Transcript of Obama’s speech in Sderot:
These are Senator Obama’s committee assignments. He is not on the Banking Committee.
Now since a U.S. Senator generally ought to remember his own committee assignments, it seems that this was a blatant lie, an attempt to embellish his own record by claiming deeds that were not his.
But there is such a bill, introduced by Obama, and it *did * go through the Senate Banking Committee. What’s the big deal?
So big fucking woo. You people really are desperate aren’t you. Why don’t you concentrate more on the fact that he is a Muslim. Must be plenty more mileage in that? :rolleyes:
Assuming the quote in the OP is accurate, I wouldn’t take it as implying that Obama is on the committee. I took the word “we” to refer to the Senate as a whole, to which Obama obviously belongs. Plus, as others have pointed out, Obama sponsored and introduced the bill, so he was obviously involved in its passage through the committee, in the sense that the committee wouldn’t have had anything to vote on if he hadn’t introduced the measure in the first place.
I wish Obama would just stay over in the Middle East with “his kind”.
:rolleyes:
“which is my committee” is pretty clearly the false part. I am not sure I would call it a lie though - probably just an error. If it is a lie, it is a pretty stupid one - it doesn’t give him any benefit over introducing the bill, and it is so easy to disprove.
In those situations, I think I am willing to give most politicians the benefit of the doubt and assume they mispoke.
I’m going to retract my charge of lying, based on this information. I did not realize that it was his bill.
I think he misspoke and said it was his committee when he meant to say it was his bill. That probably needs to be clarified by his campaign.
It is indisputable that he said “my committee” in the speech - that can create some confusion in well-meaning people like myself. 
that was a pretty quick pitting. Nice and smooth. Good work everyone! 
Then ask for the thread to be closed.
See post #4.
You should have been there the day I won U.S. Nationals in Syracuse on Lake Onondaga. I screamed, “Do you see this? THIS IS MY HOUSE!!!” And the U.S. government tried to stick me with the Superfund cleanup bill.
See, they thought it was my house. Because I said it was my house and…
[sub]crickets[/sub]
::charges in, knife in teeth::
::looks around::
Oh, I guess it’s all over, then.
Barkeep, I’ll have a bourbon.
I’m not sure introducing a bill qualifies as it being ‘his’ bill. Any senator can introduce any bill. It’s basically filling out paperwork to get it to the floor.
The same goes for sponsoring a bill. All it consists of is sticking your name on it. You can sponsor a bill that you haven’t even read, much less worked on, if you want to.
All in all, I think politicians use both as ways to get associated with a bill, but at the same time keeping their distance.
Shouldn’t you be having vodka?..
Busman’s holiday…
That’s just what they want you to think. That’s how the mind of a hardcore commie Democrat works.
There is the straw! Let us grap it!
Old man yells at cloud.
Couldn’t loyal damsel?
Since no one else has, I’m going to step up as an Obama fan and thank Mr. Moto for having the grace to apologize and retract. Too few on either side of the debate do that these days.
Since this is dead, did anyone else catch Olbermann last night? His question to Fox Noise was hysterical.