Barack Obama: The Ultimate Hypocrite
I don’t know of anyone who hasn’t said something that he’s later reversed course on. Often, people are called hypocrites for doing that. That’s actually misusing the word. Here’s Dictionary.com’s definition of hypocrite:
a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
The reason I mention this is to preface this McCain video about Sen. Obama’s hypocrisy:
Here’s the transcript of the video:
ANNCR: What Obama says…
BARACK OBAMA: It would be unacceptable for executives of these institutions to earn a windfall.
ANNCR: …Is not what he does.
Meet Jim Johnson, former Fannie Mae CEO. Fannie cooked the books and Johnson made millions.
Then Obama asked him to pick his VP. And raise thousands for his campaign.
Barack Obama. More empty words.
Perhaps a close parsing of Sen. Obama’s words is needed. After all, Sen. Obama only said it would be “unacceptable for executives of these institutions to earn a windfall.” He didn’t say it would “unacceptable for executives of these institutions to help him pick his vice president.”
The most important point of this sarcastic bit is that Sen. Obama isn’t about whether he’s a hypocrite. It’s that he isn’t who he says he is. It’s thar he fits the true definition of hypocrite.
Technorati Tags: Hypocrite, Jim Johnson, Fannie Mae, Washington Insider, Obama, John McCAin, Election 2008
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
September 19th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
And then there’s McCain: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185304443/bctid1803307744.
September 19th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Well, that’s fine Gary, but somebody needs to investigate what a sorry son of a bitch he really is.
There’s a story emerging now from the Iraqi defense minister that when he made his visit there, he tried to pressure him to hold up the plan for any further US troop withdrawal, until after January. No doubt so he could get his long wished for credit for “ending the war”.
September 21st, 2008 at 3:50 am
you cannot be serious. you cannot use a campaign ad as the sole source of factual evidence for your attack. my gawd, you have to do better than that man.