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hrdman2luv · 07-04-08, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I think he is trying to seem more centralist. This is something that he did not have to do in the primary because he was courting specific people (liberals) for the nominations. Now he has to court many more types of voters so he is selling out on his original positions.

He is a politician like any other so his theme of "change" was nothing but a ruse to get the nomination. The changes that he has made the last few weeks are clear evidence of that. He only said what he did during the primary to get the nomination.

I think as he tries to get more to the center, he will lose more votes than gain.

I think, and others I have discussed with agree,(including Obama supporters) that if he had said these things 6 months ago, then we would all be looking at John Edwards as the Dems nomination. Or even a Clinton Nomination. (which I would not favor).

Obama's lack of honesty and and his total disreguard of political simplicity will be a good reason for a libertarian to actually have a chance at the White House as Nov gets closer.

I'm no libertarian. But, I can see where the libertarians are are more inline with more Americans. Now, getting people to stop this "lesser of two evils" mindset (that has been placed in their thoughts by Dems and Repubs), and vote for who they truely are aligned with, is going to be the challenge.

I believe that people are redundant to vote for the same party and expect any real change. 2006 should be a prime example.

Thats like putting your dirty shirt in the dryer, and expect it to be cleaned.