This Op-Ed Editorial ran in my local paper. Here's the editorial in case you missed it.
The Two Obamas
The Two Obamas
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Otherwise he's dooming his own campaign.
Besides, Obama always said he'd consider public financing, he did not unequivocally commit to it, contrary to what that obviously objective John McCain guy says.
Let's look at McCain's flip-flops.
My favorites:
Against off-shore drilling, now advocates it.
Thought Iraq would be easy, now says he always knew it would be hard.
Has been both for and against overturning Roe v. Wade.
Against Bush tax cuts, now for them.
Against torture, now for it.
Oh, and how could I forget? John McCain is an election finance criminal.
Technically that last one isn't a flip-flop, but a long-held position, but it seems relevant to the conversation anyways.
David Brooks is a Republican cheerleader. If he wanted to slam Obama for a serious flip-flop, he'd have to talk FISA, but Brooks won't do that because in his very prestigious role as a Republican cheerleader, that's Obama seeing reason, not selling out the 4th amendment.
I think Brooks' article was entertaining read, but I think Republicans like Brooks seem to think all of Obama's appeal comes from being "a different kind of politician", and that any time he makes a smart tactical or strategic move, it's evidence that he's "just another politician." They think articles like this will "shatter the illusion", and make us all get luvey-dovey about McCain, who's a "straight-talker".
If you read through the article I linked and the videos I linked, you'll find that if Brooks is really concerned about us liking a "two-faced politician", he needs to write an expose about McCain.
I won't be holding my breath.
Obama is a plant
McPain is a plant
Hillarys a clitles cunt, and see the forest for the goddamn trees, cause they are a plant, too....
If you vote any of these 3, yer an imbecile....!!
There are many good reasons to abstain from voting on a bill, such as not having time to read it entirely, or plain agnosticism.
The campaign finance issue is insignificant next to the other differences between McCain and Obama.
As for the financing, its disappointing to see him go back on a promise. Although I understand why, and I think some of his points are valid, its still disappointing. At the very least he acknowledged that he had made the promise, and gave an explanation. The defacto way most politicians run is to completely ignore the fact they made a promise in the first place and offer no explanation. Hillary supporting the DNC's decision to not to count michigan and Florida's vote then pretending that never happened and accusing the rest of the DNC of stealing the vote from her in those two states? That ring a bell? That's what politicians that don't give a crap about their promises do, they don't go on TV admit what they said, then offer an explanation as to why they're no longer going to keep that promise.
EDIT: Just how much has he collected in small donations? I've seen article suggesting small donations make up a large percentage of his funding, but nothing with specific numbers. I know Ron Paul seemed to get a lot of monetary support that way as well. It would seem a preferable way to get campaign funding.
Most of what Wright is being attacked for is just saying the same things about foreign policy that Ron Paul and retired generals have been saying all along -- that muslim hatred of the USA is blowback from US foreign policy of the past (such as the CIA-backed coups in Iran, Chile, Nicaragua, Panama, etc., and uncritical US support of Israel's land grab).
^I guess it's time to tell the truth to Choggie. This entire site is a
giant government ruse designed to ensnare you. All of the posts and
comments are the work of 3 people based out of a van parked 3 blocks
from your residence. You have 49 seconds before the black helicopters
arrive. I suggest you run.
oh god that made my morning! :-D nicely done. And now you're being terminated for revealing our plot to the world, just as soon as we finish our time machine so that we may go back in time and remove your mothers ovaries before they may inflict more harm on the precious balance we are striving to achieve.