I recently made an astonishing discovery: long before I even heard the name "Barack Obama," I was against him. And it's only recently that I've discovered this odd little truth.
When Obama ran for his Senate seat, he faced (at first) a Republican by the name of Jack Ryan. (No known connection to the Tom Clancy protagonist.) Mr. Ryan was doing pretty darned good in the polls until the Chicago media started prying into his personal life -- to wit, his sealed divorce and custody records.
Mr. Ryan had been married to actress Jeri Ryan, of "Star Trek: Voyager" fame, where she played geek fantasy "Seven of Nine." (Personally, I never found her character that attractive; I was more drawn to Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor and Terry Farrell.) And their divorce, as are so many, was not pleasant and involved many allegations of unpleasant personal behavior. When these accounts became public, Mr. Ryan withdrew from the race late in the campaign. That left the Republicans high and dry, and they ended up "importing" Alan Keyes to take his place -- and Keyes lost decisively to the Democratic nominee, a state senator named Barack Obama.
I wrote about the Ryan mess without ever mentioning his opponent, or how another opponent of Obama's had also had his divorce records unsealed at the behest of the press and also withdrew from the race, yielding Obama an easy victory. Hell, at the time I didn't even know Ryan's political affiliation, and didn't care.
Then there's the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. This group of swine have been running "voter registration drives" across the country for years now, and every now and then another of their "volunteers" gets busted for fraudulently registering people. It's happened with such regularity that my credibility has been strained, and I would dearly love to see a RICO investigation into their activities -- and I've said as much on several occasions.
Well, it turns out that Barack Obama has a long, long history of working with ACORN. Naturally, he wasn't involved in the voter-fraud activities -- he appears to have been more involved in the mob-rule bullying tactics that ACORN is also famous for.
I have to admit, this caught me off-guard. I'd never put it together, but it seems that Barack Obama has managed to alienate me before I ever heard of him.
That's an impressive feat. And the next time you see or hear Senator Obama speak, keep in mind that behind the words is the guy who spent a good chunk of time working with the mob-inciting, vote-rigging thugs of ACORN and benefited politically -- twice! -- when the media covering his race suddenly grew fascinated with the sealed divorce records of his opponents. Especially keep that in mind when you see how the press fawns over him.
There's another side of Barack Obama besides the hopey changeful message -- and it's not a very pretty one.



Comments (35)
so, uh, let's see....three ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 5:57 AM | Score: -19 (25 votes cast)
so, uh, let's see....three candidates, three messages. one (hillary) is "i was first lady, i deserve it, fucker! gimme!", two (mccain) is "i'm the straight talker! no bullshit (but my campaign is run by big money lobbyists, i'm already bought and paid for", three (obama) is "hope".
i'll take option three by default.
1. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 5:57 AM |
Score: -19 (25 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 05:57
2. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:01 AM | Score: -21 (27 votes cast)
"mob-inciting, vote-rigging thugs of ACORN"....wow. you're truly a moron. it's apparent you've heard about the internet; maybe you should research the inner-city registration drives they've done. then again, maybe you're happier when poor darkies don't get to vote. "mob-inciting". wheeeeeew! you're a dick.
2. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:01 AM |
Score: -21 (27 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:01
3. Posted by Jeff | May 30, 2008 6:04 AM | Score: 11 (21 votes cast)
so, uh, the fact that Obama is lying about everything is ok djesno ...
I'll take door number 2 ... at least those big money folks will keep taxes low and kill Islamists ... 2 things I think you'll agree we all would benefit from ...
3. Posted by Jeff | May 30, 2008 6:04 AM |
Score: 11 (21 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:04
4. Posted by Jeff | May 30, 2008 6:08 AM | Score: 15 (21 votes cast)
djesno,
actually you're the one that needs to do better research on the dozens of fraud cases against ACORN ...
and no, its not about stopping poor "darkies" from voting ... wow do you liberals stay up late imagining how racists talk ? you are really too much ... and too stupid to actually debate on this ...
4. Posted by Jeff | May 30, 2008 6:08 AM |
Score: 15 (21 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:08
5. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:14 AM | Score: -14 (24 votes cast)
before you respond (from wikipedia)
Allegations of election fraud
On September 7, 2004, a Columbus, Ohio grand jury indicted ACORN employee and felony parolee Kevin Eugene Dooley for election fraud. The indictment charges Dooley forged a signature to a voter registration form.[18]
In 2004, the Wisconsin Election Commission reported that between 4600 and 5300 more ballots were cast than voters who can be accounted for in Wisconsin (a state in which Democrat John Kerry defeated President Bush). The report states: "18 persons were sworn in as Deputy registrars in 2004 that were convicted felons and under Department of Correction Supervision. Of the 15 felons that listed a sponsoring organization, eight named ACORN as their sponsoring agency.".[19]
During the 2004 election, an ACORN member named Mac Stuart was working as a coordinator for minority voter outreach for ACORN's voter registration effort in Miami-Dade County. Stuart reported seeing ACORN workers copying voter registration forms, which is illegal under Florida law, and segregating voter registration forms for Republicans that were not subsequently turned into the County. After Stuart reported these irregularities to the election officials, ACORN fired him. Stuart filed suit against ACORN in May, 2005 for wrongful termination. ACORN countersued for defamation. Stuart's lawsuit was dismissed on the grounds that he couldn't prove he was terminated for reporting the allegations of fraud to the authorities.[20]
In August 2004 a lawsuit was filed in Albuquerque alleging that New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron improperly exempted individuals who registered to vote through canvassers from requirements that some new registrants submit ID at polling places.[21] In a court case, ACORN director Matt Henderson invoked his Fifth Amendment rights when asked if his group made illegal copies of voter registration cards before submitting them. The Albuquerque Tribune claims he told them this was done.[21]
In January 2005 two ex-ACORN workers were convicted in Denver of perjury for submitting false voter registrations.[22] Some other investigations responding to fraud allegations ended in Colorado, Wisconsin,[20] ACORN said in a press release that it is in large part responsible in these individuals being caught, and has cooperated and publicly supported efforts to look into the validity of the allegations.[23]
ACORN was investigated in 2006 for submitting false voter registrations in St. Louis, Missouri. 1,492 fraudulent voter registrations were identified, some from the dead and others for underage voters who were not aware they had been registered by ACORN.[24]
ACORN was investigated in 2007 by King County, Washington for filing false registrations. An elections department employee called 400 phone numbers that were provided on the cards from a sample of those turned in by ACORN. Of the 400 phone numbers, only two were good, and both people denied filling out voter registration cards. The registrations were turned in after the deadline to register and the registrations were not processed for the 2006 election.[25] On July 26, 2007, felony charges were filed against seven ACORN employees including supervisors for filing 1762 false registrations.[26]
in any effort at voter registration (and in ballot initiatives, et al.) there will be errors and fraud. the errors are just that, errors. the fraud is almost always (as in this case) perpetrated by the signatories. ACORN can, and should, not be held accountable for the actions of persons who sign legal documents made available to them (i.e. voter registration documents and forms). it is the responsibility of the signator to be truthful, not the responsibility of ACORN. furthermore, it is the responsibility of the attendant state agency to account for the truthfulness and validity of any attestation and not of ACORN. for you to proclaim otherwise is facetious.
5. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:14 AM |
Score: -14 (24 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:14
6. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:18 AM | Score: -19 (25 votes cast)
"...at least those big money folks will keep taxes low and kill Islamists"
heh.
there are two words you need to look up, cowboy: "xenophobia" and "serfdom".
6. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:18 AM |
Score: -19 (25 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:18
7. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:24 AM | Score: -16 (28 votes cast)
"Obama is lying about everything"!
....erm, uh, and bush and cheney tell the truth about everything! RAH RAH!
7. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:24 AM |
Score: -16 (28 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:24
8. Posted by jpm100 | May 30, 2008 6:25 AM | Score: 14 (16 votes cast)
From what I understand, his state senate seat was won by aggressively challenging the signatures of his Democratic challengers until he was the sole remaining Democratic candidate.
His ascension to Senator almost appears to have been handed to him.
8. Posted by jpm100 | May 30, 2008 6:25 AM |
Score: 14 (16 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:25
9. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:29 AM | Score: -21 (29 votes cast)
"obama is lying about everything" is about as insulting a blanket statement (and indicative of a profound lack of depth) as can be offered. i might as well say back to you, "your sister gives a lousy blowjob, but it's better than your mom."
9. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:29 AM |
Score: -21 (29 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:29
10. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:30 AM | Score: -18 (18 votes cast)
what you say about his senate seat is true, i must give you that (however immaterial it may be).
10. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:30 AM |
Score: -18 (18 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:30
11. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:34 AM | Score: -20 (20 votes cast)
it might be said, however that mr. mccain and ms. clinton had their own underhanded ways of gaining their political power, and, to be truthful, ms. clinton's was perhaps the least underhanded.
11. Posted by djesno
| May 30, 2008 6:34 AM |
Score: -20 (20 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:34
12. Posted by arcman
| May 30, 2008 6:50 AM | Score: 13 (21 votes cast)
Hey djesno, why don't you crawl back in the Daily Kos,Democrat Underground hole you crawled out of, you moron
12. Posted by arcman
| May 30, 2008 6:50 AM |
Score: 13 (21 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 06:50
13. Posted by Bob | May 30, 2008 7:17 AM | Score: 13 (15 votes cast)
When BHO was in the Illinois Senate, he was a party hack - he never went against the Democratic leadership and did nothing to distinguish himself. He is young, good looking and articulate, which apparently won him the Senate nomination, but running against Alan Keyes was almost a bye - a lot of Republicans wouldn't vote for Keyes. He's now been in the US Senate about 2 years, has not sponsored any major legislation, has voted the liberal line more consistently than any other Senator and his subcommittee on Afghanistan hasn't even held a hearing. He's about as qualified to be President as I am to be Pope.
13. Posted by Bob | May 30, 2008 7:17 AM |
Score: 13 (15 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 07:17
14. Posted by STOP OBAMA MEDIA | May 30, 2008 8:06 AM | Score: 1 (13 votes cast)
HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE WHITE AMERICA TO SAY NO TO RACIST OBAMA, It's been proved with Rev Wright and confirmed with Pfleger he is racist! Once again he is connected with another so-called "preacher" at the so-called "church" TCC, which has proved to be a place to worship and spew hate against white Americans. WATCH THE VIDEO!!! Watch the blacks jumping up and down as the idiot Pfleger attacks white and the Former TWO TERM First Lady and WHITE WOMAN verbally. Once again in a so-called House of God. I think not. TCC is a racist radical group. Obama is not FIT to even be representing our country!!!!
SENATOR CLINTON SUPPORTERS ARE FURIOUS AND ALL WHITE VOTERS HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE BIASED MEDIA EXCUSING RACIST ATTACKS AGAINST US. I URGE ALL TO BOYCOTT CNN AND MSNBC FOR MANIPULATING THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR TIME!!!!
WE DO NOT ACCEPT OBAMAS POLITICAL DAMAGE APOLOGY!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H11x6bMu4Y
Just this Sunday Father Michael Pfleger (a longtime friend and associate of Senator Obama) mocked Hillary Clinton & AGAIN ATTACKED WHTE PEOPLE at Obama's church OF 20 PLUS YEARS.
"I really believe that she just always thought, 'This is mine! I'm Bill's wife, I'm white, and this is mine! I just gotta get up and step into the plate.' And then out of nowhere came, 'Hey, I'm Barack Obama,' and she said, 'Oh, damn! Where did you come from? I'm white! I'm entitled! There's a black man stealing my show! She wasn't the only one crying, there was a whole lot of white people crying!"
http://www.dontvoteobama.net
14. Posted by STOP OBAMA MEDIA | May 30, 2008 8:06 AM |
Score: 1 (13 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 08:06
15. Posted by bob | May 30, 2008 8:44 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
To the stop obama media guy
umm you forgot to mention that Michael Pfleger is white
15. Posted by bob | May 30, 2008 8:44 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 08:44
16. Posted by Les Nessman | May 30, 2008 8:52 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Wizbang® Frequently Asked Questions
Comment Registration
Topic coming soon.
Dealing With Trolls
Topic coming soon.
16. Posted by Les Nessman | May 30, 2008 8:52 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 08:52
17. Posted by hope | May 30, 2008 8:57 AM | Score: -20 (20 votes cast)
Sad little sacred white man...The thought of Black and poor people registering to vote and exercising freedom of choice scares the hell out of you doesn't it? Your people made up the rules and then when a half Black man follows the rules your forefathers made and wins, it is not fair all of a sudden. You people are nothing if not patronizing and hypocritical
17. Posted by hope | May 30, 2008 8:57 AM |
Score: -20 (20 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 08:57
18. Posted by WildWillie | May 30, 2008 8:58 AM | Score: 10 (12 votes cast)
JT, djesno is too foul for my taste. His comments are very unecessary and vile. ww
18. Posted by WildWillie | May 30, 2008 8:58 AM |
Score: 10 (12 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 08:58
19. Posted by drjohn | May 30, 2008 9:08 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Good catch, Jay.
19. Posted by drjohn | May 30, 2008 9:08 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 09:08
20. Posted by drjohn | May 30, 2008 9:11 AM | Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Key:
Important as these questions of funding and partisanship are, the larger point is that Obama's ties to Acorn -- arguably the most politically radical large-scale activist group in the country -- are wide, deep, and longstanding. If Acorn is adept at creating a non-partisan, inside-game veneer for what is in fact an intensely radical, leftist, and politically partisan reality, so is Obama himself.
20. Posted by drjohn | May 30, 2008 9:11 AM |
Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 09:11
21. Posted by drjohn | May 30, 2008 9:15 AM | Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Sad little sacred white man...The thought of Black and poor people registering to vote and exercising freedom of choice scares the hell out of you doesn't it? Your people made up the rules and then when a half Black man follows the rules your forefathers made and wins, it is not fair all of a sudden. You people are nothing if not patronizing and hypocritical.
"You people"?
You assert racism with that phrase?
That's pretty duplicitous and rather hypocritical unto itself.
This is all about ideology.
Racism is a refuge of the loser.
21. Posted by drjohn | May 30, 2008 9:15 AM |
Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 09:15
22. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | May 30, 2008 10:19 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
"(Personally, I never found her character that attractive; I was more drawn to Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor and Terry Farrell.)"
Burn the heretic! Blood for Odin! :)
Re: "hope's" comment: "Sad little sacred white man"... Thanks for considering us "sacred", but I'm usually happy too!
22. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | May 30, 2008 10:19 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 10:19
23. Posted by Joel | May 30, 2008 10:19 AM | Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
From 5 above:
"ACORN was investigated in 2006 for submitting false voter registrations in St. Louis, Missouri. 1,492 fraudulent voter registrations were identified, some from the dead and others for underage voters who were not aware they had been registered by ACORN.[24]"
....
"ACORN can, and should, not be held accountable for the actions of persons who sign legal documents made available to them (i.e. voter registration documents and forms). it is the responsibility of the signator to be truthful, not the responsibility of ACORN."
How does a dead person sign a legal document? More importantly, how do we hold them accountable for their fraud and their attempts to besmirch the good name of ACORN?
23. Posted by Joel | May 30, 2008 10:19 AM |
Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 10:19
24. Posted by JFO | May 30, 2008 11:09 AM | Score: -14 (16 votes cast)
The right wing definition of a" radical" organization: one that tries to make sure that those other than just republican conservatives get the opportunity to vote.
24. Posted by JFO | May 30, 2008 11:09 AM |
Score: -14 (16 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 11:09
25. Posted by LoveAmerica, Immigrant | May 30, 2008 11:19 AM | Score: 9 (11 votes cast)
Looks like the JFO moonbats are out to defend voter-fraud. The moonbats hate voter fraud so much that they will defend a fraud organtization like ACORN. The moonbats hate lying so much that they nominate/defend known/proven fabricators like Clinton and Obama.
25. Posted by LoveAmerica, Immigrant | May 30, 2008 11:19 AM |
Score: 9 (11 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 11:19
26. Posted by JLawson | May 30, 2008 11:52 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
JFO -
The way the Democrat's lawyers descended on Florida in 2000, tossing out most of the military absentee ballots, I don't think you've got much room to talk about Republicans. I was in the AF Reserve at the time, and Gore didn't earn any points at all for this garbage.
http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/military-absentee-ballot-flap/
So you can do divinations on hanging chads and dimples to determine a vote, but you can't accept one that couldn't be postmarked but made it through the military mail system anyway. Can't say you picked up much support from the military on that, one, JFO.Yeah. I get it. It's a valid vote as long as it's for a DEMOCRAT. But if there's a chance it's for a Republican? THROW THE DAMN THING OUT!
26. Posted by JLawson | May 30, 2008 11:52 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 11:52
27. Posted by jpm100 | May 30, 2008 11:57 AM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
"To the stop obama media guy
umm you forgot to mention that Michael Pfleger is white"
I think the think that is missing here is that this is not historical racism that is being decried.
This is Neo-Multiculturalism. The meme is that all cultures are equally wonderful. From the dictatorial rule in the former Burma to the warlords in Africa. Its all good.
But, there is one exception. Western Culture and specificially White American Culture needs to be held in contempt. They exploited all the other races culture to gain advantage. There's no other explanation because all are equal. Those buckets of money all the whites still get handed down generation to generation from the slave era profits are just wrong. And its time for you to give that money back.
It is the proverbial marxist 'exploitation of the worker' recast to race & culture. And its not a coincidence.
27. Posted by jpm100 | May 30, 2008 11:57 AM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 11:57
28. Posted by jpm100 | May 30, 2008 11:59 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
I forgot to add that in Multiculturialism, there is plenty of room available for white guilt (and opportunists)
28. Posted by jpm100 | May 30, 2008 11:59 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 11:59
29. Posted by WildWillie | May 30, 2008 1:31 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
JFO and his ilk do not like the military. Never did and never will. They have selective restrictions of voters. If the vote determination favors and democrat, that is justice, if it favors a republican, that is a right wing conspiricy to keep minorities down. It is pathetic on it's face, but so true. ACORN has been caught again and again committing voter fraud, but JFO defends them. ww
29. Posted by WildWillie | May 30, 2008 1:31 PM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 13:31
30. Posted by JFO | May 30, 2008 4:08 PM | Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
Wow...Willie the chickenhawk and wannabe killer of the residents of San Francisco is at it again. Tell us again Willie....what is it besides wanting to rid the country of all the residents of San Francisco that you do or have done for our country?
30. Posted by JFO | May 30, 2008 4:08 PM |
Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 16:08
31. Posted by Knightbrigade | May 30, 2008 4:20 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
"umm you forgot to mention that Michael Pfleger is white"
So that makes Pflegers bullshit correct? ..
Oooh look he's WHITE so it MUST be true, why would he say such bad things about his own race!??
YA ooooK, cuz there is no such thing as white suburban kid wannabe's with pants hanging down their ass, hats on sideways, flashing gang signs, and using terms like "YO"..."SUP"
Pfleger along with the majority in that church is a racist whinebag..
31. Posted by Knightbrigade | May 30, 2008 4:20 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on May 30, 2008 16:20
32. Posted by SPQR | May 31, 2008 1:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And once again, JFO, you troll away - ignoring the substance of the topic and ignoring how often your brazen dishonesty is revealed.
32. Posted by SPQR | May 31, 2008 1:09 AM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on May 31, 2008 01:09
33. Posted by timeforyou
| May 31, 2008 11:17 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
When BHO was in the Illinois Senate, he was a party hack - he never went against the Democratic leadership and did nothing to distinguish himself. He is young, good looking and articulate, which apparently won him the Senate nomination, but running against Alan Keyes was almost a bye - a lot of Republicans wouldn't vote for Keyes. He's now been in the US Senate about 2 years, has not sponsored any major legislation, has voted the liberal line more consistently than any other Senator and his subcommittee on Afghanistan hasn't even held a hearing. He's about as qualified to be President as I am to be Pope.
You speak the truth.
Obama is a disaster and not only that he is a CFR Member to the fullest.
33. Posted by timeforyou
| May 31, 2008 11:17 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on May 31, 2008 11:17
34. Posted by Jasper Monkinton ]I[ | June 1, 2008 3:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wow sweetie, your a fvcking idiot.
34. Posted by Jasper Monkinton ]I[ | June 1, 2008 3:25 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2008 15:25
35. Posted by Zee | June 2, 2008 10:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay Tea,
I did a quick search but came up without that second case of unsealing an opponent's divorce records. Please...who besides Jack Ryan had their divorce records unsealed while running against Obama?
Thanks...
35. Posted by Zee | June 2, 2008 10:24 AM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on June 2, 2008 10:24