Posted by
Sean on Friday, June 20, 2008 11:32:57 PM
Keith Olbermann makes his living on the pathetically low-rated MSNBC cable network attacking Conservatives for any perceived hypocrisy, often putting them on his "Worst Person in the World" list. Most Conservatives making the list usually take it as a compliment, Olbermann being the cartoonish, far-left blowhard clown nothing that he is.
But pretend for a moment that Keith's list is non-partisan and honest, and a perfect candidate for that list would be none other than Mr. Barack Obama.
For some time now, the Obama campaign has promoted "change", "hope", "unity", and "a new type of politics". These are nice words, none of them backed up by actions.
In fact, every opportunity Obama has had to offer change, he has refused. He has refused to answer questions from ordinary voters in joint Town Halls with John McCain, preferring the media-elite controlled, carefully choreographed status-quo instead.
When speaking in front of AIPAC, Obama boldly proclaimed "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided." Then, no longer needing the applause of the audience, and just 24 hours later, Obama reversed his stated position.
Of course, all politicians shift positions based on political need. McCain has emphasized border security first, in contrast to his previous hard push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. McCain has suddenly become more open-minded about drilling, even now "considering" ANWR. But these particular changes benefit more than just the politician, as they have the best interests of the American people in mind. We absolutely need border security, and struggling Americans need reasonable energy prices and alternatives.
In contrast, Obama's flip-flops are based more on the needs of his campaign than the needs of the American people. Furthermore, they come swiftly at the first hint that it might benefit his political machine.
The latest, sleaziest example includes his refusal to stand by his word, and accept public financing. Instead, Obama has opted for the much more financially advantageous private option, the first candidate to do so since Nixon. This breaks several previous pledges to work in a bi-partisan spirit on an agreement to publicly finance. Obama further proves the worthlessness of his word since he had put this now broken promise in writing. Obama then goes on to shift blame for his own moral failure to McCain, dishonestly accusing his opponent of using 527's that Obama supposedly needs to defend against. The problem is, Obama fails to name exactly which groups he's referring to, maybe because they don't exist. In fact, the only outside group attacking any national candidate right now is MoveOn.org, and they're attacking McCain. Funny how Obama conveniently excuses them from criticism.
So, for displaying that your word means absolutely nothing, Barack Obama is --- cue phoney, Keith Olbermann-style pretentious broadcast announcer voice --- THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!