Obama Smacks Palin On An Issue That Biden Is Worse On
Posted by: Kevin D. Korenthal | 09/06/2008 12:57 PM
It seems there is no level of pot/kettle/black that the Obama campaign will sink to in their desperate attempt to regain momentum in this election.
Today The Associated Press quotes Barack Obama taking Sarah Palin to task for saying she wants to get rid of "earmarks" even though she took advantage of them as Governor of Alaska.
The attacks harken back to the fiasco that has arisen over the Obama campaign's assertion that Palin's stints as PTA member, Mayor & Governor constitutes a thin record.
That is because Joe Biden not only has an earmark record of his own, he has a whole host of domestic policy problems.
Today The Associated Press quotes Barack Obama taking Sarah Palin to task for saying she wants to get rid of "earmarks" even though she took advantage of them as Governor of Alaska.
"I know the governor of Alaska has been saying she's change, and that's great," Obama said. "She's a skillful politician. But, you know, when you've been taking all these earmarks when it's convenient, and then suddenly you're the champion anti-earmark person, that's not change. Come on! I mean, words mean something, you can't just make stuff up."
The attacks harken back to the fiasco that has arisen over the Obama campaign's assertion that Palin's stints as PTA member, Mayor & Governor constitutes a thin record.
That is because Joe Biden not only has an earmark record of his own, he has a whole host of domestic policy problems.
Joe Biden has voted against every major tax cut and for numerous tax hikes. He is an avid supporter of pork barrel spending, supporting the Bridge to Nowhere in 2005 and winning the ignominious Porker of the Month award from Citizens Against Government Waste in January 2002. Biden has been reliably anti-trade and pro-government regulation. On school choice, he even voted against a vouchers program for low-income earners. Biden has also stood with the trial lawyers, voting against reasonable tort reform and voted against preventing the plundering of Social Security.I suspect that it is due to his very short stint as a Senator and not any policy against taking earmarks that has left Obama without a record of taking earmarks. For more on Biden's earmark history and how that history involves his own family members, check out this CBS News/Washington Post report.
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Making of the President 2008
No doubt - Biden was a TERRIBLE choice for VP.
Oh No!!! You called Obama Black (pot)! That means you're a 'lipstick' Racist. :-)
Back to reality, Palin wasn't really thought out or vetted, and hence, we've never seen her take an interview yet for fear she doesn't have the ability to answer public policy questions. Enough, get her on air or get her off the ticket while Romney, Pawlenty, Guiliani & that 'chick' from eBay or the 'chick' Hewlett Packardis still available.
It's just embarassing for the party to have a bimbo VP...all style, no substance used to be all-Obama.
Wow MRBROWNSTONE, you really do love to eat sh** don't you? Because that is exactly what you are going to be doing when Palin proves that not only can she play with the big boys, but she can beat them at their own game as well.
A "bimbo VP"? It seems there is no level of sexism that the Left will descend too in order to beat up on Sarah Palin. Too bad this effort just keeps backfiring on ya! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!