Obama's 30 Minute Ad: Something Reeks

And I didn't need an economist to tell me, that the stink was the dump truck full of cow patties that B. Hussein Obama more or less exactly failed to mention in it. Oh yeah, Farrakhan's messiah has spoken indeed. His own words prophecy of what is to come. His legions of media withhold the damning. His mindless minions march forth under the banners of "hope & change," whilst Barry does a song and dance for 30 minutes that told us, well, nothing.

At least, told us nothing of the details about his plans.

And that's not just me saying that. That's the Associated Press in an article by Calvin Woodward. The article, "Obama's prime-time ad skips over budget realities." Skips over budget realities? In times like this, is it a good thing to just "skip over" budget realities? If your B. Hussein Obama, YES, it is a very good time to omit the budget realities. Had he actually mentioned them, even his minions might start to re-think their allegiance.

One of the first things brought up by Woodward is; Obama's assertion that "I've offered spending cuts above and beyond" the expense of his promises is accepted only by his partisans. His vow to save money by "eliminating programs that don't work" masks his failure throughout the campaign to specify what those programs are — beyond the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Well? Obama? Care to elaborate? Or do you wanna just keep us guessing at what those programs are that don't work?

Woodward hits a few of the issues Barry spoke of in his infomercial, while systematically tearing them up as well. Here's a couple of them, starting with Health Care;

THE SPIN: "That's why my health care plan includes improving information technology, requires coverage for preventive care and pre-existing conditions and lowers health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year."

THE FACTS: His plan does not lower premiums by $2,500, or any set amount. Obama hopes that by spending $50 billion over five years on electronic medical records and by improving access to proven disease management programs, among other steps, consumers will end up saving money. He uses an optimistic analysis to suggest cost reductions in national health care spending could amount to the equivalent of $2,500 for a family of four. Many economists are skeptical those savings can be achieved, but even if they are, it's not a certainty that every dollar would be passed on to consumers in the form of lower premiums.

I'm interested here as to WHICH PROVEN DISEASE management programs he's referring to? Will we see billions go to embryonic stem cell research, which DOESN'T work, or adult stem cell research which DOES work?

THE SPIN: "I've offered spending cuts above and beyond their cost."

THE FACTS: Independent analysts say both Obama and Republican John McCain would deepen the deficit. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates Obama's policy proposals would add a net $428 billion to the deficit over four years — and that analysis accepts the savings he claims (even though we don't what they are) from spending cuts. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, whose other findings have been quoted approvingly by the Obama campaign, says: "Both John McCain and Barack Obama have proposed tax plans that would substantially increase the national debt over the next 10 years." The analysis goes on to say: "Neither candidate's plan would significantly increase economic growth unless offset by spending cuts or tax increases that the campaigns have not specified."

There's more to read at Woodward's article. I recommend popping on over to give it a look.