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"The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed."

The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents."

ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public."

Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home."

Inside the stimulus package "is anti-Christian legislation that will stop churches from using public schools for meeting on Sundays, as well as Boy Scouts and student Bible study groups."

"If you actually took the number of Muslims [sic] Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world."

The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create "special protection for pedophiles."

Obama used $20 million in federal money "to emmigrate (sic) Hamas Refugees to the USA."

"When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft."

In the 1970s, "the swine flu broke out . . . under another Democrat, President Jimmy Carter."

"The administration raises revenue for nationalized health care through a series of new taxes, including a light switch tax that would cost every American household $3,128 a year."

Under Obama's budget plan, families making over $250,000 are "going to lose their mortgage deduction, their charitable deductions."

"AIG insures the pension trust of the United States Congress!"

"The Obama Administration wants to have soldiers and officers pledge a loyalty oath directly to the office of the President, and no longer to the Constitution."

"Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income."

The stimulus bill includes "$300,000 for a sculpture garden in Miami."

Obama would "experiment with socialism."

"And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative."  

Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel.

Says Obama wants to redesign the American flag "to better offer our enemies hope and love."

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