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"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama." |
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"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama." |
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"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga." |
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Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no." |
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Obama thinks the national anthem should be "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing." |
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Barack Obama "wants to nearly double the capital gains tax" increasing taxes on "mutual funds, 401(k)s" for "policemen, firemen, nurses." |
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Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday." |
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"As a state senator, he (Obama) even refused to support a measure to stop sex businesses from opening near schools or places of worship!" |
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Obama "supports hate-crimes expansion ... potentially putting churches at risk if they preach the truth about homosexuality." |
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Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person." |
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on all income brackets. |
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"Barack Obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies." |
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"Obama voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil." |
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales. |
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Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11." |
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Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren — in 2nd grade, no less — about homosexual relationships." |
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Obama "has no experience or background at all in national security affairs." |
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"According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ ... will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent ... is it OBAMA??" |
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Obama spent "40 percent of the PAC money, 43 percent to be exact, on Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina politicians." |
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"(Obama) did accept donations from lobbyists and PACs and he spent money in this campaign from that, through his political action committee." |
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market. |
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Obama says America is great, but let's "try to change it." |
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"You don’t even have to go outside Obama’s campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel." |
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"The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group." |
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Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources. |
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"I committed to public financing; (Obama) committed to public financing." |
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Obama "only wants your children to have health insurance." |
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"Obama's liberal fiscal agenda: Over $874-billion in new spending." |
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Obama "basically threatened to bomb Pakistan." |
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Barack Obama said in 2004 "that he basically agreed with the way George Bush was conducting the war." |
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"He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight." |
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"Barack Obama loves Che Guevara." |
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Obama "suggested bombing Pakistan." |
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Says the difference between her and Barack Obama is "about 35 years of experience." |
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"On issue after issue that really were hard to explain or understand, you voted present . . . And anytime anyone raises that, there's always some kind of explanation." |
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Barack Obama said "he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad." |
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"Senator Obama has, in fact, never had a serious Republican challenger." |
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"While others place their hands over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches." |
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In the Illinois Legislature, Barack Obama "voted 'present,' instead of yes or no" on seven votes involving abortion rights. |
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Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan. |
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Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan." |
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"I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago." |
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Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..." |
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"Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository." |
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Barack Obama "said in 2004 there was no difference between (Obama) and George Bush on the war." |
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The church Barack Obama belongs to has a "nonnegotiable commitment to Africa." |
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Barack Obama's middle name is Mohammed and he's a "covert" Muslim. |
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The church Barack Obama belongs to only admits black people. |
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"Barack Obama hasn’t passed any (bills)." |
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Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone." |
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"Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies." |
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“You said you would vote against the Patriot Act, then you came to the Senate, you voted for it.” |
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"Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world." |
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When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)." |
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"Senator Obama's relatives and friends say he has been talking about running for president for at least the last 15 years," a campaign spokesman said. |
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Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15-million Americans out.” |
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Obama "refused to not only put his hand on his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance, but refused to say the pledge." |
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Sen. Obama "made the very argument he is now criticizing back in November 2006." |
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"Obama Skips Out On Condemning Left-Wing Attacks On Gen. Petraeus Despite Casting Other 'Important Votes' Earlier And Later In The Day." |
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Barack Obama supported keeping troops in Iraq, but now he wants a "precipitous withdrawal" regardless of "conditions on the ground" or "consequences of a defeat for the United States," an RNC radio ad. |
Obama urges withdrawal, but allows for national interest concerns. |
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