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• Saturday, August 30, 2008 05:41 PM

  Tibby

  UPDATE: There has been some speculation that Gov Sarah Palin is just as — or more — qualified than Barack Obama. Let’s try to put that to rest by re-running this post from July 31, 2008, by our MsJoanne.

  Much has been made of Obama’s lack of accomplishments, that he hasn’t done anything, that he’s an empty suit, and all the other inexperience meme’s you can think of.

  I wonder, do you find the following empty (details after the fold)? And thank you Helenann at DailyKos for your efforts! I quote her in full below (Note that I changed the formatting and order of some of the data for ease in reading. Nothing else was changed.) :

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  It has really been bothering me - the charges that Obama is all talk and no action. Those of us who support him and have reviewed his record know there is no basis to this charge, but just to make sure, I went to the Congressional Record (www.thomas.gov) and did a search for bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Senator Obama in his three short years in the US Senate. I searched the 109th and 110th Congresses which cover the years 2005-2007.

  In a nut shell I found:

  Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 570 bills in the 109th and 110th Congress.

  Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 15 bills that have become LAW since he joined the Senate in 2005.

  Senator Obama has also introduced amendments to 50 bills, of which 16 were adopted by the Senate.

  His record is in fact quite impressive for a junior Senator from Illinois.

  Most of his legislative effort has been in the areas of:

  http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/obamas-senate-accomplishments/

  Click the link for the rest.

  —Kitt Read Kitt's other letters
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