Here's a cut-out-and-keep guide to the same old exciting new politics of triangulation that will take us in to the brave new dawn of a freshly principled era.
Old leftie Obama:
*No flag pin as ‘not truly patriotic’
*For ban on handguns
*No support for bill giving telecom companies blanket immunity for post-9/11 eavesdropping.
*Rubbished NAFTA
*Against private financing for presidential candidates
*Wants to meet Ahmadinejad without preconditions
New centrist Obama:
*Patriotic flag pin
*Against ban on hand guns
*Support for bill giving telecom companies blanket immunity for post-9/11 eavesdropping.
*Supports NAFTA
*For private financing for presidential candidates
*Wants ‘preparations’ or effective preconditions before meeting Ahmadinejad
Even the New York Times has paused in its swoon to issue a heart-breaking cry of pain:
"We are not shocked when a candidate moves to the center for the general election. But Mr. Obama's shifts are striking because he was the candidate who proposed to change the face of politics, the man of passionate convictions who did not play old political games."
This speaks volumes about how hollow Obama is as a man. I just wonder if any of this will make a difference to voters.
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