The Emperor and his Flip Flops

First term junior Senator Barack Obama seems to be fitting in quite nicely with the Washington crowd he so disdains, despite his claims to be different. Lapel flagpins, public financing, and now his stance on the Iraq War are all up susceptible to be “refined” as he sees fit, depending on what constituency hurdle he has either cleared, or needs to clear next.

In the last days, Obama went from proudly being the Senator who voted against the war and had promised to begin to end it starting his first day of office, to the Senator who said he would end it by 2009, to the Senator who then said within 16 months, to now… where he has firmly landed on the solid position of going to Iraq for the first time, and then, listening to the opinions of the commanders on the ground so we do not hastily leave a vacuum.

Mind you, he is STILL committed to “ending the war”. Last I checked, every candidate wants to end the war. The question always has been how, under what terms, and what risk to the future of this country and Iraq/the middle east.

So now Obama is going to go get edu-macated on the ground over there, and get some perspective that apparently seems to have been lacking when he harped to the left that he would just jump the hell out of Iraq right off when elected. The far left loved that, but now Obama knows he can’t win with either that stance, or simply the far left.

The recent successes in Iraq are the Achilles heel of such a far left stance.

I had thought all this time Obama was a man of principle, or at least played one on TV. Of course I jest, and have known better all along. But how the left can consider this man to be what he has claimd all along is beyond me, as he changes positions more than a baby in the womb.

The general election is a perfect machine for making immortal hype-based unproven inexperienced grassroots superheroes into mere mortal politicians grasping for ways to appeal to the necessary voters.

And Obama is not only on his way, he has finally arrived…

Obama Becomes a Man, pt. II

“I won’t be a perfect President, but I can promise you this… I’ll always tell you what I think. I’ll always tell you where I stand. I’ll be honest with you about the challenges we face as a nation.”

Barack Obama

Now, keep in mind that after weeks of intense pressure, Obama just now left his church, Trinity United. I could spend about 10 minutes of your time making you read all the crap that Obama’s church pastors (several pastors, now) have spewed, but I won’t. Anyone who is paying attention has heard the vile political rants that erupt from those pulpits.

And remember, it took him 20 years to leave this church. But you will always know what he thinks and where he stands… Ya sure, you betcha.

What I would rather tell you is this- and keep in mind the quote up top from Obama.

Obama has no cajones, and is a fake. He is not a man, but he plays one on TV. “I will always tell you what I think” and “I will always tell you where I stand” could and should be followed up with “after I have enjoyed 20 years of political advantage of being associated with a racist church” or “after being pressed by the press and the public to the point that I can no longer ignore the point as it is damaging to my political goals…”

Also keep in mind that Obama said he could no more disown Wright or the Church than he could the black community. He just kicked Wright and the Church to the curb… because he knows now, after weeks of seeing his support NOT wane in the BLACK community, while at the same time seeing that his support among blue collar whites has tanked, that he has the black vote in his back pocket like the deeds to slaves. He has nothing to worry about.

So now it is time to try to prove to the white voter, or the gun clinging voter, or the bible clinging voter, or the blue collar voter, that he is a man.

As for the last comment in his quote, the biggest challenge this nation faces right now is Barrack Hussein Obama.

No sir, you won’t be a perfect President. But the best solution for that is for you to never BE President.