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swordofdestiny
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 Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: Obama's no maverick. |
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ejward
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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OBAMA HAS VOTED AGAINST HIS OWN PARTY NUMEROUS TIMES AND HAS POLICIES THAT ARE AGAINST DEMOCRATIC PARTY ORTHODOXY
Obama’s First Major Vote in the US Senate—Against 26 Democrats—Was to Give Federal Courts Jurisdiction Over Class Action Cases Involving At Least 100 Plaintiffs, If $5 Million Was At Stake, And Two-Thirds Of Plaintiffs Lived In Different States.
Obama Voted With Republicans On The Class Action Fairness Act That Made It Harder For Plaintiffs To Sue Corporations
Obama Passed Into Law Legislation Requiring Lobbyists To Disclose Their Bundling Activity, Making Him Unpopular Even Among Other Democrats.
Obama Support Of FISA Was A “Substantive Break With The Democratic Party’s Base.
Krugman: Obama Has Been Attacking His Rivals’ Plans From The Right By Talking About How Health Care Mandates Are Unenforceable.
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There's more here:
http://therecord.barackobama.com/?p=2630 |
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swordofdestiny
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| If you notice, my link reputes them. I'd have to quote almost the entire article... |
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ejward
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Either way, it's not Obama claiming to be a mavrick. It's the one who's voted with Bush 100% of the time over the past year and 90+ percent of the time in previous years that's claiming to be a mavrick. I agree, he WAS a mavrick 8 years ago. Right now, Palin is more of a mavrick than McCain is. |
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xavierx
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Ejward, I don't feel like looking back for it, but if you remember we already proved that McCain didn't align to Bush, Bush aligned to McCain. What's Obama's excuse for voting 97% of the time with his party? That is, when he bothers to vote. |
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Sgt Schultz
Joined: Dec 07, 2002
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| xavierx wrote: |
| Ejward, I don't feel like looking back for it, but if you remember we already proved that McCain didn't align to Bush, Bush aligned to McCain. What's Obama's excuse for voting 97% of the time with his party? That is, when he bothers to vote. |
He's missed far fewer votes than McCain over the last year. |
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xavierx
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| Sgt Schultz wrote: |
| xavierx wrote: |
| Ejward, I don't feel like looking back for it, but if you remember we already proved that McCain didn't align to Bush, Bush aligned to McCain. What's Obama's excuse for voting 97% of the time with his party? That is, when he bothers to vote. |
He's missed far fewer votes than McCain over the last year. |
And neither one of them should be excuses for abandoning their job. The both owe us a lot of their paycheck back.
None of which takes away from Bush aligning to McCain, while Obama refused to buck his party. |
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