Obama declares that Senate Seat belongs to the people

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Obama says the Senate Seat belongs to the people of Illinois and can't be sold. Of course as we all know, Obama successfully challenged and won via litigation to eliminate his opposition and subsequently steal the Senate Seat nullifying any "choice" the people of Illinois may have had.

Apparently stealing the Senate Seat via litigation, technicalities, and personal smear tactics is preferred to selling it..... Obama is a Hypocrite!

When Barack Obama decided he wanted to run for the Illinois Senate in 1996, he ensured his candidacy by successfully challenging the nomination petitions of his four competitors.

Obama's entry into federal politics was also marked by competitors falling by the wayside. He won both the 2004 primary and general election for the US Senate "after tough challengers imploded when their messy divorce files were unsealed," the Chicago Tribune writes.

The NYT reports that "the Tribune reporter ... acknowledged in print that the Obama camp had 'worked aggressively behind the scenes' to push the story. But there are those in Chicago who believe that [David] Axelrod had an even more significant role - that he leaked the initial story."

Then on 25 June 2004, Obama's Republican opponent, Jack Ryan, withdrew due to yet-another a sex scandal.

This article provides a detailed (and in-work) timeline of Obama's political career.

1988 - Obama is a summer associate at the Chicago law firm Sidley & Austin

1992 - Obama graduates from Harvard and returns to Chicago

1992, Oct - Obama marries fellow attorney Michelle Robinson

1995, Jul - Obama, at 34, publishes his first memoir, "Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance"

1995, Aug - Obama files paperwork to run for Palmer's Illinois Senate seat

1996, Jan - Obama has his four competitor petitions invalidated; he emerges as the only candidate

1996, Nov - Obama is elected to Illinois Senate, which is controlled by Republicans

1999 - Obama begins running for Congress

2000 - Obama loses his challenge for Congressional seat held by Rep. Bobby Rush

2001 - Obama receives legal services contract with Illinois firm owned by Robert Blackwell, Jr. A few months later, Obama writes a letter on Illinois Senate letterhead in support of a tourism grant for a different Blackwell company. The next day, "Obama's U.S. Senate campaign received a $1,000 donation from Blackwell... In the presidential race he is credited on Obama's website with committing to raise $100,000 to $200,000 for Obama's campaign."

Obama reported $98,158 income for providing legal services; $80,000 was from Blackwell's firm."Illinois ethics disclosure forms are designed to reveal possible financial conflicts by lawmakers... Obama did not specify that EKI provided him with the bulk of the private-sector compensation he received... he attached a multi-page list of all the law firm's clients, which included EKI among hundreds."

"Change We Can Believe In" New politics I suppose?

2002, Nov - Democrats usurp Republican control of the Illinois Senate

2003-2004 - Obama amasses his legislative record, serves as chair of the Health and Human Services Committee

2003 - Obama begins running for US Senate; the leading Democratic candidate will withdraw in 2004 due to a sex scandal that Obama's campaign urged the Chicago Tribune to report.

Change...

2003 - David Axelrod [begins having] camera crews [track] virtually everything Obama has done in public." He uses this footage to create a five-minute Internet video for the 16 Jan. 2007 announcement that Obama is running for president.

Here's the beginnings of the superficial marketing campaign....

2004, Mar - Obama wins the primary with 52% of the vote

2004, Jun - Obama's Republican opponent withdraws due to sex scandal

Exaggerated by Axelrod and the "One"...."Change We Can Believe In" New Politics I suppose.....

2004, Aug - Democratic National Convention address

Obama gives a speech- the highlight of his looooong career.....

2004, Nov - Obama is elected to US Senate with 70% of the vote

Sure, running against a token candidate that couldn't possibly win- Obama had already elliminated Sarah Mosley Braun through a legal challenge over a technicality and as noted before used mud slinging to take down the incumbant...."Change We Can Believe In"

2005, Jan - Obama files paperwork for his leadership PAC, The Hope Fund (PAC website no longer active)

2005 - Obama purchases land from neighbor and now-indicted political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko

But of course he didn't know what Rezko was involved in...nor Blogo, or Rev. Wright, or Ayers, or the Palistian friend that was Arafat's spokesperson, or........it goes on and on....."Change We Can Believe In"

2005 - "Shortly after his election to the U.S. Senate, he delivered a well-received address arguing faith should have a greater role in public discourse."

Who cares?

2006 - Obama publishes the book, <em>The Audacity of Hope</em>

Who cares?

2006, Oct 22 - Obama announces he is considering a run for the Presidency.

2007, Jan - Obama begins running for US President

The "beginning of the End for this country!

2007, Mar - Obama endorses controversial Chicago alderman Dorothy "The Hat" Tillman, who reportedly "[deployed] city resources to hire her family and reward campaign contributors."

Do you see a trend here?

2007, Apr - Controversy over Obama's MySpace page

2007, May - Obama's campaign releases its sophisticated Facebook application, only hours "after the company launched the developer platform." TechPresident argues that Facebook gave the Obama camp an advantage: "the other campaigns found out about Platform’s with the rest of us, on Friday, May 25" and reports that "Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, is working on the Obama campaign."

All celebrities have Facebook accounts, No?

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commentary in blue is my own opinion…..

What's missing? Omama Girl, his "Kennedy" speech in Berlin......chuckle

Edited December 15, 2008 by *entitlements_yay

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Of course, now that hes done with it. What an asshat!

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Typical Chicago politics.

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Zzzzz...

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[Ban Hammer 13,643]

Typical Chicago politics.

it sounds like slick willy part 2

[Niels Bohr 72]

In regards to using litigation to disqualify someone, it's just a process like any other. Just as with the example to verify Obama is a natural born citizen. He's following the rules, so could everyone. Isn't that's how they reduce corruption?

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http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/12/...rsy-bashes.html

So eloquent the Divine is, He sounds like He is giving a speech when He answers questions. I really like Him.