In Oklahoma: Henry backs Obama
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By Michael McNutt
Published: April 23, 2008
Gov. Brad Henry, who said earlier he would not endorse a Democratic presidential candidate until this summer's national convention, announced this morning he is supporting Barack Obama.
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‘Inspirational leader'
Henry is the third superdelegate, or party insider, from Oklahoma to back Obama. U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has the support of one Oklahoma superdelegate. The state's remaining six superdelegates are uncommitted to any candidate.
Clinton won 55 percent of the votes in Oklahoma's Feb. 5 presidential primary, compared with 31 percent of the votes cast for Obama. As a result, Clinton was awarded 24 delegates and Obama was granted 14 delegates from Oklahoma at the national convention, Aug. 25-28 in Denver.
"He (Obama) is a strong, committed and inspirational leader, ideally suited to bring together Democrats, independents and Republicans,” Henry said.
Henry said in January he wasn't vying to be the running mate for any of the Democratic presidential contenders, but he said he would consider the possibility if asked.
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From the very article that you site:"Coalition forces, including many brave Afghans, have brought America, Afghanistan and the world its first victory in the war on terror," the president said. "Afghanistan is no longer a terrorist factory sending thousands of killers into the world."
A short while later in the Afghan capital city of Kabul, NATO forces came under fire Tuesday when at least one rocket exploded outside their headquarters. One soldier suffered non-lifethreatening injuries, officials said.
About 20,000 U.S. troops and more than 6,000 ISAF peacekeepers have been involved in almost daily gunfights with members of al Qaeda and the ousted Taliban leadership, who appear intent on disrupting elections for the Afghan Constitutional Assembly planned for September.
"The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time," Karzai warned during an appearance Monday on PBS' "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer."
When asked about WIKIPEDIA – You bailed
When asked about The War on Terror – You bailed
When asked about “Were the superfriends (cartoons racist) – you bailed
When asked about Unity – You bailed
When asked about Black Liberation – You bailed
When asked about Obama and KKK Byrd – You bailed
When asked about Reverend Wright – You Bailed
When asked about job approval rating about a liberal controlled Congress – You bailed
When asked just because Obama has his name on some Legislation – that qualifies him for President – You Bailed
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Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists
The President takes an oath in which part of is "To support and defend the United States of America." Unlike Clinton who do nothing and as a direct result we had numerous attacks across the globe. He wanted the useless UN stop it. Like it or not, we have them on the run right now because we have leader in the White House. Barack would go back to the proven failures of Clinton and Carter.
Back to gas. the Democrats for years have been hurting us with their blind faith support of the enviromental whackos. That is the main reason we can't get off our depndence of foriegn oil.
The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class.
Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class. Sounds like Hillary Clinton to me.
And even though there was a day when the former Grand Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan would have spit on Obama as much as look at him - heck he might have even wanted to burn across on his lawn or drag him behind a truck.
But there was Obama, arm in arm, with Senator Klan Grandpa casting a vote that would attempt to prevent one of the most inspiring Americans to rise from the ashes of prejudice and racism and eventually come to serve her nation in the California Supreme Court
So, what of their differences? While it is statistically true to say that Obama and Clinton have voted together over 90 percent of the time, during their overlapping time in the Senate, they have also voted differently 40 times. The important issues, nicely outlined by the Washington Post, have largely to do with energy.
Clinton voted against an amendment in the Energy Bill establishing an ethanol mandate for refineries.
Obama voted for the amendment, which became law.
Clinton voted to expand oil production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Obama opposed the expansion.
Obama voted for an increase in fuel-efficiency standards
Hillary voted against the idea.
Obama voted against funding for pet projects (this one's tricky)
Hillary voted against.
Clinton voted to keep funding TV Marti, the American anti-Cuban station
Obama voted against
Clinton voted in favor of a measure that allowed confiscation of legally-owned hand guns during natural disasters
Obama voted against
Obama passed legislation with Republican Senator Jim Talent to give gas stations a tax credit for installing E85 ethanol refueling pumps. The tax credit covers 30 percent of the costs of switching one or more traditional petroleum pumps to E85, which is an 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline blend.
-After a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.
-His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars is spent.
-Obama created the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working families in 2000 and successfully sponsored a measure to make the credit permanent in 2003. The law offered about $105 million in tax relief over three years.
-Obama joined forces with former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) to pass the toughest campaign finance law in Illinois history. The legislation banned the personal use of campaign money by Illinois legislators and banned gifts from lobbyists. Before the law was passed, one organization ranked Illinois worst among 50 states for its campaign finance regulations.
-As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan.
-He traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world.
-Obama has been a leading advocate for protecting the right to vote, helping to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and leading the opposition against discriminatory barriers to voting.
- In the U.S. Senate, Obama introduced the STOP FRAUD Act to increase penalties for mortgage fraud and provide more protections for low-income homebuyers, well before the current subprime crisis began.
-Obama sponsored legislation to combat predatory payday loans, and he also was credited with lobbied the state to more closely regulate some of the most egregious predatory lending practices.
-Barack Obama introduced the Patriot Employer Act of 2007 to provide a tax credit to companies that maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in America relative to those outside the US; maintain their corporate headquarters in America; pay decent wages; prepare workers for retirement; provide health insurance; and support employees who serve in the military.
-Obama worked to pass a number of laws in Illinois and Washington to improve the health of women. His accomplishments include creating a task force on cervical cancer, providing greater access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, and helping improve prenatal and premature birth services.
-Obama has introduced and helped pass bipartisan legislation to limit the abuse of no-bid federal contracts.
-Obama and Senator Feingold (D-WI) took on both parties and proposed ethics legislation that was described as the "gold standard" for reform. It was because of their leadership that ending subsidized corporate jet travel, mandating disclosure of lobbyists' bundling of contributions, and enacting strong new restrictions of lobbyist-sponsored trips became part of the final ethics bill that was signed into law.
I DID... HE SHOULD BACK THE PEOPLE.
To Paul - What makes you so sure that Obama is not qualified to be this nation's president? To Brada - SUPERDELEGATE. He is a super delegate. I honestly do not understand how this goes over people's heads like it has.. Just because Oklahoma voters chose Clinton in the primary does not mean that Henry agrees, and it was his choice to support obama. To Dan, Jr. if that comment was directed toward me, what does it matter what I think? May God have mercy on me? Because of my thought process? It's a logical thought.. but okay.
Mr. Obama's clock in the National.