Change We Can Believe In (TM)
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He really is different. This time we can elect someone who stands by his principles. This time we have someone who says what he means, and will do what he says. He won't pander to the crowds and tell them what they want to hear. Yes sir, Obama is what we have been looking for. Chaaaaaaaaaange.
Well now I am thinking .... not so much.
What's that? That screeching sound? That would be the power slide of the Obama campaign moving toward the center. Is there is a difference between 'honing' your policy position or adding 'nuance' and a total reversal of course? Let's find out.
He has the Democrat Party nomination. Time to pretend he is not a nut job radical and kiss up to those gun-toting religious nuts in fly-over country. Obama has promised us change, and to the surprise of many he has already started to deliver. Here are just a few of his 'changes':
He promised an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, but it could take up to 16 months, which may need refinement depending on what the generals say, and we can't leave if the region would be 'unstable' .... did I not mention that earlier?Obama said that the issue of gay marriage should be left up to the state, but now he opposes a California ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriages. Last time I checked California was be a state, for now anyway.Once opposed the Republicans welfare reform plan, calling it "disturbing." The polls say welfare reform is popular, and now he embraces it. Huh? He was against granting immunity to telecom companies that aided our government in eavesdropping on telephone messages to and from known terrorist operatives overseas. Now he is for granting this immunity to the evil telecom corporations. Obama said that he wholeheartedly supported the ban on the private ownership of guns in Washington DC. Then, after the Supreme Court came down with their ruling last week, suddenly Obama said he favors both an individual's right to own a gun as well as government's right to regulate ownership. Say that again?Earlier this year Obama said that he was going to accept public financing of his presidential campaign after the convention. Whoops; there are a lot more dollars available from private contributions than from public financing. Time for another 'change'.Barack was going to immediately renegotiate all of the evil NAFTA treaty. Now ... well, maybe we need to give it a chance.He voiced objection to the Supreme Court's decision outlawing the death penalty for child rapists, but he has always been anti-capital punishment. DOH!Sorry about all the pictures of flip-flops. I looked everywhere for a picture of a 'nuance' but I couldn't find one, even on John Kerry's site.
You might be hearing more about these over the next, say, 4 months or so.
Here are a few of his excuses for the changes (Actual quotes):
"Refining" his position
"Honing" the policy
Made an "inartful" statement to begin with
Needed to "re-calibrate" his position
"I wasn't clear enough."
"You didn't hear me right."
And finally, the best quote ever:
I have always said ... I would always reserve the right to do what's best. (Translation: I can do whatever I want despite anything I have said. EVER. Next question?)
Basically, the way I see it, there are 3 reasons for Obama's flip-flops.
1. He is too inexperienced to have a well thought out opinion on anything in the first place, and thus needed to change position to fit his new information. Every single day.
2. He will say whatever he needs to get elected regardless of what he really thinks or believes.
3. He really believes that a total reversal is simply a 'refinement' of your position.
So which is it? Child-like inexperience, bold-face deception, or delusional. Either way, you may now panic in 3 .... 2 .... 1.....
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