Truth in advertising, Barack Obama style
If it sounds too good to be true ...I'm sure you've seen those new Barack Obama commercials where the ultra-liberal Democratic Party presidential candidate tries to paint himself as everyman ... a Henry Fonda or a Tom Hanks type.
From a post by Michael Ashbury at ChronWatch:
In the current "Obama for President" promotion, Barack Obama stresses that he is the product of Midwestern roots, that he was raised with little money, that he worked his way through college, and that he returned to Chicago to fight for the poor while passing legislation which reduced welfare by 80 percent.The problem with the commercial? Most of it isn't true.
Ashbury notes about Obama:
His maternal grandparents may have come from the Midwest, but Obama was born in Hawaii. The first 10 years of his life were spent in Muslim Indonesia. The balance of his youth was spent in Hawaii, not the Midwest.You have to wonder about somebody who tries so hard to be somebody he's not. What is it about Obama's background that he's so ashamed of? Why is he trying to hide so much of his past?
He fails to mention that his father was a Harvard graduate, nor that his maternal grandmother was a successful executive of a major bank in Hawaii and his maternal grandfather was a successful businessman.
Obama also fails to mention that his successful grandparents sent him to one of the most prestigious private preparatory schools in Hawaii, which 30 years ago cost more than $15,000 a year.
He stresses how he worked his way through college, though there is no evidence of that. I am sure his successful grandparents gave a lending hand.
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