{"id":885,"date":"2008-10-30T10:05:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T14:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=885"},"modified":"2008-10-30T10:17:59","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T14:17:59","slug":"obamas-infomercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/30\/obamas-infomercial\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama’s Infomercial"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t watch Barack Obama’s prime time infomercial last night. Michelle Malkin live blogged it<\/a> and the Associated Press fact checked it… Apparently I doesn’t look like I missed much.<\/p>\n

Calvin Woodward reports<\/a> that Sen. Obama\u00a0 “was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing budget pressures he would face in office.”<\/p>\n

Woodward goes on to examines five key points raise by Sen. Obama, health care costs, spending cuts, tax cuts for working families, the \u201cright\u201d to affordable health care and getting out of Iraq.<\/p>\n

As an aside did anyone else notice Sen Obama’s shift on tax cuts? Throughout the campaign he’s been promising tax cuts for working families making less than $250,000 a year and now it’s $200,000?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t watch Barack Obama’s prime time infomercial last night. Michelle Malkin live blogged it and the Associated Press fact checked it… Apparently I doesn’t look like I missed much. Calvin Woodward reports that Sen. Obama\u00a0 “was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[47,57,271],"class_list":{"0":"post-885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-2008-elections","8":"tag-barack-obama","9":"tag-infomercial","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-eh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":874,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/29\/a-public-service-announcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":885,"position":0},"title":"A Public Service Announcement","author":"Jeff","date":"October 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My Fellow Conservatives, tonight at 8:00 p.m. Barack Obama's 30 minute infomercial will air on CBS, NBC and Fox. I won't be watching, I plan on spending the evening with John Wayne & Maureen O\u2019Hara. I can\u2019t think of better antidote to Barack Obama\u2019s testament to himself than Rio Grande.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":756,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/13\/95-illusion\/","url_meta":{"origin":885,"position":1},"title":"95% Illusion","author":"Jeff","date":"October 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wall Street Journal has a great analysis of Barack Obama's \"tax cut\" proposals today. The Journal's analysis should come as a surprise to anyone... In short Obama \"tax cuts\" are 95% illusion. One of Barack Obama's most potent campaign claims is that he'll cut taxes for no less than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2340,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/12\/bloomberg-com-house-health-care-bill-to-include-600-billion-in-tax-increases\/","url_meta":{"origin":885,"position":2},"title":"Bloomberg.com: House Health-Care Bill to Include $600 Billion in Tax Increases","author":"Jeff","date":"June 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Bloomberg.com is reporting that the health care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid: June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Health-care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Economy"","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5245,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/24\/video-50-years-ago-democrats-believed-in-tax-cuts\/","url_meta":{"origin":885,"position":3},"title":"Video: 50 Years Ago Democrats Believed in Tax Cuts","author":"Jeff","date":"August 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"One things for sure, today's Democrats are not your fathers or grandfathers Democrats... I can't imaging any of them arguing for tax cuts the way John F. Kennedy does during this interview with David Brinkley and Chet Huntley 50 years: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7ZFL4Ho-fxo Sadly I think we're past the point were the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/7ZFL4Ho-fxo\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":851,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/27\/barack-obama-socialist\/","url_meta":{"origin":885,"position":4},"title":"Barack Obama: Socialist","author":"Jeff","date":"October 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't know any other way to say it... Barack Obama is not your father's democrat he is a card carrying socialist. I don't care how much lipstick you put on it... There isn't a bit of difference between what Barack Obama said to Joe Wurzelbacher or what he says\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1617,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/06\/is-obama-intentionally-destroying-our-economy\/","url_meta":{"origin":885,"position":5},"title":"Is Obama Intentionally Destroying Our Economy???","author":"Jeff","date":"March 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Never assume malice where incompetence will suffice. Over the last few days I've been hearing various theories that essentially say... 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