The Change, My Friend, is Blowin' in the Wind

Barack Obama's promises and positions on issues are ever-changing, like a tree bending in the wind. Whichever way the winds of politics blow, there goes Obama. His statements are all issued with invisible expiration dates so that they may be considered "inartful" or "inoperable" whenever they need to be.

Charles Krauthammer takes Obama to task for his wishy-washy stances:

The truth about Obama is uncomplicated. He is just a politician (though of unusual skill and ambition). The man who dared say it plainly is the man who knows Obama all too well. "He does what politicians do," explained Jeremiah Wright.

When it's time to throw campaign finance reform, telecom accountability, NAFTA renegotiation or Jeremiah Wright overboard, Obama is not sentimental. He does not hesitate. He tosses lustily.

Why, the man even tossed his own grandmother overboard back in Philadelphia -- only to haul her back on deck now that her services are needed. Yesterday, granny was the moral equivalent of the raving Reverend Wright. Today, she is a featured prop in Obama's fuzzy-wuzzy get-to-know-me national TV ad.

Not a flinch. Not a flicker. Not a hint of shame. By the time he's finished, Obama will have made the Clintons look scrupulous.

Read the whole thing here.