Another Minnesota superdelegate backs Obama

Posted at 10:40 AM on April 13, 2008 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)

Nancy Larson announced that she's backing Barack Obama for President. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is the last uncommitted superdelegate in Minnesota.

UPDATE:

Here's the full release:

Minnesota Superdelegate and DNC Member Nancy Larson Endorses Barack Obama

Minneapolis, MN -- Today, Minnesota Superdelegate and DNC member Nancy Larson endorsed Barack Obama, citing his proven ability to inspire new people to become a part of the process and his record of standing up for America's working families.

Ms. Larson said, "Barack Obama has built a powerful grassroots campaign in Minnesota and across the country, and that is one of the big reasons why I am endorsing him today. He has the ability to inspire people who have felt left out of the political process. With Barack's leadership, we will see record breaking numbers of people working on the campaign as we near Election Day in November. That enthusiasm will translate into support for other Democratic candidates, which will be indispensable in order to bring about the changes needed to improve the economy and to bring back prosperity to America's working people."

Larson lives in rural Minnesota, an area that is hard-hit by low wages and high unemployment rates, which made the economy a prime issue in making her decision on who to support for president.

"Barack Obama is a leader who can bring us to victory in November and bring back hope and confidence to America," Larson added. "But we also need to regain the confidence of other nations in the world. Barack's good judgment, even temperament, and ability to overcome adversity will also help to end the war in Iraq and restore America's standing in the world."

"I've never seen a slate of presidential candidates as impressive as the Democrats running this year, including Hillary Rodham Clinton. But it is time to come to a conclusion in order to concentrate on winning the election in November, and Barack Obama is the best candidate to bring us to victory in November. We need a candidate with the ability to inspire and to challenge politics as usual, and that candidate is Barack Obama. I'm happy to be on his team."

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Obama Lies1:55PMApr 6th 2008 - from another blog

Is this who we need to be the leader of the free world????

Obama Lies - Quick Glance
OBAMA LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES as of April 03, 2008 (68 lies and
counting)

1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have
you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in
1965.

2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well
educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.

3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of
the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had

4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin
Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a
legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread
violence in decades.

5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her
daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to
mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14
wives to 1 man.

6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and
‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means ‘blessed’ in that
language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.

7.) I Never Practiced Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at school,
where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31
years,until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.

8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - LIAR, you were registered
as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making
faces (check your own book).

9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you could
speak the language.

10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience -
LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn’t even
speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and
watch cartoons.

11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa
(surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been
anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our
closest allies.

12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were
quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya
and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you
were just fine.

13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has yet
to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never
did, exist.

14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR, Life
has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t,
and never did, exist.

15.) I Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ‘08 - LIAR, here you
are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough
experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.

16.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common for
YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.

17.) Oops, I Misvoted - LIAR, only when caught by church groups and
democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.

18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON
LEAVE.

19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer
ON LEAVE.

20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn’t
write it,introduce it, change it, or create it.

21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days
from start to finish.

22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by
your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly
because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.

23.) I Have Released My State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008,
state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released,
exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.

24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were
part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You
failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.

25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic
policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even
YOU voted against your own bill.

26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - LIAR, even your own
supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.

27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not
YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a
fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - LIAR, the Candian
Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your
campaign had with them.

29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution
vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the
destruction of Israel.

30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo, a
dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter
stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC
recognized officially.

31.) I Didn’t Run Ads In Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads
to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you still lost.

32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you didn’t.

33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did not.

34.) I Want All Votes To Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates
decide.

35.) I Want Americans To Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that
limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only
operate during small windows of time.

36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26,
most of which you didn’t write yourself.

37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is
threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has stopped
saying this.

38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to
eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.

39.) I Don’t Take PAC Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.

40.) I don’t Have Lobbysists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists,
and counting.

41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your own
campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.

42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started
MySpace issued a warning about this advertising to MySpace clients.

43.) I Inspire People With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with
other people’s words.

44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed A
BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa, which shows YOUR priorities.

45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - LIAR, you weren’t in office
to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time,
unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem
to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.

46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your plan
leaves us all to pay the 15,000,000 who don’t have to buy it.

47.) I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail - LIAR,
both companies you site as having sent you letters about this
conflict have no record of any such letter ever being created or
sent.

48.) I Am As Patriotic As Anyone - LIAR, you won’t wear a flag pin
and you don’t put your hand over your heart during the Anthem.

49.) My Wife Didn’t Mean What She Said About Pride In Country -
LIAR, your wife’s words follow lock-step in the vein of Wright and
Farrahkan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America.

50.) Wal-Mart Is A Company I Wouldn’t Support - LIAR, your wife has
received nearly a quater of a million dollars through Treehouse,
which
is connected to Wal-Mart.

51.) Treehouse Is A Small Company - LIAR, the CEO of Treehouse last
year, made more than the CEO of Wal-Mart, according to public
records.

52.) University Of Chicago Hospital Pay Is Fair - LIAR, your wife’s
pay raise was nearly 150% her already bloated rate and the hospital
is
a Non-Profit Hospital, which made $100,000,000 in the last 3 years.
They overcharge blacks VS whites for services, and overcharge
everyone in general by 538%!

53.)I Barely Know Rezko - Only 5 Billed Hours - LIAR, you have known
him for 17 years, and decided to do a real estate deal with him
during a time when he was proven to be under investigation. Despite
this, you divided your property and had them take off $300K before
the mortgage problems started. Then Rezko’s wife buys the lot
beside it that you can’t afford, saving you $625,000.

54.) My Donations Have Been Checked Thoroughly - LIAR, you only gave
back Hsu ($72K) and Rezko (first $66K, then when caught lying $86K,
then when caught lying again $150K and now caught lying YET AGAIN
OBAMA, it’s $250k) their money when publically called on their
involvement in your campaigns.

55.) My Church Is Like Any Other Christian Church - LIAR, your church
is so extreme, the pastor who married you, Rev. Wright, just got done
blaming the US for 9/11 and named Louis Farrahkan their person of the
year.

56.) I Disagree With My Church All The Time - LIAR, you still have
yet to repudiate Wright, who married you and your wife, and you still
donate large sums of money to assist the church in furthering its
message - hatred and revenge. You donated in 2006 alone, $22,500 to
the church that you so terribly disagree with. That is nearly $500
PER WEEK - that sure is disagreement, Senator Obama.

57.) I Have Clean Connections Despite Rezko - LIAR, you are not only
connected to Exelon and Rezko, you are also connected to Hillary PAC
supporter Mr. Hsu, AND an Iraqi Billionaire of ill repute, Nadhmi
Auchi, who ripped off people in the Food For Oil, Iraqi deal. Seems
Mr. Auchi may have helped Obama buy his million dollar property long
before Obama had millions of dollars. Wonder what favors Mr. Auchi
expects, when Obama leaves Iraq free to be taken over by special
interests such as him.

58.) I never heard sermons like Rev. Wright’s, that have been in
videos all day, You Tube - LIAR! 3 days later during your Mea Culpa
BS speech you said “Did I hear controversial statements while I sat
in that church? Yes I did.”

59.) The Passport Invasion is a conspiracy to find dirt on me! -
LIAR. Your own Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor is the CEO of the
company that looked into your records. PS - You had them look into
yours to hide the fact you looked into Clinton’s and McCain’s
more than a year before!

60.) Rev. Meeks has nothing to do with my campaigning - LIAR. Rev.
Meeks appeared in ads for your Senate Campaign, donated to you, and
helped raise money, then AND NOW. PS - He also seems to despise
America.

61.) My wife didn’t mean America is ignorant, she was just using a
phrase - LIAR. Again, MicHELLe’s comments perfectly sync with
Wright’s, Meeks’, and Farrakhans, both in language, anger, and
direction.

62.) I am very Anti-Terror - LIAR. [03/30/2008] One of your good pals
is long time radical and terrorist William Ayers, with whom you have
been seen in the last 12 months and who has helped the now jailed
khalidi, Professor at Columbia who invited Ahmadinejad to the
University, to raise money for Palestinian terrorism attacks against
Israel. PS - Your church published a pro Hamas Manifesto - guess you
weren’t there on THAT Sunday either? How lucky for you.

63.) I have the best plan to cure the Mortgage Crisis - LIAR.
[03/30/2008] You and your campaign buddy Penny SubPrime Bank Collapse
Prizker have had your little fingers full of subprime cash - Obama
has
taken $1,180,103 from the top issuers of subprime loans: Obama
received $266,907 from Lehman, $5395 from GMAC, $150,850 from Credit
Suisse First Boston, $11,250 from Countrywide, $9052 from Washington
Mutual, $161,850 from Citigroup, $4600 from CBASS, $170,050 from
Morgan Stanley, $1150 from Centex, and last but certainly NOT LEAST -
Obama received $351,900 from Goldman Sachs. I am sure that cash all
came from folks who knew the subprime loan they had was a dream, eh?

64) I played greater role in crafting liberal stands on gun control,
the death penalty and abortion - LIAR - [03/31/2008] It was found
that Obama — the day after sitting for the interview — filed an
amended version of the questionnaire, which appears to contain
Obama’s own handwritten notes added to one answer. Read Obama had
greater role on liberal survey

65) I did NOT play the race card: - LIAR - [03/31/2008] Obama was the
first to play the race card. According to Phialdelphia Inquirer,
Quietly, the storm over the hateful views expressed by Sen. Barack
Obama’s pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, has blown away the most
insidious myth of the Democratic primary campaign. Obama and his
surrogates have charged that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has
deliberately and cleverly played the race card in order to label
Obama the “black” candidate. Read more here

66) I did not take money from oil companies: - LIAR - [03/31/2008]

THE FACTS: True enough, Obama does not take money from oil companies.
No candidate does. It is illegal for corporations to give money to
politicians. Corporations, however, do have political action
committees that collect voluntary donations from employees and then
donate them to candidates. Obama doesn’t take money from PACs. He
also doesn’t take money from lobbyists.

But he does accept money from executives and other employees of oil
companies and two of his fundraisers are oil company executives. As
of Feb. 29, Obama’s presidential campaign had received nearly
$214,000 from oil and gas industry employees and their families,
according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive
Politics. Clinton had received nearly $307,000 from industry workers
and their families and Republican Sen. John McCain, the likely GOP
presidential nominee, received nearly $394,000, according to the
center’s totals.

Two of Obama’s fundraisers are Robert Cavnar, the chairman and
chief executive of Houston-based Mission Resources Corp., and George
Kaiser, the president and CEO of Tulsa-based Kaiser-Francis Oil Co.
Source: Associated press via Yahoo News

67) “I don’t think my church is actually particularly
controversial,” Obama said at a community meeting in Nelsonville,
Ohio, earlier this month. - LIAR - But yesterday, he told a different
story. “Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered
controversial while I sat in church? Yes,” he said in his speech
yesterday in Philadelphia.

68) Look at my education record in Illinois - LIAR - In reality,
Obama never really championed the local councils. He supported them
behind the scenes and only eventually came out publicly on their
behalf. When he did weigh in, he came down on the wrong side of the
debate—against protecting principals from unwarranted dismissals
and in favor of keeping councils independent, no matter what. In the
end, the resolution of the conflict between the two sides didn’t
alleviate anyone’s concerns. Instead, it prolonged a turf battle
that seems to have dragged down academic progress in the years since.
Read more here http://www.slate.com/id/2188010?wpisrc=newsletter
Source: slate.com

Source: ABC News: Buried in Eloquence, Obama Contradictions About
Pastor

This is the LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES. Updated to reflect new
dishonesties.

Posted by Mary | April 13, 2008 7:13 PM

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