Posted on 06/26/2008 6:59:41 PM PDT by melt
· Candidate's stance at odds with former position
· Democrat backs death penalty for child rapist
Barack Obama intensified his campaign to appeal to voters on the life-and-death issues of the American heartland yesterday by stepping away from his past support for gun control.
In the latest in a series of policy reversals for the Democratic presidential candidate, Obama came out in support of yesterday's supreme court decision overturning a gun ban in the city of Washington that had been a model for fighting urban crime.
He had previously supported the Washington ban, the strictest in the US.
It was the second time in 24 hours that Obama had shifted towards a more conservative position. On Wednesday, he took issue with the supreme court for striking down the death penalty for cases of child rape that do not involve murder.
In yesterday's decision, judges struck down Washington's 32-year-old gun ban by a five-to-four margin, saying it was incompatible with the second amendment of the constitution. "Whatever the reason, handguns are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defence in the home, and a complete prohibition of their use is invalid," the conservative Justice Antonin Scalia said. However, the judges defended the need for firearm bans in schools and public buildings.
Immediately after the ruling Obama and the Republican candidate, John McCain, both sought to exploit one of the most emotive political issues. McCain tried to revive charges that Obama was out of step with smalltown values. Obama ran into controversy last April for telling a fundraiser that Americans in small towns clung to guns and religion out of bitterness.
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that’s not going to get him many votes from those red necks
in indiana and west virginia that voted for hillary!
Flip- flop I can use.
He is going to lose the U.K. vote if he keeps this up .
Obama lies. He will say anything to get elected.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
And he supports the (quick) reversal of his own position on the issue.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Another happy day. Keep on atruckin’ and amuckin’
So when Bammy Whammy puts his hand on the Kor-er-Bible IF he is sworn in as Pezident, then when he is asked to swear that he protects and defends the Constitution of the United States, we know NOW that it is a LIE.
Barry throws HIMSELF under the bus! "That's not the Barack Obama I knew. . . ."
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
In the world of the UK’s Guardian, even pocket knives would be outlawed.
A picture’s worth a thousand words.
,i> when Bammy Whammy puts his hand on the Kor-er-Bible IF he is sworn in as Pezident, then when he is asked to swear that he protects and defends the Constitution of the United States, we know NOW that it is a LIE.</I><P.
No more I lie than when McCain’s swears the oath. McCain has nothing but contempt for the Bill of Rights, including the first and second amendments. I prefer Bob Barr to either of these jokers.
In the opposite of John Kerry, on the 2nd Amendment, he was against it before he was for it!
Notice how Barry is trying to move ever-rightward as November approaches?
Don’t be fooled. It won’t last.
Just like McCain. No point in counting flip flops for either of them.
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