1. "Google" The KEATING 5!!!

AngelsInOurLives at 1:30PM on Sep 14th 2008

2. Cenk

I know a few of Obama's water boys will jump to the chance, but so will I, but I will give you a list of Obama's Flip Flops.

Obama's flip flops


• The Surge: "It's fascinating to watch Barack Obama change his opinions on the U.S. troop surge in Iraq... Here's a combo -- a Los Angeles Times report on deletions of Obama's previous anti-surge position on his Web site plus a YouTube video showing his flip-flops on the issue."
• Gay Marriage: "Obama before the election: States should decide gay marriage. Obama during the election: California’s attempt to decide gay marriage for itself is 'divisive and discriminatory.' "
• FISA: "Like everything Barack Obama says, that pledge was operative only as long as it was in Obama's political interest."
• NAFTA: "OK, this is pathetic: Obama now says that his anti-NAFTA rhetoric during the campaign was a bit 'overheated.'"
• Publicly financed campaigns: "If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election."
• DC Handgun Ban: "After a day spent paying lip service to both sides of the debate while studiously avoiding the issue of whether the actual statute at stake in Heller was unconstitutional, he finally bites the bullet (no pun intended) and addresses it.."
• School Vouchers: "Barack Obama told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in February that he was open to voucher programs, but just last week announced his intentions to squash the DC pilot program."
• Guantanamo Bay: "I’m curious as to what’s motivating this [new] compromise. Is there any logic behind it or is it a simple something-for-both-sides political solution?"
• Illegal Immigration - [In March 2004], 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."
• Marijuana - "[In] January 2004, Obama [said] he supported eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana use. In the Oct. 30, 2007, presidential debate, he joined other Democratic candidates in opposing the decriminalization of marijuana."
• Abortion - "Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says “mental distress” should not qualify as a health exception for late term-abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights."
• Iraq: "At a time when [the Surge appears to be working], is that the right time to try and set time tables for withdrawing all American troops? [Kroft asked. Obama replied,] “Yeah, absolutely. I think now is precisely the time..." [Kroft:] “And you pull out according to that time table, regardless of the situation? Even if there’s serious sectarian violence?” Kroft asked.“No, I always reserve as commander in chief, the right to assess the situation,” Obama replied."
• Death Penalty: "Ten years ago, when Obama was running for statewide office in an [exclusive] Chicago district, he opposed the death penalty. He now supports the ultimate penalty."
• Faith-based initiatives - "During the recent Obama pander tour... the presumptive Democratic nominee unnecessarily endorsed President Bush's faith-based initiative, a sort of patronage program that rewards religious activists for their political support with public grants."
• Wearing a U.S. Flag Pin - "You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism." So why is he back to sporting pseudo-patriotism on his chest? Need you ask? The primaries are over."
• Reverend Jeremiah Wright - "'I can no more disown (Jeremiah Wright) than I can disown my white grandmother' - then wiped away a tear and hailed him as the second coming of Abraham Lincoln. Three months later, with Wright disowned, grandma embraced and the great "race speech" now inoperative, not a word of reconsideration is heard from his media acolytes."
• Welfare Reform: "Barack Obama aligned himself with welfare reform on Monday, launching a television ad which touts the way the overhaul "slashed the rolls by 80 percent." Obama leaves out, however, that he was against the 1996 federal legislation which precipitated the caseload reduction."
• The Cuba Embargo: "In January 2004, Obama said it was time "to end the embargo with Cuba" because it had "utterly failed..." ...in August 2007, he said he would not "take off the embargo" as president because it is "an important inducement for change.""
• Single-payer Healthcare - "Contradicting what Obama said at the debate, the old footage shows the senator saying, “I happen to be a proponent of single-payer universal healthcare coverage. That’s what I’d like to see.”At the debate, Obama stated: “I never said that we should try to go ahead and get single-payer... Single-payer healthcare is an euphemism for socialized medicine."
• Special Interest Contributions: "In January, the Obama campaign described union contributions ...as "special interest" money. Obama changed his tune as he began gathering his own union endorsements... [referring] respectfully to unions as the representatives of "working people" and ...he is "thrilled" by their support."
• Divided Jerusalem: "Many on the right of the political spectrum... welcomed Obama’s remarks at AIPAC, but the clarification of his position left several cold."
• Meeting with Iran's leaders without preconditions - "Barack Obama has returned to the no-preconditions policy for meeting with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to Obama foreign-policy adviser Anthony Lake. Financial Times also discovered in its interview with Lake that Obama has reversed himself on Iraq, now saying that the withdrawal is off."
• Palestinian elections - "[In 2006,] Obama [said]: “There is no room at the negotiating table for terrorist organizations. That is why I opposed holding elections in 2006 with Hamas on the ballot.... But During His 2006 Trip To The Middle East, Obama Met With Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas And Said The Election Represented An “Opportunity…To Consolidate Behind A Single Government.”
• The threat posed by Iran: "Yesterday [in Oregon, Obama said], "I mean think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us....You know, Iran, they spend one-one hundredth of what we spend on the military. If Iran ever tried to pose a serious threat to us, they wouldn't stand a chance." Today in Montana, Obama changed his tune: " Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel's existence. It denies the Holocaust..."
• The Patriot Act: " In 2003, he said he was against the Patriot Act, but voted for it in 2006."
• Gays in the Military: ""In 2003, he said he was against the repeal of DOMA, but now he's for it in 2007. In 2003, he said he'd have to "examine specific legislation" dealing with LGBT discrimination in the military, now he's completely for ending "don't ask/don't tell".""
• Coal: "Although summer hasn’t officially begun, flip-flop season is well underway and it appears Senator Obama has joined the club... On Tuesday Obama, whose support for coal-to-liquid has been widely criticized by environmentalists, sent out a press release clarifying his position on liquid coal."
• Wiretapping: "Netroots activists who helped Barack Obama to become the Democratic party's presumptive presidential nominee are unmoved by the senator's explanation of his change of heart on a pending bill regarding warrantless wiretapping."
Drilling Video of Obama changing his position on offshore drilling ...obviously only a compromise not a flip flip per the Messiah



Payroll Taxes
From the Penn debate: As a minimum he's flip-flopped on his original idea of sticking it to the top 5% or 6% that make too much money for Comrade Obama's liking and taxing everything over $97000

Tonight the first flip flop when attacked by his opponent who points out that many Pennsylvanian teachers, firefighters who typically support Democrats make slightly more than $97000...he addresses their likely salary range saying " I'd be willing to look at exempting people who are making slightly above that."

Then when pressed further by Charlie who reminds him there's a heck of a lot of people making more than $97,000 and less than $200,000 Obama changes his position again and literally stammers an untruth "And that's -- and that's -- and that's why I've said, Charlie, that I would look at potentially exempting those who are in between."
31 Obama did a flip-flop on the construction of a security fence
in 2006 Obama voted for the counstruction of a border fence with Mexico. He reversed his position during the Democrat primary

Robert OKane at 1:33PM on Sep 14th 2008

3. Cenk

I know a few of Obama's water boys will jump to the chance, but so will I, but I will give you a list of Obama's Flip Flops.
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You must have a ton of time on your hands to conjure up all these lies. John McCain's campaign couldn't have done a better hatchet job as you have. Just be patient, the three debates are coming. Obama is not going to be smiling, it's going to be the same Obama you saw during his acceptance speech in Denver. McCain voted against Bush's tax cut before he voted for it, McCain is against lobbyist but he has seven of them that still remain in his campaign and they're the ones that would be running the Whitehouse if Mccain wins, McCain was for veterans benefits before he skipped the vote for veterans benefits, he was for FISA but failed to show up to vote for it, he was episcopelian before he started saying that he's baptist during the S. Carolina primary, it's now confirmed that he fathered a black child and I don't know why the media is downplaying it, he cheated on his first wife, then cheated on his current wife with a female lobbyist, and the list goes on. I am sure people like you voted for Bush twice and that wasn't enough for you and now you want to vote for McCain. With the way we have been electing presidents based on biases rather than issues, very soon this country will fade like empires before it.

iynaroc02 at 2:53PM on Sep 14th 2008

4. Obama's campaign needs to get more creative and more destructive with their ads. McCain has been running negative ads against Obama since June and Obama needs to start showing some slash and burn ads because you fight fire with fire. I haven't seen any ads linking Chenney, Bush, Gingrige, Phil Graham and McCain. They need to slice pieces from various McCain talks, interviews and speeches and piece them together for an ad as McCain's camp did with the "lipstick" ad. Example would be to slice out where Palin said she didn't know what VPs do, then slice out where McCain selected her as VP in Ohio, then slice in where Palin acceped the nomination and put them together as an ad and at the end, a voice would say, this is a ticket that America should reject because you deserve better and judgment, leadership and change count.

iynaroc02 at 3:08PM on Sep 14th 2008

5. HONESTY ISSUE:
Will the real John McCain please stand up. For people that want to meet the real john McCain, please read these two articles: Corruption, Flip-Flop and Lies
http://www.realchange.org/mccain.htm
http://www.nationalreview.com/contributors/levin040501.shtml

iynaroc02 at 3:11PM on Sep 14th 2008

6. Robert - #2 - Why is it that every time I hear or see someone challenge McCain, the immediate response is, "Well Obama..."

I am not happy with the way Obama has moved to the right, but I am even less happy with the way McCain has moved to the far right. As I have only two viable choices, I have to go with the one I trust more.

alan at 9:40PM on Sep 15th 2008

7. Okane is a paid operative.

BOB JOHNSON at 9:43PM on Sep 15th 2008

8. poor thing, he's so old he doesnt even know what he's saying anymore.

Louis IX KingofFrance at 2:46AM on Sep 16th 2008