Midknight Review -- new and revised: Obama is nothing "special" and that is the only reason he won in 2008.

For the sake of context, I remind the reader of a comment and implied pledge Obama made in 2007. It went something like this: “the cynics, the lobbyists, the special interests have turned our government into a game only they can afford to play.” The implications of this criticism were great; the reality under the Obama Administration, has been quite another matter.

We start with this little fact: more than 200 of Obama's top donors have benefited from their donations in substantial ways. Of course, we all know that this happens with all politicians, but Obama made a promise not to be this kind of president. Now we found out that he is a "pay off type guy," and is as bad at this as any previous president we have ever had.

More than this, the monies dispersed under the 2009 $787 Stimulus Act actually went to several states, mostly "blue states" ( by a ratio of 2 to 1) since they are the ones in the biggest trouble, in addition to stimulus funding for union jobs (any contract over $25 million could only be awarded to a union shop) . Since there has never been a detailed and non-partisan accounting for that "stimulus,' we have no idea as to the degree of favoritism evidenced with the stimulus funds, we simply know from the above that favoritism played a major role in the disbursements.

More recently, we know that Telecom, a big time contributor to the Obama campaign ($500,000 plus) is one of many to benefit from its contributions to Obama. In exchange for the half million in contributions, Telecom executive, Donald Gips, was appointed ambassador to South Africa and and a company named Level 3 Communications, was awarded millions in contracts funded out of the stimulus, a company in which Gips was and is heavy invested as a stock holder.

There are literally hundreds of these examples. Understand that when Obama is bragging about collecting $1 billion for the 2012 campaign, he collected $880 million in 2008. A billion is really no big deal for this man. Never let yourself forget that he spent double the McCain camp and won election by only 7% of the popular vote. Anyone think he remains just a popular as he was in 2008?

Point of post: to add one more nail in the Obama re-election coffin and to encourage the conservative base that Obama is more than "beatable."

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Obama is nothing "special" and that is the only reason he won in 2008.

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