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"Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue." |
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"Obama raises taxes on seniors (and) hard-working families to give welfare to those who pay none."
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Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit." |
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"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'" |
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If parents "don't have health insurance that Senator Obama wants them to have (for their children), they will be fined." |
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"Sen. Obama's campaign announced that he's choosing his cabinet." |
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In 1992, Barack Obama directed "Project Vote - an arm of ACORN that also encouraged voter registration." |
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Barack Obama was "a trial attorney for ACORN." |
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"He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year." |
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If you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he's going to fine you." |
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"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement." |
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"Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks." |
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Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago." |
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"(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together." |
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Barack Obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses." |
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"Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts." |
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"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal." |
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Obama "has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year." |
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"He has asked for $932-million of earmark pork-barrel spending, nearly a million dollars for every day that he’s been in the United States Senate." |
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"Senator Obama has the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate." |
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"Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' " |
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"Last week Senator Obama's running mate said, get this, 'Raising taxes is patriotic.' " |
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Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them." |
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“Obama has asked for $932-million in earmarks, literally $1-million for every day that he’s been in Congress.” |
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Obama's one education accomplishment was "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners." |
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Says Obama called Sarah Palin a pig. |
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"I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them." |
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"Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power." |
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Obama is the Senate's "most liberal." |
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When Sarah Palin was in government, Barack Obama was a community organizer. |
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"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'" |
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Obama wants to increase the size of government by 23 percent. |
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On Obama, “The press warns the ‘Taxman Cometh.’” |
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Obama "promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family." |
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Obama plans "a tax increase for everyone earning more than $42,000 a year." |
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"First, he (Obama) opposed the surge. Then he confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge." |
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"Obama voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000." |
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Barack Obama promises higher taxes on "the sale of your home." |
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Obama "says he'll raise taxes on electricity." |
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Barack Obama "is more to the left of the announced Socialist in the United States Senate." |
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"He made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn’t allow him to bring cameras." |
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Obama "voted against funding our troops." |
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"Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan." |
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Obama "hasn't been to Iraq in years." |
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"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!" |
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Obama "voted for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the (immigration overhaul) legislation." |
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Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping. |
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"Barack Obama said he would debate 'anywhere, anytime' but has rejected joint town hall meetings." |
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Barack Obama has "reversed" on his commitment "to begin withdrawing American troops from Iraq immediately." |
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"If you have an investment for your child’s education or own a mutual fund or a stock in a retirement plan, (Obama) is going to raise your taxes." |
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"Throughout his time in elected office, Barack Obama has taken multiple positions on banning handguns and the D.C. handgun ban." |
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Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday. |
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Says Obama opposes innovation, the electric car and "clean, safe, nuclear energy." |
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"I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn’t blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to." |
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Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas." |
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"In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate." |
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Sen. Obama wants to "enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War." |
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"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years." |
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"Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once." |
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"Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions." |
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Iran "might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of Iran poses is anything but 'tiny,'" as Obama says. |
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"Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war." |
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“They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change).” |
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"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama." |
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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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Obama "has no experience or background at all in national security affairs." |
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Obama "suggested bombing Pakistan." |
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"In her short time in the United States Senate, the senator from New York, Senator Clinton, got $500-million worth of pork barrel projects." |
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"(Romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million." |
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Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq. |
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"He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy." |
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Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system." |
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Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife." |
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Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush. |
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Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal." |
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"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience." |
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"He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq." |
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"Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum." |
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Sen. Clinton said “the surge of troops in Iraq was ‘working.’ Now.... Sen. Clinton says the surge ‘has failed’ and that we should ‘begin the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.’” |
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