--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u <no_reply@...> wrote: > > It is breaking, that is, new evidence of his socialist > past has surfaced in the logs of the *New Party* just > today;
Er, no, BillyG, it hasn't. Nothing of any significance has surfaced. Obama is a centrist, not a socialist. their goals and 'his' are scary if you ask me!! > It all adds up, we now know Obama much better, IMO. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > "(breaking)"--too funny. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > > > Whatever....this is insane.  The reality is not even this.  Obama has > > > supported so many aspects of the Republican agenda, that there is likely > > > a solid argument that could be made (not by me) for the idea that what we > > > are really voting on is the difference between 2 Republican candidates. > > >  These scare tactics are pathetic and extreme.  My grandparents > > > forwarded me the National Review for years, back when it was bashing > > > numbers of educational institutions for being "communist" - they were > > > concerned about what my professors might be teaching me.  The rag is > > > completely over the top crazy in my view.   > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: wgm4u <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:03 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Obama's scary socialist past revealed, > > > (breaking). > > > > > > > > >  > > > June 7, 2012 4:00 A.M.Obama's Third-Party History > > > New documents shed new light on his ties to a leftist party in the 1990s. > > > By Stanley Kurtz > > > Archive Latest E-Mail RSS Send > > > Barack Obama campaigns for the Illinois state senate in the mid-1990s. > > > > > > inShare24 > > > Print > > > Text  > > > Comments > > > 66 Stanley Kurtz > > > On the evening of January 11, 1996, while Mitt Romney was in the final > > > years of his run as the head of Bain Capital, Barack Obama formally > > > joined the New Party, which was deeply hostile to the mainstream of the > > > Democratic party and even to American capitalism. In 2008, candidate > > > Obama deceived the American public about his > > > potentially damaging tie to this third party. The issue remains as fresh > > > as today's headlines, as Romney argues that Obama is trying to move the > > > United States toward European-style social democracy, which was > > > precisely the New Party's goal. > > > In late October 2008, when I wrote here at National Review Online that > > > Obama had been a member of the New Party, his campaign sharply denied it, > > > calling my claim a "crackpot smear." Fight the Smears, an official > > > Obama-campaign website, staunchly > > > maintained that "Barack has been a member of only one political party, > > > the Democratic Party." I rebutted this, but the debate was never taken up > > > by the mainstream press. > > > Recently obtained evidence from the updated records of Illinois ACORN at > > > the Wisconsin Historical Society now definitively establishes that > > > Obama was a member of the New Party. He also signed a "contract" > > > promising to publicly support and associate himself with the New Party > > > while in office. > > > AdvertisementMinutes of the meeting on January 11, 1996, of the New > > > Party's Chicago chapter read as follows: > > > Barack Obama, candidate for State Senate in the 13th Legislative > > > District, gave a statement to the membership and answered questions. He > > > signed the New Party "Candidate Contract" and requested an endorsement > > > from the New Party. He also joined the New Party. > > > Consistent with this, a roster of the Chicago chapter of the New > > > Party from early 1997 lists Obama as a member, with January 11, 1996, > > > indicated as the date he joined. > > > Knowing that Obama disguised his New Party membership helps make > > > sense of his questionable handling of the 2008 controversy over his ties > > > to ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). > > > During his third debate with John McCain, Obama said that the "only" > > > involvement he'd had with ACORN was to represent the group in a lawsuit > > > seeking to compel Illinois to implement the National Voter Registration > > > Act, or motor-voter law. The records of Illinois ACORN and its > > > associated union clearly contradict that assertion, as I show in my > > > political biography of the president, Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and > > > the Untold Story of American Socialism. > > > > > >