Meet the new Obama, master of the U-turn

Those who actually supported Obama during this process now divide neatly, if unevenly, into two groups. The first, smaller, group is full of buyer's remorse. The blogosphere is hissing like a catherine wheel with their anger with Obama, obviously, but above all with themselves. The second, much bigger group, continues to buy Obama's story. They argue that everything and anything is justified if it helps to get a Democrat back in the White House; some of ... Full Story »

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Denise Clendening
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by Denise Clendening - Oct. 1, 2008

Lawson takes one of McCain's biggest weaknesses and applies it to Obama without discussing how McCain is the master of pandering. A little fact checking would have been appropriate on what Obama said about campaign finance. Obama did not pledge to take public financing, the statement he made on the Common Cause questionnaire was "If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee.." That is not a pledge. No mention of the continuous changes in the McCain campaign on every major issue from tax cuts, GI Bill, troops in Iraq, mortgage plans, balanced federal budget, torture, social security, campaign finance reform, ethanol, immigration, lobbyists, Roe vs Wade, Henry Kissinger, gay marriage, Jerry Falwell, confederate flag, windfall profits tax for oil companies, offshore oil drilling, estate tax, FISA, protecting the Florida everglades, investigating Katrina response, etc. etc. etc.........

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