Obama The Politician Flip Flops On Offshore Drilling!
Barack Obama announced a flip flop on a major issue. He now supports offshore drilling for oil. According to the Olympian newspaper:
The change is dramatic because Obama often pointed to his opposition to drilling as a key difference between himself and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain.
“I will keep the moratorium in place and prevent oil companies from drilling off Florida’s coasts,” Obama said in Florida in June.
Friday, he said he was still not a fan of drilling, telling the Palm Beach paper, “I think it’s important for the American people to understand we’re not going to drill our way out of this problem.”
Obama also said, in a separate statement issued by his campaign, that he supported the bipartisan energy plan offered by 10 senators Friday.
“Like all compromises, it also includes steps that I haven’t always supported,” he said. “I remain skeptical that new offshore drilling will bring down gas prices in the short-term or significantly reduce our oil dependence in the long-term, though I do welcome the establishment of a process that will allow us to make future drilling decisions based on science and fact.”
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McCain reacted quickly to Obama’s switch in positions, telling The Associated Press, “We need oil drilling and we need it now offshore. He has consistently opposed it. He has opposed nuclear power. He has opposed reprocessing. He has opposed storage.”
Geesh, I wonder if polls showing 75% of Americans supporting offshore drilling had anything to to with his switch. Can support for drilling in Anwr be far behind?
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Yes obama is a different kind of politician???? One who sticks his finger in the air and says what is needed to get elected.
It looks like Obama will say and do anything to get elected. I bet he would even throw his grandmother under the bus to get elected!
Oh wait he already did that didn’t he? Now that’s change!
Obama started the year by selling hope, but now he’s selling audacity.