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UPDATE: Since we have a pretty good group of FBG's who are Obama supporters, I got a suggestion that we start an FBG campaign donation group that is hosted on Obama's website. Here is the link to donate as an FBG, which will be counted as part of our group of supporters. No benefits go to me for setting it up, or to anyone, but it might be cool to see how we as a group can contribute financially to him getting the nomination and eventually the presidency. We're starting out with a goal of raising $1,000 which isn't that much if we each just chip in a little bit. I know I've donated individually, as well as many of you, but in the future, if we all click through this link above, we can track our impact, so donate today and show our support!
Obama's Speech on Race: Here is a link to the video and transcript of Obama's speech on race. Many consider it to be one of the best speeches on race given in quite some time. Here is a link to many newspaper editorials reviewing the speech.
3-20-08 - The Cost of the War - transcript (scroll down some)
3-19-08 - The World Beyond Iraq - Given on the 5th anniversary of the war. Here is a link to an internal copy of the transcript. I'll change it later whenever it's posted to his official site.
Reverend Wright Comment Controversy Update: In light of recent events regarding Obama's former pastor (who is now retired), Obama has
Scandals, Gossip, and Rebuttals - pertaining to Obama campaign
Anatomy of an anti-Obama smear campaign
Article rebutts the following claims:
Within months after her husband was sworn in as U.S. Senator, Michelle Obama received a pay increase of $195,000 from the not-for-profit hospital where she works!
Sen. Obama says he wants to make health care more affordable, but "he didn’t tell us that his wife is one of 13 vice presidents at a not-for-profit hospital that in 2005 reported earnings of over $100 million -- in part by charging uninsured minorities three and a half times as much as whites with insurance for the exact same care!"
After encouraging college students to pursue public service over "the big house and the large salary," Sen. Obama was the subject of an "embarrassing investigation into the purchase of his stately $1.65 million mansion" and now regrets purchasing land from indicted political fundraiser Tony Rezko.
Though Sen. Obama has spoken about worker’s rights to groups critical of Wal-Mart, he didn’t mention that the CEO of TreeHouse Foods received $26 million in compensation in 2005, while Wal-Mart’s CEO received $10.5 million, despite being a much smaller company -- "maybe because he's embarrassed his wife sits on the Board of Directors of TreeHouse Foods, a company that shut a plant in 2006 that was staffed primarily with low-paid Hispanics!"
January 23, 2007 - Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear CampaignIn the past week, many of you have read a now thoroughly-debunked story by Insight Magazine, owned by the Washington Times, which cites unnamed sources close to a political campaign that claim Senator Obama was enrolled for “at least four years” in an Indonesian “Madrassa”. The article says the “sources” believe the Madrassa was “espousing Wahhabism,” a form of radical Islam.Insight Magazine published these allegations without a single named source, and without doing any independent reporting to confirm or deny the allegations. Fox News quickly parroted the charges, and Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy went so far as to ask, “Why didn’t anybody ever mention that that man right there was raised — spent the first decade of his life, raised by his Muslim father — as a Muslim and was educated in a Madrassa?”
Obama's Speech on Race: Here is a link to the video and transcript of Obama's speech on race. Many consider it to be one of the best speeches on race given in quite some time. Here is a link to many newspaper editorials reviewing the speech.
3-20-08 - The Cost of the War - transcript (scroll down some)
3-19-08 - The World Beyond Iraq - Given on the 5th anniversary of the war. Here is a link to an internal copy of the transcript. I'll change it later whenever it's posted to his official site.
Reverend Wright Comment Controversy Update: In light of recent events regarding Obama's former pastor (who is now retired), Obama has
Scandals, Gossip, and Rebuttals - pertaining to Obama campaign
Anatomy of an anti-Obama smear campaign
Article rebutts the following claims:
Within months after her husband was sworn in as U.S. Senator, Michelle Obama received a pay increase of $195,000 from the not-for-profit hospital where she works!
Sen. Obama says he wants to make health care more affordable, but "he didn’t tell us that his wife is one of 13 vice presidents at a not-for-profit hospital that in 2005 reported earnings of over $100 million -- in part by charging uninsured minorities three and a half times as much as whites with insurance for the exact same care!"
After encouraging college students to pursue public service over "the big house and the large salary," Sen. Obama was the subject of an "embarrassing investigation into the purchase of his stately $1.65 million mansion" and now regrets purchasing land from indicted political fundraiser Tony Rezko.
Though Sen. Obama has spoken about worker’s rights to groups critical of Wal-Mart, he didn’t mention that the CEO of TreeHouse Foods received $26 million in compensation in 2005, while Wal-Mart’s CEO received $10.5 million, despite being a much smaller company -- "maybe because he's embarrassed his wife sits on the Board of Directors of TreeHouse Foods, a company that shut a plant in 2006 that was staffed primarily with low-paid Hispanics!"
January 23, 2007 - Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear CampaignIn the past week, many of you have read a now thoroughly-debunked story by Insight Magazine, owned by the Washington Times, which cites unnamed sources close to a political campaign that claim Senator Obama was enrolled for “at least four years” in an Indonesian “Madrassa”. The article says the “sources” believe the Madrassa was “espousing Wahhabism,” a form of radical Islam.Insight Magazine published these allegations without a single named source, and without doing any independent reporting to confirm or deny the allegations. Fox News quickly parroted the charges, and Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy went so far as to ask, “Why didn’t anybody ever mention that that man right there was raised — spent the first decade of his life, raised by his Muslim father — as a Muslim and was educated in a Madrassa?”
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