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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Was anyone else angered by the many lies in last night's RNC speeches?

The only person who even attempted bipartisanship last night was Huckabee. Everyone else just spewed more hateful attacks and lies about Obama. They lied about his reaching across party lines, about his leadership experience, and actually claimed he hadn't created legislation or passed anything while serving. Since these lies can be easily verified to be lies, aren't they worried about ruining their credibility?

Update:

I just named three.

Update 2:

Obama record

Obama passed legislation with Republican Senator Jim Talent to give gas stations a tax credit for installing E85 ethanol refueling pumps. The tax credit covers 30 percent of the costs of switching one or more traditional petroleum pumps to E85, which is an 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline blend.

-After a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.

-His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars is spent.

Update 3:

Obama created the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working families in 2000 and successfully sponsored a measure to make the credit permanent in 2003. The law offered about $105 million in tax relief over three years.

-Obama joined forces with former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) to pass the toughest campaign finance law in Illinois history. The legislation banned the personal use of campaign money by Illinois legislators and banned gifts from lobbyists. Before the law was passed, one organization ranked Illinois worst among 50 states for its campaign finance regulations.

-As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan.

Update 4:

-He traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world.

-Obama has been a leading advocate for protecting the right to vote, helping to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and leading the opposition against discriminatory barriers to voting.

- In the U.S. Senate, Obama introduced the STOP FRAUD Act to increase penalties for mortgage fraud and provide more protections for low-income homebuyers, well before the current subprime crisis began.

-Obama sponsored legislation to combat predatory payday loans, and he also was credited with lobbied the state to more closely regulate some of the most egregious predatory lending practices.

Update 5:

Barack Obama introduced the Patriot Employer Act of 2007 to provide a tax credit to companies that maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in America relative to those outside the US; maintain their corporate headquarters in America; pay decent wages; prepare workers for retirement; provide health insurance; and support employees who serve in the military.

-Obama worked to pass a number of laws in Illinois and Washington to improve the health of women. His accomplishments include creating a task force on cervical cancer, providing greater access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, and helping improve prenatal and premature birth services.

-Obama has introduced and helped pass bipartisan legislation to limit the abuse of no-bid federal contracts.

Update 6:

Obama and Senator Feingold (D-WI) took on both parties and proposed ethics legislation that was described as the "gold standard" for reform. It was because of their leadership that ending subsidized corporate jet travel, mandating disclosure of lobbyists' bundling of contributions, and enacting strong new restrictions of lobbyist-sponsored trips became part of the final ethics bill that was signed into law.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Here is the real Sarah and what she has stood for?

    http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080904/ap_on_el_...

    Also, I believe it was McCains Senior analyst (a women) who was poking at Hilary for not being prepared and was not ready to lead us in the face of enemy danger...now they choose a women too. Mind you I have nothing against a women and think that all candidates will do well, however I've learned long ago to read between the lines and RNC last night gave us a whole bucket of bull.....read the facts above!!

  • 1 decade ago

    My, he had a lot of help with all those accomplishments. How much did HE actually do, or was it the DNC pushing his colleagues to include him to fluff his resume?

    I read this yesterday, then heard it again in Guiliani's speech. While in the Illinois state legislature, Obama voted "present" 130 times. You only vote "present" when either you can't decide, or you are withholding your opinion for political reasons (like not making a supporter mad at you). And you call this a leader?

    You Dems are floating a real rookie this year. It will become more apparent after the debates.

  • 1 decade ago

    Well...I didn't hear any lies. As far as I could see, it's all the truth. So, give me some "facts" please...

    Besides, the 3 "lies" you list isn't enough, I want proof. What legislation did he create? What did he pass? All I know is he voted "present" most of the time. Big deal...

    He's all talk...no action. We need someone that is actually going to do something, not just talk about it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hell as a liberal your entire life is made up of anger both real and imagined that is why most people ignore you and the "pus" buckets like you. Everything you listed is a LIE. Obama was not in attendance enough times to do all of that it is just that the democrats have added his name to bills that Obama never even has heard of.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    One lie:

    Palin recieved more votes for major than Joe Biden got for president. Palin's tiny city of Wasilla had less than 6000 people in 2000. Joe Biden recieved nearly 80,000 votes for president.

  • 1 decade ago

    You always can find those that say facts are lies. Its like when N'sync was big and people would say they were gay (Im not being predjudice I am making a point) and people would say no they arent and sure enough one of them was. So I say to you find one lie last night and then look and see how many answers Obama actually gave in his last speech.

  • 1 decade ago

    u know it was all true, unlike the comments of obama, saying john mccain believed that rich is defined by ppl making over 5 mil. u know, he knows and we all know, mccain was joking, but obama still tried to put it out there as the truth!

  • 1 decade ago

    That Obama will raise America's taxes. He will lower taxes for more Americans than Mccain will.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story...

    there are many more where that came from...

  • Lurch
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    This is not a lie: Obama has NO executive decision making experience. You can thumbs down me all you want but it still is the truth!

  • 1 decade ago

    Name ONE lie. Just ONE. Please, I'm begging for it.

    Obama has NEVER authored ONE piece of legislation. NOT ONE! Everything that he says he got passed was authored by someone else and he just attached his name to it! You can verify THAT easily enough! Simply look up the legislation and look at it!

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