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    SOME OF OBAMA'S LESS PUBLICIZED FLIP FLOPS
    Rick Moran

    American Thinker
    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/0 6/some_of_obamas_less_publicized.html
    June 1 2009

    Alex Conant of Politico has an interesting article on some of Obama's
    flip flops that have not received the attention of some of his major
    turnarounds like his no lobbyist pledge and his detainee policies.

    Some of these lesser known flip flops have been mentioned at AT,
    others might surprise you.

    1. Osama Bin Laden. During the campaign, Obama made a big deal about
    capturing the terrorist, calling him the "number one national security
    priority" for his administration.

    By the time he was sworn in, Obama was saying that capturing Bin
    Laden was not necessary to "meet our goal of protecting America." His
    recent speech on Afghanistan announcing the troop increase never
    mentioned Osama.

    There's more:

    On human space exploration: Early in his presidential campaign,
    Obama had great reservations about the costs and risks of human space
    flight. He said he would delay NASA's plans to send humans to the moon
    and, eventually, Mars and, instead, spend that money on education. But,
    as Florida, Ohio and Texas became more politically important, Obama
    began to walk back his proposed NASA cuts, promising to fund unmanned
    space exploration and some other scientific missions.

    Now that he's in office, Obama's reversal is complete: The White House
    budget, released earlier this month, provides a healthy increase in
    NASA funding and explicitly endorses the "goal of returning Americans
    to the moon and exploring other destinations."

    On the Armenian genocide: In the U.S. Senate and on the campaign trail,
    Obama firmly declared that the death of 1.5 million Armenians during
    World War I was "genocide" - a touchy topic between Turks and Armenians
    and a political priority for Armenian-Americans - and promised that
    "as president, I will recognize the Armenian genocide."

    Nonetheless, during his recent trip to Turkey as president, Obama
    broke his promise. Instead, he tried to muddy the waters, announcing
    that "my views are on the record and I have not changed views" but
    refusing to state what those views actually are.

    Obama has also broken his promises on small business tax cuts,
    "don't ask don't tell," needle exchange programs, and allowing for
    5 days of public comment before signing a bill.

    David Axelrod recently told Politico that Obama's governance is
    "consistent" with his campaigning. Perhaps Mr. Axelrod was referring
    to another planet because here on earth, that is not how we would
    describe a guy who flip flops on so many issues.
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