A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."
Barack Obama wrote a thesis at Columbia University in which he criticized "plutocratic thugs" and said the Constitution gave Americans "the shackles of hypocrisy."
If President Obama signs the Copenhagen climate change treaty, he "will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your prosperity away forever — and neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect would have any power whatsoever to take it back again."
Only 15 percent of drug users are African-American, yet 74 percent of all drug offenders sentenced to prison are black
"Four percent of American citizens are black males, but they are 35 percent of murder victims."
"Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield."
"The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed."
Cass Sunstein, President Obama's nominee for regulatory czar, "wants to give legal standing to animals so they can sue you for eating meat."
"Barack Obama's nominee for 'regulatory czar' has advocated a 'Fairness Doctrine' for the Internet" that would require links to opposing opinions.
"The legislation ... that Senator McCain supports would provide the authority for the federal government to surveille American citizens in their own country without any suspicion whatsoever that they're engaging in discussions with terrorists or about criminal activity."
"He won't even support his colleague's ... motion to censure the Bush administration for systemic repeated illegal wiretaps."
Obama said he would "stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
Obama "supports hate-crimes expansion ... potentially putting churches at risk if they preach the truth about homosexuality."
"John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
"George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' "
"Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution."
"In state after state, polls make clear that the American public understands the Kelo ruling is a disaster."
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