Lookout! Flip Flopper Obama Strikes Again!!!
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on September 18, 2008 at 9:25 PM in Backtrack Obama, Barack Obama, Flip Flopping
Today in Politico, Jonathan Martin made note of yet another example of Barack Obama’s fine leadership abilities and decisive stands on the issues.
Brace yourselves:
Obama Outraged at Being Accused of Not Supporting Something He Doesn’t Support
Obama, on the trail in New Mexico, had this to say of McCain:“And today he accused me of not supporting what the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank did with AIG despite no evidence whatsoever that that’s what I had said.”
To recap, when I wrote earlier today that Obama supported the bailout, I quickly was instructed by his staff that this was not the case. He just didn’t oppose it, I was told.
Now he’s so adamant about not opposing the Fed’s move that he’s complaining about McCain’s portrayal.
Where, I wonder, is the line between not opposing and, ya know, supporting.
Thanks, Jonathan, I was wondering the same thing. The economy is in the toilet. I have no idea what Obama thinks he’s realistically going to do to get us out of it and now I can’t even get an honest opinion or assessment from him of what he thinks about what the Administration has already done.
I guess he needs to consult some polls first to see which way the wind is blowing. Ya know, if the American people like it. Or check with those 300 policy advisors to see if he’s for it or against it.
That is, if he even knows which group got bailed out? Does he? Let’s check.
On ABC’s Political Punch, Jake Tapper posted this little item the other day:
AIG, AIG, AIG, AGGGGGHHHHHH
At a time when Sen. Barack Obama is trying to project expertise and instill confidence in his potential stewardship of the economy, his campaign this morning sent out his statement on the Fed’s bailout of the AIG where it misidentified the American International Group, calling it the “American Insurance Group.”
So we could change Martin’s Politico.com title from:
Obama Outraged at Being Accused of Not Supporting Something He Doesn’t Support
to:
Uh oh. Well, come on, Jake. He’s busy campaigning. He got confused. Can’t he just eat his waffle?
And while we’re on the subject of for or against:
Without recapping every single example of Senator Obama’s misstatements or flip flips, cause, ya know – we’d be here all day – I harken back to an interview Obama did with The Advocate, after GLBT groups complained he wasn’t making himself available to them. The interview is so nice. He just sounds so nice, and he agrees with everything you say. And he sees all sides of the issue and still of kind manages to insult good Democrats in the process.
Why discuss an interview on an unrelated subject? Because by the end of it, I defy you to figure out if he’s pro gay rights or not, pro choice or pro life. Pro Democrat or Pro Republican. Please, read it for yourself. Typical. We’re left scratching our heads…
Window or aisle, Senator? Smoking or non-smoking? Decaf or Regular?
Darlin’, in the White House, with your feet up behind that desk, ya can’t just vote ‘present.’ Ya know, like ya did 130 times in the State Legislature. And ya can’t say “oops, I hit the wrong button” six times, either.
A decision was required on the vote on FISA for instance. Where’s that filibuster Senator? What too much work? To expend political energy and lung power for a principal. Say like protection from warrantless searches. Like not giving retroactive immunity to telecom companies for what they did…
In a crisis, real leadership will be required, too. You may not have time for those polls. What if those 300 advisors are on a ski trip at Banff?
A decision is required.
Yay or nay.
Pick one, Senator Obama.
We’re waiting.
by Ronald Scott
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