The Truth About Obama's 30 Minute Infomercial

If anyone was impressed by Barack Obama's scripted infomercial, they need to realize a few things:

1. The fact that he can perform in a Hollywood produced infomercial while sounding empathetic and eloquent should not surprise anyone. Everyone already knew he performs well in front of a teleprompter. Everyone needs to remember, however, that if Obama becomes President he will not be handed a script on his way into the White House.

2. No one should take his carefully scripted infomercial seriously. It is when he is off the script and away from the telemprompter that he says the things that should worry Americans. He said he would meet with the leaders of Iran and other enemy rogue regimes in the first year of his Presidency "without preconditions." He spoke about about "redistributive change" and wanting to "spread the wealth around." He expressed radical views on the role of the courts and the Constitution in the 2001 radio interview. All that was unscripted.

3. The only reason Obama can afford to pay for this half hour on television is because he broke his pledge on public financing. The infomercial should remind everyone that Obama lied and made the choice to go with political expediency rather than keep his promise.

4. Obama acts as if he is the fiscally conservative candidate that will cut taxes and reduce spending in the very same infomercial where enormous increases in government spending are proposed. Obama is not stupid. He realizes America is still a center-right country and that to win an election he cannot campaign on "spreading the wealth around." That might work in Venezuela, but it will not work in America, at least not yet. So Obama instead says in his infomercial he will "cut taxes" and that he "has offered spending cuts." He is coating his proposals with as much sugar as he can to get himself elected. I hope the American people do not decide to taste what he is offering because then they will realize that the sweet meaningless platitudes are hiding a very bitter reality. By that time it will be too late.

5. Even the AP has pointed out that Obama was not honest with America in his infomercial. The AP wrote that "Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama 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. Obama's assertion that 'I've offered spending cuts above and beyond' the expense of his promises is accepted only by his partisans. His vow to save money by 'eliminating programs that don't work' masks his failure throughout the campaign to specify what those programs are -- beyond the withdrawal of troops from Iraq." To read the rest of the AP article see http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/29/ap-fact-check-obama-ad-avoids-budget-realities//

Obama has had his chance to make his 30 minute sales pitch. It is up to America this Tuesday to tell him that we're not buying it.


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