Watch Out For What You Wish For!

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CEO of a company whose employee is accused of improperly looking at the passport files of presidential candidates is a consultant to the Barack Obama campaign, a source said Saturday.
Analysis Corp. President John Brennan, shown here in 2004, advises Barack Obama, a source tells CNN.
John O. Brennan, president and CEO of the Analysis Corp., advises the Illinois Democrat on foreign policy and intelligence issues, the source said.
Brennan briefed the media on behalf of the campaign this month.
The executive is a former senior CIA official and former interim director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
He contributed $2,300 to the Obama campaign in January.
When asked about the contribution, a State Department official told CNN's Zain Verjee, "We ethically awarded contracts. Political affiliation is not one of the factors that we check."
On Friday, the department revealed that Obama's passport file was improperly accessed three times this year, and the passport files of the two other major presidential candidates -- Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain-- had also been breached. Three contractors are accused in the wrongdoing, including the one who works for the Analysis Corp. and who was disciplined. That contractor accessed McCain's file in addition to Obama's. None of the contractors was identified.
The Washington Times, which broke the story Thursday night that Obama's records had been improperly accessed, reported Saturday that the State Department inquiry is focusing on the Analysis Corp. employee. Also, the investigation by the department's inspector general will include polygraph tests for supervisors in the passport section to find out whether there was any political motive. This Stinks!!!!! Obama advisor is behind the breaches?!? Funny thing is that, before, it was known to be his advisor, Obama supporters were screaming for those to be tar and feathered. I think there is more here than you see. We MIGHT found out soon. Obama is on the come back. But, if this is true, he is done with.

Obama's "WORDS" Becoming Hard To Believe!!

Buried in his eloquent, highly praised speech on America's racial divide, Sen. Barack Obama contradicted more than a year of denials and spin from him and his staff about his knowledge of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial sermons.
Similarly, Obama also has only recently given a much fuller accounting of his relationship with indicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a longtime friend, who his campaign once described as just one of "thousands of donors."
Until yesterday, Obama said the only thing controversial he knew about Rev. Wright was his stand on issues relating to Africa, abortion and gay marriage.

In the case of his relationship with Rezko, Obama has also been slow to acknowledge the full extent of his relationship.
It was only last week that he revealed Rezko had raised some $250,000 in campaign contributions for him.
The campaign had initially claimed Rezko-connected contributions were no more than $60,000, an amount the campaign donated to charity. Then the figure grew to around $86,000, and there were additional revelations that put the amount at about $150,000. Obama's $250,000 accounting was a substantial jump and clearly contradicted earlier campaign statements that Rezko was just one of "thousands of donors." The sad part is that there are more tapes to come. This will not die down, especially, when more evidence comes out that Obama knew more than he is saying. Obama has surrounded himself with some question people, and it is starting to come out and hurt his credibility. But, worst is that he is getting caught not telling the whole truth about his relationships with these people. News of even worst tapes on the way will sink his Presidents race. Can Obama survive ? Is Obama starting to lose his credibility?

Obama is Stalling! Democrates Going to Revolt?

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign accused Barack Obama on Tuesday of standing in the way of a second presidential primary in Michigan, as several state lawmakers expressed concerns over suggested rules governing any revote.
Aides said the former first lady would make a hastily arranged appearance in Detroit on Wednesday to make the argument for going ahead despite the obstacles.
Mo Elleithee, a spokesman, said Clinton would "make the case for counting the people of Michigan, that every vote must count and that Senator Obama is standing in the way of a revote, and that snubbing Michigan would hurt the Democratic party in November."
Even before Clinton announced her travel plans, Obama's spokesman accused her of merely looking out for her own political interests.
"As others in Michigan have pointed out, there are valid concerns about the proposal currently being discussed, including severe restrictions on voter eligibility and the reliance on private funding," said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor. "We have raised these concerns, as legislators in Michigan did today, and we're waiting to see if these issues can be resolved by the Legislature."
Michigan is one of two states that violated Democratic Party rules by holding primaries too early in the year. As punishment, the party stripped both states of their delegates to the national nominating convention.
Plans for a revote in the other state, Florida, collapsed over the weekend, leaving the future of its delegation unclear.
Originally, Michigan was to have 128 delegates; Florida's total was 185. Clinton is about to have a melt down. Can you blame her? While Michigan Democrats are getting the cold shoulder from Obama and Dean. If Michiganites do not get their voice heard, than they should get pissed. This is becoming one of the biggest cluster *ucks I have ever seen. How can the Democratic party be taken seriously? If this is how they run their primaries, then God help us if they take over the White House.

Obama's Big Day!!

Barack Obama is preparing to deliver a major address Tuesday on race, politics and unifying the country after being hounded by questions about his relationship to a pastor whose sermons have been laced with anti-American invective.

“I am going to be talking about, not just about Reverend Wright but just the larger issue of race in this campaign, which has ramped up over the last couple of weeks,” Obama told reporters after a town-hall meeting. “Part of what I’ll do tomorrow is to talk a little about how some of these issues are perceived from within the black church community, for example, which I think views this very differently.”
With the constant attention on Wright, Obama’s strategists planned the speech, deciding they could no longer ignore the percolating issues that are distracting from the candidate’s message of hope and change.
“Given the events of the past few weeks, and some of the statements that have been made, Senator Obama felt it was an important moment to address the issue of race, politics and how we bring our country together,” Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said Monday. Good move on Obama's part. He will try to cool down the fire's that are about to burn, his chances for 08 race, to the ground. It appears that he is trying to get the negative news, of recent, out in the air and over with. This day could make or break him! How much do you think this will help him? Is it possible to silence some of the negative press?

TAX ME!!! PART TWO!!

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are classic tax-and-spend liberals whose proposals would, if ever implemented, take money out of the pockets of virtually all taxpayers — including low- and moderate-income Americans.Yet the contenders for the Democratic Party nomination for president continue to insist that they would merely “tax the rich” while helping those with lower incomes.We’ll see — sooner than Obama and Clinton would like.This week, both cast votes in the Senate against continuing President Bush’s tax relief package. Soon, they will be voting on a federal budget bill proposed by Democrat leaders and supported by Clinton and Obama. According to published reports, that budget bill would, if enacted, increase taxes on individuals making as little as $31,850 a year and on families earning as little as $63,700. If that’s “rich,” it will come as news to tens of millions of middle-class Americans. Liberals in both houses of Congress insist that their budget plans are needed in order to reduce federal deficit spending. At the same time, they include massive increases in spending — made possible, of course, by higher taxes. The Democrat budgets specify spending increases in excess of the rate of inflation for virtually all domestic programs. President Bush’s budget proposal, on the other hand, calls for restraint in domestic spending — and taxation.If Obama and Clinton continue to support their party’s budget plans — as they have in the past — they will expose themselves for what they are: politicians whose plans include major tax increases on virtually all Americans. Tax me!!! Please, TAX ME!!! That is what about to happen to all of America, if the Democrats are to win the 08 race. I can't see how they can have all their promises of universal health care and many other social programs payed for. Raising taxes on the rich is not enough. The middle class will have to pay a good bit more. Ask the middle class if they fill rich today with the high gas prices. The average Joe would say hell no. But, under the Democrats, Mr. Joe will have his taxes increased a good amount. Even if the middle class taxes are increase just a little bit, they need a break. Middle America is under enough pressure with making house payments, filling the car up just go to work, and putting food on the table. Do you agree?

Three Strikes and Obama is Out!!

STRIKE 1. Obama has had a friendly relationship with William Ayers. Ayers is a former leader of a radical 70’s group, the Weather Underground, that declared war on the U.S. government. In an excerpt of Ayers’ memoir, that ironically appeared in the New York Times on September 11, 2001, said, “I don’t regret setting bombs” and “I feel we didn’t do enough.”The Weather Underground “allegedly” bombed the US Capitol in 1971 and the Pentagon in 1972. Ayers was a leader. Obama met with Ayers and his wife in 1995 as he looked to get elected to the Illinois State Senate. STRIKE 2. Obama has been long time friends with Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr, former pastor at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, who presided over Obama's wedding and supplied the "audacity of hope" line that has become one of the candidate's signatures, has been a source of controversy for Obama for months because of the inflammatory words and themes of some sermons. With a sermon that claim America deserved 9/11, that was the Sunday after the attack. Sermons with themes that attacked white people. STRIKE 3. Has not happen yet. Don't know where or when this will happen if it does. But, Obama will be out! The heart land of America is mostly white, and they voted for Obama. But, those voters are starting to rethink their votes after this latest news. Even if Obama beats Clinton, McCain will be ready to go toe to toe with him. What do you think of this news? Is this fair to Obama? Will the news media hound him to the end?

"Obama the Hypocrite"

Obama’s not really that against the Iraq war, and he’s a something of a hypocrite, was the message once again from the Clinton campaign. The Clinton campaign has hammered this issue over and over for months -- most famously, there was Bill Clinton calling his position on Iraq a “fairy tale.” But when (now former) top Obama foreign policy adviser Samantha Power told BBC that Obama "will, of course, not rely on some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or a U.S. Senator," the Clinton campaign found something tangible to seize on. They did it Friday in a conference call with reporters and did it again today -- this time in a conference call with Lee Feinstein, the campaign’s chief foreign policy adviser, Gen. Wesley Clark, Admiral Joe Sestak and Lt. Gen. Joe Ballard.
“Candidates should not tell voters one thing and have advisers tell BBC others,” said Communications Director Howard Wolfson said. “You should not hit another candidate for a position you hold. …This is something voters should be particularly concerned about.”Clinton herself has not set a date for withdrawal and has said she would take into consideration the advice of military personnel on the ground to assess the situation in Jan. 2009. But it’s not about that, the campaign said; it’s that Obama is being inconsistent. Once again, Clinton fires a shot off at Obama. This race is about to really turn really hot for the next few weeks. But, there is something here. This is the second time Obama has been caught saying one thing to the public, and then saying something else behind closed doors. Will this come back to haunt him? Can the American public trust what he is telling them? Due to Obama's lack of experience, it is his speeches that got him to where he is today.

Clinton Attacks, Obama to Defend!

Obama's defeats this week at the hands of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, there is frustration and anger among his supporters, advisers and contributors about the Clinton campaign’s attacks on him — and still-unresolved tension about how far he can go in striking back without sacrificing his claim to be practicing a new brand of politics.
The conflict was given new life on Friday when Samantha Power, a close friend and a senior foreign policy adviser to Obama, resigned after referring to Clinton as “a monster.”
While Power, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her book on policy called A Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide, apologised for remarks she called “inexcusable,” the incident underscored the hard feelings.
Obama, who did not publicly acknowledge Power’s comment when he arrived here Friday on the eve of the Democratic caucuses in Wyoming, privately admonished members of his staff to avoid being drawn into an unnecessary negative back-and-forth with rivals.
Asked about the incident by a reporter at a campaign stop here, he said he had not “been drawn into a knife fight.”
Yet after losing in Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas — following days of being pummeled — advisers to Obama conceded they had to take a sharper tack as the Democratic nominating fight slogs forward in a delegate-by-delegate battle.
The Clinton campaign has, since Bill Clinton ran for president, mastered the art of the “war room.”Even as they counter punched, Obama’s aides cast themselves as reluctant participants in the brawl.
“There are people that will always do politics as usual better than we will,” said Robert Gibbs, the communications director for Obama. “That’s why people want something different.”
The comments from Power came in an interview with a Scottish newspaper in which she characterized Clinton as a desperate candidate. “She is a monster, too — that is off the record — she is stooping to anything,” Power was quoted as saying.
While the comments were unauthorized and immediately condemned, they also drew attention to other remarks on Iraq Power made in an interview with the BBC. This is continue for a few more weeks. Will it work for Clinton or Obama? Will this make them better when they face McCain? Or, will McCain be given a road map to win by?

Change We Can NOT Believe In!!!

On Monday, a memorandum surfaced, obtained by The Associated Press, showing that Austan D. Goolsbee, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago who is Mr. Obama’s senior economic policy adviser, met officials last month at the Canadian consulate in Chicago.
According to the writer of the memorandum, Joseph De Mora, a political and economic affairs consular officer, Professor Goolsbee assured them that Mr. Obama’s protectionist stand on the trail was “more reflective of political maneuvering than policy.”The memorandum exposed Mr. Obama to accusations of hypocrisy on a touchstone issue, although Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama have engaged in posturing on Nafta as they scrapped for votes in Ohio. The two have used language that has been much more hostile in tone on free trade than the nuanced positions that they had staked out in the past.The memorandum raises questions about the transparency and the ability of the campaign to address problems before they grow.The controversy began last week when CTV, a Canadian television network, reported that an Obama official had called the Canadian ambassador in Washington to play down the significance of Mr. Obama’s criticism of NAFTA. Well, is this what the Dems want. Solid proof that Obama is full of hot air. I can't believe that this is going on. Is this a win at all cost strategy? Can we trust Obama and all his promises, of "CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN" and there is no truth behind his speeches? http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usobam0304,0,3682936.story

Tax Me Part II

Mr Obama has said that he would cut taxes for the middle class, and that he would pay for his health, infrastructure and other programmes partly by pulling American troops out of Iraq and partly by increasing taxes on the rich. Sceptics doubt that pulling out of Iraq will be easy, however. And they fret that Mr Obama's tax hikes for the rich, who already pay nearly all the income taxes in America, would have to be so high that the economy would suffer. By letting the Bush tax cuts expire, Mr Obama would hike the top rate of income tax from 35% to 39.6%. If he were to let the payroll tax apply to high incomes, too, he would add another 12.4%, split between employee and employer. Add state and local taxes, which are over 10% in New York City, and marginal tax rates for the well-off would be steep indeed. This would be a 50% are more tax rate for the rich. Also, that would not still cover all that Obama is promising. Therefore, the middle class will have to pay more. Is that not a tax hike on the average Joe? Will this become a burden on the economy? This makes no sense at all. Is most of the promises Obama is making, just talk to get elected? Looks like higher taxes to come or, just more broken promises. I think a mix of both. No changes here, more of the same old, same old.

TAX ME!!

Since it's Income Tax time, here's something about your Taxes. This is interesting. Just compare the taxes.Source: www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html Taxes under Clinton 1999...................................Taxes under Bush 2008 Single making 30K - tax $8,400......................Single making 30K - tax $4,500 Single making 50K - tax $14,000.....................Single making 50K - tax $12,500 Single making 75K - tax $23,250.....................Single making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 60K - tax $16,800....................Married making 60K- tax $9,000 Married making 75K - tax $21,000....................Married making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 125K - tax $38,750...................Married making 125K - tax $31,250 The problem is that Obama and Hillary are going to raise taxs alot more. Free health care is not free. Obama is going to give every college student $4000 a year i.e. $16,000 for four years of school and higher if you go longer. He is going to break us. I would like to keep my money.