NOT EXACTLY
We all remember Honest Abe, the Illinois politician who supposedly never told a lie. Well, we sure know one now who is running for president now and I sometimes wonder if he ever tells the truth. Honesty is the best policy but---
I received an e-mail yesterday and it did shock me just a bit. I do not vouch for everything in it but here it is for your perusal. I have put it into a more presentable form.
Obama's Not Exactlys---
1. Selma got me born. Not exactly. See, your parents had you in 1961. Selma happened in 1965, and so had no effect upon your birth.
2. My father was a goat herder. Not exactly. He was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan government.
3. My father was a proud Freedom Fighter. Not exactly. He was a part of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has eve had.
4. My family has strong ties to African freedom. Not exactly. Your cousin, Raila Odinga, has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007 in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American, but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Obama, is Odingo's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Odingo ran for president of Kenya, and when he lost, his followers burned the homes of Christians and then burned men, women and children alive in a church where they had taken refuge. Barack Obama supported his cousin before the campaign process started here in the US.
5. My grandmother has always been a Christian. Not exactly. She does her daily Salat prayers at 5 AM according to her own interview. Not to mention, Christianity would not allow her to have been one of fourteen wives of one man.
6. My name is African Swahili. Not exactly. Your name is Arabic and Baracka (fro which Barack came) means 'blessed' in that language. Hussein is also Arabic as is Obama. BArack Obama is not half-black, but would be the first Arab-American president if elected. His derivation is actually 50% Caucasian, 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro. While Barack Obama's father was from Kenya, his fathers family were mainly Arabs. Barack Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro.)
7. I never practiced Islam. Not exactly. You practiced it daily at school where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could successfully run for office.
8. My school in Indonesia was Christian. Not exactly. You were registered as a Muslim there and got into trouble in Koranic studies for making faces.
9. I was fluent in Indonesian. Not exactly. Not a single teacher there says that you could speak the language.
10. Because I lived in Indonesia, I have more foreign experience. Not exactly. You were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language.
11. I am stronger on foreign affairs. Not exactly. Except for Africa and the Middle East you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have no experience with our closest allies.
12. I blame my early drug use on ethnic confusion. Not exactly. You seemed quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggles to identify yourself. Your classmates dais you were just fine.
13. An EBONY article moved me to run for office. Not exactly. EBONY has yet to find the article you mentioned in your book.
14. A LIFE Magazine article changed my outlook on life. Not exactly. LIFE also cannot find the article you mention in your book. Apparently neither it, nor the EBONY article exists, or ever did exist.
15. I won't run on a national ticket in '08. Not exactly. Here you are, despite saying, live on tv, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
16. Voting 'present' is common in the Illinois state senate. Not exactly. Although it seems common for you, not a single other senator has ever racked up 130 of them.
17. Oops, I misvoted. Not exactly. Only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to be allowed to change your 'misvote.'
18. I was a professor of law. Not exactly. You were a senior lecturer on leave.
19. I was a constitutional lawyer. Not exactly. You wee a senior lecturer on leave.
20. Without me there would be no ethics bill. Not exactly. You did not write it, introduce it, change it or create it.
21. The ethics bill was hard to pass. Not exactly. It took only 14 days from start to passage.
22. I wrote a tough nuclear bill. Not exactly. Your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation--mainly because of your nuclear donor, Exelon, and David Axelrod.
23. I have released my state records. Not exactly. As of March 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interest pork hidden within.
24. I took on the asbestos Altgeld Gardens mess. Not exactly. You were simply one of a great number of persons who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention that anyone else was involved in your book.
25. My economics bill will help America, Not exactly. Your 111 economic policies were combined into a proposal which lost by a vote of 99-0, with even YOU voting against it.
26. I have been a bold leader in Illinois. Not exactly. Even your own supporters claim to have never seen BOLD action on your part.
27. I passed 26 of my own bills in one year. Not exactly. They were not YOUR bills, but rather were handed to you, after creation by a fellow senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28. No one on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA. Not exactly. The canadian government has published the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
29. I am tough on terrorism. Not exactly. You missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel
30. I want all votes to count. Not exactly. You said, "Let the delegates decide."
31. I want Americans to decide. Not exactly. You sem to prefer caucuses that limit the vote and confuse the voters.
32. I passed 900 bills in the state senate. Not exactly. You passed 26, which you did not write yourself.
33. I believe in fairness, not tactics. Not exactly. You used tactics to keep Alice Palmer from running against you.
34. I don't take PAC money. Not exactly. Not in small amounts anyway.
35. I don't have lobbyists. Not exactly. Only 47 of them at latest count.
So there is the gist of the e-mail. Take it for what it is worth. By the way, there are sources given in the e-mail for a great deal of this. Most of this I was already aware of, some was brand new to me.
One little misstatement (where have I heard that term used before?) might be overlooked, but this seems to be a pattern here. Old Abe must be rolling, no more like spinning, in his grave.
I received an e-mail yesterday and it did shock me just a bit. I do not vouch for everything in it but here it is for your perusal. I have put it into a more presentable form.
Obama's Not Exactlys---
1. Selma got me born. Not exactly. See, your parents had you in 1961. Selma happened in 1965, and so had no effect upon your birth.
2. My father was a goat herder. Not exactly. He was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan government.
3. My father was a proud Freedom Fighter. Not exactly. He was a part of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has eve had.
4. My family has strong ties to African freedom. Not exactly. Your cousin, Raila Odinga, has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007 in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American, but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Obama, is Odingo's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Odingo ran for president of Kenya, and when he lost, his followers burned the homes of Christians and then burned men, women and children alive in a church where they had taken refuge. Barack Obama supported his cousin before the campaign process started here in the US.
5. My grandmother has always been a Christian. Not exactly. She does her daily Salat prayers at 5 AM according to her own interview. Not to mention, Christianity would not allow her to have been one of fourteen wives of one man.
6. My name is African Swahili. Not exactly. Your name is Arabic and Baracka (fro which Barack came) means 'blessed' in that language. Hussein is also Arabic as is Obama. BArack Obama is not half-black, but would be the first Arab-American president if elected. His derivation is actually 50% Caucasian, 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro. While Barack Obama's father was from Kenya, his fathers family were mainly Arabs. Barack Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro.)
7. I never practiced Islam. Not exactly. You practiced it daily at school where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could successfully run for office.
8. My school in Indonesia was Christian. Not exactly. You were registered as a Muslim there and got into trouble in Koranic studies for making faces.
9. I was fluent in Indonesian. Not exactly. Not a single teacher there says that you could speak the language.
10. Because I lived in Indonesia, I have more foreign experience. Not exactly. You were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language.
11. I am stronger on foreign affairs. Not exactly. Except for Africa and the Middle East you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have no experience with our closest allies.
12. I blame my early drug use on ethnic confusion. Not exactly. You seemed quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggles to identify yourself. Your classmates dais you were just fine.
13. An EBONY article moved me to run for office. Not exactly. EBONY has yet to find the article you mentioned in your book.
14. A LIFE Magazine article changed my outlook on life. Not exactly. LIFE also cannot find the article you mention in your book. Apparently neither it, nor the EBONY article exists, or ever did exist.
15. I won't run on a national ticket in '08. Not exactly. Here you are, despite saying, live on tv, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
16. Voting 'present' is common in the Illinois state senate. Not exactly. Although it seems common for you, not a single other senator has ever racked up 130 of them.
17. Oops, I misvoted. Not exactly. Only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to be allowed to change your 'misvote.'
18. I was a professor of law. Not exactly. You were a senior lecturer on leave.
19. I was a constitutional lawyer. Not exactly. You wee a senior lecturer on leave.
20. Without me there would be no ethics bill. Not exactly. You did not write it, introduce it, change it or create it.
21. The ethics bill was hard to pass. Not exactly. It took only 14 days from start to passage.
22. I wrote a tough nuclear bill. Not exactly. Your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation--mainly because of your nuclear donor, Exelon, and David Axelrod.
23. I have released my state records. Not exactly. As of March 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interest pork hidden within.
24. I took on the asbestos Altgeld Gardens mess. Not exactly. You were simply one of a great number of persons who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention that anyone else was involved in your book.
25. My economics bill will help America, Not exactly. Your 111 economic policies were combined into a proposal which lost by a vote of 99-0, with even YOU voting against it.
26. I have been a bold leader in Illinois. Not exactly. Even your own supporters claim to have never seen BOLD action on your part.
27. I passed 26 of my own bills in one year. Not exactly. They were not YOUR bills, but rather were handed to you, after creation by a fellow senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28. No one on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA. Not exactly. The canadian government has published the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
29. I am tough on terrorism. Not exactly. You missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel
30. I want all votes to count. Not exactly. You said, "Let the delegates decide."
31. I want Americans to decide. Not exactly. You sem to prefer caucuses that limit the vote and confuse the voters.
32. I passed 900 bills in the state senate. Not exactly. You passed 26, which you did not write yourself.
33. I believe in fairness, not tactics. Not exactly. You used tactics to keep Alice Palmer from running against you.
34. I don't take PAC money. Not exactly. Not in small amounts anyway.
35. I don't have lobbyists. Not exactly. Only 47 of them at latest count.
So there is the gist of the e-mail. Take it for what it is worth. By the way, there are sources given in the e-mail for a great deal of this. Most of this I was already aware of, some was brand new to me.
One little misstatement (where have I heard that term used before?) might be overlooked, but this seems to be a pattern here. Old Abe must be rolling, no more like spinning, in his grave.
posted by tanstaafl | 6:39 AM
2 Comments:
Did you check those sources? According to snopes.com most of this is false.
No, I did not check those sources. As I said in my entry, I do not vouch for them. But, in any event, I would not use snopes.com as verification for anything. I have found too many errors in it. And it is decidedly liberal in slant.
I do appreciate the comment.
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