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		<title>Complete List of Obama&#8217;s 2008 Campaign Promises</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 21:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day before the election, I decided to download every single Fact Sheet I could find on Barack Obama&#8217;s campaign website to have a record of the billions of campaign promises made that he won&#8217;t be able to fulfill. I never uploaded them here because all of the promises were still up and easily accessible [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A day before the election, I decided to download every single Fact Sheet I could find on Barack Obama&#8217;s campaign website to have a record of the billions of campaign promises made that he won&#8217;t be able to fulfill. I never uploaded them here because all of the promises were still up and easily accessible on <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/index.php">BarackObama.com</a> for a while after the election.</p>
<p>Now, however, I discovered that they aren&#8217;t easily accessible on his site so below is the complete lists every.pdf Fact Sheet that was on his website a day before the election.</p>
<p>You may notice that some Fact Sheets have seemingly two copies below. I purposely did this because those PDF&#8217;s appeared in two separate places on BarackObama.com with two separate file names.</p>
<p><strong>Overall Promises</strong></p>
<p><a title="obamablueprintforchange.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/obamablueprintforchange.pdf">Obama&#8217;s Blueprint for Change.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>Business/Tax</strong></p>
<p><a title="tax_plan_facts_final.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tax_plan_facts_final.pdf">Tax Plan Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="smallbusinessfinal.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/smallbusinessfinal.pdf">Small Business Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="factsheet_tax_plan_final.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/factsheet_tax_plan_final.pdf">Tax Plan Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>Domestic Issues</strong></p>
<p><a title="urbanfactsheet.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/urbanfactsheet.pdf">Urban Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="the-impact-of-the-obama.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/the-impact-of-the-obama.pdf">The Impact of the Obama Economic Plan for America&#8217;s Working Women.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="tackling-domestic-hunger.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tackling-domestic-hunger.pdf">Tackling Domestic Hunger.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="ruralplanfactsheet.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ruralplanfactsheet.pdf">Rural Plan Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ImmigrationFactSheet.pdf">Immigration Fact Sheet</a> (PDF)</p>
<p><a title="factsheettransportation.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/factsheettransportation.pdf">Transportation Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="factsheetpoverty.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/factsheetpoverty.pdf">Poverty Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>Economy</strong></p>
<p><a title="obamapolicy_fiscal.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/obamapolicy_fiscal.pdf">Obama&#8217;s Fiscal Policy.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="mortgagefactsheet.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mortgagefactsheet.pdf">Mortgage Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="A RESCUE PLAN FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/a-rescue-plan-for-the-middle-class.pdf">A RESCUE PLAN FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p><a title="prek-12educationfactsheet.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/prek-12educationfactsheet.pdf">Pre K-12 Education Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="nationalserviceplanfactsheet.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nationalserviceplanfactsheet.pdf">National Service Plan Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="making-college-affordable-for-everyone.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/making-college-affordable-for-everyone.pdf">Making College Affordable for Everyone.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="fact_sheet_education_reform_speech_final.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fact_sheet_education_reform_speech_final.pdf">Education Reform Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>Environment/Energy</strong></p>
<p><a title="factsheet_energy_speech_080308.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/factsheet_energy_speech_080308.pdf">Energy Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="fact_sheet_wildfire.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fact_sheet_wildfire.pdf">Wildfire Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="EnvironmentFactSheet" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/environmentfactsheet.pdf">Environment Fact Sheet.pdf </a></p>
<p><strong>Government</strong></p>
<p><a title="takingbackourgovernmentbackfinalfactsheet.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/takingbackourgovernmentbackfinalfactsheet.pdf">Taking Back our Government Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>Health</strong></p>
<p><a title="supporting-americans-with-autism-spectrum-disorders.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/supporting-americans-with-autism-spectrum-disorders.pdf">Supporting Americans with Autism Spectrum Disorders.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="obama08_healthcarefaq.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/obama08_healthcarefaq.pdf">Healthcare FAQ.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="healthcarefullplan.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/healthcarefullplan.pdf">Healthcare Full Plan.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="factsheetaids.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/factsheetaids.pdf">AIDS Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="Fact_Sheet_Cancer_FINAL" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fact_sheet_cancer_final.pdf">Cancer Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="DisabilityPlanFactSheet" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/disabilityplanfactsheet.pdf">Disability Plan Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>Science and Technology</strong></p>
<p><a title="factsheetscience.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/factsheetscience.pdf">Science Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="fact_sheet_innovation_and_technology.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fact_sheet_innovation_and_technology.pdf">Innovation and Technology Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>War/Defense</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/OBAMA’S-PLAN-TO-DEFEAT-TERRORISM-WORLDWIDE.pdf">Obama&#8217;s Plan to Defeat Terrorism Worldwide</a> (PDF)</p>
<p><a href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/KEEPING-PROMISES-TO-OUR-NATION’S-VETERANS-BUILDING-A-21st-CENTURY-VA.pdf">Keeping Promises to our Nation&#8217;s Veterans &amp; Building a 21st Century VA</a> (PDF)</p>
<p><a title="homelandsecurityfactsheet.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/homelandsecurityfactsheet.pdf">Homeland Security Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="Fact_Sheet_Defense_FINAL" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fact_sheet_defense_final.pdf">Defense Fact Sheet (1).pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="Fact_Sheet_21st_Century_Threats" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fact_sheet_21st_century_threats.pdf">21st Century Threats.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="Defense_Fact_Sheet_FINAL" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/defense_fact_sheet_final.pdf">Defense Fact Sheet (2).pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>World</strong></p>
<p><a title="israelfactsheet.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/israelfactsheet.pdf">Israel Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="factsheetchina.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/factsheetchina.pdf">China Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="fact_sheet_latin_america_final_060608_ih.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fact_sheet_latin_america_final_060608_ih.pdf">Latin America Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="fact_sheet_foreign_policy_democratization_and_development_final.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fact_sheet_foreign_policy_democratization_and_development_final.pdf">Foreign Policy Democratization and Development Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="fact_sheet_europe_final.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fact_sheet_europe_final.pdf">Europe Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>Other</strong></p>
<p><a title="obamaonfaith.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/obamaonfaith.pdf">Obama on Faith.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="obama_factsheet_katrina.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/obama_factsheet_katrina.pdf">Katrina Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="obama_factsheet_arts.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/obama_factsheet_arts.pdf">Arts Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="factsheetchildadvocacy.pdf" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/factsheetchildadvocacy.pdf">Child Advocacy Fact Sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p><a title="CREATING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL" href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/creating-equal-opportunity-and-justice-for-all.pdf">CREATING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.pdf</a></p>
<p>With the recent flip-flopping in the administration&#8217;s policy, it shouldn&#8217;t take you too long to discover other campaign promises listed in these documents that has been flipped on as well. Good Luck.</p>


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		<title>Dow Drops almost 500 points after Obama is elected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm&#8230;I wonder why the Dow almost dropped 500 points today? Actually, I have a pretty good feeling that Obama&#8217;s win yesterday had something to do with it. &#160; &#160; Yea and this drop is after an almost weeklong recovery the Dow had seen since October 27th. So before you start telling me not to blame [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm&#8230;I wonder why the Dow almost dropped 500 points today? Actually, I have a pretty good feeling that Obama&#8217;s win yesterday had something to do with it.</p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dow-close-11-5-08.jpg" title="Dow Close on November 5th"><img src="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dow-close-11-5-08.jpg" alt="Dow Close on November 5th" height="161" width="462" /></a></p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yea and this drop is after an almost weeklong recovery the Dow had seen since October 27th. So before you start telling me not to blame Obama for the drop in the market let me pose a question to you: If the market had been recovering for the past week and everyone knew that Obama was going to be elected, why the sudden drop after the predicted outcome came true?</p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
<p>Before I give you my hypothesis, lets look at the month long gragh of the Dow:</p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dow-october-nov-4.jpg" title="October to Nov 4th"><img src="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dow-october-nov-4.jpg" alt="October to Nov 4th" height="226" width="418" /></a></p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
<p>If you look at the trend of the market, it is consistently going down until the 27th of October. During this whole period, Obama had a fairly large lead in the polls but something changed around the 27th. The polls started to tighten, be it ever so slightly and <a href="http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/30/is-mccain-on-the-comeback-trail.aspx">news articles</a> came out stating the <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/865328.html">McCain could have a shot at winning</a>. In conjunction with this, swing state like <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/mo/missouri_mccain_vs_obama-545.html">Missouri</a>, <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/in/indiana_mccain_vs_obama-604.html">Indiana</a>, and <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/nc/north_carolina_mccain_vs_obama-334.html">North Carolina</a>, that up until a couple days before the election were polling for Obama, showed McCain with a slight lead on election day.</p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
<p>During this whole period where McCain seemed to possibly be making a coming, the stock market seemed to be making a comeback as well.</p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
<p>So is this all a coincidence and I have missed some spurious factor that has caused the stock market to first go up with the hopes of McCain pulling it off and then crash when Obama wins? Possibly, but I like to stick with Ockham&#8217;s Razor: &#8220;All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.&#8221; At the very least, if the rise in the stock market isn&#8217;t at all linked to McCain&#8217;s supposed comeback, the mini crash we experienced today can surely be linked with Obama&#8217;s win.</p>
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<p>Oh yea, did I mention this is <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aj_ayFUP0riQ&amp;refer=worldwide">the biggest post election drop in history</a> and that <a href="http://twitter.com/BlatantReality/status/985214827">I predicted this would happen</a> last Saturday?</p>


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		<title>Blatant McCain Endorsement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go Vote for McCain/Palin today. If you need a reason why look no further than this Hot Air article. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Post on Google Buzz Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Reddit Post this on Diigo Digg this! Share this on Technorati [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go Vote for McCain/Palin today. If you need a reason why look no further than this <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/21/the-comprehensive-argument-against-barack-obama/">Hot Air article</a>.</p>


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		<title>Swedish Nationals Responsible for the Anti-GOP Ad &#8220;The Year 2048&#8243;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several days ago, I had a post that pointed out an ad campaign basically predicting a horrible future if Republicans were elected this November 4th. The thing about this ad that really got me was that instead of just being a simple &#8220;Vote Democrat or Else&#8221; ad, its message was &#8220;Vote for Obama who will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Several days ago, I had a post that pointed out <a href="http://blatantreality.com/2008/10/26/now-this-is-disturbing-the-year-2048/">an ad campaign basically predicting a horrible future if Republicans were elected this November 4th</a>. The thing about this ad that really got me was that instead of just being a simple &#8220;Vote Democrat or Else&#8221; ad, its message was &#8220;Vote for Obama who will be our savior from this almost certain horrible future.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Anyways, I was curious to see who did this website since it seemed to be fairly sophisticated and I was surprised to find that the website is linked to a Filip Hammarstrom from Sweden. One can easily find this sort of information out using the free services like <a href="http://whois.domaintools.com/">Domain Tools &#8220;WhoIs Search&#8221;</a>.</p>
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<p>A simple Google search of his name pops up one of Sweden&#8217;s largest production companies, <a href="http://www.palladium.se/">Palladium</a>, which has a Filip Hamarstrom is listed as a &#8220;Director &amp; Editor&#8221; in the Contact page. This priduction company has done multiple videos for various different companies and organizations including the UN.</p>
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<p>Now, could it be chance that the Filip who has registered the site has the same name of the Filip who works at Palladium? Sure, weirder things have happened. But with the professional quality of the videos at <a href="http://www.theyear2048.com/">The Year 2048</a>, one would think a production company, or at least someone familiar with these sorts of things, was involved. Plus, if you look at the address given from the WhoIs Search and compare it to the address of Palladium, you find that it is just a 15 minute drive.</p>
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<p>Why is this all important? Well it just shows that foreign nationals are trying very hard to influence our election. I wasn&#8217;t able to find anything that directly associated these ads with the Obama campaign but if anyone else can find a connection, be sure to link to it in the comment section.</p>


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		<title>Obama silent on Syria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems like Obama doesn&#8217;t want to take a position on the bombing of an al Qaeda agent in Syria. Going off his previous statements of supporting taking out targets in Pakistan, it should seem like he would support this recent action. Of course, with a week before the election, we aren&#8217;t going to see him [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems like Obama doesn&#8217;t want to take a position on the bombing of an al Qaeda agent in Syria. Going off his previous statements of supporting taking out targets in Pakistan, it should seem like he would support this recent action. Of course, with a week before the election, we aren&#8217;t going to see him take a potentially controversial stand.<br />
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<a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/10/obama_votes_present_on_us_atta.asp"> The Weekly Standard has more on this here. </a></p>


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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled upon this ad surprisingly on IMAO and was very shocked by what it is implying. First watch the ad and make sure you finish it: &#160; &#160; Yea, pretty horrible right? I thought it was just one of those simple Democrat leaning ads at the beginning but was shocked to see it end [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I stumbled upon this ad surprisingly on <a href="http://www.imao.us/">IMAO</a> and was very shocked by what it is implying. First watch the ad and make sure you finish it:</p>
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<p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IWRntzYaQn4&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IWRntzYaQn4&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>
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<p>Yea, pretty horrible right? I thought it was just one of those simple Democrat leaning ads at the beginning but was shocked to see it end with the message &#8220;Vote Obama &#8217;08.&#8221; Honestly, this ad implies that a vote for Republicans will mean a vote for a ruined future, 40 years down the road.</p>
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<p>Here is the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/theyear2048">YouTube page</a> for The Year 2048 and here is <a href="http://www.theyear2048.com/">their actual website</a> where they have many more videos.</p>
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<p>I wasn&#8217;t able to find anything about them or if they are affiliated with anyone in a cursory search. The cinematography is pretty good so I would suggest that someone dig a little bit deeper into this.</p>


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		<title>Maybe College Kids Won&#8217;t be Voting for Barack in Droves&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least this is what a new poll by IBD/TIPP suggests. Instead, it found that the 18-24 age group is solidly in McCain&#8217;s corner. Gosh, and here I was hoping that my peers wouldn&#8217;t turn out on election day. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Post on Google Buzz Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least this is what <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/10/021851.php">a new poll by IBD/TIPP suggests</a>. Instead, it found that the 18-24 age group is solidly in McCain&#8217;s corner. Gosh, and here I was hoping that my peers wouldn&#8217;t turn out on election day.</p>


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		<title>Fowler and McCall debate over the presidential candidate&#8217;s positions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I attended a debate between former DNC Chairman Don Fowler and current RNC Committeeman Glenn McCall. This event was advertised as a &#8220;post presidential debate debate&#8221; and mainly consisted of a moderator asking each representative to pick apart the presidential candidate&#8217;s statements from the third and final debate. &#160; &#160; Overall, I thought [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night I attended a debate between former DNC Chairman Don Fowler and current <a href="http://blatantreality.com/2008/02/28/york-countys-first-black-gop-chairman-to-run-for-a-rnc-seat/">RNC Committeeman Glenn McCall</a>. This event was advertised as a &#8220;post presidential debate debate&#8221; and mainly consisted of a moderator asking each representative to pick apart the presidential candidate&#8217;s statements from the third and final debate.</p>
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<p><a href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc01882.jpg" title="Don Fowler and Glenn McCall with the Moderator"><img src="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc01882.jpg" alt="Don Fowler and Glenn McCall with the Moderator" /></a></p>
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<p>Overall, I thought the debate was well done. Both Fowler and McCall actually answered the questions and the moderator actually asked good follow up questions along with making sure each participant answered the original question.</p>
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<p>The following is the debate in whole in chronological order, which I broke it into eight parts with each part dealing with a certain topic/question. It might be good to watch the first video just so you know the set up and the introductions, otherwise you can jump around from video to video. Just to let you know who is who, Don Fowler is located on the right and Glenn McCall is located on the left of the moderator.</p>
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<p>First topic, after the introductions were made, was their thoughts on the Bailout.</p>
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<p>Next, the moderator asked about &#8216;Joe the Plumber&#8217; who&#8217;s name each candidate invoked during the debate.</p>
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<p>Following that, each participant spoke about the idea of allowing the President line item veto power.</p>
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<p>Next they discussed energy policy and in particular offshore oil drilling and nuclear. (Both Fowler and McCall are pro-nuclear).</p>
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<p>They each discussed the idea of negative campaigning in this election and how it compared to past elections.</p>
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<p>Next they discussed fair trade policy.</p>
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<p>Education was tackled next with Glenn McCall giving some interesting insight into the problem.</p>
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<p>The last topic discussed was Health Care, with each participant articulating what exactly the healthcare industry will look like under their respected candidates.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Super Obama&#8221; Ads Appear on Drudge Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I have noted in the past, ads linking to Barack Obama&#8217;s campaign website have popped up on the Drudge Report which is often thought of as a Conservative leaning website. It should be noted that Drudge doesn&#8217;t seem pick his own ads, Intermarkets.net does. Nevertheless, it is still interesting that now they seem to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I have <a href="http://blatantreality.com/2008/09/17/obama-ads-on-drudge-report/">noted in</a> <a href="http://blatantreality.com/2008/10/04/more-obama-ads-pop-up-on-drudge-report/">the past</a>, ads linking to Barack Obama&#8217;s campaign website have popped up on the <a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/">Drudge Report</a> which is often thought of as a Conservative leaning website. It should be noted that Drudge doesn&#8217;t seem pick his own ads, <a href="http://www.intermarkets.net/">Intermarkets.net</a> does. Nevertheless, it is still interesting that now they seem to have graduated from running strictly Obama campaign ads to general pro-Obama ads. Take a look:</p>
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<p><a href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/superobama-ads-on-drudge.jpg" title="Super Obama Ad on Drudge"><img src="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/superobama-ads-on-drudge.jpg" alt="Super Obama Ad on Drudge" /></a></p>
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<p>When you click on that, it takes you the <a href="http://www.superobama.com/">SuperObama.com</a>, a store with everything Obama in it. All I can think about why this may be happening is that people in this election are going to Drudge for the most up to date news, from both sides of the aisle. Therefore, it would make sense from a revenue standpoint to atleast slightly cater to the other side, even if it is mostly a token gesture.</p>
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<p>For those of you who might be depressed because you fear that this will be the end of the Conservative&#8217;s news haven, fear not, for there is a bright side. Where else on the internet would you be able to see something like this (HINT: Focus on the ads):</p>
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<p><a href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/nobama-ad-on-drudge.jpg" title="Nobama on Drudge"><img src="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/nobama-ad-on-drudge.jpg" alt="Nobama on Drudge" width="585" height="139" /></a></p>
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<p>Irony, the true spice of life.</p>


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		<title>Forget Advice, Show me the Money!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jonathan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just love Obama&#8217;s latest &#8220;Fight the Smear&#8221; article titled &#8220;Barack Obama does not take advice from Fannie Mae executives&#8221; in which they try to dismiss claims of Obama&#8217;s ties to several Fannie Mae executives. The funny thing is not what is written in the article, but what the reader is supposed to take away from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just love Obama&#8217;s latest &#8220;Fight the Smear&#8221; article titled &#8220;<a href="http://fightthesmears.com/articles/21/fannierumor">Barack Obama does not take advice from Fannie Mae executives</a>&#8221; in which they try to dismiss claims of Obama&#8217;s ties to several Fannie Mae executives. The funny thing is not what is written in the article, but what the reader is supposed to take away from reading it. First, look at this screen shot:</p>
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<p><a href="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fight-the-smears-fannie-mae-execs.jpg" title="Fight the Smears - Fannie Mae Execs"><img src="http://blatantreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fight-the-smears-fannie-mae-execs.jpg" alt="Fight the Smears - Fannie Mae Execs" width="496" height="323" /></a></p>
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<p>Notice anything funny about it? Well something that should jump off the page is the fact that the picture next to the story has both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac&#8217;s logos in it. Hmmm&#8230;and I thought the story was only about Fannie Mae. See what kind of the subliminal messages that image can convey? Instead of just refuting his ties to Fannie, that images gives him the added bonus of rejecting his ties to Freddie as well.</p>
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<p>But enough with the subliminal, lets move on to more pressing issues at hand, like the fact that even though Obama may have never taken advice from Fannie executives, he sure has received a lot of money from from both Fannie and Freddie. <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/09/update-fannie-mae-and-freddie.html">Take a look</a>, the contributions he has received from PACs and individuals connected with these companies is only second to Senator Chris Dodd.</p>
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<p>So while this Fight the Smear tries to hit two birds with one stone, remember that even though he might not have taken any advice, he sure has taken a lot of cash and I really can&#8217;t blame him. Who would want to take advice from executives of failing companies anyways? Money is <em>so</em> much better.</p>


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