Obama: Hey, remember when I came up with the plan for that stimulus bill? Democrats: Um, no; Update: McCain video added
posted at 9:58 pm on September 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
I remember it. It was his finest hour. Not including the time he got Putin to back down in Georgia, of course.
Via Jake Tapper, breaking the hearts of his old friends at Salon:
“In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy,” Obama said, “which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress.”
Is that true?
Democrats on Capitol Hill who support Obama say no.
Wanting Obama to win, however, none will say so on the record.
But media accounts from the time make it clear that even though Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., all offered legislation to provide stimulus to the economy, congressional leaders looped them and their legislation out of negotiations…
[T]hough the bill that eventually passed more closely resembled Obama’s than either Clinton’s or McCain’s, those involved in the drafting of the legislation say it was more a matter of agreeing on a good idea [to issue rebate checks] and was not a matter of, as Obama claimed, his proposal having “formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress.”
He didn’t even show up to vote for it. Not the first time he’s exaggerated his responsibilities in Congress either, as Ace reminds us, and of course he’s not a stickler about carrying out the responsibilities he actually does have.
He sure can give a speech, though, can’t he?
I look forward to the media showing 1/1000th the interest in this case of a candidate with a thin resume lying about his credentials as they’ve shown in Palin touting the fact that she canceled the bridge to nowhere — which she did. Exit question: Does a man who comes from the same professional background as Jesus really need to inflate his resume?
Update: Via InstaGlenn, here’s Maverick laying Obama out.
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Put up the instapundit clip where McCain knocks him for it.
lorien1973 on September 16, 2008 at 10:00 PM
You can’t just reinvent yourself Barry…
ninjapirate on September 16, 2008 at 10:02 PM
I hope that you aren’t holding your breath, Allah. We need you around to post the quote of the day…not past out on the floor.
IrishGirl17 on September 16, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Second lorien. That clip is some awesome McCain stumpin.
BadgerHawk on September 16, 2008 at 10:03 PM
well NinjaPirate, yeah he can as long as he has a complicit press….and a pliable and not pissed off Congressional fellowship speaking of which Barry may need a new nickname like Halon or something.
sven10077 on September 16, 2008 at 10:04 PM
IrishGirl17 on September 16, 2008 at 10:04 PM
I hope and pray to the one God that Senator McCain, bops him in his forever upturned nose with all of these lies Obomba is telling on the trail at the debates. He should pulverize him.
hawkdriver on September 16, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Megalomania
“I said it “(in a speech) “therefore I have done it”
rockhauler on September 16, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Just another lying liar.
JimK on September 16, 2008 at 10:05 PM
I thought he brought the teleprompter with him?
…………. and if he did, who let Hillary into the room?
Seven Percent Solution on September 16, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Who do you believe will benefit more politically from today’s news of a bank meltdown?
Barack Obama is the clear political winner when it comes to the current financial crisis on Wall Street. That’s the verdict according to the Online100, the most authoritative survey of the blogosphere. The Online100 panel consists of 100 leading online voices from across the US, divided between mainstream media, national blogs and statewide blogs.
Tav on September 16, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Now we know why he tapped Biden. They’re soulmates.
Spirit of 1776 on September 16, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Obaoba will just blame it on his teleprompter-guy who obviously input the wrong words.
Bishop on September 16, 2008 at 10:07 PM
…next thing you know, he’ll be claiming to have invented the Internet. Only, unlike Ol’ Al, he did it with a swish of his magic wand.
Puritan1648 on September 16, 2008 at 10:07 PM
words, just words….
sven10077 on September 16, 2008 at 10:08 PM
I believe one of the brilliant commenters at HotAir called Obama the “Say Anything” candidate? He really needs to hold up a radio whilst Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” plays, at this point.
Pasalubong on September 16, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I think the American people will get it. It’s time for McCain to channel Reagan like Sarah’s already doing.
Mojave Mark on September 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM
He has responsibilities now?
Oh, that’s right, he’s no longer a community organizer.
eea on September 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM
“Did I just say that? Oh, what the hell…”
Mr_Magoo on September 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Strictly from the strategic perspective, the sad part is that Obama really had a good talking point if he didn’t get greedy and claim a bigger role than he actually had. His real talking point is that he was out there with the best idea and Congress saw that wisdom and passed a bill that was closer to his proposal than that of McCain.
highhopes on September 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Is he taking credit for the current state of the economy?
DarkeningCloud on September 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Jake Tapper:
No! Really?!?! I cannot tell you how shocked I am that Senator Obama would inflate his role about anything. Well, yes I can to you. I am not shocked at all.
Next, we’ll get the amazing discovery that Senator Obama has an inflated ego.
Loxodonta on September 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Damn you, I was so going for a Gore post.
trailboss on September 16, 2008 at 10:11 PM
He needs to answer for the, at least disloyal, at most illegal negotiations with the Iraqi government during his European and Middle Eastern vacation.
No wonder he didn’t visit Landshtul. He knew he couldn’t look those wounded soldiers in the eyes.
hawkdriver on September 16, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Barry makes waffles Kerry look like a principled man of deep convictions!
dmann on September 16, 2008 at 10:14 PM
This empty suit just keeps giving McCain/Palin sound bites for the upcoming debates; as well as providing Rush with enough material to fill (3) hours with Obama gaffes alone.
Keemo on September 16, 2008 at 10:14 PM
He’s trying to show how the Senate is a community and he organized them. Just like Jesus.
econavenger on September 16, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Tada…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZqn2nog_S8
If McCain keeps on like this, we win.
Damiano on September 16, 2008 at 10:14 PM
The Left really have their nerve,connecting
anything,Jesus,oh wait,the Beatles were bigger
than Jesus!!
canopfor on September 16, 2008 at 10:15 PM
“Not Present”
fogw on September 16, 2008 at 10:15 PM
“Wanting Obama to win, however, none will say so on the record.”
/feigns serious shock
Buckaroo on September 16, 2008 at 10:15 PM
C’mon Barry…..Al invented the internet. Surely you can come up with something more viable than this. Could that “stimulus” have come from Streisand reaching into your front pocket?
Rovin on September 16, 2008 at 10:16 PM
“Is he taking credit for the current state of the economy?”
if that’s what you want to hear, absoultely!
:-)
Buckaroo on September 16, 2008 at 10:16 PM
if Obama loses, how much more radical does the left and media get the next 4 yrs?
jp on September 16, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Keep moving – nothing to see here.
Fuquay Steve on September 16, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Obama today was guilty of inflating his role
Today?
Bishop on September 16, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Above his pay grade.
Loxodonta on September 16, 2008 at 10:17 PM
When you believe in yourself as much as Mr. Barry does, it becomes easy to believe anything you say must be the truth, well, because you said it.
He’s starting to sound a bit like Kim Jong Ill. Perhaps he’ll start referring to himself in the third person next.
trailboss on September 16, 2008 at 10:17 PM
And the really funny part will be the posts on Trappers’s site. Obambi’s folks are going to call him everything but a child of God. Good times.
Cindy Munford on September 16, 2008 at 10:17 PM
One time, at band camp…
Seixon on September 16, 2008 at 10:18 PM
trailboss on September 16, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Like the old saying goes…it’s a poor dog that can’t wage it’s own tail.
Cindy Munford on September 16, 2008 at 10:18 PM
\
DUDE. I’m so impressed– Johnny Mac laid the smack down!!!
Pasalubong on September 16, 2008 at 10:20 PM
If he wags it any harder…nope, I better not go there.
trailboss on September 16, 2008 at 10:21 PM
“Remember when I was a POW in Vietnam…. uh er ah that was my opponent, but I thought about being a POW once”.
Change you can make up as you go along…
Hog Wild on September 16, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Make that your next television add, Johhny Mac….and play it over and over and over again!!!!
IrishGirl17 on September 16, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Sweet. Thanks for the link.
Spirit of 1776 on September 16, 2008 at 10:22 PM
McCain and crew BETTER get out ads that play in important states on this.
And it better be BIG.
Sakaki on September 16, 2008 at 10:22 PM
“Jesus” would like to “stimulate” the economy by building bridges to nowhere and other crap for his union friends. The One is anti tax cuts as the gov’t knows how to spend our money better than us. After all, I spent my stimulus check on shoes, clothes, and bags, stimulating the economy by spending the money!!
Illinidiva on September 16, 2008 at 10:24 PM
I’m from Dayton…well Greene County actually and he just nailed that out of the park…
sven10077 on September 16, 2008 at 10:24 PM
I’m willing to worry about that after McCain is sworn in.
IrishGirl17 on September 16, 2008 at 10:24 PM
excellent.
trailboss on September 16, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Did they play it on the news there?
lorien1973 on September 16, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Thanks so much for that video.
McCain just cleared the bases! I am cheering you. Please keep at it. We need you to win this one.
Loxodonta on September 16, 2008 at 10:25 PM
I took Hope and Change to the bank yesterday, and all I got was three one dollar blls.
x-wing on September 16, 2008 at 10:25 PM
trailboss on September 16, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Hey, I saw a really good post of your’s last night and was going to reply but for some reason I couldn’t get HA to come up again. Now, of course, I can’t remember which thread. Oh well.
Cindy Munford on September 16, 2008 at 10:25 PM
He just can’t help himself, can he?
From Psychology Today:
That pretty much covers it. I wonder if that’s why his medical history has been kept under wraps.
tru2tx on September 16, 2008 at 10:26 PM
jp on September 16, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Radical enough for me to resume plinkin’ varmints on a weekly basis.
dmann on September 16, 2008 at 10:27 PM
How much room do they have left?
trailboss on September 16, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Here we go again,
If you people, only would listen,and implement,
the ‘Ones’ Utopian grand plan,to single handedly
save the economy,even tho,the Liberals are claiming,
‘what you talkin about’,this master plan,would of
had Wall Street up by 1000 points,a hem,
and the sky would open,the angels and children would
be singing and the whole world would be right as rain,
and the Obama’s policy would be pushing up daisys and
Unicorn Jones would be frolicing about with no cares
of the world!!!
canopfor on September 16, 2008 at 10:27 PM
When all is said and done, Obama will average one gaffe per week during this long, long election year.
carbon_footprint on September 16, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Eh,that’s ok. Thanks for thinking of me!
trailboss on September 16, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Dunno I’m five states away thanks to the DoD. My dad is dealing with the damage from the winds Ike took up home, but it won’t matter. Word of mouth travels well in Ohio.
His speech speaks to Ohioan pragmatism.
sven10077 on September 16, 2008 at 10:28 PM
canopfor on September 16, 2008 at 10:27 PM
And yet, I remain unmoved.
Cindy Munford on September 16, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Thanks for the tip. That was a good video. Now if only that info would hit the MSM.
HawaiiLwyr on September 16, 2008 at 10:29 PM
And that is {one of) Obama’s greatest failings: narcissism. He can’t leave well enough alone, but will always try for something bigger, even if it is plainly false. Whatever good there is in him is lost to the self-love and self-promotion that has gotten him this far. If he fails, they will write of him that it was through his own doing.
pomerpants on September 16, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Yea, verily.
pomerpants on September 16, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Ouch. Maybe telling Dirty Harry that Obama could not share the wealth was not such a smart idea.
Obama will send the Senators running for office some autographed pics and bumper stickers to help them out. I am sure they were just returning the favor.
This one is going to leave a mark.
DVPTexFla on September 16, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Lucky you didn’t come away with one three-dollar bill.
trailboss on September 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM
That video clip of McCain is really outstanding. If he keeps saying things like that, Obama is toast.
Sydney Carton on September 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM
I’m curious,has Obama,had a mental test,
just to verify that Hopey/Changey isn’t
‘Certifiable’ for the wink,wink,’Institution”!!haha
canopfor on September 16, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Ouch! That was great! I liked how McCain totally destroyed Obama in that clip–every word.
That will make a great campaign ad and will seal the election for McCain.
Gabe on September 16, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Crank out the “Obama’s lying” ad on his stimulus epiphany.
Do it. And do it now.
Vizzini on September 16, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Get ‘um McCain!
Chakra Hammer on September 16, 2008 at 10:36 PM
That is what McCain needs to do, attack!!
And he should not apologize afterward when he is interviewed by the MSM for attacking Obama’s constant lies and smears.
jencab on September 16, 2008 at 10:37 PM
No, that will never make the MSM. Obama’s poll numbers would drop ten points, and the MSM couldn’t have that.
It will have to be a campaign ad or wait for the debates.
Obama was hoping that the stock market would keep tanking to help him politically. Bad move! Some type of “hope.” Thank God Obama probably just destroyed his election chances.
Gabe on September 16, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Man oh man this is not gonna help Michelle’s children.
tee866 on September 16, 2008 at 10:37 PM
So, how many resumes lies are we up to now?
- Claims he work for an international clearing house, had a secretary and met with international bond traders
- Assumes that he’s already President… for the next 8-10 years.
- Claims that he’s on the banking committee
- Lies about abortion vote
- Violates Logan Act
Does he say anything that is accurate?
Damiano on September 16, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Next up from Obibby: “I stood alone on the Iraqi Front, driving back the insurgent hordes with nothing but a rusty knife and my steely resolve”.
Bishop on September 16, 2008 at 10:38 PM
+2
If McCain comes out and does that there Fierce Dragon Punch combo to Bambi in next week’s debate, he’s going to walk away with this no matter how much crap the MSM throws at him and Palin.
Stay on message, Mav. Kick that socialist crapweasel’s @$$.
fiatboomer on September 16, 2008 at 10:38 PM
And Yet, I remained unmoved…
Cindy Munford on Sept 16,2008 at 10:29PM.
Cindy Munford: I don’t blame you,First Hopey has a plan
for Iraq,and now the economy,and Changeys
latest saviour plan,is attacking,’Puck-i-
Stan!:)
canopfor on September 16, 2008 at 10:40 PM
This is really getting pathetic. I mean all politicians do things that are less than honest (like the “lipstick ad” McCain put out, etc.), but this son of b**ch is a HUGE liar, as we’ve seen repeatedly here. It’s truly disgusting to think about how much support he has based entirely on the fact that the media doesn’t cover him fairly. And yes, I mean “fairly”. If Obama was covered fairly, he’d never have made it a day in the primaries, much less be “The One” today. I hate to steal a line from Hannity but “2008 is the year that journalism died” (except I’d say it was in a vegetative state for many years before someone pulled the plug).
RightWinged on September 16, 2008 at 10:41 PM
McCain sez “The Working People”!
He’s got a lot of anti-capitalist vibes going on. It worries me.
Chest_Rockwell on September 16, 2008 at 10:42 PM
I also love that pic of Obama on the main page, he looks like he’s trying to talk out of the side of his mouth, “Hemph, hey youf dummeeff, de telepromffter iffnt working. Phelp mee.”
Bishop on September 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Hope Change Lies
This is your democrat party God help us.
Gracelynn on September 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM
I love it when McCain fights for America.
While Obama fights for the spotlight.
Loxodonta on September 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM
tee866 on September 16, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Ultimately it will, they’ll learn that its integrity, honesty and hard work that define success, not the color of ones skin.
dmann on September 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Fixed.
fossten on September 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM
BREAKING NEWS!!! Presidential Candidate Barack Obama has been rushed to the emergency room where doctors are attempting to sew up the new ***hole that McCain just ripped.
DarkeningCloud on September 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM
McCain video: awesome. More, please!
CP on September 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM
McCain’s populism is like NearBeer compared to Barry’s vodka.
John McCain just wants investment bankers to not play commercial games. A LOT of Buckeyes watched their 401Ks die this decade. It is a source of rage.
sven10077 on September 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Watching the media go all out activist role for the Obama
campaign has got them walking side by side with Russia,China,and Cuba.Imagine what they would cover up for in an Obama administration to protect their liberal agenda.
No investigation of Obama’s ties to weatherman terrorist,but did you hear that Palin put a tanning bed in the governor’s mansion.
No headlines about Obama’s failures at being a community organizer,did you hear that McCain’s wife owns 7 houses.
No headlines about Mr. hope and change’s money from big oil
and all of his lobbyist connections,he!!..Biden’s son was a
lobbyist until this week,did you hear that Palin actually prays for our Soldiers going off to war.
No headlines about Obama undercutting our military and the
President by trying to shut down troop withdrawals,did you
hear that Palin actually hires her own staff and …wait..
hear comes the kicker…consults with her husband sometimes when making decisions.
little to no condemnation about Obama flip flopping on FISA,Campaign finance,drilling,troop reductions,the surge,talking to our enemies without pre-conditions,taking
money from lobbyist…and so on…and so on,did you hear
that McCain cannot use a computer.
No Republican would have survived being a member of a bigoted church that teaches black separatist theology,did fund raisers and worked side by side with weathermen terrorist,changed their position on just about every issue
in only a few months and then went around the country telling everybody we are in a serious economic depression while he held fund raisers at $28,500 dollars a
plate and $2,500 tickets to listen to Evergreen being sung by “rocks in socks chested” Streisand.
The main stream media will never survive this total meltdown of credibility that they barely had before this election.
Baxter Greene on September 16, 2008 at 10:45 PM
couldn’t get Hot/Air to come up…
Cindy Munford on Sept 16,2008 at 10:25PM.
Cindy Munford: I had the same problem,went to Drudge,
linked to Hot/Air,and problem solved!:)
canopfor on September 16, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Fixed.
fossten on September 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM
For being a ‘Concerned Christian’, you would think I would have come up with that. You are correct.
-curtsy-
Bishop on September 16, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Wow, just refreshed and saw the McCain video. He just WASTED Obama (though I wished he’d mentioned that it’s like a $28,500/plate dinner that Barry is holding with his Hollywood pals). Will the media dissect this whole situation, not that McCain has hit back hard? Nah.
RightWinged on September 16, 2008 at 10:46 PM
DarkeningCloud on September 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM
How do they sew-up his entire body?
Bishop on September 16, 2008 at 10:48 PM
o/\o
(high five)
fossten on September 16, 2008 at 10:49 PM
As long as his teleprompter doesn’t break, sure.
flenser on September 16, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Except when he doesn’t show up to vote for it.
Domino on September 16, 2008 at 10:51 PM
DarkeningCloud on Sept 16,2008 at 10:48PM.
DarkeningCloud:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeee,
Michelle,McCain did it again!!!!!!!!haha:)
canopfor on September 16, 2008 at 10:51 PM
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