Audacity is right
July 1st, 2008There was tremendous attention to the Democratic primary. We followed Senators Obama and Clinton for months. It takes the Audactiy of Hope (no one notices) for Obama to completely re-invent himself in the matter of weeks. Obama has been flipping all over the place. Democrats respond (as they always do) with what I call the “I know you are, but what am I” defense.

Obama has flipped on every major issue: Talking to Iran, NAFTA, the DC Gun Ban. These are not minor issues and nothing has happened that would have made him rethink his position…except for the fact that he is the general election now.
Democrats respond with John McCain has flipped on the Bush Tax Cuts and off-shore drilling. Only an unthinking person (liberal) could find equivalence here. McCain flipped on the Bush Tax Cuts years ago…before he was running in the general election. He stressed his position over and over in the Republican primary. He wanted spending cuts along with the tax cuts. He didn’t get the spending cuts…that doesn’t mean he wants to repeal the tax cuts. He is no economic genius, but he knows that a tax increase right now is the last thing this economy needs. Obama can’t get past his redistribution plan to see that.
John McCain also changed his mind on off-shore drilling. In this case, he has changed his mind like a lot of Americans. As long as gas was relatively cheap, most Americans thought we should not drill off-shore. Many people have change their position on off-shore drilling because the gas is at $4 per gallon and rising. As the world changes, so does John McCain’s position. That’s a good trait. Obama is still giving us energy slogans from the Jimmy Carter years. He has learned nothing in the last 30 years.
Obama has changed positions for political reasons. John McCain has changed position because circumstances changed. There is a huge difference there. Obama has said that his past statement were “unartful”. Most of the time he just says nothing and he lets the MSM paint him as pragmatic. What a joke.
The latest flip-flop is just an outright lie. He has worked for years against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. He has either voted against it or held it up in committee while working as a state senator. Now he wants us to believe that he would vote for the bill if he had a chance. This is one time that he was actually successful, in a liberal, creepy kind of way. His success stopped the bill in Illinois that protected babies. (It was passed after he was elected to the Senate). This protection has nothing to do with a right to chose, it did not say the mother had to take the baby. It is not about protecting the mother. The baby is already out. It’s not about a classification (fetus or infant)….it is an infant without question. This bill is about proteting Roe versus Wade, which is more important to Obama then babies.
Jill Stanek was a registered nurse in the Labor & Delivery Department at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois (Barack Neighborhood). She has fought Obama for years on this issue. Check out her blog (LINK) for the full story, or listen to Bill Bennett interview with Jill this morning (LISTEN).
In the couple of weeks since Hillary dropped out, Obama has proved that he has no shame. He will lie about his record and his position to get elected. He is not a moderate. He has been rated more liberal than Senator Bernie Sanders (the only socialist in the Senate - LINK). His new found moderation is nothing but a hoax wrapped in a nice smile and eloquent speeches.

