Anyone else bummed with Obama recently? Specifically turning down public financing, his ridiculous attempt to rationalize it, and his probable vote for the FISA bill?
***UPDATE*** And now this? He's going to support Bush's faith-based initiatives and continue allowing them to discriminate based on religion?! WTF.
As several of us said initially, Obama is not a radical. The FISA thing is absolutely a drag and a flip-flop, because he said after the House passed the bill that he would work to take telecom immunity out of the bill. We'll see what happens on July 7.
The public finance thing would have been complicated, because McCain has supposedly been doing it and grossly violating the limits. So, it's not like it would be fair anyway. As you may know, Tamo, the DNC is suing McCain's campaign for violating campaign finance law.
Why Obama is backing away from telecom immunity is beyond me...one can only make educated guesses about why politicians do anything.
In a Rolling Stone interview the other day, Obama said his top three goals are getting troops out of Iraq, universal health care, and comprehensive energy reform.
Funny you mention that Tamo. Mary Ellen made the comment this past weekend about the public finance flip flop. Alas, the chink in the armor. No politician is going to be 100% consistent on issues but I still like Obama for his passion and charisma. We need radical change and noone will listen to a poor speechmaker, aka Hillary Clinton with the exception of her Sat. concession speech to Obama.
Both parties are broken and need a complete demolition and I believe Barack can get us started.
I like Dad E's use of "a chink in the armor." I think it's dead-on. This is why I always supported Edwards. But the thing is that dems all over the country are worried about electability. It's the inevitable "heavy" to our "high," the "drag" on our "trip."
Imagine the outcry from religious groups if Obama laid out a plan to revoke or discontinue the funding they've received while Bush has been president. The difference, I'm confident, is that Obama will not take money away from non-religious groups. He will take a predictable, middle-of-the-road approach. I guess this is a battle he doesn't want to fight.
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As several of us said initially, Obama is not a radical. The FISA thing is absolutely a drag and a flip-flop, because he said after the House passed the bill that he would work to take telecom immunity out of the bill. We'll see what happens on July 7.
The public finance thing would have been complicated, because McCain has supposedly been doing it and grossly violating the limits. So, it's not like it would be fair anyway. As you may know, Tamo, the DNC is suing McCain's campaign for violating campaign finance law.
Why Obama is backing away from telecom immunity is beyond me...one can only make educated guesses about why politicians do anything.
In a Rolling Stone interview the other day, Obama said his top three goals are getting troops out of Iraq, universal health care, and comprehensive energy reform.
Funny you mention that Tamo. Mary Ellen made the comment this past weekend about the public finance flip flop.
Alas, the chink in the armor. No politician is going to be 100% consistent on issues but I still like Obama for his passion and charisma. We need radical change and noone will listen to a poor speechmaker, aka Hillary Clinton with the exception of her Sat. concession speech to Obama.
Both parties are broken and need a complete demolition and I believe Barack can get us started.
I like Dad E's use of "a chink in the armor." I think it's dead-on. This is why I always supported Edwards. But the thing is that dems all over the country are worried about electability. It's the inevitable "heavy" to our "high," the "drag" on our "trip."
Imagine the outcry from religious groups if Obama laid out a plan to revoke or discontinue the funding they've received while Bush has been president. The difference, I'm confident, is that Obama will not take money away from non-religious groups. He will take a predictable, middle-of-the-road approach. I guess this is a battle he doesn't want to fight.
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