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“Just another politician”: Student newspaper rescinds Obama endorsement for flip flops
By punch bowl | July 10, 2008
In an article titled, Unbelievable: Obama’s flip flops fly in the face of change the University of Florida student newspaper - called the Alligator - has rescinded its endorsement of Barack Obama for president citing his recent flip flops on issues ranging from public campaign financing to the town hall debates to FISA.
The student newspaper asserts,
Since clinching his party’s nomination for president, however, Obama has started to clarify, qualify and triangulate to such a degree that we can hardly recognize him from the inspirational ‘change’ candidate he represented a few short months ago.
Upset about Mr. Obama saying he would take public financing and then not; upset about Mr. Obama saying he would participate in town halls and then not; upset about going on record against telecom immunity and then, just yesterday, voting for it; the article states:
Perhaps Obama isn’t the great change agent we thought he was. Perhaps no one can change the system. Or maybe we expected too much from someone who is, after all, just another politician. Instead of riding a wave of change to the ballot box, we are faced with the age-old “lesser of two evils” paradigm: Perpetual war and inequitable economic policies on the one hand, and spineless triangulation on the other.
Topics: Campaign 2008, Barack Obama, student newspaper |
