Re: Obama lied about survey
- From: Thumper <jaylsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:19:38 -0400
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:53:52 -0700, Abongo@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Obama lied about survey
March 31, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/31/politico-obama-lied-about-survey/
Politico has caught Barack Obama in another misstatement about his past,
and this one goes right to the heart of his posing as a New Politics
candidate. Working on a tip from opposition sources, Kenneth Vogel found
a survey with Obama?s handwriting that he had previously denied
handling. It shows that Obama himself established much more liberal
positions on gun control, abortion, and other issues than he has
admitted in his campaign:
During his first run for elected office, Barack Obama played a
greater role than his aides now acknowledge in crafting liberal stands
on gun control, the death penalty and abortion? positions that appear at
odds with the more moderate image he?s projected during his presidential
campaign.
The evidence comes from an amended version of an Illinois voter
group?s detailed questionnaire, filed under his name during his 1996 bid
for a state Senate seat.
Late last year, in response to a Politico story about Obama?s
answers to the original questionnaire, his aides said he ?never saw or
approved? the questionnaire.
They asserted the responses were filled out by a campaign aide who
?unintentionally mischaracterize(d) his position.?
But a Politico examination determined that Obama was actually
interviewed about the issues on the questionnaire by the liberal Chicago
non-profit group that issued it. And it found that Obama ? the day after
sitting for the interview ? filed an amended version of the
questionnaire, which appears to contain Obama?s own handwritten notes
adding to one answer.
In 1996, Obama ran as a political unknown, although one with friends in
high places ? friends like Tony Rezko, William Ayers, and Bernadette
Dohrn. He wanted the endorsement of Independent Voters of Illinois, a
group in which he and his campaign manager had worked in the past. The
survey was an important part of IVI?s vetting process, and Obama needed
to make sure that it had the answers he needed for the endorsement.
So what were Obama?s positions in 1996, according to the questionnaire
that bears his handwriting?
* Opposed to parental notification on abortions. He amended this to
say that he might possibly support it for 12- or 13-year-olds, but no
older.
* Flatly opposed the death penalty, a position he denied ever
having.
* Supported bans on the sale, possession, and manufacture of guns,
again a position he denied ever taking.
Those positions won?t even fly with a large number of Democrats, let
alone in a general election. The Hillary Clinton campaign has already
begun making the argument to superdelegates that Obama holds extremist
views so out of touch with the American electorate that he can?t
possibly win in November. The questionnaire will bolster that argument,
especially on guns, where the Democrats had tried to soften their stance
since Al Gore lost his home state of Tennessee in 2000.
The Obama campaign?s response to Politico has to be read to be believed:
Through an aide, Obama, who won the group?s endorsement as well as
the statehouse seat, did not dispute that the handwriting was his. But
he contended it doesn?t prove he completed, approved ? or even read ?
the latter questionnaire.
?Sen. Obama didn?t fill out these state Senate questionnaires ? a
staffer did ? and there are several answers that didn?t reflect his
views then or now,? said Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for Obama?s campaign,
in an emailed statement. ?He may have jotted some notes on the front
page of the questionnaire at the meeting, but that doesn?t change the
fact that some answers didn?t reflect his views. His eleven years in
public office do.?
This makes no sense at all. If Obama?s handwriting is on the survey,
then he filled it out. If the answers didn?t reflect his views, why
didn?t he change them when he ?jotted some notes? on it? If the answers
were wrong, Obama would have ?jotted some notes? to that effect, rather
than allow such mistakes to get transmitted to IVI. And the ?eleven
years in public office? defense might make sense if Obama hadn?t spent
much of that time voting ?present? instead of taking actual stands.
Once again, we have more evidence that Obama represents nothing more
than the political winds. He has zero credibility, zero experience, and
a penchant for telling people what they want to hear rather than any
truth about what he actually believes. Either he lied to IVI or he?s
lying now. In either case, it?s hardly the New Politics Obama has
promised.
Ho Hum.
Thumper
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