Obama's Lowlights (10/31/12)

Obama Campaign – The Obama campaign, according to GAI, has received over 4 million dollars and counting from contributions coming from illegal zip codes (foreign contributions). Meanwhile, Obama campaign ads continue to inflate job growth under his administration. Obama finally released its second term agenda and even CNN criticized it for lacking details. In an interview with the Des Moines Register Obama said he has no regrets pushing ObamaCare over the economy. In other news, Obama had this say about Romney “They (Voters) look at the other guy and say, “Well, that’s a bullshi*#%r”. Washington State University and Bowdain College found “the Obama campaign has aired far more negative attack ads than the Romney campaign”.

Italy – Seven scientists who failed to predict a 2009 earthquake were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 years in jail.

Terrorists – From the White House log sheets “Scores of known radical Islamists made hundreds of visits to the Obama White House, meeting with top administration officials. Court documents and other records have identified many of these visitors as belonging to groups serving as fronts for the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and other Islamic militant organizations.”

Stock Markets – The markets are sliding the past few weeks mainly due to poor earnings reports reflecting a slowdown in the economy. DuPont is the first major company announcing layoffs.

Abortion – Michelle Obama lobbied for partial birth abortion in 2004.

Libya – According to Reuters the White House received 3 emails from Libya and therefore knew the attack on the embassy was a terrorist attack within 2 hours of the assault.

Bayonets - The U.S. Army has 419,155 bayonets in its inventory. The Marine Corps has about 195,334 bayonets (and has plans to acquire 175,061 more). This is far more than the U.S. military had in 1916 which Obama falsely claimed in the last debate.

Fast and Furious – Politico is reporting Fast and Furious whistleblower John Dodson is suing Time Inc. over an article titled "The Truth About Fast and Furious," published in Fortune Magazine and written by Katherine Eban, a former Clinton campaign staffer.

Voter Fraud – Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran’s son was fired from his campaign for promoting voter fraud.

Romney Campaign – The Republican is on pace to collect over 200 million in campaign contributions in October.

Auto Bailout – Even David Letterman told guest Rachael Maddow that he thought Obama was being dishonest about Romney’s position on the Auto Bailout / Bankruptcy issue after reading Romney’s Op Ed. In other news, in a potential blow for the president's Ohio reelection campaign, Jeep, the rugged brand President Obama once said symbolized American freedom, is considering giving up on the United States and shifting production to China.

Ted Turner – On CNN’s Piers Morgan show Turner said it was good that more military personnel are committing suicide.

Financial Mess - The federal government is suing Bank of America for $1 billion for selling fraudulent loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Obama's Lowlights (10/28/12)

Energy - In the latest twist, Solyndra's investors could be rewarded for their failure, thanks to a tax benefit the Administration handed out in a bid to evade political accountability. The Internal Revenue Service exposed this double Solyndra debacle last week in the U.S. bankruptcy court for the district of Delaware, which is unwinding the defunct solar-panel maker. The IRS formally objected to Solyndra's Chapter 11 reorganization plan, claiming its "principal purpose is tax avoidance." In other news, battery maker A123 has gone bankrupt after receiving 250 million in stimulus money.

Crime - The number of violent crimes rose by 18 percent in the United States last year while property crimes went up by 11 percent, the government reported last week. It was the first year-to-year increase for violent crime since 1993, marking the end of a long string of declines.

Planned Parenthood – We hear all this talk of Planned Parenthood providing women healthcare services including mammograms – this is not true. The Department of Health and Human Services said in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that no Planned Parenthood clinic in the United States has mammogram equipment.

Economy – Jobless claims spiked to a four month high this past week.

Pensions – Obama has 6 million dollar pension that will be paid by the taxpayer, we are not going to pay for Romney’s pension which incidentally is smaller than Obama’s.

Welfare - A new Congressional Research Service report released this past week shows a dramatic increase in welfare spending over the last 4 years. According to this study, welfare spending reached $746 billion in 2011 (32% increase).

The View – Ann Romney was hammered with questions from Whoopi and friends about why Mitt did not serve in Vietnam and his view on abortion.

Alfred E. Smith Memorial – There is no question that Romney was funnier than Obama at the dinner.

Student Loans - Those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing on average $26,600 - up about 5% from the class before.

Quotes – “If four Americans are killed, it’s not optimal” – Obama on Libya terrorist attack. “(Republican) bullets are aimed at you” – Biden at a campaign rally.

Green Jobs – San Antonio Texas picked a South Korean firm to build its solar energy project over U.S. companies that applied for the project.

Endorsements – Key newspapers in swing states are changing their 2008 endorsements of Obama to Romney in 2012. The Orlando Sentinel and the Reno Sentinel-Journal are two such papers.

Afghanistan – New reports have surfaced that al-Qaida is making a strong comeback not only in Afghanistan, but globally.

Third Presidential Debate – I thought Romney went into this debate wanting to avoid making a mistake and coming out as a war mongering as the left paints him. One thing that was learned from every debate is that both Romney and Ryan listen and are more likely to work across party lines. Both will tell the other party where they agree and point out their differences instead of harping on personal issues. Romney and Ryan are adults and Obama and Biden are the children and their behavior at the debates shows this stark difference.

Obama's Lowlights (10/24/12)

Climate Change – Obama warned his supporters at a Miami rally about the threat of global warming and vowed that more money to subsidize green energy firms would prevent it.

Obama Campaign – There was a shooting incident at the Obama’s Denver campaign office. I really do not know what is wrong is people, fortunately no one was hurt.

Big Bird - A demonstration is planned for November 3 to save Big Bird at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., three days before the general election.

Jesse Jackson Jr. – It has been a tough year for the representative who is now being investigated for using campaign contributions to fix up his house. Jackson has been suffering from medical depression.

Campaign - Mitt Romney's campaign and its Republican allies outspend the president's campaign and allied Democratic groups by more than $18 million on the airwaves just this past week, according to data provided by a Democratic source. Republican groups withheld resources until the last few weeks of the campaign.

Libya - The State Department authorized the U.S. Embassy in Vienna to purchase a $108,000 electric-vehicle charging station for the embassy motor pool's new Chevrolet Volts, but had no money for extra security in Libya. In fact, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) says the State Department is sitting on $2.2 billion that should be spent on upgrading security at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, but the Obama administration will not spend the funds. It seems that the Obama campaign and administration are throwing Hilary Clinton and the State Department under the bus for the deadly attack. Clinton seems to be taking one for the team. At least one person in this administration wants to be held accountable. Other news has surfaced that the Libyan embassy has been attacked twice previously in April and June.

Romney – The campaign and debate has lifted his favorability ratings from under water for the first time in 6 months. In fact, it is the first time Romney’s favorable ratings are higher than Obama’s according to the Realclearpolitics average. Romney had to overcome the onslaught of negative ads over the summer that portrayed him as a tax felon, murderer, and a guy who runs manufacturing sweat shops overseas. Also, the Romney campaign raised 170 million dollars in September, only 11 million less than Obama.

Social Security – Inflationary increases in social security benefits next year will be the lowest in nearly 3 decades.

Population – Bill Maher said "The planet is too crowded and we need to promote death.” This is a common philosophy among many educated liberals that we need population control to save the earth. Unfortunately, we need population growth to pay for the liberal entitlement Ponzi scheme created by many countries around the globe.

Waste – Senator Coburn has published his yearly government waste book.

Second Presidential Debate – A CNN poll had the president winning 46-39, but Romney won on point for the economy, taxes, debt, answering the question whereas the President won narrowly on foreign policy and being aggressive. I saw it as a draw basically because Romney missed opportunities but Obama never spelled out what he would do in the next term.

Obama's Lowlights (10/21/12)

VP Debate – Joe Biden was a disgrace, obnoxious, rude, condescending, disrespectful, arrogant, and outright childish in this debate. And Americans are to believe he and Obama are the ones that can work together in a bipartisan way. This is the Obama administrations definition of civil discourse. You must listen to be able to compromise. In the wake of Biden’s comments on Libya, the administration is claiming they were not made aware of increased security requests by the embassy.

Big Bird – Obama campaign spokesperson Jen Psaki had this to say on the topic "There's been a strong grassroots outcry over the attacks on Big Bird. This is something that mothers across the country are alarmed about, and you know, we're tapping into that," Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One”.

Economy - The IMF is predicting lower growth in the world economy.

Libya – There were no protests before the attack on the US Embassy as the White House and State Department claimed the days following the attack. In fact, in a house oversight hearing General Wood suggested al-Qaida is more established in Libya than the U.S.

Yemen - Masked gunmen shot dead a Yemeni security chief on his way to work at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa this past week, in an attack a Yemeni security source said appeared to be the work of al Qaeda.

Election Fraud - New video from Project Veritas shows an Obama for America campaign staffer providing advice and a ballot to an undercover reporter posing as an Obama activist about how to vote twice in the upcoming presidential election. A day later another video shows volunteers in Brooklyn and an official Obama for America office in Minnesota encouraging double voting.

First Presidential Debate – According the UK Daily Mall “When President Barack Obama stepped off the stage in Denver last week the 60 million Americans watching the debate against Mitt Romney already knew it had been a disaster for him. But what nobody knew, until now, was that Obama believed he had actually won.”

Stacy Dash – The African-American Actress has drawn scrutiny and obscene remarks for saying she is backing Romney in the election.

Voter ID – A federal judge upholds a South Carolina Voter ID law but it will not go into effect until 2013.

Claire McCaskill – It turns out her husband received 40 million in stimulus money to fix up low income housing projects he runs.

Greece – Unemployment has reached a record 25.1% in the financially strapped country.

Stephanie Cutter – The Obama campaign chief told CNN that “the entire reason this (Libya) has become the political topic it is, is because of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.”

Obama's Lowlights (10/17/12)

Gas Prices - Californians awoke last week to yet another unprecedented spike in the price of gasoline that brought the one-week increase in the Golden State to a whopping 36 cents a gallon. This is an all-time high for California.

Election Fraud - The Florida Department of State on Friday confirmed that it has forwarded complaints about voter registration fraud that have been filed against the Democrats, as well as against two groups — the Florida New Majority Education Fund and National Council of La Raza/Democracia USA.

Health Insurance – It is estimated the average person is going to see a 19% hike in premiums as companies adjust for the implementation of ObamaCare.

Campaign – Obama and the Democrats raised 181 million in September and Obama is outspending Romney 2 to 1 in swing states. Obama continues to hit campaign events with Hollywood elites to reach his 1 billion dollar goal. In other news, a new report obtained by Townhall from the non-partisan Government Accountability Institute [GAI] shows the Obama campaign has potentially violated federal election law by failing to prevent the use of fraudulent or foreign credit card transactions on the official Obama for America [OFA] donation webpage. There are rumblings that there may be a shakeup in the Obama campaign. Finally, Obama’s big election ad this week features Big Bird.

Obama phone - A wireless company profiting from the so-called "Obama phone" giveaway program is run by a prominent Democratic donor whose wife has raised more than $1.5 million for the president since 2007.

Venezuela – Hugo Chavez won reelection for his third six year term.

Libya - The former head of a Special Forces "Site Security Team" in Libya tells CBS News that in spite of multiple pleas from himself and other U.S. security officials on the ground for "more, not less" security personnel, the State Department removed as many as 34 people from the country in the six months before a terrorist attack in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others.

Foreign Policy – Romney delivered a speech on foreign policy this past week at Virginia Military Institute which offered a sharp contrast to Obama’s current Middle East policy which has seen anti-American protests and unrest rise under his tenure.

NY City – Police sent a family a bill for the damage their son did to a police vehicle when it ran him over and killed him.

Congress - According to a new report in The Washington Post, the median net worth of the current Congress rose 5% during the recession while it fell 39% for the average American. The wealthiest one-third of lawmakers saw their net worth rise 14%.

Obama's Lowlights (10/14/12)

Economy – The Private sector adds a meager 114,000 jobs, but unemployment goes down to 7.8%. This will be viewed as positive and a step in the right direction, but it is unclear how unemployment can drop so much with the addition of so few jobs.

Campaign – A new Obama ad claims Romney supported “sweatshop” conditions in China. Let’s add this to the list of other Obama claims that Romney is murderer and felon. Another Obama ad targeting women says “vote like your lady parts depend on it”. If that is not bad enough, the man who picks up Romney’s trash in California is used in another union ad. In other news, a 2007 video of President Obama has resurfaced where he race baits and has nothing but compliments for his former pastor Jeremiah Wright.

Voter ID - A Pennsylvania judge blocked the state from enforcing its strict voter ID law before the presidential election, citing "disenfranchisement" concerns.

Border security - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and another wounded in a shooting near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. From fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2011, according to the U.S. Treasury, the federal government increased spending on foreign aid by 80 percent and, in fiscal 2011, spent 76 percent more on foreign aid than it did securing the borders of the United States.

Libya - House investigators warned Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to expect a hearing into their finding that American staff at the U.S. Embassy in Libya had their request for additional security denied by Washington officials. In fact, security remains so bad that the U.S. has pulled out its entire staff from the unstable country.

Gitmo – There have been more discussion that the US will move enemy combatants from Gitmo to a prison in Illinois.

Warn Act – The Obama administration is violating the Warn Act (Must give defense contractors 60 day notice before they are laid off) so it does not affect his reelection campaign. If the defense contractors are sued for noncompliance to the law, the administration will pay for their legal fees to fight any protests.

Unemployment – Nearly 2,400 millionaires received unemployment benefits in 2009.

Birthrate – The CDC released data indicating that the birthrate in 2011 was the lowest it has been since 1998.

Debate – No question Romney won the first debate, even most liberals agree. This is exactly what happens when our leader avoids tough press conferences and campaigns, plays golf, and yucks it up on talk show TV. A big complaint on the left was how Romney spoke over the moderator to get more time to respond to Obama. They felt the moderator lost control of the debate, but the fact is that Obama spoke for nearly 5 minutes more than Romney. Romney was right to fight to get his talk time. According to a CNN poll Romney won the debate 67% to 25% - the biggest margin in a presidential debate since 1984. Al Gore, however, had the best reason for Obama’s poor performance – the altitude!

Obama's Lowlights (10/10/12)

ObamaCare – Here is an ecard from barackobama.com, "Dear Mom, Mitt Romney says he would repeal the Affordable Care Act. So here's a quick question: Can I borrow $18,000 to help pay for my birth control? Thanks!". In other news, Medicare will start fining hospitals that have too many patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge due to complications. The penalties are part of a broader push under President Barack Obama's health care law to improve quality while also trying to save taxpayers money. So a hospital may not elect to readmit an ill patient to avoid a fine – wonderful. We cannot regulate health!

Renewable Energy - Citing national security risks, President Barack Obama blocked a Chinese company from owning four wind farm projects in northern Oregon near a Navy base where the U.S. military flies unmanned drones and electronic-warfare planes on training missions.

California - California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that will create the nation's first state-administered retirement savings program for private-sector workers, over the objection of critics who said it creates a new liability for taxpayers.

Defense Contractors – Obama is trying to prevent defense contractors from laying off employees until after the election.

Afghanistan – Afghan troops have been advised not to kill Westerners because of culture ignorance. Meanwhile, the number of US deaths passed two thousand – yet there is no media coverage.

Fast and Furious – Univision ran an investigative report which uncovered the hundreds of humans massacred because of the failed program.

Hugo Chavez – “Of course I’d vote for Obama, and him for me”.

MSNBC – They ran a doctored YouTube video mocking Romney. In other news, the network claims that since Elizabeth Warren grew up believing she was Native American then she is. I grew believing many things that were not true, ignorance is not an excuse.

Eurozone – Unemployment remains at a record 11.4% for September.

Dodd – Frank – Employers now must track all minerals (tantalum, tungsten, tin, gold, copper etc) it uses to make products because of the new financial reform legislation. This is a nightmare for high tech businesses.

Obama Campaign – They are using a 26 year old down-syndrome woman as the poster child against the Romney 47% statement. Of course no one remembers when Obama made his dumb statement about the Special Olympics. And what about Obama’s “Special Needs” tax revision in ObamaCare? In other news, Obama spokesperson Jen Psaki had this to say in the Washington Examiner “President Obama’s campaign spokeswoman said she’s concerned Obama will sound too “professorial” to resonate with the low-information voters tuning into the presidential campaign for the first time during this week’s debate.”

Pentagon – Military personnel cite Pentagon bureaucracy for requesting absentee ballots – it is expected to be a 50% drop from 2008.

Lawsuit – A six foot three 220 pound 27 year old gym teacher is suing the school district claiming a six year old beat him up.

Obama's Lowlights (10/7/12)

Elizabeth Warren – New reports surfaced that Warren defended big steel and coal industries as a practicing lawyer. She is also accused of practicing law in Massachusetts without a license.

Obama – He addressed the UN last week saying the same things he said the year before, we must stop Iran from getting nuclear technology. Obama also continues to stand by his story that an anti-Muslim film caused the Middle East uprisings.

Wikileaks – Julian Assange addressed the UN about asylum – he does not want to be extradited back to Sweden.

Economy – Head of the Philadelphia branch of the Fed admits that the recent quantitative easing initiative will not help the economy.

Women – This is what Obama spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter had to say about women “That’s the other thing that you find most often with women. They’re not really concerned about what’s happened over the last four years, they really want to know what’s going to happen in the next four years.”

Libya – According to Newsweek Within 24 hours of the 9-11 anniversary attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, U.S. intelligence agencies had strong indications al Qaeda–affiliated operatives were behind the attack.

Greece – Austerity protests have sparked up again in Greece.

Spain - Facing an economic crisis, Spain is expected to announce a new budget which will raise taxes and implement structural reforms. .These austerity measures have provoked violent protests.

France – A 75% tax on the wealthy passed.

UN – Susan Rice, US ambassador to the UN skipped the speech of Israeli President Netanyahu at the UN.

Post Office - For the second time in two months, the U.S. Postal Service will default on a congressionally mandated payment to pre-fund retiree health benefits

Egypt – President Mosi says any insults about Mohammed are “unacceptable”. I agree, but he has to realistic, not everyone is going to show tolerance, especially if they protest by killing others – this is not the way to earn respect.

Voter Fraud - Preliminary audits indicated more than one million Florida voters claimed New York mailing addresses. Over 1,700 people were found with voter registrations in both states.

Economy - New orders for manufactured durable goods in August decreased $30.1 billion or 13.2 percent to $198.5 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This decrease, down following three consecutive monthly increases, was the largest decrease since January 2009. The GDP was downgraded from an abysmal 1.7% in the second quarter to 1.3%.

Poll Analysis – I have done some poll analysis in Florida and Ohio and by my calculations Obama’s lead is exaggerated by about 1.8 points in Florida and 2.1 points in Ohio.

Obama phones – At a rally in Cleveland, one supporter was hailing Obama for her free phone, called an “Obamaphone” paid for by taxpayers.

Obama's Lowlights (10/3/12)

Romney’s Taxes – In 2011 Romney paid 14.1% in taxes on 13.5 million dollars. They gave over 4 million to charity (30%) and only claimed half that amount as a deduction. In the past twenty years the Romney’s paid an effective tax rate of 20.5% and gave 13.5% to charity. They paid nearly 40% in state, local, federal, and charities over 20 years (of course this does not include sales taxes).

Free Speech - Seven Pakistani television stations broadcast U.S. government public service messages featuring President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denouncing a film clip insulting Mohammed. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed the ads were produced and paid for by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, at a cost of $70,000. They aired on the same day as the army had to be called in to prevent violent protestors from breaching a diplomatic enclave where the embassy in located. In fact, the US state department has condemned a Pakistani minister's offer of $100000 (£61600) for the death of the American maker of the anti-Islam film.

Romney’s skin completion – With the economy in the tank and anti-American protests around the globe, the big story on media and left blog sites is Romney’s skin completion, which they claim he darkened for his Univision interview. This of course has been refuted by the makeup artist – Lazz Rodriquez.

Education – U.S. high school students graduate with just a 32 percent proficiency rate in math, according to a Harvard study — a figure that puts America behind 31 other countries, including Japan, Korea, Switzerland and Canada.

Priorities – World leaders gathered at the UN last week, President Barack Obama has no plans to meet privately with any of them. He will make time for "The View," a freewheeling TV talk show. On the View both Michelle and Barack bragged about themselves as the first lady boasted about “working out” and the President said “he was just eye candy” to many.

Mistake – For the third time in 2 months Obama was asked what his biggest mistake has been as president and he gave 60 Minutes a different answer than his Univision and ABC interviews.

Libya – Obama refers to the four dead Americans in Libya as “bumps in the road” on the way to progress. In fact, Obama still fails to call what happened in Libya as a terror attack. What’s worse, both CNN and CBS are reporting that the FBI has yet to secure the crime scene at the Libya embassy which is home to many secure documents including uncovering ambassador Chris Steven’s personal journal.

Campaign Ads - President Barack Obama acknowledged in unaired portions of a "60 Minutes" interview that his campaign ads sometimes go "overboard" when it comes to attacking Mitt Romney.

Medicare - Seniors enrolled in seven of the 10 most popular Medicare prescription drug plans will be hit with double-digit premium hikes next year if they don't shop for a better deal, says a private firm that analyzes the highly competitive healthcare industry.

Planned Parenthood - The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the political arm of the company that does more than 300,000 abortions annually and has endorsed Obama, plans to spend more than $3 million to target voters in the battleground states of Ohio and Virginia with ads bashing Romney for wanting to cut its taxpayer funding. The $3.2 million campaign will feature everything from online ads to old-fashioned door to door politics.