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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (19695)	9/24/2009 2:16:48 PM
From: JakeStraw	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Perhaps the most amazing thing Obama did — over and over — on Sunday was to scold the media for making the national dialogue coarser by allowing his critics to have a voice on the networks. "Let's face it, the easiest way to get on television right now is to be really rude," he said. Obama should be embarrassed. This is amateurish and silly. It's also a broken record. When Reagan, Bush I and Bush II were in office, nasty demonstrators — even rioters — were celebrated by the left. But when Democrats take control (Clinton, Obama), any criticism becomes angry, hateful and now racist. Obama's most ridiculous answer came as only one network host — ABC's George Stephanopoulos — inquired (softly) about the Acorn scandal. "Frankly, it's not something I've followed closely," Obama claimed, adding that he had not been aware that Acorn received much federal money. This is ludicrous, a little like Bush claiming he didn't follow the Texas Rangers, or Dick Cheney declaring he didn't know Halliburton received much federal money. John Fund laid out the whole history for the Wall Street Journal. In Illinois, Obama served as Acorn's attorney and a top trainer at Acorn's Chicago organizing conferences. In 1996, Obama filled out a questionnaire and put Acorn at the top of the list of his key supporters for his state Senate campaign. Then, during the presidential campaign, Obama leaned on the group for support but shamelessly lied to the press about the connection. In 2007, in a speech to Acorn's leaders ahead of their political arm's endorsement of his presidential campaign, Mr. Obama was effusive: "I've been fighting alongside of Acorn on issues you care about my entire career. Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote in Illinois, Acorn was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work." investors.com