Obama Supports FISA Legislation, Angering Left
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) today announced his support for a sweeping intelligence surveillance law that has been heavily denounced by the liberal activists who have fueled the financial engines of his presidential campaign. (story)
Here's an excerpt of the most-dugg comment thread for 2008-06-21 :
yes. you see, he changes his positions quite often, so technically he IS the 'change' candidate..
heres a nice little collection of obama flip flops. it's incredible that his sheepish followers havent caught on to his game..
http://massdiscussion.blogspot.com/2008/06/collect ...
Last week, his counsel met with John McCain's counsel around the time of Tim Russert's funeral and John McCain's counsel told him that there was nothing to discuss on public financing. John McCain's counsel tells a different story, and while he won't say what they discussed he enforces that it had nothing to do with public financing.
Mayhaps John McCain's lawyer is full of shit. But lawyers never lie, now do they?
Nonetheless, it is important to remember that John McCain is FORCED to go into public financing. While there is no quorum to clear him of his obligations for using taxpayer money as collateral on a loan back in 2007, John McCain is facing a prison sentence of up to 5 years for fraud according to FEC regulations if he doesn't take public financing.
In short, Obama said he would take public financing if the Republicans didn't try to play through 527s. McCain had to take public financing anyway or be thrown in the slammer for 5 years, so he had no interest in reining in his attack dogs. Therefore, Obama decided to opt out of public financing.
While the media is obsessed with this story because it tarnishes the silver halo around Obama, it requires a lot of historical amnesia of the events covered in the last 6 months and clever editing of Barack Obama's questionnaire, even outright dismissal of the actual words in it.
Additionally, the threats of 527's against Obama this year is so far low. There has not been one serious presidential campaign 527 set up to attack Obama yet.
The problem is when it's TOO regular. Like McCain saying two different things in a matter of days.
My choices are basically between Obama and McCain. And I'm not voting for a fear mongering biggot who has almost racked up more McCain-isms than Bush has Bush-isms.
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/10/11/why-you ...
CBS News: Pentagon Loses Trillions of Dollars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlnQTcLHaMM
Not wanting the government to take about half of your income as it squanders trillions of dollars is not wrong.
foxfire, it's because the socialists have a saying -- "what's mine is mine, but what's yours we share"
Dr. Paul is not running, so we all need to vote Libertarian. Enough votes and we can perhaps break through the enslaving and false, two party dichotomy
I didn't like him at first because I have a natural distrust of people who speak energetically, sounds weird but its a blessing.
He's a bit crazy but I like most of what he says.
Maybe you should think long and hard about what you actually believe in.