In each case the text shown in bold type is the "Obama statement" the writer is about to attack. All text shown below that and in italics is the writer's attack upon that purported statement. Below that, in plain text is my response:
I Never Practiced Islam . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
Facts: Obama married married his wife Michelle on October 3, 1991. They had known each other for less than two years. The press has made it very clear that he attended a Christian church for the last 20 years. Obama only met his wife in 1989. Whether it was a good or bad Christian church is not relevant when considering the question of whether he practiced the Muslim faith until he was thirty-one years old. He is only forty-six years old now. He clearly was a member of a Christian church when he was twenty six if not before. He was also clearly a member for over a year before he met Michelle.
I Was A Professor Of Law . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
"Statement Regarding Barack Obama The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as "Senior Lecturer." From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School's Senior Lecturers has high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined."
I Was A Constitutional Lawyer . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian . . .
NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5 AM according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.
Obama's parents divorced when he was two years old. He has only seen his father a few times since then. His mother rejected organized religion. On a side note, Obama's real paternal grandmother died a number of years ago. The lady who is being portrayed so often in the press, and in the above statement is simply the second wife of his grandfather.
I Was Fluent In Indonesian . . .
NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
I Want Americans To Decide . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA . . .
NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
My Economics Bill Will Help America . .
NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
I Have Released My State Records . . .
NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year . . .
NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
Fact: If Obama introduced the bills then they are his. If a fellow Senator wrote 26 bills then took none of the credit he or she must be a remarkable person, especially in the highly competitive world of politics.NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
rj