Barack has more elected office experience than Hillary.
HRC - 8 years US Senate
Obama - 8 years Illinois Senate and 4 years US Senate
A comparison of Baracks experience to past presidents
FDR - 3 years NY State Senate 4 years Governor
Lincoln - 8 years in the Illinois legislature and 2 years in the House
JFK - 6 years house of rep 8 years senate
Reagan - 8 years governor
Dubya - 6 years governor
Obama has more ELECTED office experience than HRC and he holds up to some
of the past presidents
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Military Endorsements for Barack as Commander and Chief
from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Military
* Clifford Alexander, Jr., former Secretary of the Army[84]
* Susan Ahn Cuddy, first female gunner officer in the U.S. Navy and
daughter of Korean Independence fighter Ahn Chang-ho[91]
* Tom Daniels, Texas Air National Guard[84]
* Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy[84]
* Donald Joseph Guter, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy,
current Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh[84]
* Richard D. Hearney, former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps[84]
* John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy[92]
* Jeh Johnson, former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force[84]
* Lester Lyles, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air
Force[84]
* Merrill A. McPeak, former Secretary of the United States Air
Force[93][94]
* John B. Nathman, former Vice Chief of Naval Operations[84]
* F. Whitten Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force[84]
* James Smith, former Deputy Commander, Joint Warfare Center, US Joint
Forces Command[84]
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Present Vote Debunked
HRC claims that BO has 130 present votes and claims that he was avoiding
taking issue with the bills that in essence he was a coward.
From:
http://www.stateline.org/live
The “present” vote in Illinois is sometimes cast by state lawmakers with a
conflict of interest who would rather not weigh in on an issue. Other
times, members use the option to object to certain parts of a bill, even
though they may agree with its overall purpose.
The ‘present’ vote is used, especially by more thoughtful legislators, not
as a means of avoiding taking a position on an issue, but as a means of
signaling concerns about an issue.
For Hillary to say that Obama was a coward 130 times does not make sense.
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Obama’s Illinois state senate votes on some key issues:
BUDGET & TAXES=
# Voted to raise the minimum wage in Illinois from $5.15 an hour to $6.50
an hour over two years. (2003)
# Helped pass a 5 percent earned-income tax credit for low-income working
families in 2000; made the credit permanent in 2003.
# Voted to end $300 million worth of tax breaks for businesses. (2004)
# Voted against making permanent the repeal of the state's 5 percent sales
tax on gasoline. (2000)
HEALTH CARE=
# Voted for having Illinois endorse embryonic stem cell research. (2004)
# Successfully sponsored the Health Care Justice Act, a study of ways to
implement a universal health care system statewide. (2004)
# Voted against restrictions on public funding of abortion. (2000)
# Successfully co-sponsored a prescription drug discount buying club
program for seniors and the disabled. (2003)
CRIME & GUN CONTROL
# Voted against letting people argue self-defense in court if charged with
violating local weapons bans by using a gun in their home. (2004)
# Voted to let retired police and military police carry concealed weapons.
(2004)
# Successfully sponsored requirement that law enforcement videotape
interrogations of suspects in some serious crimes. (2003)
# Successfully sponsored law enforcement study of the race of people
pulled over for traffic tickets. (2003)
# Helped pass an overhaul of the state's troubled death penalty system.
(2003)
# Unsuccessfully sponsored measure to expunge some criminal records and
create an employment grant program for ex-criminals. (2002)
# Unsuccessfully sponsored limit of one handgun purchase per month. (2000)
# Voted against making gang members eligible for the death penalty if they
kill someone to help their gang. (2001)
MISCELLANEOUS
# Unsuccessfully co-sponsored ban on discrimination based on sexual
orientation. The measure became law after Obama was elected to the U.S.
Senate. (2003)
# Successfully sponsored move to shield Illinois workers from federal
rules that threatened overtime pay for some employees.
# Successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform called the Gift Ban Act.
(1998)
# Voted against giving tax credits to parents who send their children to
private school. (1999)
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U.S. Senate Foreign Relations work:
http://ap.google.com/article
Some of the work done by Sen. Barack Obama since joining the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee in 2005:
MAJOR TRIPS:
In 2005, Obama traveled with Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., to former Soviet
states and visited sites where nuclear weapons were being dismantled.
In 2006, Obama visited Africa, where he and his wife publicly took HIV
tests in Kenya to encourage citizens there to do the same. He also met
AIDS researchers and activists and caused a stir by speaking out against
corruption and the corrosive role of tribal loyalties in the Kenyan
government.
Also in 2006, Obama traveled to the Middle East, where he met Israel's
foreign minister, spent two days in Iraq talking to officials and military
commanders, and stopped in the Palestinian territory, Jordan and Kuwait.
LEGISLATION:
In February 2008, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Obama's
proposal to require a new strategy to reduce global poverty.
In January 2007, the president signed Obama and Lugar's legislation aimed
at improving nonproliferation efforts, including eliminating stockpiles of
shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. Later that year, Obama proposed
creating an internationally monitored uranium reserve that would guarantee
fuel would be available for commercial nuclear reactors and dissuade
countries from building their own uranium enrichment capability.
In June 2007, the Senate passed Obama's resolution condemning violence by
the Zimbabwe government.
In January 2007, he proposed legislation that would have prevented
President Bush from sending more troops to Iraq and required troop
withdrawals to begin that spring. Last November, he introduced legislation
that would make clear Congress had not authorized military force against
Iran. Neither measure received a vote.
In July 2005, the Senate passed legislation co-sponsored by Obama to
provide $13 million for the Special Court for Sierra Leone to use in the
prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
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His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored
another 427.
These inculded
**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 - became law,
**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons
Threat Reduction Act, - became law,
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, - became law,
**The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, In committee
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Obama's Senate Record:
From:
http://www.dailykos.com/story
Of the 15 bills Senator Obama sponsored or co-sponsored in 2005-7 that
became law:
Two addressed foreign policy:
Promote relief, security and democracy in the Congo (2125)
Develop democratic institutions in areas under Palestinian control (2370).
Three addressed public health:
Improve mine safety (2803)
Increased breast cancer funding (597)
Reduce preterm delivery and complications, reduce infant mortality (707).
Two addressed openness and accountability in government:
Strengthening the Freedom of Information Act (2488)
Full disclosure of all entities receiving federal funds (2590)
Two addressed national security
Extend Terrorist Risk Insurance (467)
Amend the Patriot Act (2167)
One addressed the needs of the Armed Forces
Wave passport fees to visit graves, attend memorials/funerals of veterans
abroad (1184).
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