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So you can give us one real accomplishment of Obama.....?
Chosing Biden who was longer in Washington than McCain.
I still haven't read the accomplishment you think there is....maybe you can spell it out?
Here is Barack Obama’s record on rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.
Sept. 2, 2005: Obama holds press conference urging Illinoisans to contribute to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Sept. 5, 2005: Obama goes to Houston (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050905-obama_visits_hu/ - broken link) to visit evacuees with Presidents Clinton and Bush.
Sept. 7, 2005: Obama introduces bill (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050907-obama_introduce/ - broken link) to create a national emergency family locator system
Sept. 8, 2005: Obama introduces bill to create a National Emergency Volunteers Corps (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050908-obama_introduce_1/ - broken link).
Sept. 8, 2005: Obama co-sponsors the Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act of 2005 (http://www.theorator.com/bills109/s1647.html - broken link) introduced by Senator Russ Feingold
Sept. 12, 2005: Obama introduces legislation requiring states to create an emergency evacuation plan (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050912-obama_says_disa/ - broken link) for society’s most vulnerable
Sept. 15, 2005: Obama issues public response (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050915-obama_response/ - broken link) to President Bush’s speech about Gulf Coast rebuilding.
Sept. 28, 2005: Obama and Coburn issue statement about the need for a Chief Financial Officer (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050927-obama_coburn_sa/ - broken link) to oversee the financial mismanagement and suspicious contracts occurring in the reconstruction process
Sept. 29, 2005: Obama and Coburn investigate possible FEMA refusal (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050929-obama_and_cobur/ - broken link) of free cruise ship offer
Oct. 6, 2005: Obama and Coburn issue statement on FEMA Decision (http://obama.senate.gov/press/051006-obama_and_cobur_1/ - broken link) to re-bid Katrina contracts
Oct. 21, 2005: Obama releases statement decrying (http://obama.senate.gov/press/051021-statement_of_us_1/ - broken link) the extension of FEMA director, Michael “Brownie” Brown’s contract. Obama calls Brown’s contract extension, “unconscionable.”
Nov. 17, 2005: Obama and Coburn introduce legislation asking FEMA (http://obama.senate.gov/press/051117-obama_calls_on/ - broken link) to immediately re-bid all Katrina reconstruction contracts.
Feb. 1, 2006: Obama gives Senate floor speech (http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060201-senator_obamas/ - broken link) on his legislation to help children affected by Hurricane Katrina
Feb. 2, 2006: Obama introduces legislation to help low-income children (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060202-obama_to_propos/ - broken link) affected by Hurricane Katrina
Feb. 23, 2006: Obama issues statement responding to a White House report on Hurricane Katrina (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060223-obama_reaction/ - broken link). Obama noted that the top two recommendations that the report had for the federal government were initiatives he had been working on since immediately after the storm hit. Obama called the administration’s response “delinquent.”
May 2, 2006: Obama gives speech about no-bid contracts (http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060502-statement_of_se_5/ - broken link) in Hurricane Katrina reconstruction
May 4, 2006: Obama’s legislation to end no-bid contracts (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060504-obama_amendment_1/ - broken link) for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction passed the Senate.
June 15, 2006: Obama and Coburn announce legislation to require amendment (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060615-obama_coburn_am/ - broken link) to create competitive bidding for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction for federal contracts over $500,000. Although it passed previously, the language was stripped in conference.
June 15, 2006: Obama releases podcast (http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060615-katrina_reconst/ - broken link) about his pending Katrina reconstruction legislation in the Senate.
June 16, 2006: Obama and Coburn get no-bid Hurricane Katrina reconstruction amendment (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060616-obama_coburn_am_1/ - broken link) into Department of Defense authorization bill.
July 14, 2006: Obama and Coburn’s legislation to end abuse of no-bid contracts passes senate (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060714-obama_coburn_am_2/ - broken link) as amendment to Department of Defense authorization bill.
August 11, 2006: Obama visits Xavier University (http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060811-xavier_universi/ - broken link) in New Orleans to give Commencement address
August 14, 2006: Obama and Coburn ask FEMA to address ballooning no-bid contracts (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060814-obama_coburn_as/ - broken link) for Gulf Coast reconstruction
Sept. 29, 2006: Obama and Coburn legislation to prevent abuse of no-bid contracts (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060929-congress_to_pas/ - broken link) in the wake of disaster passes Senate to be sent to President’s desk to become law.
Feb. 2007-Present: As Obama begins his Presidential campaign he references Katrina as a part of his stump speech as he travels around the country in his familiar line, “That we are not a country which preaches compassion and justice to others while we allow bodies to float down the streets of a major American city. That is not who we are.”
July 27, 2007: Obama and colleagues get a measure in the Homeland Security bill that will investigate FEMA trailers that may contain the toxic chemical, formaldehyde (http://obama.senate.gov/press/070727-investigation_o/ - broken link).
So whenever the polls come out and now McCain has gained 11 points in a week to lead with 50- Obama 46, the Obama campaign has all the time stated that they are only interested in the one pool about "who can change the economy", and Obama was leading by 19%......until today the now lost 16% in the last days.....and now they have no clue what to say.....!!!!
Maybe they can give Obama a lesson on which religion is Obama's religion...muslim as he stated in the interview over the weekend or was that another mistake by Obama, just like the 57 States of The United States (maybe including some countries like Kenia, etc...), or that his youngest daughter even has to ask where her dad is, since he him self had no clue.....OMG
What will happen if he has to anser the phone at 3 am....maybe some drugs to keep him alert?
Or maybe we have to wait and read it in his 3rd memoire instead of spending his time writing legislation, which the people voted him for.
Polls are simply used as a tool to sway people's opinions. You can't believe the polls you read. The newspaper/television just throws them up as fact. Too early in the race.
They are NEVER accurate and polling methodologies are always different. The source of the polling rarely reveals the manner of the question asked.
I listed it as ONE of his accomplishments. His stance on the issues and plans for how to bring about change are his real points. Palin's real points are the fact she's a woman and that she has minimal execultive experience in the middle of nowhere. well done. During which time she did exactly what McCain is campaigning against. Wastefull pork barrel spending. well done.way to stay on message.
And the Golden Child's real points are the fact he's half black and has NO executive experience ANYWHERE. WELL DONE!
Anyone who calls Obama a spend happy liberal wacko has not been paying attention to their own party for the last 8 years. The Rep party can try to forget Bush exists all they want but the fact of the matter is, he does.
And I'm sorry people but if you're going to say Obama has done nothing for the country then you have to turn around and apply that same blanket to Palin. Being a governor for 2 years doesn't change that.
Here is Barack Obama’s record on rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.
Sept. 2, 2005: Obama holds press conference (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050902-obama_to_hold_p/ - broken link) urging Illinoisans to contribute to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Sept. 5, 2005: Obama goes to Houston (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050905-obama_visits_hu/ - broken link) to visit evacuees with Presidents Clinton and Bush.
Sept. 7, 2005: Obama introduces bill (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050907-obama_introduce/ - broken link) to create a national emergency family locator system
Sept. 8, 2005: Obama introduces bill to create a National Emergency Volunteers Corps (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050908-obama_introduce_1/ - broken link).
Sept. 8, 2005: Obama co-sponsors the Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act of 2005 (http://www.theorator.com/bills109/s1647.html - broken link) introduced by Senator Russ Feingold
Sept. 12, 2005: Obama introduces legislation requiring states to create an emergency evacuation plan (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050912-obama_says_disa/ - broken link) for society’s most vulnerable
Sept. 15, 2005: Obama issues public response (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050915-obama_response/ - broken link) to President Bush’s speech about Gulf Coast rebuilding.
Sept. 28, 2005: Obama and Coburn issue statement about the need for a Chief Financial Officer (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050927-obama_coburn_sa/ - broken link) to oversee the financial mismanagement and suspicious contracts occurring in the reconstruction process
Sept. 29, 2005: Obama and Coburn investigate possible FEMA refusal (http://obama.senate.gov/press/050929-obama_and_cobur/ - broken link) of free cruise ship offer
Oct. 6, 2005: Obama and Coburn issue statement on FEMA Decision (http://obama.senate.gov/press/051006-obama_and_cobur_1/ - broken link) to re-bid Katrina contracts
Oct. 21, 2005: Obama releases statement decrying (http://obama.senate.gov/press/051021-statement_of_us_1/ - broken link) the extension of FEMA director, Michael “Brownie” Brown’s contract. Obama calls Brown’s contract extension, “unconscionable.”
Nov. 17, 2005: Obama and Coburn introduce legislation asking FEMA (http://obama.senate.gov/press/051117-obama_calls_on/ - broken link) to immediately re-bid all Katrina reconstruction contracts.
Feb. 1, 2006: Obama gives Senate floor speech (http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060201-senator_obamas/ - broken link) on his legislation to help children affected by Hurricane Katrina
Feb. 2, 2006: Obama introduces legislation to help low-income children (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060202-obama_to_propos/ - broken link) affected by Hurricane Katrina
Feb. 23, 2006: Obama issues statement responding to a White House report on Hurricane Katrina (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060223-obama_reaction/ - broken link). Obama noted that the top two recommendations that the report had for the federal government were initiatives he had been working on since immediately after the storm hit. Obama called the administration’s response “delinquent.”
May 2, 2006: Obama gives speech about no-bid contracts (http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060502-statement_of_se_5/ - broken link) in Hurricane Katrina reconstruction
May 4, 2006: Obama’s legislation to end no-bid contracts (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060504-obama_amendment_1/ - broken link) for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction passed the Senate.
June 15, 2006: Obama and Coburn announce legislation to require amendment (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060615-obama_coburn_am/ - broken link) to create competitive bidding for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction for federal contracts over $500,000. Although it passed previously, the language was stripped in conference.
June 15, 2006: Obama releases podcast (http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060615-katrina_reconst/ - broken link) about his pending Katrina reconstruction legislation in the Senate.
June 16, 2006: Obama and Coburn get no-bid Hurricane Katrina reconstruction amendment (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060616-obama_coburn_am_1/ - broken link) into Department of Defense authorization bill.
July 14, 2006: Obama and Coburn’s legislation to end abuse of no-bid contracts passes senate (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060714-obama_coburn_am_2/ - broken link) as amendment to Department of Defense authorization bill.
August 11, 2006: Obama visits Xavier University (http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060811-xavier_universi/ - broken link) in New Orleans to give Commencement address
August 14, 2006: Obama and Coburn ask FEMA to address ballooning no-bid contracts (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060814-obama_coburn_as/ - broken link) for Gulf Coast reconstruction
Sept. 29, 2006: Obama and Coburn legislation to prevent abuse of no-bid contracts (http://obama.senate.gov/press/060929-congress_to_pas/ - broken link) in the wake of disaster passes Senate to be sent to President’s desk to become law.
Feb. 2007-Present: As Obama begins his Presidential campaign he references Katrina as a part of his stump speech as he travels around the country in his familiar line, “That we are not a country which preaches compassion and justice to others while we allow bodies to float down the streets of a major American city. That is not who we are.”
July 27, 2007: Obama and colleagues get a measure in the Homeland Security bill that will investigate FEMA trailers that may contain the toxic chemical, formaldehyde (http://obama.senate.gov/press/070727-investigation_o/ - broken link).
Anyone who calls Obama a spend happy liberal wacko has not been paying attention to their own party for the last 8 years. The Rep party can try to forget Bush exists all they want but the fact of the matter is, he does.
And I'm sorry people but if you're going to say Obama has done nothing for the country then you have to turn around and apply that same blanket to Palin. Being a governor for 2 years doesn't change that.
Obama wants to reduce pork barrel spending to 18 billion dollars a year.
That's not spend happy?
How is that change? Is that the change you seek?
Obama wants to reduce pork barrel spending to 18 billion dollars a year.
That's not spend happy?
How is that change? Is that the change you seek?
I'd rather have a guy tell me that upfront so I can make the decision to hire him than have another tell me he doesn't support earmarks, and try to weasel his way around the fact that the billions he's allocated to foreign Governments are Earmarks, and his VP has been running to Washington with her hand out for your money. What will he do? Flip Flop on his VP now?
REALITY: ALASKA HAS REQUESTED $589 MILLION IN PORK SINCE PALIN TOOK OFFICE & AS MAYOR, SHE HIRED WASILLA’S FIRST FEDERAL LOBBYIST TO SECURE EARMARKS FOR THE TOWN.Over $589 Million in Federal Pork Requests During Palin’s Tenure as Governor. According to Citizens Against Government Waste, www.cagw.org, under Palin’s tenure as Governor the state of Alaska has asked for $589,599,715 in pork barrel projects. [2007 and 2008 Pig Book, www.cagw.org]
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), or that his youngest daughter even has to ask where her dad is, since he him self had no clue.....OMG
