Thursday, June 19, 2008

Change I cannot believe in

because it's not change:
Barack Obama yesterday named a foreign policy panel to give him advice and possibly fill Cabinet posts if he is elected in November - and it's chock full of former Clinton administration bigs.

Among them are ex-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Defense Secretary William Perry and former Secretary of State Warren Christopher.

UPDATE: There's also this:
HEH: "They told Glenn Reynolds that if George Bush were elected Muslims would face discrimination at political rallies... and they were right!"
UPDATE: Tigerhawk chimes in with:
The wire service that shall not be named is reporting that Barack Obama said that Osama bin Laden is still free because of Republican "failed strategies." Perhaps. But that is no different than saying he was both free and able to attack the United States in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001 because of Democatic "failed strategies." Free he may be to live in his cave under constant fear of betrayal, but for the last six years -- since Bali, really -- the only targets he has been able to hit are unarmed Muslims or hardened Western military targets that are ready to face him. That is one rather large difference between Republican "failed strategies" and Democratic. I mean, if we're going to be partisan about it.
UPDATE: Jon Henke on Obama's "evolution":
  • "There are some things we have to do at home to get our house in order. No. 1 is we shouldn't be running up budget deficits." - Barack Obama - May, 2006
  • "Obama says he's not going to sacrifice his domestic priorities for deficit reduction. Universal health care, renewable energy, and all he rest won't be sacrificed on the altar of PAYGO." - Ezra Klein, reporting on Barack Obama's Yearly Kos Presidential Forum - August, 2007
  • "Our estimate for the ten-year revenue change compared with current law from Senator Obama’s plan is ... a $2.7 trillion revenue loss. ... With interest costs, Obama would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt..." - TaxVox, the Tax Policy Center Blog (Brookings/Urban), on the fiscal impact of Barack Obama's tax plan - June 2008
UPDATE: Best for last; Don Surber says:
And so he tells his supporters that he is entitled to break his promise.

“We face opponents who’ve become masters at gaming this broken system. John McCain’s campaign and the Republican National Committee are fueled by contributions from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs. And we’ve already seen that he’s not going to stop the smears and attacks from his allies running so-called 527 groups, who will spend millions and millions of dollars in unlimited donations,” Obama said.

Excuse me, but Republican Sen. John McCain has put campaign finance reform ahead of his political ambition.

Who is this rookie senator to find fault with the co-author of McCain-Feingold?

In fact, has Obama ever legislated anything? His entire 12 years as an elected official have been devoted to running for the next higher office.

Also, Democratic 527s outspent Republican ones 5-to-1 in the last election.

You can fool some of the people all the time.

They are called Obama supporters.

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