List of Obama Lies, Broken Promises, Flip-Flops, Scandals, Controversies, Gaffes, Mistakes, Blunders, Hypocrisy and More! – Page 6 251-300

The Official list of Obama Administration Scandals!

By Peter Andrew – ConservativeAmerican.org

Contains Obama Administration scandals, hypocrisy, mistakes, blunders, broken promises, flip flops, gaffes, lies, etc. That’s too long of a name, so we call it the Scandals List. Okay? Check back often for updates! Missing any? Please help us by adding a comment! Which one is your ‘favorite?’ Vote for the worst by leaving a comment! -How can we improve this list? Leave a comment.

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  1. Obama Appointment Scandal # 34 – Christopher Hill 3/25/9- Washington Times: “nominee for ambassador to Iraq, is a disconcerting choice…the current assistant sec. of state for East Asian & Pacific affairs, he presided over negotiations with N. Korea that deliberately minimized focus on the bleak human rights record…ignored its nuclear proliferation, & had the practical effect of affirming its nuclear weapons capability. Hill also has a troubling hotdog tendency to play by his own rules. A letter signed by Sen. Brownback & 4 other senators notes Hill’s “evasive & unprofessional activities” including “sidelining key officials” & “breaking commitments” to Congress…in July 2005…he violated U.S. policy and express orders from superiors by meeting with N. Korean Vice Minister Kim Kye-gwan in Berlin to revive the 6-Party talks….Japanese magazine Shukan Gendai [reported]…Pyongyang is conducting back-channel diplomacy directly to the Obama White House, courtesy of Hill…worth examining…” Us: Could it be Bill Clinton? Times: “Hill, as portrayed in David Sanger’s book The Inheritance, gripes about the Bush administration…”these [expletives] don’t know how to negotiate.” He said that hard-line demarches favored by “neocons” were worse than the terms offered at Appomattox. But the inescapable fact is that N. Korea…in 2006…tested its first atom bomb. Hill’s crowning achievement was having N. Korea taken off the list of terrorist states….We [Times] wonder if Hill will speak firmly to Iran regarding Iranian weapons, training & intelligence support being used to destabilize Iraq & kill Americans, or dismiss those matters as impediments to reaching a “grand bargain” with Iran.” UPDATE 9/18/9: While Hill did not make the Sean Hannity “President’s Top Ten” list, he did make our “Obama’s Most Unwanted List!” which was published prior to the Hannity show.
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  3. Obama Gun Rights Flip Flop # 2 – Candidate Obama: ‘I have no intention of taking away folks’ guns.’ 2/25/9 ABC reports President Obama now says through his Attorney General Eric Let Em Go Holder, “there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons” UPDATE 4/25/9 MSNBC reports: “Permanently reinstating a ban on assault weapons…100 days into his presidency, President Obama says it remains a goal…President Obama and Vice-President Biden, “support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent,” the White House website declares.”
  4. Obama Appointment Scandal # 35: Jonathan Cannon3/25/9 Obama’s pick for number two at the EPA, J. Cannon, takes himself out of the running after reports surface that the grants made by the “America’s Clean Water Foundation,” where he was a board member, were under “scrutiny” and funds had been embezzled. UPDATE 3/29/2010: Cannon is number seven on Conservative American U.S. Senator Jim DeMint’s “Top 10” list of President Obama’s nominees and appointees who have resigned in disgrace.”
  5. Obama Apology Tour # 2- Apologizing for USA causing Problems in Mexico3/25/9 Fox News: “I feel very strongly we have a co-responsibility (for drug-fueled violence in Mexico). … Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade. Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the deaths of police officers, soldiers and civilians.”
    – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, en route to Mexico City
  6. Obama Funds Company to Profit From Green Energy Agenda
  7. -3/25/9 Fox: Obama served as a Chicago-based Joyce Foundation board member and voted to fund a carbon trading exchange that “is likely to fill a critical role in the controversial cap-and-trade carbon reduction scheme that Obama is now trying to push rapidly through Congress” (to the dismay of 28 senators). The grants helped develop & launch the privately-owned Chicago Climate Exchange, which now calls itself “North America’s only cap and trade system for all six greenhouse gases.” So, Like Gore before him, Obama pushes green to make green. Then Joyce Foundation Prez, Paula DiPerna, now is conveniently exec. VP of the Climate Exchange. UPDATE 4/27/2010: Glenn Beck updates this scandal to tie in Goldman Sachs, Finance Reform, Al Gore and even Bill Ayers?!…

  8. Obama Appointment Scandal #36 -Chief of Staff Helped Ruin Economy! (& Tax Cheat Scandal # 7?) -3/26/9 Bankrupt Chicago Tribune: “Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge fines and scalding condemnation of passive directors by a top federal regulator. One of those allegedly asleep-at-the-switch board members was Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel —now chief of staff to (Obama) —who made at least $320,000 for a 14-month stint at Freddie Mac that required little effort. Emanuel now plays a critical role in addressing the nation’s mortgage woes.” UPDATE 2/8/9: National Review Online: “Another Possible Obama Tax Problem? The White House chief of staff [Rahm Emanuel] said this week that he did not pay rent during the five years he bunked at the Capitol Hill home of Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn). But that raises questions whether Emanuel reported the rent-free lodging to Congress, since DeLauro is married to pollster Stan Greenberg. And will either of the parties report what could be “imputed income” to the IRS? Reps for Emanuel and DeLauro argue that House Ethics rules allow “hospitality between colleagues.” Both Rahm Emanuel and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (which Emanuel was formely the chairman of) are listed as clients on the website of Stan Greenberg’s polling company.”
  9. Obama Fakes Town Hall Meeting! – 3/28/9 IUSB Vision notes: “The online question portion of the White House town hall was open to any member of the public with an Internet connection, the five fully identified questioners called on “randomly” by the president in the East Room were anything but a diverse lot. They included: a member of the pro-Obama Service Employees International Union, a member of the Democratic National Committee who campaigned for Obama among Hispanics during the primary; a former Democratic candidate for Virginia state delegate who endorsed Obama last fall in an op-ed in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star; and a Virginia businessman who was a donor to Obama’s campaign in 2008.” Quite the contrast with Obama’s words: “I think it’s important to engage your critics … because not only will you occasionally change their mind but, more importantly, sometimes they will change your mind,”
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  11. Obama’s Pakistan Lie3/29/9 During the campaign, Sen. Obama repeatedly said he would attack terrorists in Pakistan with or without permission from the Pakistani government. He reiterated this policy in a debate in October 2008. On CBS’ Face the Democrat Press Nation, he now utters this lie: “I haven’t changed my approach” but goes on to say he would only go into Pakistan “after consulting with Pakistan.” A huge flip flop that Obama 2012 staffer Bob Schieffer doesn’t even ask him about. Click here for the video and fast forward to about 2:14.
  12. Obama’s GM Lie #13/30/9 President Obama: “Let me be clear. The United States government has no interest in running GM. We have no intention of running GM.” While out of the other side of his mouth he fires the GM CEO and has his own team creating a new business plan for GM. Sounds like running the company to us!
  13. Obama’s GM Lie #23/30/9 President Obama said firing the GM CEO was not a “condemnation” of Rick Wagoner. While out of the other side of his mouth he says, “we cannot continue to excuse poor decisions,” fires the CEO, and says GM needs a new vision and direction (not Wagoner’s) to create the GM (Rush Limbaugh calls it Government Motors) of the future.
  14. Obama’s GM Warranty Promise3/30/9 He fires the GM CEO, then he granted his royal self the authority to honor all warranties issued by two private companies; General Motors and Chrysler! Who gave this King the authority to decide that taxpayers (that’s you and I!) will suddenly be on the hook to pay for cars when they break down or have a recall? Obama today took the power of the congress to decide on this huge new expense. He did so without any legislative approval, again attacking the US Constitution.
  15. Obama Tries to Intimidate a US Congressman!3/30/9 The Wall Street Journal: “Don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother.” That’s what President Barack Obama said to Rep. Peter DeFazio in a closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus last week, according to the Associated Press. A few weeks ago, Mr. DeFazio voted against the administration’s stimulus bill. The comment from Mr. Obama was a presidential rebuke and part of a new, hard-nosed push by the White House to pressure Congress to adopt the president’s budget.”
  16. Obama’s Homeland Security Chief Wants Border Guards by…Canada?3/31/9 Janet Napolitano says if put the National Guard by the Mexican border to fight the drug cartels, then it’s only fair to put the National Guard by Canada to fight the…uh…uhm,…mounties? More insane ideas about keeping us “secure” from Team Obama.
  17. Obama Tax Cheat Scandal # 8 is his Health Nominee!3/31/9 AP: Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has corrected 3 years of tax returns & paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding “unintentional errors!” — she’s the 8th tax cheat Obama has nominated. She said the “errors” involved charitable contributions, the sale of a home and business expenses.
  18. Team Obama Appointment Scandal # 37: Architect of disaster to help run Treasury!3/31/9 Dep. Treasury nominee Neal Wolin helped draft legislation to deregulate banks! Greg Sargent reports: “The law that Wolin helped draft has been blamed by some critics, many of them Democrats, for easing up regulatory pressure on huge financial institutions, tangentially helping create today’s mess.”
  19. Obama Appointment Scandal # 38: Martin Feldstein3/31/9 Sean Hannity reports: Feldstein, appointed to a tax reform task force, has been an AIG board member for 21 years! Obama pal Feldstein is also a member of the president’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Obama received more money from AIG in the 2008 election cycle than any other sitting senator, raking in over $104,000.
  20. Obama Gift Blunder # 24/1/9 Obama gives the Queen of England an iPod. She already had one. Obama’s had tapes of his own speeches on it. She’ll be bloody thrilled, I’m sure. While visiting, Michelle broke protocol and touched the Queen.
  21. Obama’s Apology Tour # 34/1/9 – President Obama blames the USA for creating a global economic mess. Fox news: “If you look at the sources of this crisis, the United States certainly has some accounting to do with respect to a regulatory system that was inadequate.”- President Obama, at a press conference ahead of the G20 in London. Then on 4/2/9, he added: “It is true, as my Italian friend has said, that the (economic) crisis began in the U.S. I take responsibility, even if I wasn’t even president at the time.” – President Obama, at the G20 in London, as reported by Germany’s Der Spiegel.” The same day he said: “I would like to think that with my election and the early decisions that we’ve made, that you’re starting to see some restoration of America’s standing in the world.” – President Obama, at G20 summit in London
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    NY Post - Koh Pic

    Obama Appointment Scandal #39 – Harold Koh – 4/1/9 New York Post: Obama’s nominee to be the State Department’s top legal advisor, Koh believes “JUDGES should interpret the Constitution according to other nations’ legal “norms.” Sharia law could apply to disputes in US courts. The United States constitutes an “axis of disobedience” along with North Korea and Saddam-era Iraq.” Those are the views of the man on track to become one of the US government’s top lawyers: Harold Koh, until last week the dean of Yale Law School. UPDATE 6/29/9-Oliver North reports: “the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment of Harold Koh, formerly the dean of Yale Law School, as the legal adviser for the State Department. The 62 to 35 vote means that Mr. Koh is now in a position to negotiate treaties, affect international law, and influence U.S. foreign policy. That’s not good news. Mr. Koh is a self-described “transnationalist” who “believes in and promotes the blending of international and domestic law.” According to Mr. Koh, “U.S. courts can and should use their interpretive powers to promote the development of a global legal system.” In short, he is a proponent of ensuring that citizens of the United States are in “bedience with international law.” Unfortunately the legal adviser’s appointment is just the tip of the iceberg in the Obama administration. UPDATE 9/18/9: Koh is highlighted on the Sean Hannity TV Special, “The President’s top Ten!” Previously, he was also named to our “Obama’s Most Unwanted List!

  23. Obama Boys Club Uncomfortable For Ellen Moran?- April, 2009 – Talking Points Memo, in reviewing the 2009 year and those who left the Obama administration, discusses Ellen Moran (the other 9 they feature already are on our list). Here’s what they say, “The first White House communications director Ellen Moran was one of the few members of the West Wing communications team who was not part of the campaign. She left three months into the administration, transferring to be (Gary) Locke’s chief of staff over at Commerce. She didn’t complain about Team Obama but there was some buzz that she didn’t fit in among the mostly male and tight-knit West Wing staff.”
  24. Team Obama Cap & Trade Flip Flop4/1/9 – The White House says all money stolen by cap-&-trade taxes will be used to offset increased utility bills that will result from the stupid tax. However, Harry Reider accidentally disagreed with the Half-Black Prince saying the government should use the revenue for health care reform!
  25. President Obama’s Scandalous Bow Down to Saudi Arabia4/1/9 -President Barack Obama bowed down to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia while at Buckingham Palace in London. This is the same Saudi King Obama pal Michael Moore-on said violated human rights and was “reluctant” to freeze 9/11 hijacker assets! They used to hate this guy, now they bow down to him?! See for yourself:
    UPDATE 6/3/9: Obama in Saudi Arabia today decides to skip the bow this time!
  26. Team Obama Gun Lie - 4/2/9 -Sec. of State Hillary Clinton & assistant ATF director William Hoover both say 90% of weapons used for crimes in Mexico come from the USA. Fox says untrue: “In fact, it’s not even close. The fact is, only 17 percent of guns found at Mexican crime scenes have been traced to the U.S.” 90% of the guns they send back to be tested to see if they came from the US actually came from the US. Quite a different story than the one Team Obama is selling. UPDATE 4/17/9 Obama repeats the lie: “This war is being waged with guns purchased not here, but in the United States. More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States, many from gun shops that line our shared border.”
  27. Obama’s Apology Tour # 4 – Says America is Arrogant!4/3/9 “There have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive” he told Europeans. He added, “There have been times where Europeans chose to blame America for much of what’s bad.” Mr. President, Europeans blame America?! You mean like you just did?
  28. Obama’s Apology Tour # 54/6/9 – Fox News: “I know there have been difficulties these last few years. I know that the trust that binds us has been strained, and I know that strain is shared in many places where the Muslim faith is practiced. Let me say this as clearly as I can: the United States is not at war with Islam.” President Obama, in Ankara, Turkey”
  29. Obama Exploits Deaths of Soldiers4/5/9 President Obama reverses an 18-year-old tradition of keeping the return home of military dead a private matter. Obama-approved cameras roll as the casket of staff Sgt. Phillip A. Myers returns to the States. We don’t need to gawk at a family’s personal pain to help Obama’s political gain. The pictures are sure to bring joy to the anti-war left.
  30. Team Obama TARP insider # 1 – Lawrence Sommers4/6/9 The Politico reports: Top Obama economic adviser Sommers made $2.7-mill.+ “in speaking fees paid by firms at the heart of the financial crisis, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America Corp. &…Lehman Brothers. He pulled in another $5.2 million last year from D.E. Shaw, a hedge fund for which he served as managing director.” Aren’t the evil Wall Street guys the ones Obama promised not to help?
  31. Team Obama TARP insider # 2 – Thomas Donilon4/6/9 The Politico reports: Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Donilon, “was paid $3.9 million last year by the power law firm O’Melveny & Myers to represent clients, including two firms that received federal bailout funds: Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.” Obama loved TARP for all the money it sent to his pals!
  32. Obama Appointment Scandal # 40 -Top Lawyer represented man accused of murdering US Soldier! - 4/6/9 The Politico reports: “Top White House Counsel Greg Craig last year earned $1.7 million in private practice representing an exiled Bolivian president, a Panamanian lawmaker wanted by the U.S. government for allegedly murdering a U.S. soldier and a tech billionaire accused of securities fraud and various sensational drug and sex crimes.” The Panamanian was Pedro Miguel Gonzalez Pinzon and the murder happened in 1992. Heck, for that kind of money he’ll represent Gitmo Guys too!
  33. New Obama Book Coming March 2010!

    New Obama Book Coming March 2010!

  34. Team Obama Uses Olympic Bid to feed itself!4/6/9 Obama ’s White House social director Desiree Rogers donated more than $100,000 to “Chicago 2016,” the group trying to lure the 2016 Olympics. Politico says Valerie Jarrett, a senior Obama aide served as vice-chair of the committee. That committee then paid a PR firm owned by Obama political guru David Axelrod. Out of one Obama pocket and into another. Chicago 2016 Chair Pat Ryan was invited on the inauguration stage by Barack Obama.
  35. Obama Wants to Control the Internet!4/6/9 Team Obama proposes the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor, an arm of Obama’s executive branch, that would have vast power to monitor and control Internet traffic to “protect against threats to critical cyber infrastructure.” That is “rattling some civil libertarians,” says the Obama File. “The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (.pdf) gives the president the ability to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any “critical” information network “in the interest of national security.” The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to Obama. The bill also grants the Secretary of Commerce “access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access.” This means he or she can monitor or access any data on private or public networks without regard to privacy laws. Drino Olympia Snowe is helping Obama (again) with the bill. Leslie Harris of the Center for Democracy and Technology; “Such a drastic federal intervention in private communications technology and networks could harm both security and privacy.”
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  37. Obama Denies Nation was Founded on Judeo-Christian Values! Our nation certainly was founded on Judeo-Christian values. The vast majority of Americans are Christian to this day. Watch your President, re-inventing history:
  38. Obama Appointment Scandal #41 – Dawn Johnsen
  39. – his nominee to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel once compared “pregnancy” with slavery. Stephen Clark at Fox News reports: When Johnsen was a lawyer for the National Abortion ‘Rights’ Action League, she cited a footnote that said forcing women to bear children was “disturbingly suggestive of involuntary servitude, prohibited by the 13th Amendment, in that forced pregnancy requires a woman to provide continuous physical service to the fetus in order to further the state’s asserted interest.” Wimpy republicans might (don’t hold your breath) actually try to fight this confirmation. Johnsen said she merely suggestedan analogy” (!!!) in the footnote and “never believed the 13th Amendment had any role” in the abortion issue! Solid bull from a solid liberbull. UPDATE 9/18/9: Johnsen is named to “The President’s Top 10″ by Sean Hannity! He points out that another person on the Obama Appointment Scandals List, Acorn fundraiser David Hamilton, is her brother-in-law! Johnsen is also found on our “Obama’s Most Unwanted List!” which came out prior to the Hannity list. UPDATE: NEW INFORMATION 12/25/9: From Fox News, “President Obama’s controversial choice to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel is spending the holidays in limbo after Senate Republicans — in a last jab at Democrats for passing a massive health insurance bill — blocked her nomination and five others. If confirmed, Dawn Johnsen, a law professor at Indiana University, would be in charge of the office that formulates the attorney general’s formal opinions and provides counsel on the diciest legal questions, particularly the handling of Guantanamo Bay detainees and their impending move to the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill…GOP lawmakers like Sen. John Cornyn of Texas,…called the coming acquisition of Thomson fulfillment of “misguided campaign pledges made to appease his left-wing base.” Cornyn was also a critic of Johnsen when she came up before the Senate Judiciary Committee for confirmation in March. A former Texas state Supreme Court judge and now ranking Republican of the Senate Judiciary’s Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee, Cornyn took issue with Johnsen’s criticism of the Bush administration’s interrogation policies, much of which has been rescinded by Obama since he took office. Johnson “has not demonstrated the seriousness and necessary resolve to address the national security challenges we face,” Cornyn, echoed by other Republicans, said at her confirmation hearing. During the hearing, other lawmakers expressed dismay at 20-year-old comments by Johnsen comparing “forced pregnancy” with slavery.” UPDATE 4/9/10: Johnsen is forced to withdraw as a nominee after the GOP blocks her approval due to her nutty comments on abortion. Score one for the good guys!

  40. Wartime Prez to cut Defense Budget & JobsFox reports the huge Pentagon cuts face problems: “critics already are warning that the plan could compromise U.S. security, the greater resistance appears to be coming from lawmakers worried that the cuts threaten thousands of jobs in their states…”As we face one of the most trying economic times in recent history, it seems counter-intuitive to take steps that will eliminate high-paying, specialized jobs that are critical to our nation’s defense,” Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga.
  41. Obama Austrian Gaffe – 4/9/9 Sean Hannity reports Obama is not sure what language is spoken in Austria. While Bush would have been beat up for this, the MSM doesn’t report about Obama’s gaffes. “There’s a lotta…uhm…I don’t know what the term is in ‘Austrian,’…wheeling and dealing going on.” There is no language called Austrian. In Austria, most speak German.
  42. Obama Possibly Stages Warm Military Welcome – 4/9/9 Some sites suggest the super warm welcome Obama received by troops during a surprise visit to Iraq was staged. The MacRanger Radio show: “According to a sergeant in Iraq : We were pre-screened, asked by officials “Who voted for Obama?”, and then those who raised their hands were shuffled to the front of the receiving line. They even handed out digital cameras and asked them to hold them up.”
  43. Obama Appointment Scandal #42 – Kal Penn
  44. – 4/9/9 Entertainment Weekly: Obama picks a Hollywood actor, famous for playing Kumar in’Harold & Kumar go to White Castle,’ to be “associate director in the Office of Public Liaison.” Huh? Penn says “They do outreach with the American public and with different organizations. They’re basically the front door of the White House. They take out all of the red tape that falls between the general public and the White House.” No qualifications other than donating thousands to Obama ‘08. Just payback. That’s why Penn’s not on the TV’s “House” anymore. Kal’s real name is Kalpen Modi. UPDATE 10/31/9: Michelle Malkin’s Hot Air website links Kalpen to the NEA Scandal! UPDATE 11/4/9: The Washington Examiner wants to know why Modi remains on the White House payroll after the NEA scandals. UPDATE 4/25/2010: Times of India reports Kal Penn goes back to acting, leaving Team Obama, and gets mugged in Washington, D.C.

  45. Obama’s Latest Attack on Catholics (& Appointment Scandal #43) Harry Knox – 4/9/9 Catholics are already ticked off Obama has forced them to pay taxes to fund abortions in other countries & that he plans to speak at Catholic Notre Dame. Now, Obama spits on Catholics & appoints a Pope-Hating, Gay, Liberal to a committee on…faith! Knox, a director at the Rights for Gay Humans Campaign in D.C., blasted bishops for pushing to make same-sex marriage unconstitutional (Prop. 8 in CA), called the Knights of Columbus “foot soldiers of a discredited army of oppression,” and said bishops and Pope Benedict are “discredited leaders.” Fox Reports Catholic League President William Donahue knows Knox is not simply a critic; “He’s insulting. He used disdainful, disparaging terms to talk about the pope and the Catholic hierarchy. If someone were appointed using that language about homosexuals, he would be thrown out.” Amen to that. Amen. UPDATE 3/8/2010: Mike Pence calls for Harry Knox to be dismissed.
  46. Obama’s Amazing Troop Funding Flip-Flop! – 4/9/9 Fox News: “Obama asked Congress for $83.4 billion for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special troop funding that he opposed two years ago when he was senator and George W. Bush was president…Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, acknowledged Obama has been critical of Bush’s use of similar special legislation to pay for the wars. He said it was needed this time because the money will be required by summer, before Congress is likely to complete its normal appropriations process. “This will be the last supplemental for Iraq and Afghanistan. The process by which this has been funded over the course of the past many years, the president has discussed and will change,” Gibbs said.” Just not yet. Just like he’ll stop pork spending…just not yet. The man is a fraud. Now that he’s not just playing president on TV, the job suddenly looks different. No doubt the anti-war left will be in the streets tomorrow protesting…then again…
  47. Obama Broken Promise on Iraq War # 3 – 4/9/9 Team Obama promised to get our troops out of Iraq. Now, the Times of London reports: Al Qaeda actions in 2 Iraq cities could keep combat troops engaged beyond the June 30th, 2009 deadline for their withdrawal. In fact, troop numbers in Mosul and Baqubah could rise rather than fall if necessary, General Ray Odierno told The Times in his first British interview since taking over from General David Petraeus. “Any delay would be a potential setback for President Obama, who has pledged to withdraw all combat forces from Iraq by August 2010 as he switches his focus to Afghanistan.” Strange. I remember the campaign promises about getting out of Iraq, but I don’t remember the campaign talk about stepping up the war in Afghanistan. Must just be my memory.
  48. Vice President Lies about what he told Bush – 4/9/9 Fox News reports Joe Biden said “I remember President Bush saying to me one time in the Oval Office,’Well, Joe,’ he said, ‘I’m a leader.’ And I said: ‘Mr. President, turn and around look behind you. No one is following.’” Karl Rove says that’s not true. “It didn’t happen,” Rove, a FOX News contributor, said “I hate to say this, but he’s a serial exaggerator. If I was being unkind, I would say liar, but it is a habit he ought to drop.”
  49. President Breaks Dog Promise – 4/9/9 – Where’s the dog he promised his kids? UPDATE: 4/13/9 After months of waiting and delays, Sen. Ted Kennedy’s family is doing what Obama was unable to do. Kennedy is giving the Obama’s a dog named “Bo” on 4/14/9. UPDATE: 4/14/9 Even in getting the dog, AP reports Obama breaks a promise to rescue a dog from the pound!
  50. Obama tries to give Pro-Abortionist to the Vatican (Appointment Scandal #44)! – 4/11/9 – The UK Telegraph:”Vatican sources (said) support for abortion disqualified (Caroline) Kennedy and other Roman Catholics President Barack Obama had been seeking to appoint. Obama was reportedly seeking to reward Kennedy, who publicly gave her support to his election bid. She had been poised to replace Hillary Clinton as New York senator, but dropped out amid criticism that she lacked enough experience for the job.” Another insult to Catholics from President Obama. It’s a habit for him.
  51. President Finally Goes to Church! – 4/12/9 ABCDEmocrat News’ David Wright had even asked, “Will the Obamas attend an Easter Service this year?” Wright noted Obamahas not been to church since he took office — 11 Sundays! — despite telling ABC News he looked forward to getting to know the churches in the D.C. area.” Bowing to (no, not the Saudi King this time) pressure, the Obama family went to St. John’s Episcopal Church for Easter services.
  52. Obama Appointment Scandal # 45 – Names controversial figure to Fatih Council – 4/12/9 Jewish Groups express concern over the “addition of Dalia Mogahed to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Ms Mogahed has a history as an apologist for radical Islamists and the Muslim Brotherhood.” She also is known as Dina Mogahed. UPDATE 9/18/9: While Mogahed is not included on the Sean Hannity TV special, “The President’s Top Ten,” she is included in our “Obama’s Most Unwanted List,” posted prior to the TV show. UPDATE 10/11/9: Author Barry Rubin (“Lebanon: Liberation, Conflict & Crisis”) joins our efforts to make people aware of Dina, or Dalia, Mogahed. His report adds interesting details and further justifies her placement on the Obama’s Most Unwanted List. From Rubin, “Egyptian-born Dina Mogahed, a White House advisor on the President’s Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, appeared on (TV)…in Britain to praise Islamic Sharia law. She said the Western view of Sharia is “oversimplified” and, “The majority of women around the world associate gender justice, or justice for women, with Sharia compliance.”…Mogahed (later) contradicted her own statement. According to the Daily Telegraph, she: “Admitted that even many Muslims associated Sharia with `maximum criminal punishments’ and `laws that… to many people seem unequal to women,’ but added: `Part of the reason that there is this perception of Sharia is because Sharia is not well understood and Islam as a faith is not well understood.’” In other words, most Muslims also misunderstand Islam…she was appearing on a London-based TV program of the Hizb ut Tahrir party, a revolutionary group that is viciously antisemitic and seeks to overthrow every moderate regime in Muslim-majority countries in order to create a caliphate ruling under Sharia law. A Sharia law, I might add, that Mogahed either thinks they either do or don’t understand properly. If she thinks they misunderstand it, however, she certainly didn’t say so on the program. In a recent previous program, members of the (Hizub ut Tahrir) group attacked all existing Western law as merely “man-made,” condemned the Western system as a “lethal cocktail of liberty and capitalism,” and said women (presumably including Mogahed) should not be permitted to hold any important jobs in government. This is standard Islamist ideology, but why is a White House advisor validating it by her appearance, failing to contradict such ideas, and in some ways even agreeing with the same basic approach? Presumably, this is what nowadays passes for moderate Muslims. (Oh by the way, at almost the exact moment the show with Mogahed was being made, Hizb ut Tahrir was leading violent riots in east Jerusalem over a false claim that Jews were assaulting holy places on the Temple Mount.) During the broadcast, she described her White House role as “to convey… to the President and other public officials what it is Muslims want.” The problem here is that–based on her interview and statements elsewhere–she apparently thinks that most Muslims want Sharia law to apply at least over themselves in the United States. That’s pretty shocking. Clearly, the problem is that in defining “Muslims” she is not backing those few who are courageously advocating a moderate, reformed Islam but those who hold radical Islamist views. She might mean that most Muslims don’t correctly understand their own religion because, for example, they believe that any Muslim who wants to change religions should be killed. But Mogahed is certainly not campaigning against these interpretations. Under any previous criteria, Mogahed should resign right now. But she won’t and no one will ask her to do so.”
  53. Fascist Obama Tells Local Cops to Watch out for Right Wing Extremists! – 4/13/9 Homeland Security says cops should watch for right wing extremism which the Washington Post says “may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.” Obama’s Homeland Security Chieftess Janet Napolitano sent a 9-page report to cops around the nation to warn them about conservative Americans! If you are a pro-lifer, cops are supposed to watch out for YOU! Michelle Malkin has the document for you, just click here. This report is off the freaking deep end! UPDATE 4/16/9 ABCDEmocrat News says the report was issued “despite civil liberties concernsn the report, right-wing extremism was defined as hate-motivated groups and movements, such as hatred of certain religions, racial or ethnic groups. “It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration,” the report said. “If there’s one part of that report I would rewrite, in the word-smithing, Washington-ese that goes on after the fact, it would be that footnote,” Napolitano said Thursday on Fox News.”
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  55. Obama Family Scandal # 5 – 4/13/9 London Times: “The brother of President Obama has been refused a visa to re-enter Britain after being questioned by police over an accusation of attempted sexual assault and receiving a caution for a public order offence. Samson “Abo” Obama — one of the US President’s 11 half-brothers and sisters — is alleged to have been living illegally in Britain when he was arrested in Berkshire last November. A group of girls, one aged 13, told police a man approached them and followed them into a café a mile from the home of Samson Obama’s mother in Bracknell. Mr Obama, 41, was questioned by Thames Valley Police for several hours, during which his fingerprints and a DNA sample were taken. He is alleged to have told detectives that he was Henry Aloo, a genuine asylum-seeker, but gave the address of his own mother, Kezia. Mr Obama denied any sexual assault, but is reported to have accepted an official caution for a public order offence. A caution is an admission of a criminal offence. Police were reported to have also discovered that Mr Obama had been living illegally in Britain for seven years…Mr Ian Manners, stepbrother-in-law of President Obama, said “Abo is not married but is in a relationship with a woman. He is a bit of a playboy but would not get involved with 13-year-old girls. It is unthinkable.”
  56. VP Biden Claims Tens of Thousands of Jobs will come via Weatheriziation – 4/14/9 The RNC Notes: “Also yesterday, Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu detailed a chunk of the stimulus cash – $8 billion for weatherization and energy efficiency programs that they say will put 87,000 Americans to work and save families hundreds of dollars a year on their energy bills. The first installment of the funding – about $780 million – is to be released in the next few days, they said.” (Obama to States: Use Stimulus Cash Well; Vows To Penalize Wasteful,? The Boston Globe, 3/13/09) – REALITY: Weatherization Programs “Will Do Little To Create Long-Term Employment.” “The massive government stimulus program now being organized by the Obama administration has specifically designated about $5 billion for the various state weatherization programs. But critics say the program will do little to create long-term employment and is vulnerable to fraud.” (Drew Griffin and Scott Bronstein, “Stimulus Steers Billions To Weatherizing Homes, CNNPolitics.com, 4/14/09)
  57. Obama Administration Lies, saying President Unaware of Tea Parties! – 4/15/9 Newsbusters reports on the line of bull the White House is sending out to try to deflate Tea Part Protests:
  58. Obama Appointment Scandal #46 Wants Government to Bailout & Control Media! – 4/16/9 Fox quotes Pentagon Adviser Rosa Brooks: “Years of foolish policies have left us with a choice: We can bail out journalism, using tax dollars and granting licenses in ways that encourage robust and independent reporting and commentary, or we can watch, wringing our hands, as more and more top journalists are laid off.” How long do we have to think about it? Some of her so-called top liberal journalists laid off would likely be good for our nation! I can’t believe she, as a former journalist, is suggesting limiting free speech by requiring a license. Brent Bozell from Media Research Center: “Since when did our Founding Fathers envision that … you could exercise your right to freedom of speech provided you had a license from the federal government? This is the kind of stuff you have revolutions about.” UPDATE 9/18/9: Brooks is included on the Sean Hannity Top Ten TV special. He notes that in July, 2007 Brooks also wrote that Al Queda was just an obscure group before 9/11 and it was U.S. policies that turned them into a vast global threat! Prior to Hannity’s list, Brooks was included in our “Obama’s Most Unwanted List!

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7 Responses to “List of Obama Lies, Broken Promises, Flip-Flops, Scandals, Controversies, Gaffes, Mistakes, Blunders, Hypocrisy and More! – Page 6 251-300”

  1. Peter Andrew Says:

    Check out the Chatter at Yahoo! Answers about our Scandals List!!
    We get called names (typical), they debate the word “Scandal” having not read the part where we explain any other name would be too long, and they debate facts despite our legit sources and links. The guy who starts the post at Yahoo calls the President a bad name. That’s not us! Also, please note that we have NOTHING on our site about Obama supposedly having an affair (as noted below by one of the people making comments who supposedly came to our site.) One more note, someone named Romare adds a falsehood on this board suggested that #14 and #24 on our list are not true. Wrongo! #14 has a link so you can watch him say it himself! And, #24 is a quote from his acceptance speech! Oh well. Enjoy!
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    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylc=X3oDMTB1a2×0anY5BF9TAzIxMTU1MDA0NDMEc2VjA3BlZXBfZQRzbGsDcQ–?qid=20090512141423AAsM3Dj
    These are some of the comments…

    How many scandals has the Obama administration been a part of so far?
    How many are true?
    Will liberals deny ALL of them?
    http://conservativeamerican.org/obama-ad...
    I know the link is to a conservative site and is biased. That doesn’t negate the evidence. Some are petty, I agree…some are NOT that’s the problem.
    No need in dragging Bush into it. I didn’t vote for him either.
    He’s probably all that y’all say and more. Don’t waste your breath. The question is about President Buckwheat.
    That and I wanted folks to read the link and maybe even think about SOME of the charges.
    I know some of y’all will appreciate the list.

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    nov…say that again but in legible english please.

    23 hours ago
    iamct…I like cheeseburgers…I wouldn’t pay $500 bucks for one, besides I don’t eat fast food

    23 hours ago
    Romare…you were doing good until you resorted to insults..as far as the nickname goes, it is just that, a nickname. Just like shrub or slick willy. I have read MOST of the charges and found merit in several and crap in several..I admitted the site was biased but that doesn’t disprove everything they say

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    stella..come on now, you can do better than that..

    23 hours ago
    El Taco…”it’s Bush’s fault” is that what you’re saying? hahaha here have some more kool aid

    23 hours ago
    Dizzer..he’s way past 7.7 trillion already and still spending.

    23 hours ago
    neet…you gotta read them before you dismiss them

    23 hours ago
    griggnax…you are correct..controversial is a better word..thanks, wish I had used it instead (although there are a few that IF true could be considered scandals)

    23 hours ago
    george…zero? we have a winner..the 1st to openly deny everything on the list.

    23 hours ago
    todd…not too many..there’s the list, it includes 261 events which are controversial (true or not)

    23 hours ago
    mrjones…winner #2..openly denies ALL charges against Obama. How about the one where he was having an affair with his secretary? Does that rate as a scandal and do you deny it as well?

    23 hours ago
    cattledo..you are right, I will find a better nickname for him. any suggestions?
    (shrub,, slick willy and peanuthead are all taken) I can respect the office Not the man.

    23 hours ago
    Rita…they are all involved in scandals. It’s not just Obama. He just happens to be the big dog right now. When Bush was the man I gave him hell too.

    23 hours ago
    semisweet…if you want to bash Bush start another post and I’ll help you. I put up with him and poppy here in Texas until I thought I’d pull my hair out.
    As far as the Buckwheat nickname goes, I agree…I’ll refrain from that in the future simply because as someone said it could be construed as a racist slur against African Americans and that is not my intentions and for that I apologize.
    It was funny when Eddie Murphy did it though huh? Okay, I get it.

    23 hours ago
    nighthawk..sounds like you got ‘em pegged

    22 hours ago
    antimaro…why do people like you even respond to questions when you have absolutely nothing intelligent to say…. go away

    22 hours ago
    nobody…my videoplayer is down, my loss I guess.

    22 hours ago
    Hmmm….no come backs. I guess logic and evidence wins again. Several people resorted to the same old tactics of name calling and denial or worse..blaming Bush.
    Most of the controversies have absolutely NOTHING to do with Bush.

    Many people didn’t even read the list and dismissed it outright…that’s about par for the Obamabots. They are scared to death to even consider he isn’t the saint so many consider him to be.
    I guess they were pretty desperate to believe so blindly in a leader. No matter what he does or has done seems to matter to these people. Their delusion and devotion is practically religious.
    I’m sure that many pray for, if not, to him.
    They are scary. Much more than the Bushites were.

    20 hours ago

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    It is amazing how many of you refuse to see your noses right there on your faces! I am more than willing to admit Bush’s flaws mistakes and funny enough so is he. Asker – calling him Buckwheat and anticipating serious replies doesn’t help your cause. Obama is a walking talking contradiction – No lobbyists (well except the ones I excuse), I quit smoking (unless I really need a couple), Transparency is paramount (of the previous administration) He spends like a depressed debutant, is making us a target worldwide and yet the blinders are so friggin tight you people – it isn’t that you can’t see it – you refuse to which is so much worse.
    We need to fire the whole lot and start fresh and hold them accountable for their ACTIONS not the letter next to their names because I don’t know if you have noticed but they ALL lie to our faces every time their lips move. Spend our money, ruin our country and we keep right on letting them.

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    Asker’s Rating:
    5 out of 5
    Asker’s Comment:
    See what I mean? They (most) dismissed everything on the list. SOME of it is fact as you well know. Contoversy on this scale has NEVER been seen in Washington and they pretend it doesn’t exist. I’ll stop using Buckwheat though and go back to O-baa-ma until something better prevails.

    * 4 stars – mark this as Interesting!

    Dr Awkward Dr Awkward
    Not one star despite the controversy and the awesome link. A single site with all of O-b-wans shenanigans listed in one location.
    ???? ????
    I love ‘em Kool Aides!! It just keep winning us every elections out there! Keep ‘em comin’ boys!

    Dr Awkward Dr Awkward
    Not in my state bro…if Obwan doesn’t put the brakes on his free for all in Washington before it’s too late (and it may be already) you’ll find yourself out in the cold next election and for good. I was tired of GW before he was ever elected (he was Gov. here) but easy money Obama is more dangerous

    Griggnax Griggnax
    I simply do not understand why conservatives are so AFRAID of Obama.
    I choose to not live in fear.

    neet neet
    We resoretd to name calling? Is Obama’s middle name buckwheat? Do liberals call themselves Obamabots? This entire question reeks with lies and hypocrisy.And how could calling him president Buckwheat be construed as anything but racist? What do Obama and Buckwhat have in common,it’s
    not even clever. Report Abuse

    Dr Awkward Dr Awkward
    I’m not going to apologize AGAIN for the Buckwheat reference. I will refrain from it’s use. I didn’t use obamabots in my question But in a final comment referring ONLY to those who blindly follow him and dismiss any & every charge against him. If the shoe fits… Radicalism on either side is scary. Report Abuse

    cattledog by cattledo…

    I am not bothering readin a link brought up by someone who refers to a black president as “President Buckwheat”.

    You don’t have to like the man but show some respect for the office and the African American race. You can’t be taken seriously or credible when you resort to that kind of crap.

    Its so interesting that people want to be taken seriously but use a slur like that. I could care less if you use the term but I won’t take you seriously as long as you use it.

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    Nighthawk by Nighthaw…

    There are to many to count. There are also all of the behind closed doors activities that this administration does not want the general public to know about. I just wonder why?

    Although this administration wants the taxpayers to take the hit for their blunders, just what have they contributed or sacrificed?

    While we see the unemployment rate on a rise they have continued to vote their selves a raise as if they are not getting enough of the money that the working class contributes so they can all live comfortably.

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    NobodyKnowsMe by NobodyKn…

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    ???? by ????

    And this is all coming from a website called “conservativeamerican.org.?” You might as well slap a Fox News bumper sticker while you’re at it. And oh, there really is no need in dragging Bush into this – because he started the whole thing!

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    Griggnax by Griggnax
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    There is a big difference between a “scandal” and a “controversy”.

    Granted, some of those things are controversial, but certainly not scandalous.

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    The Dizzer by The Dizzer

    President Buckwheat? Well Doc… When he goes over 7.7 Trillion come talk to me as far as you link…. yawn those are crap. Good luck in 2012 if this is all you got.

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    Stella by Stella

    Scandals? Torture and invading the wrong country? Y’all appreciate this.

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    Todd by Todd

    1.Too many to list
    2.Not sure how many are true.
    3.Oh you know it.

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    neet by neet

    You mean how many made-up, XXXXX stories have the Republicans fabricated about him?

    Too many to count.

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    Mizz Rita by Mizz Rita

    They involved in so many scandals, I can’t count them all on my fingers and toes.
    o 23 hours ago

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    iamct01 by iamct01

    He eats cheeseburgers

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    mrjonessr41 by mrjoness…

    Zero

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    antimaron by antimaro…

    I’m sure y’all that say president buckwheat will love it…but sane non haters…not so much

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    Simply The Best by Simply The Best
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    Far Too Many.

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    nov22lagirl by nov22lag…

    None! I didn’t know that Buckwheat was so smart ,I do know
    you not smart at all must have rode the short bus to school

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    Romare by Romare
    The list is mostly falsehoods. However, #2 is true, and Obama has admitted it. If he admitted it himself in his book, then it’s not a scandal.

    There are tons of false information in that link–for just two examples, #14 and #24 have been debunked by facts many times over. Further, by calling our president a mean-spirited nickname, you have revealed your agenda. So it’s not just that you want “folks” to think about the charges, now is it?

    Let me ask you this: if I sent you a link from some organization like MoveOIn and asked you to “just think about” the points they are making–or even if some of the answers to this question point out that you are wrong–will YOU stop and think about the points that are being made that you don’t agree with already? I doubt it, so don’t ask us to do it.

    BTW, any charge that starts with “some people say” or “some people think” is almost always false. Some people think their head is a pumpkin.

  2. Peter Andrew Says:

    PS to “Romare”
    You said “If he admits it, then its not a scandal”
    What? So John Edwards admits he cheated on his cancer-filled wife, and that means its not a scandal? You’re kidding right?

  3. jjrn13 Says:

    During the course of President Bush’s time in office, his critics’ comments demonstrated the most disrespect for the office I have ever heard, bar none. Each time I would hear one of these horrible, hurtful, unbelievably nasty and belittling sentiments, it struck me: thanks to the incredibly bad behavior of the Liberals and Democrats, the bar would forever be lowered with regard to “respect for the office.”
    The “honeymoon” is drawing to a close and, sadly, this president will begin to draw the same sort of criticism as President Bush did. Oh, you will not like it, I’m sure. In short order, we will begin to hear all about, “respect for the office” but, it’s too late. Respect for the office was officially tossed over board during the last administration.
    Mr. Andrews, with regard to your last comment to “Romare,” I feel your frustration. It became clear to me long ago with regard to Mr. Obama and his “sheeple,” we will all be asked to believe the unbelievable…That black is white and white is black, that what you see is not what you see, and what you hear is not what you hear. I would refer you to the movie, “Guide to a Married Man,” and the scene with Joey Bishop repetitively asking, “What Woman?”

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