Obama: "We'll be happy to provide you with that information"

[jlake]

Me: Obama, quit being happy - just fucking do it already.
Here's a hint: people keep asking for details, budgets and explanations because you have NOT provided them.

[Thrill]

1. you know how to use the internet? Go to his website

[jlake]

4. That worked so well for John Kerry.

Obama will have to learn the details and be able to express lucid answers.
"Read my website" is not going to cut it.

[shaniqua6392]

6. In like 20 debates he should have elaborated a bit.

Why the f*ck should we HAVE to research everything. Of course, we should do some on our own but these two have had ample time to lay out the platform. Quit talking about hope and change and tell us exactly what you are going to do. After 8 years of Bush, the American people are ready for change. Obama knows this and has played everyone like a fiddle. She just says the same crap over and over. Day one, etc.... blah...blah....blah. They both kind of suck and we should all be conducting a more thorough interview for such an important issue as electing our next President.

[Johnny__Motown]

2. Yes, they are all there on his site.

[jlake]

3. I know... that's what he just said.... and it's what JK always said... people

do NOT want to have to go to a website to read about it... he needs to know the details (he does not) and explain them.

[HerbieHeadhunter]

11. You wanted him to recite the details of his earmarks?

Jesus, what more could he have said to that question?

[peoli]

5. Obama's Earmarks Released - with link from OCTOBER

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/11/AR2007101101573.html

[jlake]

7. Here's the point. HE Doesn't know the answers.... he should at least

know what he is proposing so that he can answer SIMPLE questions about HIS plans.

[peoli]

9. No heres the point. The moderator was WRONG and so are you!

[gerrilea]

10. I said that too!

[shaniqua6392]

8. That deserves it's own thread. n/t

[XemaSab]

27. Excellent stuff

Infrastructure, emergency response, health, parks, education, the arts...

Looks like a good list.

[BlooInBloo]

12. That's just plain false that he hasn't provided them...

And you surely know by now that it's false. Knowing falsehood. Gotta love DUers.

[jlake]

13. Why can't he tell her that and answer the question.

HIS answer was "we CAN provide that" not "we did, and this is what it is..."
Obama clearly has no grasp of his own plans.... SAD

[peoli]

14. Do you want him to list 90 million worth of earmarks during the debate!?!?!?!

He said the moderator was wrong that they had. I provided you a link from OCTOBER and you are still bitching!

[BlooInBloo]

16. No matter how wrong the OP is, s/he will make something new up to bitch about....

... is just the way some ppl are.

[jlake]

19. .....

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[BlooInBloo]

15. Not as sad as your knowing falsehood.

[jlake]

18. No, it is not false. He doesn't know the answers. PERIOD.

[NashVegas]

17. Right. That Really Wasn't a Smart Answer

He should have done the typical politician thing and said there were very very very important projects Illinois needed.

[MagickMuffin]

20. Funny thing Obama did disclose the info

During the February 21 CNN Democratic presidential debate, CNN senior national correspondent John King cited a recent Taxpayers for Common Sense report in noting that Sen. Barack Obama was "responsible for $91 million in earmarks" in the 2008 fiscal year, and asked Obama: "And you have refused to say where the money went, what it's for. Why?" In fact, Obama disclosed his "earmarks" for the 2008 fiscal year in a June 2007 press release titled "Obama Announces FY08 Federal Funding Requests." Indeed, Obama responded to King's question by saying: "No, that's not true. We've actually disclosed, John, all our earmarks. And so, you know, we'll be happy to provide you with that information, because I believe very strongly in transparency."

According to data compiled by Taxpayers for Common Sense, Obama secured $91,421,220 in "earmarks" in the 2008 fiscal year. Taxpayers for Common Sense defined "earmarks" as "legislative provisions that set aside funds within an account for a specific program, project, activity, institution, or location. These measures normally circumvent merit-based or competitive allocation processes and appear in spending, authorization, tax, and tariff bills."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220011

[FrenchieCat]

21. It's SILLY Season......

[jlake]

22. Obamalogic

[FrenchieCat]

24. if that's what facts are.......

and your thread serves as documented evidence of sillyness.

Case Closed!

[jlake]

29. No, it's what being a lying, spinning con artsist is. Obamalogic.

[anamandujano]

23. When he said that, I said, "How about now."

You're right, he doesn't know the answers. They haven't taught them to him yet.

What a freaking disaster.

[casus belli]

25. Wow, this is new.

:sarcasm:

[jlake]

35. well, it is from several days ago....and Obama still hasn't resolved the issue.

HINT: It's getting worse not better with age.

[rodeodance]

26. Obama played follow the leader (Hillary)--she always had the detail and he has

only in last few weeks started to insert some detail into his stump speeches.


Hillary the Teacher--Obama the student

[Bodhi BloodWave]

28. So you mean Hillary could recite what the 340 mill she got earmarked was spent on? n/t

[jlake]

30. She could. I guarantee it.

[boston bean]

31. That was exactly patrick deval's answer. he actually told people

that people weren't interested in the intricacies, but his website had all the info they needed.

[adoraz]

32. LOL @ the OP

everything on this board is so tense for Hillary supporters now :)

[jlake]

34. LOL @ the "Obama supporter"

[boston bean]

33. He has ONLY released his 2007 earmarks not 2005 & 2006.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/02/sweet_column_mccain_gop_hits_o.html

In November, I wrote about how Obama's Senate office, after repeated requests since June, had yet to disclose earmarks Obama sought in 2006.

The Post story triggered a Republican National Committee research department release headlined "Obama praises transparency in government, but refuses to let others see his own records."

On the campaign trail Thursday, McCain blasted Obama on earmark disclosure, according to reports. "And the senator from Illinois, who says that he wants transparency in government, will not reveal the number of earmarks that he received in 2006 and 2005. Is that transparency in government? I don't think so. I don't think so!" McCain said.

The Obama response has been that they disclose more than Clinton, a reply I think shows calculation, not conviction. The goal for Obama is not just to stay a step ahead of Clinton. Now he's got to deal with McCain.

[Forkboy]

36. How many threads do you have left today?

Please tell us this is it.