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If Obama Says it … Believe the Opposite

Apr 17

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OBAMA SAID:It will help us close our deficit.   (Obama speaking on the so-called ‘Buffett Rule, his proposed   capital-gains-tax increase) THE TRUTHAccording to the Congressional   Budget Office, Obama’s Buffett Rule will raise $3.2 billion per year. That’s   what the federal government currently borrows every 17 hours. So in 514 years   (the year 2526) it will have raised enough additional revenue just to pay off   the 2011 federal budget deficit. If the federal government confiscated the   total wealth of the Forbes 400 richest Americans, it comes to $1.5 trillion, or   less than the Obama budget deficit for a year.
I’ve   done more for Israel’s security than any president ever. Obama aided Islamic extremists – enemies of Israel —   take-over of Egypt/Libya.
Republicans   are responsible for my jobs bill not passing
 Democrats   rejected Obama’s jobs bill
The   fence between U.S. and Mexico is “Practically Complete” Department   of Homeland Security says fence 5 percent complete
The   rich don’t pay their fair share.
 The   wealthiest 5 percent pay 58.66 percent of the taxes, and the top 10 percent   pay 70.5 percent of the taxes (2009).
“Reform will also rein in the abuse and excess that nearly   brought down our financial system. It will finally bring transparency to the   kinds of complex, risky transactions that helped trigger the financial   crisis.” The law signed by President Obama exempts the SEC from   disclosing records or information derived from “surveillance, risk   assessments, or other regulatory and oversight activities.” Given that the   SEC is a regulatory body, the provision covers almost every action by the   agency, lawyers say. Congress and federal agencies can request information,   but the public cannot.
The   jobs bill is paid for. There   is no guarantee that programs that will increase annual deficits in the near   term will be paid for in the long term.
Obama said he “will not rest” until the oil leaking from a   ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was stopped. In the next several days, Obama   welcomed the college basketball champion to the White House; Obama and Biden posed   for photos with the U.S. World Cup Soccer team; Obama traveled to Chicago;   went golfing with Joe Biden; played golf again; and spent a weekend on Mount   Desert Island.
We   have run out of places in the US to drill for oil.

 There   is plenty of oil that we can get closer to our shores and on land, but   Democrat lawmakers have pushed companies off the coast and into deeper waters   making it more expensive and dangerous to harvest energy.
On   Arizona Law 1070: Now suddenly if you don’t have your papers and you took   your kid out to get ice cream, you can be harassed, that’s something that   could potentially happen. The   Arizona law mirrors the federal law which is not being enforced. Obama is not   suing the federal law.
“We   began by passing a Recovery Act that has already saved or created over   150,000 jobs.” This   assertion is flawed on several levels. At the time of this statement, the   U.S. had lost more than 1.2 million jobs since Obama took office, according   to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Even if Obama’s stimulus bill had actually   saved or created as many jobs as he says, that number is dwarfed by the   number of recent job losses.In   Arizona’s 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been “saved or created” with $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that’s what the Web site   set up by the Obama administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says. There’s one problem: there is no 15th congressional district   in Arizona; the state has only eight districts. And ABC News found many more   entries for projects like this in places that do not exist. Fraud and abuse   of government spending associated with the Recovery Act are rampant.
Obama says he is a Christian and   believes in “collective salvation.” Salvation is not a “collective”   act. Salvation is a personal act by individuals who separately declare faith   in Jesus in Christ. There is no mention in the Bible one can only become a   Christian unless someone else does also.
“We   now have over $9 trillion of national debt we are gonna have to pay back.   It’s irresponsible.” Obama   is responsible for $5 trillion of the national debt.
The health care debate will be covered live on C-SPAN. The House and   Senate created a law through private meetings without C-Span cameras, as   promised.
The   2012 GOP budget plan will take health care away from Down syndrome children. False.   And 90 percent of Down syndrome preborn children in America are killed by   abortionists. The abortion industry consistently contributes to the campaigns   of Obama and Democrat candidates for office.
I   will cut the deficit   in half by end of my first term. The   deficit increased every year under Obama.
Under   Obama’s government medical rationing law, he said no federal funds will be   used for abortion. There are no promises in the bill   preventing federal funding of abortion.
“We have launched a housing plan   that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower   their monthly payments and refinance their mortgages. It’s a plan that won’t   help speculators or that neighbor down the street who bought a house he could   never hope to afford, but it will help millions of Americans who are   struggling with declining home values.” The Obama administration has not come up with a way to   ensure that the bailout money only goes to those who got into trouble.
I am not somebody who promotes   same-sex marriage, but I do believe in civil unions. The Windy   City Times, a homosexual paper, reported   Obama filled out a questionnaire in 1996 and said: “I favor legalizing   same-sex marriages and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.”
Americans making less than $250,000   a year will receive a tax cut, Obama promised in 2008. The   first violation of this promise was the signing of the Tobacco Tax into law.   The second violation came with the health care bill. Both raised taxes.

Obama is cancelling the Bush tax cuts — resulting in the largest tax increase in American history, January 1, 2013.
Obama denied a close relationship with Bill Ayers, a   former terrorist. From   1995-1999, Obama led an education foundation called the Chicago Annenberg   Challenge (CAC), and remained on the board until 2001. The group poured more   than $100 million into the hands of community organizers and radical   education activists. The CAC was the brainchild of Bill Ayers, a founder of   the Weather Underground in the 1960s. As CAC chairman, Obama was lending   moral and financial support to Ayers and his radical circle. Among other   feats, Ayers and his cohorts had bombed the Pentagon, and he has never expressed   regret for his actions. Obama’s first run for the Illinois State Senate was   launched at a 1995 gathering at Ayers’s home. Ayers parents financed portions   of Obama’s education.
Obama   said he never heard controversial remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright in the   church he attended for 20 years. Obama   did indeed know of Wright’s radical sermons and he fully endorsed them. Obama   only separated himself from Wright after weeks of pressure and even then said   that he didn’t know or hear any radical sermons while he attended the church.   Wright also performed the wedding ceremony for Barack and Michelle Obama.
My   father served in World War II. This   is a blatant lie.
Obama said he won the 2008   Michigan presidential primary. Obama was not on the ballot in   Michigan.
Obama   was never associated with ACORN. Obama   funneled $800,000 to ACORN for their   2008 General Election operations and then lied about it. Obama organized Project Vote   activities in Chicago, in 1992 and has trained ACORN   operators.Obama as ACORN’s lawyer, sued   Illinois  in 1993, to weaken voter registration law.Obama as   ACORN’s lawyer, sued   Citibank   in 1994 (Buycks-Roberson case, above), to force them into giving   subprime loans to home buyers with poor credit ratings, setting the stage for   the mortgage meltdown.Obama   promised in 2007 to let ACORN and related groups “help us shape the   agenda”   of his presidency, by meeting with them after the Nov. 4 election. What is   their agenda? “Helping low income people?” In some ways, at least   temporarily, but see below.When   Obama met with ACORN leaders while campaigning for president in 2008, he   reminded them of his history with ACORN and his beginnings in Illinois as a   Project Vote organizer, a nonprofit focused on voter rights and education. He   said he knew personally the “work you do” and “I’ve been fighting alongside   ACORN on issues you care about my entire career.”In   2011, The Obama Administration gave ACORN spinoff organizations $729,849.
Obama   said he did not know Tony Rezko, a convicted felon.. After his election to the U.S.   Senate, Barack Obama approached Tony Rezko, then under active federal   investigation, as he sought a way to buy a house.
Under   Obamacare, Medicaid will not be cut. HHS   Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services testified that cuts to Medicaid   would “jeopardize access” for millions of seniors.
Obama   said he did not support a single-payer health insurance plan. In   a 2003 videotaped interview, Obama said: “I happen to be a proponent of a   single-payer universal health care plan.”
Obama   denied for months that the GOP had a health insurance reform plan. Republicans   offered numerous proposals. And Obama later backtracked and claimed he   included many of the Republicans’ proposals in his own plan!
Domestic   oil production is up under this administration. The   government’s director of the Bureau of Land Management, Bob Abbey, testified   to Congress on this very point: Oil production is actually down 14 percent on   federal property and down 17 percent offshore from a year ago.The   Congressional Research Service report confirms this: In 2011, production on   federal property declined by an average of 275,000 barrels per day.
“Ultimately,   I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an   unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a (Obamacare) law that was   passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” The   Supreme Court has invalidated more than 150 federal laws in part or in whole.

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Democrats Tell of Obama Fraud, Strong-Arming Tactics, Rule Breaking

Apr 4

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Bruce Ash: Obama’s Careless Comments about Supreme Court

Apr 4

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By Bruce Ash, Arizona’ National Committeeman to the Republican National Committee

In recent history there has not been a more unthinking judicial comment made by a sitting president about a pending case being considered by the Supreme Court than President Obama’s Rose Garden remarks warning the justices against judicial advocacy that would be “an un precedented , extraordinary step” to overturn “the STRONG majority of Congress” who passed ObamaCare. The bill was passed by one party and the law is even more unpopular today.

Did Barack Obama , a former editor of the Harvard Law Review and a constitutional professor, forget Marbury v Madison? Certainly he taught Marbury to his students. Would the president also be opposed to the judicial activism of the high court in Brown v Board of Education or Roe v Wade? Of course not, but he warns the justices against such action by this court. I’ll bet this earns at least one swing vote against him he can’t afford.

Obama admonished the justices to consider the “human element” in this case. Perhaps in addition to not being much of a constitutional scholar he also forgets his Old Testament. Exodus says we are not to favor a poor man in judgement. When you take the human into account then you lose justice and promote social justice. That is the judicial view of the left and the essence of ObamaCare.

When Barack Obama warned there would be a political price by overturning “The Affordable Healthcare and Patient Protection Act” was he warning the justices on the high court or American voters? The case against ObamaCare highlights the reality that our next president will nominate from one to three new Justices. The decision on ObamaCare will demonstrate the most compelling argument against a second term for Barack Obama is all about judges.

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Phoenix Rally for Religious Freedom

Apr 2

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Maricopa School Mocks Pledge of Allegiance

Mar 30

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The following message came from the East Valley Tea Party Patriots’ email today:

My cousin’s daughter gets mocked by the teacher and the students for standing during the Pledge of Allegiance at Maricopa High School.

My cousin posted the following on facebook tonight so I offered to help him.

Post 1

So if your kids go to school at Maricopa High do they stand for the Pledge? I think you might be surprised. My daughter is the only one in her class to stand and the teacher joined in with the class to mock her about it. I am so angry right now!!!!

Post 2

I am so upset about it. The teacher then asked her to stay after class to talk about it and it embarrassed her even more. She wrote her feelings, her precious heart could not say what she felt, and she hated the feeling of the class and now he wants to try to take her to the counselor to ‘talk’ about it.

Post 3

I am very proud of my daughters. They have had many experiences to be one of the few or the only one to stand in many situations for honorable values and standards.

Please join me in calling Maricopa High School at (520)568-5100 to let them know what you think. Remember to be courteous and polite but firm. The Teachers name is Mr. Almond.

Thank you, Greg.

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Clearing Up the ACLU’s Distortions about Rep. Lesko’s House Bill 2625

Mar 26

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By Catherine Glenn Foster, Alliance Defense Fund

Once again, the enemies of religious liberty have to resort to distortions as they try to convince citizens to jump on their anti-faith bandwagon.

Headlines from the American Civil Liberties Union and its cohorts are flying viral across the Internet with catchy little phrases like, “Use Birth Control? You’re Fired!” Sadly, even the mainstream media has begun to join in this echo chamber of falsehoods.

Where did the enemies of freedom at the ACLU come up with this whopper? At issue is Arizona legislation sponsored by Rep. Debbie Lesko, House Bill 2625. Lesko, a woman, is the one leading this bill, which protects the religious freedom of both women and men. And that’s all the bill does: restore religious freedom to several statutes passed in 2002.

The 2002 government mandates attack the religious freedom of all Arizona citizens by forcing all employers to cover abortion-inducing drugs and other objectionable items related to contraception — even if they must violate their religious beliefs.

HB 2625 fixes that by declaring that any entity or individual with a religious objection to paying for such coverage is free to contract with an employer and insurer who want to honor their conscience. In fact, other religious freedom statutes in Arizona already make the anti-religious mandates unlawful, and HB 2625 simply fixes those statutes to make them comport with existing law.

This is why the ACLU must engage in distortions to get people to oppose HB 2625. The people of Arizona love freedom, and HB 2625 simply restores one of the most cherished freedoms, religious liberty, to its rightful place outside of government coercion.

So how can the ACLU claim that HB 2625 would let McDonald’s fire its employees for using contraception? They’re just following the old maxim that if you say something enough times, people might start to believe it.

The facts, however, are these: Nowhere does HB 2625 create language letting anyone discriminate for any reason. On the contrary, the law puts a stop to government discrimination and restores a zone of freedom that was improperly taken away in 2002.

And the facts are even worse for the ACLU: The existing insurance mandate, which HB 2625 amends, nowhere declares that an employer like McDonald’s cannot fire people for using contraception right now. So, the ACLU’s claim that HB 2625 is somehow removing an existing protection is impossible. It cannot remove a protection that isn’t already there.

Moreover, despite the fact that the laws amended by HB 2625 nowhere talk about firing people for the mere use of contraceptives and do not stop an employer from doing so, there are no examples of any employer in Arizona ever doing such a thing. The ACLU just made it up as yet another fear tactic.

But, some have asked, what of the mandate’s clause targeting religious employers that would be removed by HB 2625? Yes, it would be removed — and for good reason. Any clause that singles out religious employers in this way almost certainly violates both the Arizona Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 9-0 decision in Hosanna-Tabor vs. EEOC. State legislators aren’t targeting anybody; they are removing a clause that did. If the ACLU wants to fault legislators for making state law consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision, it is on shaky ground.

Arizona already has other laws that govern employment non-discrimination, and HB 2625 does not amend any of them. HB 2625 only amends language that specifically attacks religious groups so that the statutes will now let religious citizens have their freedom again.

The ACLU may believe its own press releases, but you don’t have to.

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Radicals Attack CAP: Let’s Clear a Few Things Up

Mar 17

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By Cathi Herod, President
Center for Arizona Policy

What a week. I don’t know if I’ve ever witnessed such baseless and false attacks on CAP-supported bills as I saw this week. While I understand that it may be more entertaining for some to blatantly lie about legislation, the people deserve to know the truth.

So I’m going to clear a few things up about CAP-supported bills and other issues that have been misconstrued in the press and liberal blogs this week.

HB 2625 - This simple bill protects the religious freedom of faith-based groups and other employers. No employer should be forced by the government to pay for contraception and abortifacients in their insurance plans when doing so would violate their First Amendment protected religious beliefs. The media has falsely picked up the opponents’ outrageous claims that the bill would force women to tell employers why they are taking birth control pills. Read the bill. That claim is not in the bill.

Center for Arizona Policy does not take a position on family planning or birth control. We do, however take a very strong position that faith-based institutions and employers who hold a religious belief regarding contraception should not be compelled to violate those beliefs and pay for the medication.

The bill’s sponsor, Representative Debbie Lesko has done an incredible job in numerous media interviews explaining this point, like this interview with Greta Van Sustren. Take a moment to thank Rep. Lesko by emailing her at: dlesko@azleg.gov?subject=Thank%20You!

SB 1359 - Sponsored by Sen. Nancy Barto, this legislation is based on common sense and decency. It prohibits “wrongful life” and “wrongful birth” lawsuits. These lawsuits arise when a child is born with a disability, and the parents sue the doctor claiming that had they known their child had a disability, they would have had an abortion.

These lawsuits endorse the viewpoint that the life of a disabled child is worth less than the life of a child without a disability. Imagine what the children of the parents who file these lawsuits must feel when they get older and find out that their parents sued because they wish they would have had an abortion.

The attacks on this bill have truly been far-fetched. Some blogs claimed that this bill would allow doctors to knowingly withhold information from parents. Untrue. This bill does nothing to protect doctors that cause harm to preborn children, withhold information, or are grossly negligent.

Bullying, Part Two. Perhaps you’ve seen the attacks on me and CAP this week regarding the anti-bullying legislation I wrote about last week. I’ve been called a “legislative terrorist” and I’m sure a few other names by the time you read this.

While most of the attacks do not warrant a response, I do want to address one false statement made by State Senator David Schapira. He has claimed multiple times that I said SB 1462 is a “back door gay bill, no pun intended.” I would never say something so crass. Sen. Schapira — disagree with me if you want. But stop telling lies about what I supposedly said.

Click here to see a Channel 12 news clip attacking us for our position then click here to read the statement I issued to the press in response.

Pornographers coming to Arizona? – Several of you have written me recently about the California pornography industry threatening to come to Arizona because of new regulations in Los Angeles.

What wasn’t mentioned is the huge roadblock in their way: filming pornography in Arizona violates our prostitution laws.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery sent a clear message to pornographers this week when he released a statement explaining how virtually all of those involved in pornography could be subject to felony charges:

Under Arizona law, anyone paid to appear in a pornographic movie may be guilty of the crime of prostitution, which carries mandatory jail time as well as the possibility of other penalties. Furthermore, anyone involved in other aspects of producing pornographic movies, including soliciting individuals to appear, collecting a fee from the monies received by individuals solicited to appear by virtue of an agent relationship, transporting individuals from California to Arizona for the purpose of appearing in a pornographic movie, and/or establishing a venue for the filming and/or production of pornographic movies may be guilty of committing one or several felonies in the state of Arizona. Accordingly, Arizona law precludes the establishment of a “pornography industry” to any degree such as that present in California.

You can read his full statement here. After you read it, take a moment to thank Mr. Montgomery for standing up to the pornography industry.

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CBO Report Confirms President’s Health Care Law Is More Broken Promises

Mar 17

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Phoenix, Arizona – The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis Thursday on the impacts of President Obama’s health care law. The study found that three to five million Americans will lose their employer-provided health care insurance from 2019 through 2022. Wil Cardon, Mesa businessman and candidate for U.S. Senate, issued the following statement after the release of the report report:

“As a small business owner, I understand the burden that rising health care costs have placed on American businesses. Instead of choosing to improve health care quality and protect consumer choice in health care decisions, the Obama Administration and Congress passed the unconstitutional Obamacare into law. We were told by President Obama that Obamacare wouldn’t hurt anyone covered by their employers. In reality, according to the CBO, three to five million Americans will not be able to obtain health care coverage from their employers from 2019 to 2022. This CBO report shows that this health care law is yet another broken promise from the president. The short-sighted decisions of the president, as well as Congress, are hurting our country and jeopardizing people’s ability to obtain health care coverage. Obamacare increases costs, decreases quality, hinders individual choice, and now we learn it will push millions of Americans out of our health care system in less than seven years. We must repeal this toxic law immediately!”

To read the full report by the CBO, click here.

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Governor Brewer: Invite Schumer down here for a debate on border invasion

Feb 24

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Radical left-winger Chuck Schumer, Democrat senator from New York is trying to bait Arizona Gov. Jan Brewerget to testify on why our state passed Senate Bill 1070. He claims Congress has already acted sufficiently. Here’s our response.

Gov. Brewer, don’t go! Don’t take the bait!

Invite him down here on our turf to explain why Congress has done next to nothing protecting our border and our citizens from the border invasion and easy influx of harmful drugs. Senator Schumer’s baiting you for a public roasting. He and his friends will pile on and try to make you look bad. They will interrupt you and not give you a fair hearing. It’s a set-up. Don’t fall for it!

Turn it around on him and invite him to Arizona. Put him on the hot seat for doing NOTHING the entire time he’s been in Congress. Take him down to the border he’s never seen. And if he won’t come down here, gov, call a press conference and give a state of the border invasion speech. Expose Congress’s failure to act!

Please take our advice.

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Do We Really Want a Senator Who Agrees with Pelosi and Feinstein?

Feb 22

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RINO Cong. Jeff Flake is running for the Republican nomination to replace the retiring U.S. Senator Jon Kyl. But Flake’s performance in 11 years in the House of Representatives has some glaring holes in it – like his support for one of the prize bills of the homosexual agenda. Flake twice voted for ENDA – the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill which if passed into law will require businesses and ministries to hire people who don’t agree with their beliefs. Or pay severe federal fines.

Flake joined with a virtual who’s who of left-wing radicals, including some in the Republican Party, in supporting this dangerous bill. Extremists supporting ENDA include:

Human rights campaign

ACLU

NEA

Cong. Nancy Pelosi

Sen. Chuck Schumer

Sen. Harry Reid

Cong. Barney Frank

Cong. John Conyers

Cong. Raul Grijalva

Cong. Henry Waxman

Cong. Ed Pastor

Sen. Patty Murray

Sen. Barbara Boxer

Cong. Sheila Jackson-Lee

Sen. Tom Harkin

Cong. Debby Wasserman-Schultz

Sen. Richard Durbin

The late Sen. Ted Kennedy

Sen. Bernie Sanders

Sen. Patrick Leahy

Sen. Al Franken

Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Do we really want our next U.S. Senator voting with Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Raul Grijalva and agreeing with the ACLU?

No!

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