Politico has caught Barack Obama in another misstatement about his past, and this one goes right to the heart of his posing as a New Politics candidate. Working on a tip from opposition sources, Kenneth Vogel found a survey with Obama’s handwriting that he had previously denied handling. It shows that Obama himself established much more liberal positions on gun control, abortion, and other issues than he has admitted in his campaign.The answers--apparently written by a staffer and then supplemented with handwritten notes by Obama himself--supported a total ban on firearm possession and manufacture, non-requirement of parental notification for abortion for anyone over the age of 14, and the abolition of the death penalty. These things might sound moderate to the average churchgoer at Trinity United Church of Christ, but...
John McCain's presidential bid has been characterized by resolution in the face of adversity and, with a few exceptions, holding to principles shared by a majority of Americans and, incidentally, a majority of conservatives. Hillary Clinton's campaign has been characterized by a by-any-means-necessary attitude that has hurt her popularity but hurt Obama's, as well. What has characterized Barack Obama's campaign? Repeated deceit and pure emotional exploitation. Many of us suspected all along that Barack Obama's middle-way speechifying was pure politics; from his NAFTA dance, to the lie about his connection to the civil rights movement, and to his backtracking about his mentor/mere pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and now this...well, Barack Obama is shaping up to be about as shamelessly deceitful as, well, someone else we know.
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