Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Possibly ANOTHER Phony Lifelong Republican
Barack Obama was campaigning in Ohio making a speech on Education. According to this blog, he was introduced to the crowd by one Gregory Tucker from Centerville:
Well, according to the Ohio voter registration records, he voted in the following elections:
2008 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
2007 NOV GENERAL
2006 NOV GENERAL
2005 MAY PRIMARY
2004 GEN PRESIDENTIAL
And he is a registered Democrat who has NEVER voted as a Republican before!
This is his voting record: ,,,,,,,,,,,,X,,X,,,,X,,,X,,D
(again, obviously "D" stand for Democrat, but i do not know what the "X" stands for or all those commas)
Now, if he was a lifelong Republican, you'd think he'd have quite a few R's before that "D"
And according to Newsmeat, he donated 500 bucks to the Obama primary campaign way back in March 2007:
Tucker, Gregory J
Centerville , OH 45459
Not employed/Student OBAMA, BARACK (D)
President
OBAMA FOR AMERICA $500
primary 03/14/07
Then Gregory Tucker from Centerville came out to introduce Obama. He talked about his high school son and how he had coached the son’s team in a science build competition. Then he told everyone he was a lifelong Republican who was voting for Obama because he had a vision for the future.
Well, according to the Ohio voter registration records, he voted in the following elections:
2008 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
2007 NOV GENERAL
2006 NOV GENERAL
2005 MAY PRIMARY
2004 GEN PRESIDENTIAL
And he is a registered Democrat who has NEVER voted as a Republican before!
This is his voting record: ,,,,,,,,,,,,X,,X,,,,X,,,X,,D
(again, obviously "D" stand for Democrat, but i do not know what the "X" stands for or all those commas)
Now, if he was a lifelong Republican, you'd think he'd have quite a few R's before that "D"
And according to Newsmeat, he donated 500 bucks to the Obama primary campaign way back in March 2007:
Tucker, Gregory J
Centerville , OH 45459
Not employed/Student OBAMA, BARACK (D)
President
OBAMA FOR AMERICA $500
primary 03/14/07
# posted by bmovies : 11:07 AM
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Hi. I saw your blog about my speech and felt I needed to respond concerning your comments. I have certainly been a lifelong Republican. With the exception of Ross Perot in 1992, I have voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election since I became eligible in 1980. I do not vote straight ticket and have supported Democratic candidates for Congressional campaigns in the past based on their positions and records. I only registered as a Democrat in March of this year to be able to vote for Obama in the Ohio primary.
With regard to the $500 contribution you note from March 2007, that was a contribution I made on behalf of my son who was invited by my brother-in-law to attend a dinner with Barack Obama. The contribution is in my name because my son (16 years old then) could not make the payment himself. I did not actually start supporting the Obama campaign until early 2008 after looking at the candidates the Republicans had to offer.
I hope this helps clarify the situation. Given how politics works today, there are probably some phony claims out there, but I am certainly not one of them.
Greg Tucker
With regard to the $500 contribution you note from March 2007, that was a contribution I made on behalf of my son who was invited by my brother-in-law to attend a dinner with Barack Obama. The contribution is in my name because my son (16 years old then) could not make the payment himself. I did not actually start supporting the Obama campaign until early 2008 after looking at the candidates the Republicans had to offer.
I hope this helps clarify the situation. Given how politics works today, there are probably some phony claims out there, but I am certainly not one of them.
Greg Tucker
# posted by 
: 11:49 AM
: 11:49 AM
Well, thanks for the clarification, Greg.
"I do not vote straight ticket and have supported Democratic candidates for Congressional campaigns in the past based on their positions and records. I only registered as a Democrat in March of this year to be able to vote for Obama in the Ohio primary."
But telling people you "was a lifelong Republican", months after you had registered as Democrat? I mean that can be taken a couple of ways. "Was" can mean past tense, but it also can be read as "still" a republican. If you meant in the past tense sense, you gave some people the impression that you still are.
And supporting Democrat (congressional) candidates before, I can understand that the local Republican candidates are sometimes not to your liking. But to me, while you may have been a registered Republican at the time, its hardly the actions of a "lifelong" republican.
"With regard to the $500 contribution you note from March 2007, that was a contribution I made on behalf of my son who was invited by my brother-in-law to attend a dinner with Barack Obama."
I dont know whether or not thats allowed, making contributions in other peoples names. I'm PROBABLY wrong on that, the campaign finance laws are so murky. DON'T want to alarm you.
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"I do not vote straight ticket and have supported Democratic candidates for Congressional campaigns in the past based on their positions and records. I only registered as a Democrat in March of this year to be able to vote for Obama in the Ohio primary."
But telling people you "was a lifelong Republican", months after you had registered as Democrat? I mean that can be taken a couple of ways. "Was" can mean past tense, but it also can be read as "still" a republican. If you meant in the past tense sense, you gave some people the impression that you still are.
And supporting Democrat (congressional) candidates before, I can understand that the local Republican candidates are sometimes not to your liking. But to me, while you may have been a registered Republican at the time, its hardly the actions of a "lifelong" republican.
"With regard to the $500 contribution you note from March 2007, that was a contribution I made on behalf of my son who was invited by my brother-in-law to attend a dinner with Barack Obama."
I dont know whether or not thats allowed, making contributions in other peoples names. I'm PROBABLY wrong on that, the campaign finance laws are so murky. DON'T want to alarm you.
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