund the school, either personally or by raising sponsors or both.” She added 10 of the students are Obama’s relatives…While Obama had a new Rezko house, he let his own grandmother down. Sarah Obama confidently told reporters before his visit: “When he comes down here, he will change the face of the school and, believe me, our poverty in Kogelo will be a thing of the past.” She lives in a “small brick house with no running water, a tin roof and roving chickens.”
- Obama Raila Odinga Scandal – Some claim then-US Senator Barack Obama campaigned for infamous Kenyan Dictator Raila Odinga. They certainly appeared together:
Snopes says the two men are NOT cousins, Obama did NOT donate money to Odinga and Obama is NOT a muslim. Those are rumors related to this appearance.
- Obama Terrorist Scandal #1 -Bill Ayers – 3 times before the cock crows, Obama denies having a “relationship” with Bill Ayers. Obama started his political career in Ayers’ home & served on a foundation’s education board with Ayers. Ayers is a home-grown terrorist & founder of the Weather Underground which bombed the pentagon & a judge’s home. His terrorist wife also used to work with Michelle Obama. However, Obama maintains Terrorist Ayers is “just a guy in my neighborhood.”
- Obama Controversy: Supports Law-Breakers – Obama marched with illegal aliens waving Mexican flags in Chicago. He backs an easy way to convert 12-million illegals instantly to citizens. Immigrants who want to be here and want to be citizens should wave US Flags. World Net Daily says listen to Obama’s promises to La Raza in 2007.
- Obama Sex for Kindergarteners Scandal – In November of 2007, Obama laughs about being criticized for wanting sex education taught to kindergarteners, but says “It is the right thing to do.”
- The Obama Plagiarism Scandal – 2/16/2008 – Obama steals words “just words” from Deval Patrick:
- Obama “Bitter Clingers” Gaffe – April 6th, 2008 – Obama tells wealthy liberal elites: “You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest,…And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” Even the H.R. Puff-n-Stuff website called that ” a problematic judgment call.”
- Obama 57-state Gaffe – May 9th 2008
- Obama Terrorist Scandal #2- Rashid Khalidi – Another terrorist friend, Khalidi was an advisor to the PLO. Obama dined with him, served on a board with him, and Khalidi held fundraisers for Obama. Jesse Jackson Sr. promised one audience that the Jewish influence on American foreign policy would soon come to an end with an Obama victory.
- Franklin Raines Obama Scandal – This former chairman & CEO of Fannie Mae (the ones who got us into the housing mess) was an advisor to Obama on mortgage and housing issues during the campaign. McCain ads pointed out the foolishness of Obama picking Raines
- Obama Banking Committee Lie – Newsbusters reports Obama said: “We passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to call for divestment from Iran.” The problem? Obama was not on the US Senate Banking Committee
- Candidate Obama Tries to Delay Troop Withdrawal from Iraq! – New York Times: Campaigning…for a speedy withdrawal of US troops,…Obama tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says Obama demanded a delay in July, 2008. “He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington.” Obama insisted Congress should be involved in negotiations on the status of US troops – and that it was in the interests of both sides not to have an agreement negotiated by the Bush administration in its “state of weakness and political confusion.” Though Obama claims the US presence is “illegal,” he suddenly remembered that Americans troops were in Iraq within the legal framework of a UN mandate. His advice was that, rather than reach an accord with the “weakened Bush administration,” Iraq should seek an extension of the UN mandate. Obama has made many contradictory statements with regard to Iraq. His latest position is that US combat troops should be out by 2010. Yet his effort to delay an agreement would make that withdrawal deadline impossible to meet.
- Obama Official Seals Scandal – His Majesty, King Obama not only created his own “official” seal for his candidacy so he could feed his ego & look more presidential, he also invented a fake “Office of the President Elect” &, of course, made an “official” seal for that nonsense too. UPDATE: 3/4/9 Obama wants an official seal for his stimulus plan so signs can go up by road projects
- Obama Campaign Finance Scandal – Obama’s top fundraiser sought money & support from disgraced political fundraiser Norman Hsu. Politico reports, “Julianna Smoot, national finance director of Obama’s presidential campaign, originally sought the support of Norman Hsu.” Hsu was a fugitive from the law & ran a Ponzi scheme
- Obama Gun Rights Flip Flop # 1 – 1st Obama: ‘I have no intention of taking away folks’ guns.’ 2nd Obama: supports the D.C. handgun ban, saying it is constitutional. “We can have a reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respects the Second Amendment and people’s traditions.” Update 02/09: Obama’s AG Eric Holder has tried to link the Mexican drug-war to U.S. gun sales and go after “assault weapons.”
- Obama Family Scandal #2 – Obama’s Aunt is here in the United States as an Illegal! He does nothing to help her.
- Obama Family Scandal #3 – While preaching at his acceptance speech about looking out for your brother, Obama leaves his own half-brother to live in a hut in Africa. “Change we can believe in” apparently is in the family values category.
- Obama Birth Certificate Controversy – Some believe he was born in Kenya, not the USA. That would, of course, make him ineligible to be President. There are many (including me) who do not believe this story is true. Others believe it firmly. Still, why can’t any of the hot shot reporters find out once and for all
- Scandal: Obama Insults Nancy Reagan – Obama said “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances,” a reference to Nancy Reagan talking with Astrologers while she was living in the White House. Smooth.
- Obama Lied, People Died – Smoking Scandal – Obama said he quit smoking when, in fact, he had not. Obama lied to the American people about an issue that takes thousands of lives each year. He promises not to smoke in the White House though.
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 1 – Robert Gates – Obama gets in big trouble with Code Pink and MoveOn for keeping Bush Defense Sec. Robert Gates & more than 150 of the 250 political appointees at the Pentagon. Liberals mad at Obama suggest there might not be any change they can believe in.
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 2 Bill Richardson – Gov. Bill Richardson removes himself from the running to be US Commerce Secretary, supposedly because of an on-going investigation into a possible “pay-for-play” deal in Richardson’s state. However, the Obama camp knew about that before it named him as its nominee to the post. So the real deal is?
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 3 Susan Rice – Susan Rice, nominated for UN Ambassador, wants US troops to attack the Sudanese military, to join UN forces on the ground in Darfur, and to enforce a no fly zone over Darfur. Rice is too immature and dangerous to be placed in such a position of authority by Obama, who demonstrates time and time again he is a VERY poor judge of character. Rice is a far left blogger who calls conservatives “hacks” and says she “cussed & spat” when George W. Bush spoke of Iraq. She actually believes George Bush deliberately decided not to protect from terrorists, states which voted democrat! UPDATE: Rice was approved with support from wimpy republicans.
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 4 Peter Orszag– While Obama’s plans will create the largest deficit ever, he names another liberal blogger from the Brookings Institution (Rice is the other) who says “budget deficits could trigger a fiscal crisis!” Don’t we already have one?? I guess to Orszag, deficits only matter if a republican is in the White House. Blazing Deficit Hypocrisy!
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 5 Leon Panetta – Democrats Feinstein & Rockefeller are ticked off Obama not only picked Panetta to run the CIA, but didn’t ask them or tell them before it all hit the media! Another headache for Obama; people on both sides of the aisle say Panetta is unqualified. Panetta was the key advisor when Clinton decided against taking Bin Laden from the Sudanese, ready to hand him over. UPDATE: 2/5/9 Panetta took 0,000 in speaking & consulting fees from bailed out firms and companies doing biz with the government. Sounds like another lobbyist (Lobbyist Scandal #4) in the ‘no-lobbyists, I promise’ Obama administration. UPDATE: 2/19/9 Panetta sworn in.
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 6 Timothy Geithner (Tax Cheat #1) – Obama’s pick for Treasury Secretary (oops) “FORGOT” to pay taxes! Gosh, that’s an easy oversight, right? Could have happened to anyone? Hmmm. He failed to pay social security and medicaid taxes for years and didn’t notice that a housekeeper he employed on the side wasn’t here legally. He knew darn well he owed the taxes and chose not to pay them. More proof Obama is lousy at picking friends! UPDATE: 2/5/9 Mark Stein laughs on Limbaugh’s show as he explains Geithner deducted summer camp for his son! UPDATE: 3/9 Geithner promises a crack down on tax cheaters! Like himself & others on Team Obama?!
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 7! Carol Socialist Browner – Obama Administration says being socialist is “Not a Problem.” OMG, you’re kidding right? Nope. Obama spokespal Nick Shapiro says the fact Obama’s pick for Climate Hoax Czar is a Socialist is simply, “not a problem.” That’s it. It certainly is a problem!! And a huge one at that! President Elect Barack Obama intends to lead this nation into Socialism. It worked so well for Europe that it’s “not a problem here.” Gag.
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 8! Eric Let ‘em Go Holder – Obama picks Eric Holder for Attorney General. Holder was involved in the pardons of Marc Rich and 16 Puerto Rican terrorists. Another lousy pick. Republicans with no guts don’t bother to oppose him. Obama gets praise and glory for appointing a minority (Holder is black), even though Bush got little credit for appointing minorities to cabinet positions. Holder’s law firm represents 17 Gitmo terrorists. Sure will be nice for them when Obama closes Gitmo!
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 9! Obama’s Spy Man Company Breaches Top Secret Files – Rush Limbaugh says terrorism and intelligence adviser, John O. Brennan, heads a firm cited for breaching sensitive files in the State Department. “The security breach, first reported by the Washington Times and later confirmed by State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, involved a contract employee of Brennan’s firm, The Analysis Corp., which has earned millions providing intelligence-related consulting services to federal agencies and private companies. McCormack confirmed the contractor had accessed the passport files of presidential candidates Obama, Clinton, and McCain and that the inspector general had launched an investigation. Newsmax says the main target of the breach was the Obama passport file, and that the contractor accessed the file in order to ‘cauterize’ the” Obama file, to make sure that whatever was in there was bottled up.
- Obama’s Broken National Security Promise – KOA Radio reports Obama promised to conduct no national security business before taking office. However, he “had his advisors from the primarily leftist pacifist group United States Institute of Peace and transition staff (including Ellen Laipson and William Perry) conducting secret, “very, very high-level” meetings in Damascus with Syrian and Iranian officials, according to Jeffrey Boutwell.”
- Obama Senate Seat Scandal # 1 Blagojevich Sells Seat – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojeich, elected with help from US Senator Barack Obama who said Blago ran “a sound administration”, is arrested for trying to sell Obama’s vacant US Senate seat to the highest bidder. For weeks, Obama basically has no comment. Just before Christmas he announces his staff did nothing improper. Both Obama & Blago also have ties to Tony Rezko.
- Obama Senate Seat Scandal # 2 Rahm-Rod-ing Valerie Jarrett – As scandal breaks about filling Obama’s Senate Seat, word leaks out that Obama point man Rahm Emanuel tried to shove Valerie Jarrett down Rod Blagojevich’s throat. With no promised reward for Blago, the Illinois Gov. told the new Prez, “No deal!”
- Obama Senate Seat Scandal # 3 Reid Reportedly Says No Blacks – The bankrupt Chicago Trib says Harry Reid called Blago to tell him not to appoint 3 different men to the Obama senate seat, all of whom are black. Reid reportedly suggests 2 whites instead. UPDATE 1/6/9: Durbin & Reid refuse to seat Burris, keeping senate a whites only club. UPDATE 1/9/9: The Illinois Supreme Court pulls a King Herod and sent the whole Burris issue back to Pilate (the US Senate) today. The court said no signature is needed by the Illinois secretary of state and the Burris appointment by Blago is valid. More trouble for Harry Reider & the Half Black Prince! UPDATE 1/12/9: At Obama’s command, Reid & Durbin cave, and allow Burris to be seated. UPDATE 1/15/9: Burris seated today. UPDATE 2/19/9: Burris still under attack as some try to oust him. UPDATE 2/24/9: Dick Durbin asks Burris to leave, still going for the whites-only club. Burris says no.
- Obama Breaks Promises Before Inauguration – On January 10th, Barack Obama told ABCDEmocrat News he won’t be able to carry out his campaign promises! You mean he lied?!! Now we have to listen to four years of “Obama Lied.” Great.
- Obama Inauguration Scandal # 1 – The Barack Obama Coronation price-tag will be more than three times any other inauguration ever cost! UPDATE 1/19/2009: He’ll be spending 0-million! So big spending on the next CEO of our nation is okay, but other CEO’s have to skip the spa’s and the evil corporate jet rides? Blatant Hypocrisy. UPDATE tally was close to $175-million.
- Obama Inauguration Scandal # 2 – Obama picks an anti gay-marriage pastor to speak, creating commotion over what inclusiveness means. Obama chose Rick Warren, evangelical pastor and author. Geoff Kors, of Equality California said “Appalling. If that’s Obama’s idea of a new day, we are in a lot of trouble.” UPDATE 1/21/09: Warren actually said “Jesus” during the prayer!
- Obama Inauguration Scandal # 3 – Obama picks a Muslim “scholar” to speak at his coronation prayer service January 21st who is the leader of a group that federal prosecutors say has ties to terrorists! Yet another instance of Obama befriending terrorists. She is Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America. In July 2008, federal prosecutors in Dallas filed court documents linking her terror group, Hamas, which is hell-bent on the destruction of Israel.
- Obama Inauguration Scandal # 4 – Obama sells only inauguration day interview to ABC for the -mill they paid to sponsor the DC Neighborhood Ball!
- Obama Inauguration Scandal # 5 – KOA Radio reports Obama becomes the first President ever to skip the “Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball, which is held in honor of Medal of Honor recipients, Purple Heart recipients, paralyzed veterans and other military heroes. Obama did, however, find time to attend the Neighborhood Ball, which was filled with Hollywood’s ultra elite.”
- Obama Broken Promise on Iraq War #1 – Jan. 21, 2009 -On his first full day in office, Obama breaks a promise he made in July, 2008. Fox News reports Obama said he would hold a full cabinet meeting his first day to set a new course to get out of Iraq. He did not hold the meeting & instead plans to get troops out of Iraq “in good time” while adding to forces in Afghanistan!
- Obama: Do as I say, not as I do – Jan. 21, 2009 – KOA Radio reports David Axelrod says Obama likes to be warm and keeps the oval office so hot you could grow tropical plants in there! Odd, considering On May 19, 2008, Obama chided Americans that it is wrong for them to keep their thermostats on 72 degrees and stated, “That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.”
- Obama Executive Orders Scandal – Jan. 22, 2009 – Obama demonstrates he’s not ready for prime time as he signs executive orders, but has to ask his attorney what they actually say! How can you, in good faith, sign an executive order when you don’t know what it says!! Greg Craig had to help the President. Remember when they said Bush was too dumb to be president and Dick Cheney was actually doing the work? Maybe President Obama is too dumb & Greg Craig is actually doing the work!
- Obama’s Secretary of State Unconstitutional? Appointment Scandal #10 – Jan. 22, 2009 -With no objections from wimpy republicans, HIllary Rodham Clinton is sworn in as Sec. of State. Her senate vote increasing the pay for the Sec. of State made her ineligible for the position according to Article 1 Section 6 of the US Constitution.
- Obama Lobbyist Scandal # 1 William Lynn – Jan. 22, 2009 – A US Senate committee puts the nomination of William Lynn to be deputy defense secretary on hold. It seems he breaks the brand new Obama Administration Rules just set up the day before! Obama promised no former lobbyists would serve in his administration. That would rule Lynn out. Obama’s press team says rules are made to be broken! UPDATE: Obama administration says it’s in “the public interest” to grant Lynn a waiver!!! So all the other lobbyists hired in the past were hired against “the public interest???” UPDATE: Lynn gets approval without any trouble 2/11/9.
- Obama Lobbyist Scandal # 2 William Corr – Again, Obama breaks his brand new no lobbyist rules! Twice in one week! This time it is with the naming of lobbyist William Corr to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. So much for “higher standards” for Team Obama. “When I am president, they [lobbyists] won’t find a job in my White House.”
- Obama Terrorist Scandal # 3 – Talk with Terror – Obama makes a big mistake in granting his first post-inauguration TV interview to Al-Arabiya (not a US network!) and says America must stop “dictating” to others.
- NEW! Obama Appointment Scandal # 11! James Steinberg – Obama’s pick for deputy sec. of state rewrites the Constitution saying in written testimony that Americans have a free speech right to tax-payer funded abortion! LifeNews: Steinberg claims Congress cannot constitutionally restrict taxpayer funding to perform or promote abortions. He says the Mexico City policy, which Obama rescinded “is an unnecessary restriction that, if applied to organizations based in this country, would be an unconstitutional limitation on free speech.”
- Obama Lobbyist Scandal # 3 Mark Patterson – And Again, President B-Rock breaks his own no lobbyist rule. No big deal, rules schmules after all. This time it is with yet another waiver and the appointment of Goldman Sachs Lobbyist Mark Patterson, named to be number 2 under Tim the Tax Cheat Geithner at the Treasury. Obama again demonstrates what a lousy judge of character he is in picking a tax cheat & lobbyist with conflicts of interest to head the treasury.
- Obama Tax Cheat Scandal # 2 (& Appointment Scandal #12) Tom Daschle – The theme to this list: Barack does a lousy job of picking friends. AP reports former US Senator Tom Daschle, picked by Obama to lead health reform, “recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest.” Hey, it was okay for Geithner, so it’s okay for Daschle. Chicago-Style Democrat Senator Dick Durbin says Daschle “lost an election ending his public career…he went out in the private sector, and now he’s found himself having made a mistake and admitted to it. He took the steps necessary to start paying the taxes, make sure they’re paid. Now, that’s the right thing to do.” I doubt Durbin would say that about a republican! UPDATE 2/20/9: I was right. Durbin kept quiet about taxes Palin owes after laws were changed to hurt her. UPDATE 2/3/9: “President Obama admitted he made a “mistake” in his handling of Daschle’s Cabinet nomination, telling FOX News he takes full responsibility for a process that ended in Daschle withdrawing. “I consider this a mistake on my part, one that I intend to fix and correct and make sure that we’re not screwing up again,” Obama said.
- Obama Comedian Gaffe #1 – Democrat Matt Lauer tells Obama singer Jessica Simpson has replaced him on the cover of US magazine. Obama jokes that she is “losing a weight battle, apparently.” Not very funny and not a very nice, or presidential thing to do.
- Obama Family Scandal #4 – George Obama, the President’s half-brother who lives in a shack and earns $1 a day in Kenya, was arrested for having marijuana on Jan. 30th, 2009. This is the man Obama has done nothing to help even though he preaches (like during his acceptance speech) about caring for your brother. Interesting how the press can say this is Obama’s “HALF” brother, but they can’t say Obama is “HALF” black.
- Obama Tax Cheat Scandal # 3 (And Appointment Scandal #13) Nancy Killefer – This is ridiculous. The USA has elected an unqualified man with incredibly poor judgment as our President. You’d think after the first two tax-cheats he wanted to hire caused so much trouble, he might learn his lesson. Nope. Fox News reports “the administration had refused to answer how its choice [Nancy Killefer] to make government workers more efficient and more responsive had bungled her household payroll taxes.” She took herself out of the running for Obama’s newly created “Chief Performance Officer” position. She failed for 18-months to pay employment taxes on household help.
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 14! David Playboy Ogden – Obama’s pick for deputy attorney general, David Ogden, gets blasted by Fidelis for his risque legal work for Playboy and others Fox News calls “purveyors of nudity.” Ogden represented Playboy and prevented a federal court from releasing a list of distributors of what some said was pornographic material. From Tax Cheats to Porn Defenders, this Obama guy has a talent for picking the winners, eh?
- Obama Tax Cheat Scandal # 4 (And Appointment Scandal #15) Hilda Solis’ Family – Obama tells press he has “learned” you can’t have “two sets of standards.” He just learned that??!! Despite that nonsense, yet another tax scandal has popped up for the Obamanator. This guy has only been in office 16 days! Seems the husband of Obama’s nominee for US Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, has more than ,600 in tax liens on his auto repair business. Obama spokespal says they won’t punish her for her husband’s mistakes. UPDATE: KOA Radio reports Solis made her own mistake when she lobbied for herself as a member of Congress, violating House ethics rules.
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 16 Shauna Daly – President Obama misuses his power, appointing a 29-year old “Partisan Dirt Digger” as a White House Counsel Research Director, another new position he added despite the tough economy. The Washington Times has an exclusive story about Shauna Daly: “Though she is inside one of the most powerful legal offices, Miss Daly holds no law degree and doesn’t list any legal training on her resume. Her sole experience has been as an opposition researcher for Democratic political campaigns: She helped dig up dirt on rivals”. The move indicates an intention to use the White House Counsel’s office to keep Obama in power by digging up more dirt on Sarah Palin and any other potential threats to his 2012 campaign.
- Obama’s RV Lie at first Press Conference – In his first prime time press conference, President Obama lied to the American people. He said, “There are people right now with good credit who can’t get loans to buy an RV.” He used the recreational vehicle example after being in Elkhart, IN where many are made. The statement is completely false. There are about 11,000 banks in the USA and 7,000-to-9,000 have no financial problems at all, and even make money. These banks have money to loan to people with good credit and a good down payment. It is a lie to say that people with good credit cannot get a loan to buy an RV and help the people in Elkhart.
- Obama’s Broken Tax Promise # 1 -Within days of taking office, Obama breaks promise not to raise any taxes on those making less than 0,000 a year! Obama approves tax hike of 61-cents a pack on cigarettes after saying as a candidate: “I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than 0,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” UPDATE: 2/24/9: Obama repeats the lie saying those who make less than 0,000 will not pay higher taxes, “Not one Dime!” UPDATE 3/5/9: Obama’s budget raises 45% of its revenue from energy taxes that will be paid by everyone who fills a gas tank, pays an electric bill, or buys anything that was grown, shipped, or manufactured. UPDATE 3/24/9: Neil Cavuto on Fox reported Obama’s budget raises taxes on those making above $209,000.
- Obama Becomes 3rd Bush Term! -As we have posted, President Obama seems to be the 3rd Bush Term he warned us McCain would be! Alternet reports: “the Obama administration has now taken action, and it’s appalling. He’s backed the Bush administration claim that terror suspects held at Bagram Air Force base in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights.” And that’s what the democrats think of him!!
- Obama Appointment Scandal # 17 Judd Gregg -The President’s 2nd choice for Commerce Secretary also drops out saying the differences he had with Obama on the Deficit Stimulus Plan and the power-grab over the Census were the things that made him change his mind. Obama calls the news “something of a surprise.” It’s one of many appointment scandals, Mr. President. How can it be a surprise?? His 5th appointment screw-up since promising not to screw up again!
- Obama Steals The Census -As Obama tries to test the waters to see how much power he can steal in violation of the US Constitution, his trial balloon about moving the control of the census into the White House is creating yet another scandal in his first month in office. Fox News reports: “Congressional Republicans say they’ll go to court against President Obama if he doesn’t scuttle his plan to move the census into the purview of the Oval Office. But the administration says there is no such plan, even after apparently (and privately) assuring some Democratic members of Congress that there is. Statements issued by the White House have seemingly backed both points of view.” Gosh, that’s surprising (not). UPDATE 3/18/9: Obama’s ACORN community organizers will be recruiting the workers for the 2010 census! So the democrat party’s ACORN, plagued with voter fraud problems already, will run a “fair” census???
- Obama Sneaks Money to ACORN -Republican John Boehner reveals Obama sneaks money into the Deficit Stimulus Plan for his democrat partisan pals at ACORN for neighborhood “stabilization” (creating more democrat voters makes a neighborhood more “stable” I guess)
- Obama’s “Unprecedented Transparency” Lies: 7 Broken Promises! -Extremist Radical President Obama promises unprecedented transparency in his new administration…while at the same time hiding the contents of the Obama Debt Stimulus Plan from the public. After promising at least 48 hours for everyone to see the text of the bill, it is rammed through the House and Senate in secrecy within a few short hours. This President makes a practice of saying one thing and doing another.
- Sweetness & Light reports along with the failure to make government transparent six other promises were broken: …first, he said it would be “impossible” for congressmen to slip in pork projects,
- …said meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public,
- …said there would be no more secrecy (republicans didn’t even get to see the bill!),UPDATE: 2/25/9: Obama’s staff requires secrecy oaths on defense budget team.
- …promised public would have 5 days to look at the bill,
- …assured us “you’ll know what’s in it,”
- …and “we will put every pork-barrel project online. You can watch him make the 7 promises:
- The Obama Corporate Jet Hypocrisy -Socialist President Obama spends the week spewing the evils of corporate jets used by overpaid execs, only to arrange a special jet ride for one US Senator to vote on his Porkulus bill! The Obama Administration learned Ohio Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown could not make it back to D.C. to vote because there were no seats available on commercial airlines. While execs can’t use those evil corporate Cessna Jets because they are on the public dollar, seems it’s okay for Obama The Hypocrite to arrange special plane rides for his pals ALSO on the public dollar. This president is a joke. UPDATE: 2/10/9 Fox reports Obama’s head of the National Economic Council, Larry Summers, flew on Citigroup’s corporate jet from the Democratic National Convention in Denver back to New York last year. UPDATE: 2/24/9 Repeats his promise to kill the evil corporate jet. UPDATE: 3/10/9 Judicial Watch says Nancy Pelosi is abusing her private military jet and using the Air force as a private airline. Fox reported more democrat hypocrisy saying Pelosi aide Kay King emailed the air force to complain about the types of planes they were allowing her to use: “It is my understanding there are NO G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable … The Speaker will want to know where the planes are.”
- Obama’s Chief of Staff an Illegal Renter! –Gawker.com reports Rahm Emanuel is renting a basement from congresswoman Rosa DeLauro. A zoning administrator says the house is listed as “single family” and can’t be rented out.
- Obama’s Free House Scandal -At a Socialist Town Hall, Obama takes a question from Henrietta Hughes who say she is homeless and needs a house. Big Hollywood reports, “The next day the media was full of reports Hughes had a house. Another miracle by Saint Barack! See, it’s working! Now if you greedy, nasty conservatives would just get on board, the singing of “We Are the World” could begin! But wait, it wasn’t Saint Barack or even the Blessed Michelle who got the house for Ms. Hughes. It wasn’t the government bureaucrat or stimulus package that found the house for these poor folks, either. No, it was a nice lady named Chene Thompson, and who is Chene Thompson? Is she a “progressive” who cares about her fellow Americans? Is she a Hollywood celebrity? Is she even a Democrat? No. Mrs. Thompson is the wife of a Republican State Representative.” The press left that part of the story out so the Obamanator could part the seas.
- Obama’s Troop Surge Hypocrisy -Candidate Barack Obama was very vocal about how awful troop surges were. He stood firm in demanding the Bush surge was a mistake and only admitted to Katie Couric that surges actually worked after a good deal of badgering by her. Now, that he isn’t playing politics on TV anymore and actually has the job (wonder if he realizes that yet?), he has suddenly changed his tune! The Obama Troop Surge in Afghanistan suddenly is a good idea! The MSM aren’t even talking about this. UPDATE 2/20/9: Fox News followed our lead and did start talking about it!
- Obama’s Mileage Tax Super Fast Flip Flop -On Feb. 20, 2009 Obama transportation secretary Ray LaHood suggests motorists be taxed based on how many miles they drive. Fox news reports that mere moments later, his own spokeswoman Lori Irving shot the idea out of the sky. “The policy of taxing motorists based on how many miles they have traveled is not and will not be Obama administration policy.” Who is running this show? Obama, LaHood or Irving? You’re still not safe to drive though as some states are considering this tax!
- Obama’s “Distractions” Lie – Obama has denounced “distractions that keep everyone from focusing on significant issues.” The Weekly Standard says Obama orders distractions for his own political gain: “but his White House aides cause a huge controversy by calling Rush Limbaugh the leader of the Republican party.”
- Obama Broken Promise on Iraq War # 2 – Team Obama says it will remove troops from the battlefields in Iraq by August of 2010, 3 months later than his promised 16-month withdrawal of all troops. That broken promise could cost 100 lives. The new Obama word is that we won’t leave completely until 2011 sometime. That’s two to three years later than his promised “get out now” by the end of 2008 campaign talk. “The days of our open-ended commitment must come to a close,” he told the Senate, according to a Jan. 31, 2007, Washington Post article.
- Obama Energy Lie # 1 – Barack tells a joint session of congress “we will double this nation’s supply of renewable energy” in 3 years so 16.8% of our energy comes from hydro, solar and wind by 2012. Fox reports: “Under the status quo, the Energy Department says, it will take more than two decades to boost that figure to [just] 12.5 percent.”
- Obama Energy Lie # 2 -B. Hugo Obama says “we import more oil today than ever before.” Fox says that isn’t true: “Oil imports peaked in 2005 at just over 5 billion barrels, and have been declining slightly since. The figure in 2007 was 4.9 billion barrels, or about 58 percent of total consumption. The nation is on pace this year to import 4.7 billion barrels, and government projections are for imports to hold steady or decrease a bit over the next two decades.” & Tell your friends we get most of our oil from Canada (it’s true!).
- Obama Energy Lie # 3 -President Obama: “We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy.” Really? Our entire survival depends on this one thing? Are you sure? And we have known this for decades? Maybe we should drill here, drill now.
- Obama Questionable History – Obama promises to save the United Auto Workers Union, “the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.” Many question that version of history saying Karl Benz of Germany invented the automobile in roughly 1885.
- Obama’s Broken Tax Promise # 2 – Obama told congress he lived up to his promise to give a tax cut to 95% of all Americans. That’s a lie and a broken promise and he knows it. 40% of all Americans don’t make enough money to pay any federal income tax at all. That means even a tax cut for everyone else would only be a tax cut for 60% of Americans. What he actually did was use your tax dollars to provide a welfare check to the 40% by giving them $13 a week in their paycheck starting in April. If his math is right, another 55% of Americans actually will get that whopping $13 tax cut and the rest of us are screwed.
- Obama’s Big Government Lie – “Not because I believe in bigger government — I don’t.” (2/24/09) The next day he proposed a budget with the biggest increase in the size of government ever!
- Obama’s Wall Street Executive Lie KOA Radio reports along with energy, tax and big government lies, he had other false statements like,…claiming he would never help “a single Wall Street executive” even though his bailouts did precisely that,
- Obama’s Healthcare Spending Lie …and in a bizarre statement, he claimed using tax dollars to create a socialist medicine program would reduce the deficit (he made no attempt to explain that).
- Obama’s 3rd Pick for Commerce Broke Campaign Finance Laws (Appointment Scandal #18) -Gary Locke was “fined a maximum ,500 by state regulators after it admitted breaking campaign finance laws during two out-of-state fundraisers in 1996.” Even Obama jokes about his appointments: “I’m sure it’s not lost on anyone that we’ve tried this a couple of times.” Locke was breifly implicated in the ‘96 Clinton Chinese fundraising scandal, returned some checks, and was cleared of wrong-doing.
- Democrat Warns Obama about Constitutional Violations -2/25/9 America’s Watchtower: Democrat senator Robert Byrd, sent a letter to President Obama warning him that he is pushing the constitution’s limits in regards to Obama’s appointment of all of these “czars” to oversee issues (health reform, energy, climate change, urban issues) that are supposed to be handled by the legislative branch of the government.
- Obama Appointment Scandal #19- Late-term abortion proponent put in charge of Health?! – In yet another poor character judgment, Obama names Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be in charge of health and human services. She’s only interested in keeping SOME Americans healthy, not all. Reports say this abortion extremist once had a reception attended by a late-term abortion provider who now faces criminal charges. She’s also the Governor who threatened not to send out state tax refunds owed to citizens.
- Obama’s Urban Czar Pay for Play Scandal (Appointment Scandal #20) – 3/1/9 The NY Daily News I-Team reports Adolfo Carrion, Jr., the man who is President Obama’s newly minted urban czar, “pocketed thousands of dollars in campaign cash from city developers whose projects he approved or funded with taxpayers’ money.” Amazing how most of these big appointment scandals go unreported as the national press tries to help its new President.
- Obama’s Broken Earmark Pledge – 3/1/9 No big surprise here…Peter Orszag says Obama will “sign the $410 billion spending bill despite a campaign pledge that he would reject tailored budget requests that let lawmakers send money to their home states. Orszag said Obama would move ahead and overlook the time-tested tradition that lets officials divert millions at a time to pet projects.” From Rush Limbaugh: “He declared war on earmarks in a bill that’s got 9,000 of them! (laughing)… And he said this without bursting out laughing, too. He’s got to know when he says this, that it’s just BS. The only difference in his words and a bag of manure…was the bag. And he knows it.” UPDATE 3/8/9: Orszag repeats promise to approve the pork and earmarks. UPDATE 3/11/9: Promise-breaker-in-Chief Obama signs the bill changing positions to say he has to be flexible on earmarks and pork!
- Obama’s War Savings Lie – He says he’ll save .5-Trillion in 10 years by cutting back the war in Iraq (and building up the war in Afghanistan??). For that to be true, the plan would have to have been to spend $150-billion a year through 2019…even though prior to Obama we agreed to get out of Iraq by 2011. It’s liberal ‘new math.’
- The Obama Lavish Corporate Parties Scandal – Team Obama and Bowney Fwank criticize lavish, evil corporate parties put on by overpaid execs, while having weekly Wednesday White House parties with rock stars and Hollywood celebs! So, while execs of bailed-out companies can’t have these evil corporate bashes in fancy hotels with Sheryl Crow because they are on the public dollar, seems it’s okay for Obama The Hypocrite to have lavish parties with Stevie Wonder for his pals ALSO on the public dollar. We foot the bill for “0/ounce wagyu steak!“