Agenda disappears from Obama Web site

[Desertdog]

EXCLUSIVE: Agenda disappears from Obama Web site
Stephen Dinan (Contact)
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/11/exclusive-obama-deletes-agenda-from-transition-web/

Over the weekend President-elect Barack Obama scrubbed Change.gov, his transition Web site, deleting most of what had been a massive agenda copied directly from his campaign Web site.

Gone are the promises on how an Obama administration would handle 25 different agenda items - everything from Iraq and immigration to taxes and urban policy - all items laid out on his campaign Web site, www.BarackObama.com.

Instead, the official agenda on Change.gov has been boiled down to one vague paragraph proclaiming a plan “to revive the economy, to fix our health care, education, and social security systems, to define a clear path to energy independence, to end the war in Iraq responsibly and finish our mission in Afghanistan, and to work with our allies to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, among many other domestic and foreign policy objectives.”

“We are currently retooling the Web site,” said Obama spokesman Nick Shapiro.

The site went active on Wednesday and was available to the public Thursday. The agenda items, which were active for at least part of the weekend, appear to have been deleted by late Saturday.

[grislyatoms]

Here is his agenda, reprinted for posterity.

1. Destroy Constitution
2. Nationalize everything

 

[freakazoid]

^^ lol.

There was a little bit of talk about it here, http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=16013.75 Apparently there was even something about firearms. Perhaps when the spokesman says that they are retooling the website they mean it?

[longeyes]

And they've changed the URL from change.gov to constantlychanging.gov.

[mtnbkr]

actually, the agenda is still up on the obama  campaign site. 

Chris

[taurusowner]

Rick Romero on scene.

[charby]

Probably concerned it was actually stirring up people against the agenda. OMG the peasants are getting restless, the barbarians will be at the gates soon. Some how I got this eery feeling of Cambodia in 1975 .

[mtnbkr]

Don't.

The info is still on his campaign site, www.barackobama.com.

Chris

[neviander]

One of his believers probably put it up there without running it past the higher ups.  "But sir, isn't that what he promised to do during his campaign?"  lol

[txgho1911]

Could it be instead they considered the Electoral College and a little saying about counting ducks or chickens?

[Gewehr98]

http://fightthesmears.com/articles/17/NRAflyer

The new Socialist-in-Chief thinks it's all about hunting - still.

Find out more about Barack Obama’s position on guns: CLICK HERE


The Washington Post and Factcheck.org debunk the NRA’s slanderous and misleading statements. The Washington Post gave the NRA ad “three Pinocchios,” saying “While it is true that Obama favors tighter gun laws, it is a huge stretch to argue that he wants to take away the guns and ammunition most commonly used by hunters.” [SOURCE: Washington Post 9/23/08; FactCheck.org 9/22/08; CQ Politics 7/20/08]


The Report Card: NRA Ad Gets ‘F.’
F: To the National Rifle Association for its ad campaign twisting Barack Obama’s position on the Second Amendment beyond recognition. The NRA cooked up almost out of whole cloth an Obama “10 Point Plan to ‘Change’ the Second Amendment” that runs almost entirely counter to the candidate’s position. Truth in campaign ad sites operated by PolitiFact, run by the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly, and at The Washington Post, slammed the campaign. The Post gave the effort a rating of “Three Pinocchios,’’ which translates to ads containing “Significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions,’’ while PolitiFact branded it with the “Pants on Fire’’ designation. For the record, this newspaper supports the Second Amendment and the rights of individuals to own firearms and recognizes the long tradition of hunting in these mountains. We’d also add people can feel free to vote against Obama, but ought to be making that decision on facts, not fairy tales. We would also point out this stunt was pulled by the NRA and not the McCain campaign. [SOURCE: Citizen-Times 9/29/08]


Barack Obama will protect your gun rights. Obama believes that hunters, shooters, collectors, and other law-abiding Americans have the right to purchase, own, transport, and use guns responsibly. He respects the rights of individual Americans to hunt, target shoot, and use guns to protect their families. “I believe there is a Second Amendment right. I think it is an individual right. I think people have the right to lawfully bear arms.” [SOURCE: OFA policy statement; Obama press conference, Watertown SD 5/16/08; CBS News 9/05/08; Obama on CNN 6/25/08; Obama Bloomberg Interview, 6/26/08]


Barack Obama embodies America’s traditional values. Born to a single parent in a working-class home, Barack pulled himself up by the bootstraps, working and taking on loans to make his way through school. He achieved the American dream when he married Michelle and completed the family with two young daughters. During his time in public service, Barack has worked hard to protect his daughters from illegal guns and make the streets and sidewalks of America safer for all American children. Barack has always had the courage to stand up for what he thought was right, driven by integrity and a common-sense approach to make America’s communities safer, stronger, and more prosperous. [SOURCE: http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet_barack.php]


Barack Obama’s plan for America does not propose a new tax on guns or ammunition. [SOURCE: OFA policy statements; Washington Post, 9/23/08]


The American Hunters and Shooters Association and other prominent sportsmen have endorsed Obama. AHSA president Ray Schoenke says, ”Senator Obama will be a strong and authentic voice for America’s hunters and shooters and it is with great pleasure that we endorse his candidacy.” [SOURCE: OFA policy statement; Reuters 4/16/08; New West 7/09/08; Sportsmen for Barack Obama; Missoulian 4/24/08]


Prominent Montana sportsmen have endorsed Obama: “As Montanans who take advantage of our state’s unique hunting and fishing opportunities, we believe strongly that the next president must respect our right to own and use guns, expand access to public lands, reward private landowners who open their lands to sportsmen and protect the habitats that make our state so rich in wildlife. We believe Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is the leader who will best represent sportsmen on these non-negotiable issues.” [SOURCE: Missoulian 4/24/08]


Obama is against confiscating guns. Obama voted with the majority of the U.S. Senate to prohibit the confiscation of firearms during an emergency, protecting the rights of lawful Americans to defend their homes and families. Obama also voted to allow retired police officers and military personnel to carry concealed firearms. [SOURCE: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.05013; 93rd GA, SB 2188, 3/26/04, 3R P; 40-13-1]


Barack Obama voted to allow the Attorney General to regulate armor-piercing cop-killer bullets, not to restrict ammunition used for hunting. The bill’s sponsor even said the bill was not intended to cover hunting ammunition. The bill would have only authorized the attorney general to define types of illegal ammunition capable of penetrating body armor commonly used by law enforcement officials. [SOURCE: S 397, Vote 217, 7/29/05, Failed 31-64, D:30-13, R:1-50, I:0-1; S 397, Vote 216, 7/29/05, Passed 87-11, D:33-11, R:53-0, I:1-0; FactCheck.org 9/22/08; Washington Post 9/23/08]


Obama supports the rights and traditions of sportsmen and will provide incentives to farmers and ranchers who voluntarily open their land to hunting.[SOURCE: OFA policy statement]


Barack Obama supports commonsense measures that can help us keep guns from falling into the hands of criminals, the mentally ill, and terrorists. These measures include ensuring effective reporting of trace data that can be used to track the flow of guns used in crimes and requiring background checks on purchasers at gun shows by closing the gun show loophole, which has been exploited by everyone from the Columbine High School shooters to terrorists. [SOURCE: OFA policy statement]


Obama believes in America’s tradition on responsible hunting. He believes hunting rifles belong in the wilderness with America’s hunters, but also believes we need to keep AK-47s off our city streets. Obama supports the federal Assault Weapons Ban, which would keep assault weapons on our battlefields and off our streets. [SOURCE: OFA policy statements; http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.1022]