According to FOX News:
"Obama and his supporters argue his reason for doing so speaks to his ambitions as a reformer...
Obama, in his video announcement to supporters on Thursday, cast his approach as progressive, saying ... the public financing system is “broken, and we face opponents who’ve become masters at gaming this broken system.”Obama said McCain and the Republican National Committee are fueled by contributions from Washington lobbyists and political action committees. He said McCain would also not stop the attacks from independent 527 groups. But few Republican-leaning groups have weighed into the presidential contest so far. In fact, Obama allies are the ones who claim they are ready to shell out the big bucks to defeat McCain.
The AFL-CIO, which is expected to soon endorse Obama, has launched a campaign to link McCain with what officials say are Bush’s failed economic policies. The group has $53 million at the ready to do so.
The Politico reported three months ago that liberal groups, including MoveOn.org, plan to spend up to $400 million to elect Democrats this fall."
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/06/19/republicans-hammer-obama-for-sidestepping-public-funds/
My point is, Obama is running on not being a typical "Politician" he is the "Candidate of Change" and I have to agree Barak Obama is the Candidate of change. Barak Obama has changed his position on campaign ethics (once he realized he could out fund his opponent through other means), the Iraq war immediate pullout plan he once endorsed that would ensure a military defeat for the greatest military in the world (the surge is working, and most Americans prefer to win the peace and not turn tail and run in Iraq-according to polls). This would be a positive change in my view if I wasn't positive he is only saying this for political gain...
Obama is a far-left Liberal with no chance of being elected if the centrist population (the vast majority of the United States of America) can see that he is all about big speeches with no content and allot of great words like "change" and "hope". There are other important words that this candidate likes to use. These words are "Faith" "Patriotism" "Strength" and "Experience"...However, it is very telling that Obama is more likely to use these particular words in defense of his stance or, in a pejorative context.
My main concern for our Nations future is Barak Obama's unwillingness to accept that this country cannot financially exist without fossil fuels and greater development of Nuclear energy. He has no intention to allow the possibility of this and this is very troubling.
1 comment:
i can never decide what to think about cantidates who "flip-flop". i too have negative connotations associated with the term, from the media always spewing it out so negatively. however, logically i am not sure that it is a bad thing, but is decidedly democratic. it is merely showing that you are going to do your job and try to best represent what the majority of the people that the government "represents" truly want.
if we want someone that is going to make his own decisions and stick to them without listening to wha thte people want (which is fairly unarguably the opposite of "flip-flopping" weell then we should just elect to have a dictatorship and do away with this whole democracy thing.
as far as obama, i think that a slick talking, racially diverse man is exactly what this country needs. i think that once in office, what he will actually do will not be much different than what mccain would actually do. however, visually he is a symbol of progress, and of change. after what the recent administration of standard (besides an exceptional lack of eloquence) white men showed the world, not only americans but the rest of the world as well need to see that americans are ready, willling and able to progress and change.
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