Its weird, around March/April the common thought was that the republicans may have backed their way into nominating the best candidate. mccain needs to take a stand on something, he's even waffled on Iraq.
So let's look at the Top Obama Flip Flops. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/24/AR2008022402094.html Top Obama Flip-Flops 1. Special interests In January, the Obama campaign described union contributions to the campaigns of Clinton and John Edwards as "special interest" money. Obama changed his tune as he began gathering his own union endorsements. He now refers respectfully to unions as the representatives of "working people" and says he is "thrilled" by their support. 2. Public financing Obama replied "yes" in September 2007 when asked if he would agree to public financing of the presidential election if his GOP opponent did the same. Obama has now attached several conditions to such an agreement, including regulating spending by outside groups. His spokesman says the candidate never committed himself on the matter. 3. The Cuba embargo In January 2004, Obama said it was time "to end the embargo with Cuba" because it had "utterly failed in the effort to overthrow Castro." Speaking to a Cuban American audience in Miami in August 2007, he said he would not "take off the embargo" as president because it is "an important inducement for change." 4. Illegal immigration In a March 2004 questionnaire, Obama was asked if the government should "crack down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants." He replied "Oppose." In a Jan. 31, 2008, televised debate, he said that "we do have to crack down on those employers that are taking advantage of the situation." 5. Decriminalization of mar1juana While running for the U.S. Senate in January 2004, Obama told Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal penalties for mar1juana use. In the Oct. 30, 2007, presidential debate, he joined other Democratic candidates in opposing the decriminalization of mar1juana. And... http://donedems.com/2008/06/12/obamas-favorite-pair-of-flip-flops-iraq/ In July of 2004 he seemed to be channeling George W. Bush a lot. The Weekly Standard reported: In July of 2004, the day after his speech at the Democratic convention catapulted him into the national spotlight, Barack Obama told a group of reporters in Boston that the United States had an “absolute obligation” to remain in Iraq long enough to make it a success. “The failure of the Iraqi state would be a disaster,” he said at a lunch sponsored by theChristian Science Monitor, according to an audiotape of the session. “It would dishonor the 900-plus men and women who have already died. . . . It would be a betrayal of the promise that we made to the Iraqi people, and it would be hugely destabilizing from a national security perspective.” Concerning his stance on the war, he even told the Chicago Tribune in July of 2004: “There’s not that much difference between my position and George Bush’s position at this stage.” So where did the Obama of 2004 go? According to his website, that Obama is long gone, making way for a new Obama, who’s truly committed to bringing the troops home. From his website (which I will not link to): Bringing Our Troops Home Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months. Obama will make it clear that we will not build any permanent bases in Iraq. He will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda. But, while that is the Obama he wants us to know, we have certainly gotten a glimpse of the good ol’ 2004 Obama via his advisors. We heard from Samantha Powers, one of his top foreign policy advisors at the time, that the new Obama is just espousing a “best case scenario” and he will “of course” not rely on the plan he’s been selling to Americans on the stump: So Which Obama is against Iraq now? Now do you see how crazy this all sounds? EVERYONE is a flipflopper! It's all Politics!
