Obama for $Change$!!!!

[ElNono]

Flip-flop doesn't necessarily have to carry with it a bad connotation.

I actually agree with you on this. It just bothers me to no end that a politician can't change his mind on a subject, even if it's the sound thing to do, without being accused of flip-flopping.

[Wild Cobra]

Didn't McCain also flip-flopped on offshore drilling?
How important is his word?

When things and situations change, so do peoples perspective. There are some things can should be accepted as a rasonable change of mind.

Do you never change your mind as something important around you changes?

[Wild Cobra]

I actually agree with you on this. It just bothers me to no end that a politician can't change his mind on a subject, even if it's the sound thing to do, without being accused of flip-flopping.

That is why I make the distiction clear. If it is just a change, then take it as that. If a person is acting on poll results, goes back on their word, or back and forth on issues, that becomes flip-flopping.

[jochhejaam]

If you want to get into semantics, the conditions Obama put out for public funding were never met. So he didn't even change his mind.

Obama and his Staff made this decision based on the fact that he's running for President, not trying to become a Martyr <not that he wouldn't go on to win it either way>.


Who wants "He stuck to his guns, and it cost him the White House" etched into his gravestone.

[Wild Cobra]

If you want to get into semantics, the conditions Obama put out for public funding were never met. So he didn't even change his mind.

I'd be curious just what he said. My uderstanding is that he said he would ake the public funding unless McCain doesn't.