"Mitt Romney ... gave you government health care that is now bankrupting the state" of Massachusetts.
Barack Obama wrote a thesis at Columbia University in which he criticized "plutocratic thugs" and said the Constitution gave Americans "the shackles of hypocrisy."
"Since World War II, only Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton have had worse ratings after seven months than President Obama."
Birthers have obtained a copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet.
The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents."
"Walking in the door (Sonia Sotomayor) would bring more experience on the bench, and more varied experience on the bench, than anyone currently serving on the United States Supreme Court had when they were appointed."
President Obama has never received a paycheck from a profitmaking business in his entire life.
"And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative."
Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel.
"If Barack Obama would apply for a job with the FBI or with the Secret Service, he would be disqualified because of his past associations with William Ayers."
In 1992, Barack Obama directed "Project Vote - an arm of ACORN that also encouraged voter registration."
"Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks."
"The truth was revealed there in that report that showed there was no unlawful or unethical activity on my part."
"Obama held one of the first meetings of his political career in Bill Ayers's home. And they've worked together on various projects in Chicago."
McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators... that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers.
"Senator Obama has the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate."
"He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail."
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