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 ==Change==
-:Barack Hussein Obama's campaign for the President had been built on the theme of "change". He often alludes to and paints a portrait of "change" for the masses.   Leon Panetta is Obama’s pick for the CIA, chief of staff under Bill Clinton. [[Robert Reich]] is Obama’s economy guru, was Secretary of Labor under [[Bill Clinton]]. [[Rahm Emanuel]] is Obama’s chief of staff, was a senior adviser under Bill Clinton. [[Eric Holder]] is the Attorney General, was deputy Attorney General under Bill Clinton. Carol Browner is Obama’s "global warming" czar, she ran the EPA under Bill Clinton. Susan Rice is Obama’s pick for the UN, was an assistant Secretary of State under Bill Clinton. Nominating Neal Wolin to be deputy treasury secretary, a former Clinton department's general counsel. Nominated Lael Brainard, a Clinton-era official. Nominated Harold Koh for State Department’s legal adviser, former Clinton administration official. 7th Circuit Court nominee David F. Hamilton, former Clinton appointed judge. William Lynn is Obama's defense secretary, was the Pentagon comptroller of the [[Clinton administration]]. Michele Flournoy for under secretary of defense for policy, former principal deputy assistant defense secretary under Bill Clinton. Robert Hale is named comptoller, was former assistant secretary of the Air Force under Bill Clinton. Jeh Johnson is Defense Department general counsel, former Air Force general counsel under Clinton. Nominated David Hayes No.2 job at Interior Dept., held same job under Bill Clinton. Rosa Brooks is senior advisor to the Pentagon, was senior adviser to the State Department under Bill Clinton. George Mitchell is the U.S. envoy to the Middle East, was Special Envoy for Northern Ireland under Bill Clinton. [[Joe Biden]], [[Tom Daschle]], Paul Volcker, and even [[David Axelrod]], all longtime Bill Clinton Washington insiders. William Michael Daley served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton, chief of staff under Obama. Gene Sperling was NEC director under Bill Clinton, Director of Economic Council for Obama.
+:Barack Hussein Obama's campaign for the President had been built on the theme of "change". He often alludes to and paints a portrait of "change" for the masses.   Leon Panetta is Obama’s pick for the CIA, chief of staff under Bill Clinton. [[Robert Reich]] is Obama’s economy guru, was Secretary of Labor under [[Bill Clinton]]. [[Rahm Emanuel]] is Obama’s chief of staff, was a senior adviser under Bill Clinton. [[Eric Holder]] is the Attorney General, was deputy Attorney General under Bill Clinton. Carol Browner is Obama’s "global warming" czar, she ran the EPA under Bill Clinton. Susan Rice is Obama’s pick for the UN, was an assistant Secretary of State under Bill Clinton. Nominating Neal Wolin to be deputy treasury secretary, a former Clinton department's general counsel. Nominated Lael Brainard, a Clinton-era official. Nominated Harold Koh for State Department’s legal adviser, former Clinton administration official. 7th Circuit Court nominee David F. Hamilton, former Clinton appointed judge. William Lynn is Obama's defense secretary, was the Pentagon comptroller of the [[Clinton administration]]. [[Michele Flournoy]] for under secretary of defense for policy, former principal deputy assistant defense secretary under Bill Clinton. Robert Hale is named comptoller, was former assistant secretary of the Air Force under Bill Clinton. Jeh Johnson is Defense Department general counsel, former Air Force general counsel under Clinton. Nominated David Hayes No.2 job at Interior Dept., held same job under Bill Clinton. Rosa Brooks is senior advisor to the Pentagon, was senior adviser to the State Department under Bill Clinton. George Mitchell is the U.S. envoy to the Middle East, was Special Envoy for Northern Ireland under Bill Clinton. [[Joe Biden]], [[Tom Daschle]], Paul Volcker, and even [[David Axelrod]], all longtime Bill Clinton Washington insiders. William Michael Daley served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton, chief of staff under Obama. Gene Sperling was NEC director under Bill Clinton, Director of Economic Council for Obama.
 ''“The change we need doesn’t come from Washington, it comes to Washington.”''

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 '''Obama doublespeak''' is a deliberate, calculated use of [[rhetoric]] that states Barack Obama's positions and that contradict his actual policies.
-:''"...he [ [[Obama]] ] goes out as a politician and says what he has to say as a politician."'' Jeremiah Wright <ref>[http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04252008/transcript1.html BILL MOYERS INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT] PBS, April 25, 2008</ref>
+:''"...he [ [[Obama]] ] goes out as a politician and says what he has to say as a politician."'' Jeremiah Wright <ref>[https://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04252008/transcript1.html BILL MOYERS INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT] PBS, April 25, 2008</ref>
 :''"Alinsky taught [community] organizers [like Obama] to hide their true intentions in the words they spoke."''-Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D. 'The Obama Nation'
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 ''"above my pay grade."''
-'' 'pro-choice, not pro-abortion' '' <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2008/08/16/obama-and-mccain-try-to-woo-conservative-voters-at-forum/ Obama, McCain’s Abortion Positions Contrast Sharply at Faith Forum] Fox News, August 16, 2008</ref>
+'' 'pro-choice, not pro-abortion' '' <ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2008/08/16/obama-and-mccain-try-to-woo-conservative-voters-at-forum/ Obama, McCain’s Abortion Positions Contrast Sharply at Faith Forum] Fox News, August 16, 2008</ref>
 ==Lobbyists==
-:Obama's transition cabinet includes over 40 registered [[lobbyist]]s. After saying that lobbyists would be mostly barred from working in the Obama-occupied White House, the administration still hasn't disclosed how many lobbyists made their way into top posts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/10/obama-administration-struggling-live-transparency-pledges/ Obama Administration Struggling to Live Up to Transparency Pledges] Fox News, March 10, 2009</ref>
+:Obama's transition cabinet includes over 40 registered [[lobbyist]]s. After saying that lobbyists would be mostly barred from working in the Obama-occupied White House, the administration still hasn't disclosed how many lobbyists made their way into top posts.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/10/obama-administration-struggling-live-transparency-pledges/ Obama Administration Struggling to Live Up to Transparency Pledges] Fox News, March 10, 2009</ref>
 :Barack Obama’s ban on lobbyist contributions will limit the haul from fundraising dinners to congressional Democrats, but organizers have found a way around it: a morning-after event at the same hotel where lobbyists — and their money — will be welcomed with open arms.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23872.html Democrats dodge ban on cash from lobbyists] Politico, June 18, 2009</ref>
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 ==Transparency==
-:Obama and senior Democrats have been telling the American people that this will be the "most transparent" government in history. The exact opposite is the situation America finds itself in. Candidate Obama made a calculated policy to withhold information, to be secret like no other candidate before him.  Instances of information withheld [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18969.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/obama-gore-1.html][http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_97/news/32883-1.html][http://www.barackobamaon.com/index.php/articles/280-barack-obama-quotes][http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3093534][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/cameras-barred-bidens-speech-afl-cio/][http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/03/03/solis-meets-with-workers-in-first-public-appearance/][https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44549][https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.henry/][http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/23/obama-spokesmans-debut-marked-by-discord/][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html][http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=157448][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450_Page2.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-newspaper.html] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story?page=2][http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93194][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/07/a-school-choice-study-suppressed/][http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31386][https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/27/obama-team-reverses-union-transparency/][http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/may/stimulus-transparency-hold][http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12311481][https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_white_house_secrecy/2009/06/17/225751.html][http://www.newsweek.com/id/202875][https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Put-nothing-in-writing-Browner-told-auto-execs-on-secret-White-House-CAFE-talks-50260677.html][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/01/white-house-disputes-criticism-town-hall-meeting-staged/][http://gawker.com/5311055/white-house-press-corps-spent-the-fourth-of-july-hanging-out-with-obama-off-the-record][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/22/knock-knock-whos-there-obamas-not-telling/]
+:Obama and senior Democrats have been telling the American people that this will be the "most transparent" government in history. The exact opposite is the situation America finds itself in. Candidate Obama made a calculated policy to withhold information, to be secret like no other candidate before him.  Instances of information withheld [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18969.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/obama-gore-1.html][http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_97/news/32883-1.html][http://www.barackobamaon.com/index.php/articles/280-barack-obama-quotes][http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3093534][https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/cameras-barred-bidens-speech-afl-cio/][http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/03/03/solis-meets-with-workers-in-first-public-appearance/][https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44549][https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.henry/][http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/23/obama-spokesmans-debut-marked-by-discord/][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html][http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=157448][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450_Page2.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-newspaper.html] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story?page=2][http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93194][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/07/a-school-choice-study-suppressed/][http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31386][https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/27/obama-team-reverses-union-transparency/][http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/may/stimulus-transparency-hold][http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12311481][https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_white_house_secrecy/2009/06/17/225751.html][http://www.newsweek.com/id/202875][https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Put-nothing-in-writing-Browner-told-auto-execs-on-secret-White-House-CAFE-talks-50260677.html][https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/01/white-house-disputes-criticism-town-hall-meeting-staged/][http://gawker.com/5311055/white-house-press-corps-spent-the-fourth-of-july-hanging-out-with-obama-off-the-record][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/22/knock-knock-whos-there-obamas-not-telling/]
 ''"Going forward, anytime the [[American people]] want to know something that I or a former president wants to withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the white house counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the rule of law. '''Information will not be withheld just because I say so'''; it will be withheld because a separate authority believes my request is well-grounded in the Constitution. Let me say it as simply as I can: '''transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency'''"''
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 ''"a new standard of openness."''
-'Gibbs added Obama has upheld his pledge to be transparent, and administration officials have been vigilant in the use of stimulus funding for job creation.' <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/16/republican-senator-blasts-white-house-questionable-spending-stimulus-money/ No Crossing Guard for Turtles, But White House Claims Worthwhile Stimulus Projects] Fox News, June 16, 2009</ref>
+'Gibbs added Obama has upheld his pledge to be transparent, and administration officials have been vigilant in the use of stimulus funding for job creation.' <ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/16/republican-senator-blasts-white-house-questionable-spending-stimulus-money/ No Crossing Guard for Turtles, But White House Claims Worthwhile Stimulus Projects] Fox News, June 16, 2009</ref>
-"My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government." <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Government/ Transparency and Open Government] The White House Press Briefing Room</ref>
+"My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government." <ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Government/ Transparency and Open Government] The White House Press Briefing Room</ref>
 ==Taxes==
-:Despite Obama's campaign rhetoric, it is estimated that the permanent changes to tax law Obama signed totals a net tax hike of $618.7 billion. Obama has signed into law $7 in permanent tax hikes for every $1 in permanent tax cuts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/08/group-disputes-obamas-assertion-didnt-raise-taxes Group Disputes Obama's Assertion That He Didn't Raise Taxes, Fox News, February 8, 2011]</ref>
+:Despite Obama's campaign rhetoric, it is estimated that the permanent changes to tax law Obama signed totals a net tax hike of $618.7 billion. Obama has signed into law $7 in permanent tax hikes for every $1 in permanent tax cuts.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/08/group-disputes-obamas-assertion-didnt-raise-taxes Group Disputes Obama's Assertion That He Didn't Raise Taxes, Fox News, February 8, 2011]</ref>
 :Just 16 days into his regime, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco.<ref>http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget/</ref>
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 :Obama's budget proposal calls for an increase in taxes of about $330 billion by targeting oil, gas and coal producers, investment managers and U.S.-based multinational corporations.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCQ0U80&show_article=1 Obama budget resurrects rejected tax increases, Breitbart, February 14, 2011]</ref>
-“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, '''not any of your taxes'''.” <ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/11/other-comments-forbes-opinions-0211_other_comments.html Blowing Smoke] Forbes</ref><ref>[http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget] Obama Budget, Fox News</ref>
+“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, '''not any of your taxes'''.” <ref>[https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/11/other-comments-forbes-opinions-0211_other_comments.html Blowing Smoke] Forbes</ref><ref>[http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget] Obama Budget, Fox News</ref>
 “didn’t raise taxes once.” <ref>O'Reilly interview February 6. 2011</ref>
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 :Barack Hussein Obama and his administration have warned [[America]] to raise the nation's debt ceiling right away. Hyperbole from Treasury Secretary [[Timothy Geithner]], "Even a very short-term or limited default would have catastrophic economic consequences that would last for decades."
-In 2006, Obama had something to say about raising our debt ceiling, “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of '''leadership failure'''. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. ... Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. " <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/01/06/obama-officials-play-chicken-little-debt-ceiling/ Obama Officials Play Chicken Little With the Debt Ceiling, Fox News, January 6, 2011]</ref>
+In 2006, Obama had something to say about raising our debt ceiling, “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of '''leadership failure'''. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. ... Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. " <ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/01/06/obama-officials-play-chicken-little-debt-ceiling/ Obama Officials Play Chicken Little With the Debt Ceiling, Fox News, January 6, 2011]</ref>
 ==Hope==
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 :Obama urged individual sacrifice in an inaugural address that called for a new era of responsibility.
-''"We can't drive our SUVs and, you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on, you know, 72 degrees at all times."'' Not long after,  we are told that Obama was born in Hawaii so he likes the thermostat set high in the oval office. Obama's White House declined to comment [transparency] on the president's personal energy use.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/03/obama-getting-heat-for-turning-up-thermostat/ Obama Getting Heat for Turning Up the Oval Office Thermostat] Fox news, February 03, 2009</ref>
+''"We can't drive our SUVs and, you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on, you know, 72 degrees at all times."'' Not long after,  we are told that Obama was born in Hawaii so he likes the thermostat set high in the oval office. Obama's White House declined to comment [transparency] on the president's personal energy use.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/03/obama-getting-heat-for-turning-up-thermostat/ Obama Getting Heat for Turning Up the Oval Office Thermostat] Fox news, February 03, 2009</ref>
 ==Political Grievances==
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 For the first 50 days of the Obama regime, the following appeared on the White House website, "President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush..."
-In a scathing rebuke of former VP [[Dick Cheney]]'s comments, the White House starts by using sarcasm "Well, I guess [[Rush Limbaugh]] was busy," Gibbs said to laughter during his daily briefing with reporters. "So they trotted out the next most popular member of the [[Republican]] cabal." Also saying, "I think not taking economic advice from Dick Cheney would be maybe the best possible outcome of yesterday's interview." Blaming [[George W. Bush]], Gibbs defended Obama saying, 'he [Obama] is keeping the nation safe while dealing with problems George W. Bush's administration did not.' <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/16/white-house-jokes-cheney-limbaugh-stand/ White House Ridicules Cheney After Criticism] Fox News, March 17, 2009</ref>
+In a scathing rebuke of former VP [[Dick Cheney]]'s comments, the White House starts by using sarcasm "Well, I guess [[Rush Limbaugh]] was busy," Gibbs said to laughter during his daily briefing with reporters. "So they trotted out the next most popular member of the [[Republican]] cabal." Also saying, "I think not taking economic advice from Dick Cheney would be maybe the best possible outcome of yesterday's interview." Blaming [[George W. Bush]], Gibbs defended Obama saying, 'he [Obama] is keeping the nation safe while dealing with problems George W. Bush's administration did not.' <ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/16/white-house-jokes-cheney-limbaugh-stand/ White House Ridicules Cheney After Criticism] Fox News, March 17, 2009</ref>
-Hillary Clinton offered a sarcastic reply when asked about Cheney's request this week to declassify documents showing the "success" of harsh interrogations, "It won't surprise you that I don't consider him a particularly reliable source," Clinton said with laughter before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/22/clinton-stopping-iran-nukes-world-imperative/ Clinton Takes Aim at Cheney on Interrogation Memos] Fox News, April 22, 2009</ref>
+Hillary Clinton offered a sarcastic reply when asked about Cheney's request this week to declassify documents showing the "success" of harsh interrogations, "It won't surprise you that I don't consider him a particularly reliable source," Clinton said with laughter before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/22/clinton-stopping-iran-nukes-world-imperative/ Clinton Takes Aim at Cheney on Interrogation Memos] Fox News, April 22, 2009</ref>
 Accusing the Bush administration of creating "a misguided experiment" that created more threats to America, Obama told an audience at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., that the Guantanamo facility will be shuttered. "We are acutely aware that under the last administration, detainees were released only to return to the battlefield. That is why we are doing away with the poorly planned, haphazard approach that let those detainees go in the past," said Obama.

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 ==Transparency==
-:Obama and senior Democrats have been telling the American people that this will be the "most transparent" government in history. The exact opposite is the situation America finds itself in. Candidate Obama made a calculated policy to withhold information, to be secret like no other candidate before him.  Instances of information withheld [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18969.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/obama-gore-1.html][http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_97/news/32883-1.html][http://www.barackobamaon.com/index.php/articles/280-barack-obama-quotes][http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3093534][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/cameras-barred-bidens-speech-afl-cio/][http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/03/03/solis-meets-with-workers-in-first-public-appearance/][https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44549][https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.henry/][http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/23/obama-spokesmans-debut-marked-by-discord/][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html][http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=157448][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450_Page2.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-newspaper.html] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story?page=2][http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93194][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/07/a-school-choice-study-suppressed/][http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31386][https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/27/obama-team-reverses-union-transparency/][http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/may/stimulus-transparency-hold][http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12311481][https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_white_house_secrecy/2009/06/17/225751.html][http://www.newsweek.com/id/202875][http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Put-nothing-in-writing-Browner-told-auto-execs-on-secret-White-House-CAFE-talks-50260677.html][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/01/white-house-disputes-criticism-town-hall-meeting-staged/][http://gawker.com/5311055/white-house-press-corps-spent-the-fourth-of-july-hanging-out-with-obama-off-the-record][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/22/knock-knock-whos-there-obamas-not-telling/]
+:Obama and senior Democrats have been telling the American people that this will be the "most transparent" government in history. The exact opposite is the situation America finds itself in. Candidate Obama made a calculated policy to withhold information, to be secret like no other candidate before him.  Instances of information withheld [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18969.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/obama-gore-1.html][http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_97/news/32883-1.html][http://www.barackobamaon.com/index.php/articles/280-barack-obama-quotes][http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3093534][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/cameras-barred-bidens-speech-afl-cio/][http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/03/03/solis-meets-with-workers-in-first-public-appearance/][https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44549][https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.henry/][http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/23/obama-spokesmans-debut-marked-by-discord/][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html][http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=157448][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450_Page2.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-newspaper.html] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story?page=2][http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93194][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/07/a-school-choice-study-suppressed/][http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31386][https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/27/obama-team-reverses-union-transparency/][http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/may/stimulus-transparency-hold][http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12311481][https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_white_house_secrecy/2009/06/17/225751.html][http://www.newsweek.com/id/202875][https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Put-nothing-in-writing-Browner-told-auto-execs-on-secret-White-House-CAFE-talks-50260677.html][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/01/white-house-disputes-criticism-town-hall-meeting-staged/][http://gawker.com/5311055/white-house-press-corps-spent-the-fourth-of-july-hanging-out-with-obama-off-the-record][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/22/knock-knock-whos-there-obamas-not-telling/]
 ''"Going forward, anytime the [[American people]] want to know something that I or a former president wants to withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the white house counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the rule of law. '''Information will not be withheld just because I say so'''; it will be withheld because a separate authority believes my request is well-grounded in the Constitution. Let me say it as simply as I can: '''transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency'''"''

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 :January 2013 Healthcare Taxes. Medical Itemized Deductions Cap is raised from 7.5% deductible to 10 percent
-:January 2014 Healthcare Taxes. Individual Mandate Tax will require anyone not buying "qualifying" health insurance to pay an income surtax of $495
+:January 2014 Healthcare Taxes. [[Individual Mandate Tax]] will require anyone not buying "qualifying" health insurance to pay an income surtax of $495
 :Obama's budget proposal calls for an increase in taxes of about $330 billion by targeting oil, gas and coal producers, investment managers and U.S.-based multinational corporations.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCQ0U80&show_article=1 Obama budget resurrects rejected tax increases, Breitbart, February 14, 2011]</ref>

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 :''"Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules. You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity." -Saul Alinsky; Rules for Radicals; 1971; p. 128
-:''"The President is a serial liar."'' says [[Mark Levin]] about [[Barack Obama]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqs23vyqyao&feature=player_embedded#at=422 Mark Levin. "The President is a serial liar.", Mark Levin Day 8 of contempt. Part #1, YouTube]</ref>
+:''"The President is a serial liar."'' says [[Mark Levin]] about [[Barack Obama]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqs23vyqyao&feature=player_embedded#at=422 Mark Levin. "The President is a serial liar.", Mark Levin Day 8 of contempt. Part #1, YouTube]</ref>
 ==Abortion==
-:[[Barack Hussein Obama]] lifts the [[Mexico]] City policy that prevented the use of [[U.S.]] taxpayers’ money from supporting [[family planning]] groups which perform, promote and <u>expand</u> [[abortion]]s. In addition, the budget Obama submitted to Congress urges the House and Senate to repeal a law called the Dornan amendment that has prevented tax-funded abortion in the District of Columbia for many years.<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/nat5031.html President Obama's New Budget Calls for Tax-Funded Abortions in Nation's Capital] LifeNews.com, May 7, 2009</ref>
+:[[Barack Hussein Obama]] lifts the [[Mexico]] City policy that prevented the use of [[U.S.]] taxpayers’ money from supporting [[family planning]] groups which perform, promote and <u>expand</u> [[abortion]]s. In addition, the budget Obama submitted to Congress urges the House and Senate to repeal a law called the Dornan amendment that has prevented tax-funded abortion in the District of Columbia for many years.<ref>[https://www.lifenews.com/nat5031.html President Obama's New Budget Calls for Tax-Funded Abortions in Nation's Capital] LifeNews.com, May 7, 2009</ref>
-:Obama approves the Omnibus spending bill which gave $50 million dollars to the UN Population Fund. This fund helps provide coerced abortions in China. In addition, addressing the [[United Nations]], Obama has called for universal access to abortion.<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/abortion_access_obama/2009/07/02/231524.html Obama Administration Calls for Universal Access to Abortion at U.N. Meeting] NewsMax, July 2, 2009</ref>
+:Obama approves the Omnibus spending bill which gave $50 million dollars to the UN Population Fund. This fund helps provide coerced abortions in China. In addition, addressing the [[United Nations]], Obama has called for universal access to abortion.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/abortion_access_obama/2009/07/02/231524.html Obama Administration Calls for Universal Access to Abortion at U.N. Meeting] NewsMax, July 2, 2009</ref>
-:LifeSite News has compiled a list of Obama bills, speeches and appointments proving his only agenda is promoting more abortions.<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/obamaabortionrecord.html President Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Record: A Pro-Life Compilation, Lifesitenews.com, May 24, 2009]</ref>
+:LifeSite News has compiled a list of Obama bills, speeches and appointments proving his only agenda is promoting more abortions.<ref>[https://www.lifenews.com/obamaabortionrecord.html President Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Record: A Pro-Life Compilation, Lifesitenews.com, May 24, 2009]</ref>
 ''"We are [[united]] in our determination to prevent [[unintended pregnancies]], '''reduce the need for abortion''', and support women and families in the choices they make. To accomplish these goals, we must work to find common ground to expand access to affordable contraception, accurate health information, and preventative services."''
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 :Obama's transition cabinet includes over 40 registered [[lobbyist]]s. After saying that lobbyists would be mostly barred from working in the Obama-occupied White House, the administration still hasn't disclosed how many lobbyists made their way into top posts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/10/obama-administration-struggling-live-transparency-pledges/ Obama Administration Struggling to Live Up to Transparency Pledges] Fox News, March 10, 2009</ref>
-:Barack Obama’s ban on lobbyist contributions will limit the haul from fundraising dinners to congressional Democrats, but organizers have found a way around it: a morning-after event at the same hotel where lobbyists — and their money — will be welcomed with open arms.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23872.html Democrats dodge ban on cash from lobbyists] Politico, June 18, 2009</ref>
+:Barack Obama’s ban on lobbyist contributions will limit the haul from fundraising dinners to congressional Democrats, but organizers have found a way around it: a morning-after event at the same hotel where lobbyists — and their money — will be welcomed with open arms.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23872.html Democrats dodge ban on cash from lobbyists] Politico, June 18, 2009</ref>
 ''“Your voices should speak louder than the whispers of lobbyists.”'' said then-Senator Obama.
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 ==Fair Pay==
-:Senator Obama's female staffers were paid just 78 cents for every dollar his male staffers made.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42747 Obama Signs Fair Pay Act - His Female Staffers Made 78% of Males' Pay in Senate] CNSNews, January 30, 2009</ref>
+:Senator Obama's female staffers were paid just 78 cents for every dollar his male staffers made.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42747 Obama Signs Fair Pay Act - His Female Staffers Made 78% of Males' Pay in Senate] CNSNews, January 30, 2009</ref>
 ''"women still earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men," and "just totally wrong."''
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 ==Transparency==
-:Obama and senior Democrats have been telling the American people that this will be the "most transparent" government in history. The exact opposite is the situation America finds itself in. Candidate Obama made a calculated policy to withhold information, to be secret like no other candidate before him.  Instances of information withheld [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18969.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/obama-gore-1.html][http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_97/news/32883-1.html][http://www.barackobamaon.com/index.php/articles/280-barack-obama-quotes][http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3093534][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/cameras-barred-bidens-speech-afl-cio/][http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/03/03/solis-meets-with-workers-in-first-public-appearance/][http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44549][http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.henry/][http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/23/obama-spokesmans-debut-marked-by-discord/][http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html][http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html][http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=157448][http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450_Page2.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-newspaper.html] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story?page=2][http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93194][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/07/a-school-choice-study-suppressed/][http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31386][http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/27/obama-team-reverses-union-transparency/][http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/may/stimulus-transparency-hold][http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12311481][http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_white_house_secrecy/2009/06/17/225751.html][http://www.newsweek.com/id/202875][http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Put-nothing-in-writing-Browner-told-auto-execs-on-secret-White-House-CAFE-talks-50260677.html][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/01/white-house-disputes-criticism-town-hall-meeting-staged/][http://gawker.com/5311055/white-house-press-corps-spent-the-fourth-of-july-hanging-out-with-obama-off-the-record][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/22/knock-knock-whos-there-obamas-not-telling/]
+:Obama and senior Democrats have been telling the American people that this will be the "most transparent" government in history. The exact opposite is the situation America finds itself in. Candidate Obama made a calculated policy to withhold information, to be secret like no other candidate before him.  Instances of information withheld [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18969.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/obama-gore-1.html][http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_97/news/32883-1.html][http://www.barackobamaon.com/index.php/articles/280-barack-obama-quotes][http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3093534][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/cameras-barred-bidens-speech-afl-cio/][http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/03/03/solis-meets-with-workers-in-first-public-appearance/][https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44549][https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.henry/][http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/23/obama-spokesmans-debut-marked-by-discord/][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17833.html][http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=157448][https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450_Page2.html][http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-newspaper.html] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story?page=2][http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93194][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/07/a-school-choice-study-suppressed/][http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31386][https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/27/obama-team-reverses-union-transparency/][http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/may/stimulus-transparency-hold][http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12311481][https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_white_house_secrecy/2009/06/17/225751.html][http://www.newsweek.com/id/202875][http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Put-nothing-in-writing-Browner-told-auto-execs-on-secret-White-House-CAFE-talks-50260677.html][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/01/white-house-disputes-criticism-town-hall-meeting-staged/][http://gawker.com/5311055/white-house-press-corps-spent-the-fourth-of-july-hanging-out-with-obama-off-the-record][http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/22/knock-knock-whos-there-obamas-not-telling/]
 ''"Going forward, anytime the [[American people]] want to know something that I or a former president wants to withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the white house counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the rule of law. '''Information will not be withheld just because I say so'''; it will be withheld because a separate authority believes my request is well-grounded in the Constitution. Let me say it as simply as I can: '''transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency'''"''
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 :January 2014 Healthcare Taxes. Individual Mandate Tax will require anyone not buying "qualifying" health insurance to pay an income surtax of $495
-:Obama's budget proposal calls for an increase in taxes of about $330 billion by targeting oil, gas and coal producers, investment managers and U.S.-based multinational corporations.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCQ0U80&show_article=1 Obama budget resurrects rejected tax increases, Breitbart, February 14, 2011]</ref>
+:Obama's budget proposal calls for an increase in taxes of about $330 billion by targeting oil, gas and coal producers, investment managers and U.S.-based multinational corporations.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCQ0U80&show_article=1 Obama budget resurrects rejected tax increases, Breitbart, February 14, 2011]</ref>
 “I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, '''not any of your taxes'''.” <ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/11/other-comments-forbes-opinions-0211_other_comments.html Blowing Smoke] Forbes</ref><ref>[http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget] Obama Budget, Fox News</ref>
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 “Get in Their Faces!”
-"Responding to a private dinner guest in May 2010, agreed there is a 'subterranean agenda' in the opposition to his presidency that is rooted in race." Race-baiting from Obama's new book ''Family of Freedom'' <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-tea-party-racism/2011/03/04/id/388433 Black Leaders Rip Obama Claim of Tea Party Racism, NewsMax, March 4, 2011]</ref>
+"Responding to a private dinner guest in May 2010, agreed there is a 'subterranean agenda' in the opposition to his presidency that is rooted in race." Race-baiting from Obama's new book ''Family of Freedom'' <ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-tea-party-racism/2011/03/04/id/388433 Black Leaders Rip Obama Claim of Tea Party Racism, NewsMax, March 4, 2011]</ref>
 ==See also==

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 :''"Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules. You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity." -Saul Alinsky; Rules for Radicals; 1971; p. 128
-:''"The President is a serial liar."'' says [[Mark Levin]] about [[Barack Obama]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqs23vyqyao&feature=player_embedded#at=422 Mark Levin. "The President is a serial liar.", Mark Levin Day 8 of contempt. Part #1, YouTube]</ref>
+:''"The President is a serial liar."'' says [[Mark Levin]] about [[Barack Obama]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqs23vyqyao&feature=player_embedded#at=422 Mark Levin. "The President is a serial liar.", Mark Levin Day 8 of contempt. Part #1, YouTube]</ref>
 ==Abortion==
-:President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] lifts the [[Mexico]] City policy that prevented the use of [[U.S.]] taxpayers’ money from supporting [[family planning]] groups which perform, promote and <u>expand</u> [[abortion]]s. In addition, the budget Obama submitted to Congress urges the House and Senate to repeal a law called the Dornan amendment that has prevented tax-funded abortion in the District of Columbia for many years. <ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/nat5031.html President Obama's New Budget Calls for Tax-Funded Abortions in Nation's Capital] LifeNews.com, May 7, 2009</ref>
+:President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] lifts the [[Mexico]] City policy that prevented the use of [[U.S.]] taxpayers’ money from supporting [[family planning]] groups which perform, promote and <u>expand</u> [[abortion]]s. In addition, the budget Obama submitted to Congress urges the House and Senate to repeal a law called the Dornan amendment that has prevented tax-funded abortion in the District of Columbia for many years.<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/nat5031.html President Obama's New Budget Calls for Tax-Funded Abortions in Nation's Capital] LifeNews.com, May 7, 2009</ref>
-:Obama approves the Omnibus spending bill which gave $50 million dollars to the UN Population Fund. This fund helps provide coerced abortions in China. In addition, addressing the [[U.N.]], Obama has called for universal access to abortion. <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/abortion_access_obama/2009/07/02/231524.html Obama Administration Calls for Universal Access to Abortion at U.N. Meeting] NewsMax, July 2, 2009</ref>
+:Obama approves the Omnibus spending bill which gave $50 million dollars to the UN Population Fund. This fund helps provide coerced abortions in China. In addition, addressing the [[U.N.]], Obama has called for universal access to abortion.<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/abortion_access_obama/2009/07/02/231524.html Obama Administration Calls for Universal Access to Abortion at U.N. Meeting] NewsMax, July 2, 2009</ref>
-:LifeSite News has compiled a list of Obama bills, speeches and appointments proving his only agenda is promoting more abortions. <ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/obamaabortionrecord.html President Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Record: A Pro-Life Compilation, Lifesitenews.com, May 24, 2009]</ref>
+:LifeSite News has compiled a list of Obama bills, speeches and appointments proving his only agenda is promoting more abortions.<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/obamaabortionrecord.html President Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Record: A Pro-Life Compilation, Lifesitenews.com, May 24, 2009]</ref>
 ''"We are [[united]] in our determination to prevent [[unintended pregnancies]], '''reduce the need for abortion''', and support women and families in the choices they make. To accomplish these goals, we must work to find common ground to expand access to affordable contraception, accurate health information, and preventative services."''
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 ==Lobbyists==
-:President-elect Obama's transition cabinet includes over 40 registered [[lobbyist]]s. After saying that lobbyists would be mostly barred from working in the Obama White House, the administration still hasn't disclosed how many lobbyists made their way into top posts. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/10/obama-administration-struggling-live-transparency-pledges/ Obama Administration Struggling to Live Up to Transparency Pledges] Fox News, March 10, 2009</ref>
+:President-elect Obama's transition cabinet includes over 40 registered [[lobbyist]]s. After saying that lobbyists would be mostly barred from working in the Obama White House, the administration still hasn't disclosed how many lobbyists made their way into top posts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/10/obama-administration-struggling-live-transparency-pledges/ Obama Administration Struggling to Live Up to Transparency Pledges] Fox News, March 10, 2009</ref>
-:President Barack Obama’s ban on lobbyist contributions will limit the haul from fundraising dinners to congressional Democrats, but organizers have found a way around it: a morning-after event at the same hotel where lobbyists — and their money — will be welcomed with open arms. <ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23872.html Democrats dodge ban on cash from lobbyists] Politico, June 18, 2009</ref>
+:President Barack Obama’s ban on lobbyist contributions will limit the haul from fundraising dinners to congressional Democrats, but organizers have found a way around it: a morning-after event at the same hotel where lobbyists — and their money — will be welcomed with open arms.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23872.html Democrats dodge ban on cash from lobbyists] Politico, June 18, 2009</ref>
 ''“Your voices should speak louder than the whispers of lobbyists.”'' said Senator Obama.
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 ==Fair Pay==
-:Senator Obama's female staffers were paid just 78 cents for every dollar his male staffers made. <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42747 Obama Signs Fair Pay Act - His Female Staffers Made 78% of Males' Pay in Senate] CNSNews, January 30, 2009</ref>
+:Senator Obama's female staffers were paid just 78 cents for every dollar his male staffers made.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42747 Obama Signs Fair Pay Act - His Female Staffers Made 78% of Males' Pay in Senate] CNSNews, January 30, 2009</ref>
 ''"women still earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men," and "just totally wrong."''
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 ==Taxes==
-:Despite Obama's campaign rhetoric, it is estimated that the permanent changes to tax law Obama signed totals a net tax hike of $618.7 billion. Obama has signed into law $7 in permanent tax hikes for every $1 in permanent tax cuts. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/08/group-disputes-obamas-assertion-didnt-raise-taxes Group Disputes Obama's Assertion That He Didn't Raise Taxes, Fox News, February 8, 2011]</ref>
+:Despite Obama's campaign rhetoric, it is estimated that the permanent changes to tax law Obama signed totals a net tax hike of $618.7 billion. Obama has signed into law $7 in permanent tax hikes for every $1 in permanent tax cuts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/08/group-disputes-obamas-assertion-didnt-raise-taxes Group Disputes Obama's Assertion That He Didn't Raise Taxes, Fox News, February 8, 2011]</ref>
-:Just 16 days into his presidency, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco. <ref>http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget/</ref>
+:Just 16 days into his presidency, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco.<ref>http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget/</ref>
 :July 2010, Obama imposed a new 10 percent excise tax on Caucasian Americans using indoor tanning salons.
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 :January 2014 Healthcare Taxes. Individual Mandate Tax will require anyone not buying "qualifying" health insurance to pay an income surtax of $495
-:Obama's budget proposal calls for an increase in taxes of about $330 billion by targeting oil, gas and coal producers, investment managers and U.S.-based multinational corporations. <ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCQ0U80&show_article=1 Obama budget resurrects rejected tax increases, Breitbart, February 14, 2011]</ref>
+:Obama's budget proposal calls for an increase in taxes of about $330 billion by targeting oil, gas and coal producers, investment managers and U.S.-based multinational corporations.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCQ0U80&show_article=1 Obama budget resurrects rejected tax increases, Breitbart, February 14, 2011]</ref>
-“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, '''not any of your taxes'''.” <ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/11/other-comments-forbes-opinions-0211_other_comments.html Blowing Smoke] Forbes</ref> <ref>[http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget]Obama Budget, Fox News</ref>
+“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, '''not any of your taxes'''.” <ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/11/other-comments-forbes-opinions-0211_other_comments.html Blowing Smoke] Forbes</ref><ref>[http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget] Obama Budget, Fox News</ref>
 “didn’t raise taxes once.” <ref>O'Reilly interview February 6. 2011</ref>
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 :Barack Hussein Obama and his administration have warned [[America]] to raise the nation's debt ceiling right away. Hyperbole from Treasury Secretary [[Timothy Geithner]], "Even a very short-term or limited default would have catastrophic economic consequences that would last for decades."
-In 2006, Obama had something to say about raising our debt ceiling, “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of '''leadership failure'''. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. ... Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. " <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/01/06/obama-officials-play-chicken-little-debt-ceiling/ Obama Officials Play Chicken Little With the Debt Ceiling, Fox News, January 6, 2011</ref>
+In 2006, Obama had something to say about raising our debt ceiling, “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of '''leadership failure'''. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. ... Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. " <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/01/06/obama-officials-play-chicken-little-debt-ceiling/ Obama Officials Play Chicken Little With the Debt Ceiling, Fox News, January 6, 2011]</ref>
 ==Hope==
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 :Obama urged individual sacrifice in an inaugural address that called for a new era of responsibility.
-''"We can't drive our SUVs and, you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on, you know, 72 degrees at all times."'' Not long after,  we are told that Obama was born in Hawaii so he likes the thermostat set high in the oval office. Obama's White House declined to comment [transparency] on the president's personal energy use. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/03/obama-getting-heat-for-turning-up-thermostat/ Obama Getting Heat for Turning Up the Oval Office Thermostat] Fox news, February 03, 2009</ref>
+''"We can't drive our SUVs and, you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on, you know, 72 degrees at all times."'' Not long after,  we are told that Obama was born in Hawaii so he likes the thermostat set high in the oval office. Obama's White House declined to comment [transparency] on the president's personal energy use.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/03/obama-getting-heat-for-turning-up-thermostat/ Obama Getting Heat for Turning Up the Oval Office Thermostat] Fox news, February 03, 2009</ref>
 ==Political Grievances==
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 In a scathing rebuke of former VP [[Dick Cheney]]'s comments, the White House starts by using sarcasm "Well, I guess [[Rush Limbaugh]] was busy," Gibbs said to laughter during his daily briefing with reporters. "So they trotted out the next most popular member of the [[Republican]] cabal." Also saying, "I think not taking economic advice from Dick Cheney would be maybe the best possible outcome of yesterday's interview." Blaming [[George W. Bush]], Gibbs defended Obama saying, 'he [Obama] is keeping the nation safe while dealing with problems George W. Bush's administration did not.' <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/16/white-house-jokes-cheney-limbaugh-stand/ White House Ridicules Cheney After Criticism] Fox News, March 17, 2009</ref>
-Hillary Clinton offered a sarcastic reply when asked about Cheney's request this week to declassify documents showing the "success" of harsh interrogations, "It won't surprise you that I don't consider him a particularly reliable source," Clinton said with laughter before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/22/clinton-stopping-iran-nukes-world-imperative/ Clinton Takes Aim at Cheney on Interrogation Memos]Fox News, April 22, 2009</ref>
+Hillary Clinton offered a sarcastic reply when asked about Cheney's request this week to declassify documents showing the "success" of harsh interrogations, "It won't surprise you that I don't consider him a particularly reliable source," Clinton said with laughter before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/22/clinton-stopping-iran-nukes-world-imperative/ Clinton Takes Aim at Cheney on Interrogation Memos] Fox News, April 22, 2009</ref>
 Accusing the Bush administration of creating "a misguided experiment" that created more threats to America, Obama told an audience at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., that the Guantanamo facility will be shuttered. "We are acutely aware that under the last administration, detainees were released only to return to the battlefield. That is why we are doing away with the poorly planned, haphazard approach that let those detainees go in the past," said Obama
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 “Get in Their Faces!”
-"Responding to a private dinner guest in May 2010, agreed there is a 'subterranean agenda' in the opposition to his presidency that is rooted in race." race-baiting from Obama's new book ''Family of Freedom'' <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-tea-party-racism/2011/03/04/id/388433 Black Leaders Rip Obama Claim of Tea Party Racism, NewsMax, March 4, 2011</ref>
+"Responding to a private dinner guest in May 2010, agreed there is a 'subterranean agenda' in the opposition to his presidency that is rooted in race." race-baiting from Obama's new book ''Family of Freedom'' <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-tea-party-racism/2011/03/04/id/388433 Black Leaders Rip Obama Claim of Tea Party Racism, NewsMax, March 4, 2011]</ref>
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:Liberal Deceit]]
-==External Links==
+==External links==
 * [http://www.nypost.com/seven/06112009/postopinion/editorials/bams_double_talk_173700.htm OBAMA'S DOUBLE TALK]

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 :Just 16 days into his presidency, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco. <ref>http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/03/kerpen_obama_budget/</ref>
-:July 2010, Obama imposed a new 10 percent excise tax on Americans using indoor tanning salons.
+:July 2010, Obama imposed a new 10 percent excise tax on Caucasian Americans using indoor tanning salons.
 :January 2011 Healthcare Taxes. The Medicine Cabinet Tax prevents consumers from using their health savings accounts to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin)