For months
Barack Obama has been telling us he is beyond the old style of politics, with
Obama we can move on to new politics. He wants you to believe he is not a politician, when that’s exactly what he is. Just look at his trip overseas. He was perfectly willing to give a speech during a free concert to make it look as though 200,000 Germans actually came to hear him speak, yet he cancelled a visit with wounded U.S. troops because he had to leave his entourage at the door.
He keeps “shifting” (the new term for flip-flopping) positions when it is politically expedient. Is that “new politics”? It sure seems like old politics to anyone who follows politics. His latest “shift” is on drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf. He held his finger to the wind, felt which way it was blowing and decided he would throw the voters a little bone.
His promise to give $1000 to every family didn’t give him the bump in the polls he was hoping for. Apparently not all Americans are on board with the rob Peter to pay Paul mentality. Now he is willing to throw his so-called convictions to the wind, throw his base under the bus once again in order to pick up a few points in the polls.
Obama still believes we won’t be able to “drill our way out of” the energy crisis, but now he’s willing to consider allowing drilling off the Florida coast. The problem is, he’s been so against this for so long, who can believe him?
