Posted on 07/02/2008 5:59:19 PM PDT by george76
Barack Obama aligned himself with welfare reform on Monday, launching a television ad which touts the way the overhaul "slashed the rolls by 80 percent." Obama leaves out, however, that he was against the 1996 federal legislation which precipitated the caseload reduction.
"I am not a defender of the status quo with respect to welfare," Obama said on the floor of the Illinois state Senate on May 31, 1997. "Having said that, I probably would not have supported the federal legislation, because I think it had some problems."
Obama's transformation from critic to champion of welfare reform is the latest in a series of moves to the center. Since capturing the Democratic nomination, the Obama campaign has altered its stances on Social Security taxes, meeting with rogue leaders without preconditions, and the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.'s, sweeping gun ban.
The shift in Obama's rhetoric on welfare reform has proceeded in stages. When former President Bill Clinton was poised to sign welfare reform while running for re-election in 1996, Obama called it "disturbing."
A decade later, as an underdog running for president against Clinton's wife, he spent 2007 avoiding the subject.
By the time Obama emerged as the Democratic frontrunner in the spring of 2008, he began leaving the impression that he was for it all along.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...
Is that Oh Bah Maaaahh’s mother under the bus?
The Obama has seen the light of Clintonian triangulation. We may get another term of George Bush no matter who wins the election.
Just typical. As Bill Clinton proved, a candidate can say anything to win but do what he wants to do once he’s in office.
Democrats always propose tax cuts that they won’t deliver on once elected. This is true nationally, and here in CO. Ritter, Salazar and Hickenlooper all said they would lower taxes, but the proof is what they delivered. They didn’t, it’s one tax increase after another every year.
Don’t say anything McCain, don’t say anything.
Just let him destroy his base all on his own.
Flag Pin Just One Symbol Embraced By Obama ( Change )
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2040310/posts
Where you gettin’ them thar stickers?
Well, If Obama is going to be President, I would rather him be politically expedient than a hardcore socialist.
What a choice.
is that Hillary under there?
I think it’s his grandmother.
"You can be sure there will never be any clear answers from Obama on any critical issue. He is quite comfortable taking positions that contradict each other. Sadly, his inconsistent and dishonest positions are perfectly acceptable to his Obamabot cult members, who blindly follow him."
Instead of the change candidate, Hussein ObamaMessiaHamas, will be known as the Ooops Uh Flip-Flop Candidate, who couldn't tell the truth!
Quit your whining about my Flip Flops, Waffling and Lies, you God Loving, Gun owning and Bitter White Racist Patriots!
Click on the sticker. It should take you to Jeff Head’s site (www.jeffhead.com).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.