An $8 million Military Defense Contractor Earmark's Ties to Obama Top Money Man

[ElsewheresDaughter]

Sen. Barack Obama requested $8 million for a military defense contractor that has close ties to one of his most prodigious fundraisers.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/13/a_military_earmarks_ties_to_th.html

Obama disclosed the 2006 request on a long list of earmark requests his campaign made public today. The $8 million was for something called a "High Explosive Air Burst Technology Program." The request led to $1.3 million in funding for the program. According to the campaign's earmark disclosure, the defense project was overseen by General Dynamics, one of the nation's largest military contractors. Obama's Illinois finance chairman, James S. Crown, serves on the company's board of directors and his family holds a sizable stake in the company.

Crown and his wife, Paula Crown, are members of Obama's National Finance Committee and have raised more than $200,000 for the Obama campaign, according to a list of fundraisers posted on Obama's campaign website.

The Obama campaign had already made public his 2007 funding requests but had for months resisted requests to share letters written earlier in his tenure to budget committees.

Obama's release of his earmark requests today came with a challenge for Sen. Hillary Clinton to do the same.

"Bringing real change requires changing the way we do business in Washington," said Obama for America communications director Robert Gibbs. "If Senator Clinton will not agree to join Senator Obama in releasing her earmark requests, voters should ask why she doesn't believe they have the right to know she wants to spend their tax dollars."



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The press does nobody any favors with its "hands off" policy with respect to Obama's past.

The real Obama is the slickest chicago politician anyone's seen in years.

He has a history of over-promising and under-delivering.

His history of funneling money to Rezko for slum repairs that were never done is shameful and quite literally criminal.

The majority of Americans do not know of Obama's history of repeated Cocaine abuse
Republicans will not be the least bit shy about bringing these facts to the public's attention.

The best hope for America is for the press to do its job and bring these facts to voters attention before its too late for Democrats to choose another candidate.

If Democrats nominate Obama, they will lose.

America can't afford for that to happen.

[MadBadger]

1. Link?

[DemBones DemBones]

6. Obama is not the

Messiah and your use of an image of Jesus on an Obama
button is blasphemous. It reflects badly on DU and on
the Democratic Party. Is that your intent in using it?

[MadBadger]

10. Thats laughable that my avatar relects worse on DU than the viscious attacks back and forth

At least I'm not attacking anybody.

[DemBones DemBones]

13. You are attacking Christians. If you want

to be really daring, why not use a drawing of the Prophet Mohammed?

[MadBadger]

16. cuz that wouldnt fit the meme.

[rodeodance]

30. I find it offense that you would use a figure of my faith for a Political statement.

[MadBadger]

32. And I find it offensive the words you use to describe Obama supporters

I also find it offensive that people call us cultists and that we think Obama is the messiah.

[rodeodance]

33. We are not talking about Obama but a revered symbol of my faith.

42. And I find it offensive the words you use to describe Obama supporters

I also find it offensive that people call us cultists and that we think Obama is the messiah.

[DemBones DemBones]

56. Why not?

Muhammad was a prophet who claimed to be a better prophet than Jesus. You think Obama is better than everybody else so why not a drawing of Muhammad? Not quite that brave, huh?

:rofl:

"All hat, no cattle" fits Obama and his followers as well as it ever fit Bush.

[rodeodance]

28. He is obviously using it as a political statement and I find it offensive.

[Forkboy]

59. I do it all the time.

[DemBones DemBones]

61. Do you think that helps Democrats?

When artists display work like that in a gallery, it may not cause any stir since not many people go to galleries.
Your creation is a far more artistic image than slapping an image of Jesus on an Obama button, and it has
obvious meaning: Americans purport to care about Jesus and patriotism but care more about money. That's a
fair criticism and one that many artists have made.

Still, it is offensive to Christians, and intended to be so.

But worst of all, it's posted on Democratic Underground, which makes it something freepers can copy and send
to FOX. News migrates, even from FOX, especially when the media are being paid to pull for McCain. Notice
that after Obama pulled ahead in delegates, they started attacking him, after months of building him up.

They will continue attacking our nominee and will be lauding McCain as a war hero, straight shooter, maverick,
and, most of all, a patriot.

We know DU is not affiliated with the party but members are supposed to be Democrats, so what;s posted here
gets used against delegates and images are often far more damaging than words. I hope you'll consider taking
that image down from DU.

[Forkboy]

64. No, not removing it.

I'm not going to cower and live in fear over what Fox News might do, and I trust that like you, people are smart enough to get it's meaning even on the frillion to one chance Fox uses it. Whether it helps Dems or Repubs or vegans or mermaids doesn't concern me. The statement is valid, and wider that one political party.

As for it being offensive to Christians... I'm offended by many of things done in the name of Christianity, and I'm even more offended that good religious people remain silent all too often, letting the whackos define their religion, and letting them become the defacto face of Christianity. That should offend honest Christians far more than the lame art of a lone nut online. :shrug:

[NDambi]

55. I'd prefer a more accurate picture of Jesus...lol that guy doesn't look like he has wooly hair lol

[DemBones DemBones]

58. Are you saying Jews have woolly hair?

Sheep have woolly hair. Real sheep, not sheeple.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Link? There's no stinking link.

You really expect a link ? You're just supposed to believe in the... hahahaha

I gotta say.. you can feel the vitality literally sucking out of the Clinton campaign.
They haven't had an original idea in weeks... it's just gutter politicking and mudslinging
and it speaks volumes about what makes them tick. I'll be surprised if they even make it
to Pennsylvania at the rate they're disintegrating. Enjoy it while it lasts.

[MadBadger]

12. The bottom part is horseshit, but I want a link for the top part.

[redstate_democrat]

2. It must really suck

for your candidate to be losing this election she should have had in the bag by Feb 5th. Now, instead of trying to stick to the issues and convince us that her lame health care plan would ever see the light of day, you must resort to bringing up Senator Obama's drug use as a young man. Wow. How shameful. But I don't believe for one millisecond you're a Democrat. Tell me this, where was Hillary when Monica was sucking off Bill Clinton in the WH? I can't believe she still had that blue dress hanging in her closet with his presidential DNA all over it. What a shame. What about Vince Foster, Ron Brown, et al. Since you want to revert to the past, let's bring all of that back up. At least Obama has never been accused of outright MURDER.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

damn and I thought you would be happy that it wasn't another Rev Wright thread

[Name removed]

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Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[leftofcool]

9. Oh for crying out loud! Click on the damn link and read the article

and the comments below it. Try reading the message instead of attacking the messenger for something she didn't write herself

[DemBones DemBones]

19. Their whole MO is to attack the messenger.

They were saying crap like this over an ABC news story about Obama's pastor's racist sermons.

The funniest part is that the article revealed that the chuch SELLS tapes of his sermons.
How did Obama think that this would not get out when he signed the Rev up for his
campaign?

I really think Obama is a stalking horse for the GOP, meant to take a dive so McCain
wins.

[geek tragedy]

21. Did the article mention cocaine or Rezko?

The OP is a Swiftboating piece of scum.

[rodeodance]

35. hey-can you tell that the bottom half of the article is not from the WPOST--COMPRENDO??

[dchill]

53. Plus - Obama released his list of earmarks today...

so that some inquiring minds might start asking about Hillary's. I'm guessing the OP is not politically astute enough to refrain from condemning his earmarks before thinking about it for a second. And you are right - Hillary's list of scandals is legend, and the REAL Freepers have been salivating, waiting for their chance to play with her.

[rodeodance]

54. You one of those 'real Freepers"

just wondering

[geek tragedy]

3. "The majority of Americans do not know of Obama's history of repeated Cocaine abuse"

Oh, crawl under a rock and die already.

[emilyg]

18. You are disgusting.

[geek tragedy]

22. Yes, I'm a Democrat. So, you McCain-loving Hillbots

naturally can't stand us. Which is why y'all insist on Swiftboating Obama.

[rodeodance]

36. yeah--love all your obamafolk vile attacks on Hillary. Your head is in the sand.

[rodeodance]

34. "Oh, crawl under a rock and die already."

[DesEtoiles]

5. yawn

[rodeodance]

40. Good night--sleep tight.

[scheming daemons]

7. Unless Hillary releases a list of HER earmarks, I can't hear you...

...

[rodeodance]

37. guess you opine does not matter much since you have nothing to say

[UALRBSofL]

8. How bad is this? From an ethical standpoint

Or from passing out favors to close friends to gain wealth?

[geek tragedy]

20. There is ZERO evidence of any wrongdoing.

But, Obama is a crooked cokehead according to the Clintonistas. Because Hannity told them so.

[rodeodance]

47. silly--BO wrote about his cocain use in the book he wrote. Go read it.

[leftofcool]

14. The link is good

Takes you right to the original story and the comments by the readers

[MadBadger]

15. Jeez, if you are going to Shit on Obama and spew bullshit at him, at least use your OWN words.

[anamandujano]

44. Hahaha! Good one, except in this sort of situation one wants to

be able to quote the press.

[MadBadger]

51. No, the bottom part is quoting the first comment of the story from some random guy.

[DemBones DemBones]

60. Don't like it now that the media is taking a closer look at BO?

We told you this would happen but you all went drifting along in your bubble, dreaming of hope and unity and
no specific promises from a slick talker, a slick talker who was then getting a free pass from the media. They
loved him, or rather, they pretended to love him.

Now that he's divided the party by portraying the Clintons as racist, which is ridiculous, the media attack him
about all the shit you guys didn't bother to find out because you were so caught up in the persona he projected.

With facts coming out, he's going down the drain fast.

[Birthmark]

17. Sooo...

...in the lull in the primary season are we now playing "Six Degrees of Earmarkation?" That could be fun...if no one takes it too seriously. I don't expect that that will be the case, though.

[rodeodance]

49. for someone who says he is not part of DC--an outside--it IS a problem

[Spider Jerusalem]

23. 'history of repeated cocaine abuse'...

nice right-wing smears you have there. He ADMITTED to experimenting with cocaine as a teenager; he also graduated summa cum laude from Harvard Law School and was a Law Review editor. Serious cokeheads don't have CVs like that. Nice try, though.

[geek tragedy]

24. Don't use facts--it hurts the Freeper's head. n/t

[rodeodance]

43. Who is the Freeper-you seem to know a lot about them--like their heads wil hurt

[ElsewheresDaughter]

25. I know that but the 527's are not known for their truthfulness now are they?

[geek tragedy]

31. Neither are the Clintons or their supporters. n/t

[MojoMojoMojo]

26. Any hospital earmarks are suspect as well.With the Rezco involvement.

[bridgit]

27. Some good some bad, some back some forth; but BO will turn out stunningly just like all the rest

He's already on record as voicing, supporting, and voting for some strange stuff. His supporters are so lost in the wilderness drinking the sand he'll skate on in there with nary a pertinent question answered. Ask him a question he can hear from atop his high horse and be considered racist, ridiculous, etc.

Then, from the BO support system periphery then spreading; there'll be the gnashing of teeth and the tearing of garments, oh...and the crocodile tears :cry:

[tabasco]

29. Obama released his Senate earmarks. HILLARY HAS NOT.

Thanks for playing.

[rodeodance]

38. you are not playing at all. This is about BO's earmarks. stay focused.

[quantass]

39. OMG Hillary is Screwed -- She must release her Earmark details now! or Obama can use this against

her. she will lose her nomination chances....ti's that simple...
the beauty of it is that Obama can now travel nation wide and use that against her that she is not willing to disclose her history since there is clearly illegal activity in it. This is going to hurt hillary if she doesnt release them.

[1776Forever]

41. Since taking office HRC has delivered $500 million worth of earmarks / 64% to Contributors!

Hillary Clinton Lands Earmarks For Campaign Contributions

LA Times | Tom Hamburger and Dan Morain | December 10, 2007

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/10/hillary-clinton-lands-ear_n_76048.html

It's a real estate developer's sugar-plum dream: a mega-shopping mall complete with 10 Broadway-style theaters, an indoor river, a Tuscan village and a 39-story luxury hotel sheathed in green solar panels shaped like giant blades of grass. Plus as much as $1 billion in government-backed financing, thanks in part to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton....

...Since taking office in 2001, Clinton has delivered $500 million worth of earmarks that have specifically benefited 59 corporations. About 64% of those corporations provided funds to her campaigns through donations made by employees, executives, board members or lobbyists, a review by the Los Angeles Times shows.

...........

Oh yeah - Hillary and Bill - :wow:

[rodeodance]

42. This thread is about BO--go start another thread of Hillary. Stay focused on the OP

[madrchsod]

45. chicago has worse politicians than obama

the chicago and national press are covering obama -there`s no "hands off"
you have proof that he is funneling money to rezko?
repeated coke use? insider information?
if we chose obama we will lose? you have a time machine?

the best hope for america is that obama or hillary becomes president. if either candidate can not beat the walking corpse of the republican party then we have`t done our job to back our candidate no matter who they are..

[rodeodance]

46. doesn't matter. BO is the candidate.

[DemBones DemBones]

62. That's hardly a recommendation, especially as

Chicago has always been known for crooked politics. I used to live there, before Obama was born, and have
family there.

[cottonseed]

48. Hillary supporters really Cluster Bombing the boards today.

Was there some green light flash, or dog whistle blown? Or did all the hate finally synchronize today?

[rodeodance]

50. ha ha--a little competition is good for you. Talking amongst yourself like crickets must be boring.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

52. true that...gd'niters rodeodance...sleep well and I see ya on the morrow

:loveya:

.

[cliffordu]

57. Blah de blah de blah blah blah. We got it, on to the next, please.

:hurts:

[DemBones DemBones]

63. Want to talk about Rezco? Obama's preacher doing

pelvic thrusts and making sexual comments during a sermon?

Remember, this is his mentor, his friend, a man he asks for advice all the time, and he's been going to his church
for TWENTY YEARS, listening to the anti-white, anti-American rhetoric. How smart is this guy, thinking this
wouldn't come back to bite HIM in the ass for attending this jerk's church?

Obama's preacher saying, repeatedly, "Goddamn America"?

Obama's preacher saying the US invented AIDS to kill black people? (Guess he doesn't recall it was first seen in
gay men, who are not all black.)

Obamaniacs can't stand seeing the truth come out about the not-so-perfect man they love. Quit drinking the
damned Kool-aid and pay attention to reality.

HRC is electable and far preferable to McCain, though I'd prefer Kucinich.

McCain would beat Obama.