gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 11/22/2008
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Hope and Change...
In a 2007 radio interview Senator Barack Obama promised to immediately investigate the Bush Administration:
"One of his first acts as president is going to be to call in his new Attorney General to review every single executive order... that are promoting this ...
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Obama: Cockamamie Bamboozler-In-Chief
Say Anything —
“Cockamamie idea= straw man” Nowhere does Bush say that “the Executive branch does not need to obey the Constitution”. I still can’t beleive this guy bamboozled enough people to get elected President!
Note the diss on Bush from Obama AG nominee Eric Holder near the end of the video.
Hat tip Gateway Pundit
Cross posted at Proof Positive
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