The Audacity of Hope

Comment #15

scorpio — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:29:23 GMT

ok.we have to pick between hilliary,and candy rice for vp then.

Comment #14

justxploring — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:31:12 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgi_kIYx_bY Maybe it isn't over yet.

Comment #13

Todd — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:31 GMT

If someone comes out and says, "I changed my mind, and here's why..." then I think that is not only OK, but shows guts and character. If someone trys to act as if their new position is the same that they always had, and even tries to spin it, then they are someone who is not to be trusted. For example, many on the left try to criticize McCain about changing his mind on a border fence. However, he explained very openly that he clearly understood why the general public... [ More ]

Comment #12

justxploring — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:11:22 GMT

So my question is.. when is a flip-flop really just a change in perception

Comment #11

Rick G — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:48:02 GMT

I would also like to see a woman president. They've done a pretty good job of running other countries and I believe they are less prone to war.

Comment #10

Todd — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:00:45 GMT

@scorpio: I agree, a woman would truly shake things up, and would probably get things done in a way a man wouldn't. I would like to see a woman president. I just don't want to see Hillary as that first woman, because I think there is too much corruption and socialist tendencies there.

Comment #9

Rick G — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:37:21 GMT

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Comment #8

scorpio — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:24:02 GMT

if there was a woman vice president,now that would be change!

Comment #7

time*treat — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:27:55 GMT

Rally the base for the primaries. Run to the middle for the general. That's how you win. Anyone who has principles (other than win-the-election-at-any-cost) and sticks to them ... can expect less than 10% of the vote.

Comment #6

JAP69 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:10:02 GMT

What a politician says on the campaign trail and what they end up doing has always left me disappointed. That goes for any political party campaigner.

Comment #5

justxploring — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:15:54 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kFrFIFizkU

Comment #4

Rick G — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:54:34 GMT

Thanks Em. I agree that he has alienated the Clinton supporters. He has also alienated a whole swath of voters with a Libertarian bend who might have voted for him in a very close race. It's time for Obama to "man-up" before it's too late.

Comment #3

Rick G — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:41:49 GMT

He has created a 'perception' of flip-flopping and it only takes a perception to lose an election. Ask John Kerry, Al Gore and Mike Dukakis. The way I see it the only way he can redeem himself to his base is to vote NO on the FISA bill this week and stand up strongly with Senators Dodd and Feingold against it. If he doesn't do that, then he is a bona fide, Grade A, cream of the crop flip-flopper.

Comment #2

emilyg — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:21:37 GMT

Well said. He will not get a lot of the Clinton votes for it.

Comment #1

MADDOG10 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:14:52 GMT

I couldn't have said those things any better than you did Rick..! You're absolutely right saying when he does lose the election, he can look back and reflect while he eats those words with a cheeseburger... Well said.....!

Original Blog Entry: The Audacity of Hope

Rick G — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:58:13 GMT

Obama is running out of feet to shoot.

Now that Obama has safely secured his spot on the ballot in November, he can tell us what he really meant on issues that got him the primary win in the first place.

Call it what you may, but it is flagrant pandering for votes from so-called conservatives, fence-sitting independents, evangelists and every group he speaks with . The chamelion has come out of the closet and is changing colors faster than we can change the backdrop.

Since he has become the presumptive nominee he has backtracked on all of the issues that got him there in the first place, including:

-- Ending the war on the American Public's timetable and not the military-industrial-political timetable.

-- Voting No on FISA in February and voting Yes in June.

-- He wants to continue and expand Bush's unconstitutional Faith-Based Innitiative with even MORE of our tax money. (Remember that pesky little piece of paper that we used to call the Constitution which forbids government sanction or support of ANY religion?)

-- He now supports the death penalty for 'some' non-lethal crimes.

-- He supports the Second Amendment but with even greater zeal supports the government's right to restrict and regulate it (e.g., BB guns will be legal as long as the barrel is at least 48 inches long, they must be painted pink, and you must pay a tax for that right).

The list goes on...

Obama was the only hope we had to avoid a third Bush term. Now it looks like we'll have a third Bush term no matter who gets elected. Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi's inept Congress have chosen to 'compromise' on issues where there can be no compromise...the Law and our Constitution are examples. So there will be no 'Change'. 'Change' has become an empty campaign slogan that gives hope where none exists. In 2006 we were offered 'change' and we voted for it but it has yet to materialize nor is there any hint of 'change' on the horizon.

'Change' is 2008's mis-used word of the year and should be purged from the politician's lexicon. (For that matter we're all tired of 'off the table' and 'on the table'. Impeachment and War are not table settings.)

In his ruinous bid to capture a handful of special interest votes, Obama has lost many votes and a lot of respect from his base during the last two weeks alone. Every single day there is news of him moving to the right on an issue. His polling numbers against McCain are already dropping from two weeks ago. Moving to the right in an already far-right administration (and arguably, Congress) is not a winning strategy, especially when polls clearly show that our President and our Congress have the lowest approval ratings in polling history. His campaign manager should be fired when he reports for work on Monday. Had Obama stayed on track he would have enjoyed non-partisan support from many camps and would have won the election in November handily despite the rampant vote fraud we've come to love and expect. If he loses the election, he can look back to what he said in June '08 for the reasons why. The GOP is going to pounce on these perceived flip-flops like Karl Rove on a cheeseburger. When will the Democrats ever learn?

The Audacity of Hope has become just that...audacity.

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