I am starting to think that John Kerry and Barak Obama are brothers…they can open a circus act together and call themselves the “FLIP FLOP BROTHERS”! It would be interesting to see when there is no gun pointed to his head from our enemies, and he still cannot be consistant in any of his position. If he were placed hostage by the enemy, Barak would fold like a deck of cards!! He is weak, weak, weak….All he has going for him is the cult of personality..no substance..i dare ANYONE to tell me one position that he has been consistant on..? A vote for Barak is a vote for a weak and unstable America!

Thanks

Is this a real change? Or just Obama running to the center pre-election?

Can anyone really trust anything he says? I doubt it.

Lanny,

I am having trouble understanding how such a well read man, such as your self, can maintain any self respect in supporting an ill-experienced joke of a candidate such as Obama? I can only assume that you are providing lip service to your democratic constituents… Because no serious individual with credentials such as yours would support such a inept candidate (he is nothing more than a mear speach reader). If he were a Republican with the same resume… he would be laughed out of the race! I hope you take the word of your “former” fellow democrat Joe Lieberman in supporting McCain. On a final note, I would wager that on voting day, even Billy Bob himself will be voting for McCain.

Lanny Davis is a smooth talking BS artist who pretends to speak for the “Clinton Democrats” since his previous White House role as official apologist for the Clintons. I wonder why he now takes this view of Obama’s FISA fiasco. I think he’s kissing up to him because he has some kind of agenda which may not be obvious to the offended Democrats. This guy reeks of slime and it amazes me that he now claims Obama’s action on FISA as correct and proper. What a phony!

a reasonable, thoughtful reflection… that’s not just another re-hashed, knee-jerk criticism of something… as a liberal, even I’m impressed.

Lanny Davis has nothing better to do these days than to pander to Obama party constituents because his “sister souljah”, Hillary, is no longer in a position to allow him to pander to her. Let’s face it, Obama is a lawyer, is a lawyer, is a lawyer; nothing more. In fact if he had had any common sense or sense of aplomb, he would have graciously declined his party’s overtures to select him as their knight in shining armor. The glaring deficiencies in his character, his past associations and dealings, his accomplishments, his utter lack of knowledge and know-how when it comes to the practical side of leadership in action (not repetitive rhetoric) are embarrassing. But, alas, his loyal constituents, have and now must come to his aid on a daily, if not hourly, basis to salvage his image and reputation. Can it last until November? Who knows. But the longer this campaign continues, the more of this type of convoluted contorting of the facts will likely ensue. Again, the Bush administration is getting kicked in the teeth because it is perceived as overstepping its reach. Let us be mindful of the fact that the U.S. was attacked by terrorists because their activities were not being surveiled. This is not a question of infringement of civil liberties but an act of protection of our country and its citizenry - the first and foremost job of the Commander-in-Chief.

The issue is not whether Obama’s vote was wise or foolish, only that he had repeatedly promised to oppose (even filibuster) any bill that included retroactive immunity. That is not a left-right issue, it is a question of integrity.

I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with your assertion that mainstream America supports the idea of retroactive immunity; mainstream *politicians* support the idea. Don’t get me wrong, people can certainly see the merit of his decision: Its a politically expedient way to change very little while also managing to ruffle as few financial and political feathers as possible, which usually translates into a great campaign move. Plus, why would any potential President purposefully hurt his chances for election by supporting a change in policy that restricts executive reach and leaves his potential White House staff vulnerable to private litigation? People can see the merit in playing it safe, sure. Thats a far cry from respecting the man who lives that way, though.

Fighting this battle, opposing the introduction of retroactive immunity would have been an opportunity to show Americans that he is a politician who cares more for the rule of law than for his personal endeavors.
Most people lack the strength to do that, but then again, this man wants to be President and is therefore subject to the higher standard. Ambition gets the interview, character should get the job.

For the record, I’ve donated time and money to Senator Obama and though I still support his bid, I’d be lying if I said that this wasn’t a pretty severe disappointment.

Lanny, Shhhhh! No talking about the warrantless wiretaps — they’re listening.

Call me crazy but basically once they have put a splitter on the “fat pipe” of all phone/voice data, and since everything of course is a “state secret” for matters of “national security,” isn’t all we really have is a promise that the executive will monitor itself? They can listen to all they want, no warrants or real meaningful oversight, and noone would ever know about it. A warrant really only comes to play if they were to bring such a case into the legal system, which clearly they will do everything in their power (and beyond it) to prevent.

But on another note, Kudos to Fox for allowing (GASP) a legitimately fair and balanced article on Obama isntead of the usual pieces which tend to seem otherwise.

Thanks Lanny; this is a thought-provoking post.

Davis is correct in reporting the “how and why” of the Senate’s vote today on the FISA Bill.

The Sister Souljah metaphor probably does describe Obama’s pro vote.

Davis left out the “Therefore” and therein lies the problem.

The “Therefore” pertains to privacy and retribution issues.

No Bill is perfect and certainly the FISA vote today does address the need for congressional overview to protect the rights of innocent Americans.

But how do you better a painting of a purple frog in a green hat? You can paint over the ugly hat, but unless you blot the whole thing out, you still got an ugly frog.

The Senators, by revising the bill and giving it a big kiss today, have anointed the idealism of snooping on private citizens and interfering into the day to day business of American companies

“especially since the legislation grants immunity only to those companies that can prove to a court of law that they relied in good faith on governmental advice.”

Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence (DNI), testified at a congressional hearing that all of the telephone carriers did receive government certifications. (Source = Cnn.com) This is nothing but a formality to make things look legit.

“Some telecom companies courageously refused to cooperate because they refused to accept such advice.”
Who did? Can you cite a single company?

This may be a “blog”, but you still carry the title of Fox News. I would expect you to use facts instead of just getting an article out.

You are putting ideas in Obama’s head. He has deserted the Bill of Rights in order to not alienate the right wingnuts like yourself.

He truly is a wonder. I wonder how stupid, and furthermore how many idiotic people are actually going to vote for someone who has not the slightest idea of what he is doing?

“Some telecom companies courageously refused to cooperate because they refused to accept such advice.”
Who did? Can you cite a single company?

That would be Qwest. (other than that, they pretty much suck)

This message is those 69 that voted for this dog eared bill, we the people will remember your names, and vote you out of office.

Mr. Davis is a distinguished gentleman and loyal, if you will, to a fault. His loyalty to the Clintons, even in their darkest moments, was remarkable. This genial loyalist defended Hillary Clinton even when one suspected that even she did not believe her sometimes pathetic explanations for words and deeds. Nevertheless, Mr. Davis is entitled to his views and must be congratulated as being the leading cheerleader of all time.

He does have a point that, as Obama rushes in great haste to the political middle, his current statements (which could change at any time) have merit.

I would respectfully point out to Mr. Davis that Obama’s “Sister Souljah Moment” is a bit late. He had golden opportunities to apply that “Moment” to the Jeremiah Wright debacle. He could have denounced bigotry, hatred and racism. Obama would have served his own interests by denouncing the murderous Weatherman he has associated with in several respects. He could also have denounced the financial man he calls friend after his unsavory activities became public.

Nevertheless, Obama missed great opportunities to try his “Sister Souljah” act on the characters described above. Say what you will, the memory of the activities of those pals are deeply imbedded in the political process. The media is not, of course, carrying those stories anymore, but being the astute politician that you are, I am confident that you, Mr. Davis, know that in homes, courthouses and other meeting places individual and groups of individual voters are still discussing them. Obama has lost many votes because of this and those numbers continue to grow.

Keep that terrific smile, Mr. Davis. You are going to need it in the days ahead as Obama tries opportunistic best to find some kind of core within himself that can be believed. Good luck!

Et tu, Lanny? You used to be one of the good guys.

Mr. Obama sold out his core supporters. Senator Clinton stood up for the Constitution.

“Many of the swing voters who will decide the election — soft Democrats, independents and moderate Republicans — have been waiting to see if Senator Obama can resist such pressure and follow this approach.”

It appears that Obama, now more than ever, almost has to rely on these swing voters to replace “hard” Democrats. And maybe this is being simplistic or naive, but I thought by not including retroactive immunity, that it was sort of a “deterent” for any future telecom to handing over consumer information regardless of what the administration tells them.

Bravo Senator Obama, bravo.

I disagree with the FISA legislation, but I wholeheartedly agree with your stance today. We may disagree on this matter, but if I wanted someone who agreed with everything I believed, I would run myself.

Congratulations.

what did you expect, from liberals surly not the truth did you? its laughable worn out socialist policy of the left being tried again you know about that davis obama has never told the truth not even about his pastor/mentor bob wuest

Can anyone trust anything either McCain or Obama say. It is a gamble either way. At least Obama will listen to reason unlike Bush or McCain.

Big deal. Obama is moving to the center in order to get elected. After he’s sworn in, Pelosi and Reid will pass every conceivable piece of collectivist and even socialist garbage legislation (including a repeal of FISA) and Obama will promptly sign it. Fortunately, it won’t take long for most Americans to discover they elected the worst President in history, and the 2010 mid-terms will put enough conservatives in office to stop Obama’s every move. Two years of Obama’s rising gas prices, energy shortages, higher taxes, higher unemployment, rising food prices, disastrous stock prices, millions more on welfare, and maybe a few terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, and Obama will be a laughed-at lame-duck who will make people long for Jimmy Carter. Americans will learn their lesson the hard way, but they’ll learn their lesson.

And, for the record, it took no “courage” for Bill Clinton to “stand up to” Sister Souljah. He could have spit in her face and blacks still wouldn’t have voted for George Bush. (That’s one of the advantages of being a Democrat, you can take the black vote for granted.)

The real question to me is whether or not Don Imus will invite Rev. Jackson to appear on his show and give him an opportunity to explain his statement which may or may not have been taken out of context.

For all those that call Obama a flip-flopper: stop being delusional. John McCain has proven himself the flip-flopper in this race. Obama is not supporting the same FISA bill that he is now supporting; it has been revised. All of Obama’s core principles are still the same. On the other hand, you have McCain, who has shifted his position on core principles just to make his party happy. First hes against the bush tax cuts, now he wants to make them permanent. First he’s against offshore drilling, now he supports it. McCain is the Republican Trojan Horse. Stop being hipocrites, it’s not smart, its not cute, its not politically correct.

And Don Colony, you just proved that ignorance in the world is an inevitability. I’d like to know who you are to question Black Americans’ intelligence.

Let me get my popcorn and let the fun begin, with the Democrats eating their own.

Who cares ?????

McCain wins/Republicans & the sane win !!!

NObama wins/Republicans win(even larger)…

It would be the end of the leftist democrats
for decades, if not forever!

want to bet?????

No-He-Can’t! and his Senate Record shows it.

Give me a break J.D. “Obama will listen to reason”? Maybe that is why he stayed with HIS church for 20 years, he listened to their reason and agreed.

I must assume so many people who will vote for Obama are people who don’t work. The working people are tired of paying more and more taxes, so they can go to people who would rather take government hand outs, rather than use their god given brain and work for a living, that is why the working class will vote for John McCain a man they can trust.

The only reason Obama knows is what he says and thats not much. Who is the real Obama? If you ever find out, let me know.

These ’shifts’ or ‘flip-flops’ are more critical to track for Obama since NO ONE KNOWS MUCH ABOUT HIM. We’ve seen McCain for over 25 years…Obama….an unknown.

http://www.hellnobama.com

Obama is makeing change.

He is now a flip flopper.

A big change.

Obama would sell his soul to be elected. He does not have the courage to stand up for his conviction. or does he have any conviction at all? He seems to be willing to do anything for political gain. I don’t trust his words. Period.

LANNY, ARE A DISGRACE. YOU SUPPORT A MORON FOR OFFICE. OBAMA IS A JOKE AND SO ARE YOU. NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU THINK. SHUT UP.

“Sister Souljah” moment?

Come on, Lanny!

I’ve seen women waiting in line outside of the ladies restroom at a Chicago Cubs baseball game, (after consuming four beers), change stances fewer times than the Obama campaign has in the last two weeks.

The guy simply knows he can’t win campaigning to the left!

That’s why he’s leaving “his far left team” behind him quicker than an NBA guard on a fast break after a half court steal!

Obama is ‘all over the place’ saying anything to anybody, just to win votes. The man is a junior sentator with little more than 143 actual working days. He is so inexperienced I can’t believe he is even considered as a presidental nominee. He has no substance, no stance on anything, so he says whatever the prevailing political winds dictate that day. I feel sorry for those Americans that have been suckered by this guy. I feel extremely sorry for those American Blacks that he has duped by playing the race card. America may be ready for its first black president, but don’t be so fast to grab the first one pushed upon you. We need a man with experience, qualifications, integrity, a love for America, and some intestinal fortitude (guts). Sorry, but Obama is not this man.

To put forward some imperical purpose in Obama’s latest moves on FISA, Iraq, drilling, etc etc is ludicrous. Obama’s is pnadering pure and simple - he pnadered all through teh primaries and now he continues gong into the general elec. So, one year into the game and we really do not know anything about Obama. He has no track record, less than 150 actually on the job in the Senate - shamefull, he has been all over the board on many issues but has participated in remarkably little actual legislation. What we do know is that you cannot trust what he says no matter how sincere he sounds at the time of delivery.
Trying to continue to justify this guy is simply wearing thin - he has little substance and what substance is there is all about Obama.
Wake up America - this guy is a disaster.

I find the dichotomy interesting. Libs are excited by the prospect that the evil government my listen in on a phone conversation or tap you e-mail (considered within the governments pervue when conducted on foreign nationals for intelligence purposes). Even when the program has proven extremely useful in stopping terrorists. “Not proven since you can’t trust the Bush Adminsitration… the evil empire”

But they are willing to give the government access to you medical records in a nationalized healthcare system. They want more of my money to redistribute to peolpe they deem as needy, and sic the IRS on me to comb through my records to see if I paid my fair share.

I think the adminstration should be allowed to conduct security, with congressional oversight (keep the trail lawyers out, phone company lawsuits… yikes). But the might mean congress would have to work and take responsibility…. hmmm.

The President will likely take the blame for the next terror attack, though congress ties our hands.

This has nothing to do with Obama showing the left wing nuts that he can stand up to them, they know they have him in their pocket. This is all about moving to the center to try and win an election! Mark my words, if he gets elected, and hope that doesn’t happen, he will return to the guy that was rated the most liberal Senetor in the congress.

Regarding Bob’s comments about the dichotomy. You’re right on the money!!! Medical records provide even more important information about a person than some random phone calls would.

Yo Bob, you hit the nail on the head. Keep going!!!! I just came back from Britain and they are in a more sorry state than we are because of Gordon Brown, the health care system and the liberal government’s kowtowing to the Muslims. This is what we are headed for if Obama is elected.

Well put, Bob (July 10 8:31am). The idea of socialized medicine is much more terrifying to me than someone hearing my phone conversations or reading my email. I don’t believe in the Robin Hood way of life, which is clearly the goal of the democratic nominee and many of his supporters. When you run out of rich people to rob, the definition of rich changes, and people like me, who work 40 plus hours per week to support ourselves and our children, suddenly become the “rich.” As a divorced mother of two, I have never looked for a handout from the government (translation: I don’t expect my neighbors, friends, or strangers to pay my way)and I could not support a candidate who has so little respect for people that he assumes we all want to be the recipients of Robin Hood’s spoils. I aspire to be one of those people with plenty of money to spare (much like the Obamas), and I don’t understand the feeling of some people that another person’s financial success is somehow to blame for their own lack of success. I’ve gotten way off the original subject here, but I think it all goes together in the sense that we as voters have a decision to make in November. While neither choice, in my opinion, is ideal (to say the least) I find it frightening to think that someone who stoops to class warfare and racism to get votes could actually become the next president of the United States.

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Lanny, why don’t you tell Sen. Clinton the truth and tell to go out and take on Obama. You and she both know what he is and stands for.

Obama’s a grown-up.

Obama needs to worry more about having “Jessie Jackson Moments” than “Sister Soljiah Moments”. Obama needs to go to Dallas and teach some of his Democrat County Commissioners some science leasons. When you have elected officials attempting to govern a city who have never heard of black holes in space and interpret an analogy to them as a racist comment you have a sad situation. When people can’t use the terms “angle food cake” and “devil’s food cake” or describe someone as a “black sheep”, which simply means “different”, ie. “I come from a family of educators, however, my youngest son went into bussiness so we considere him to be the black sheep of the family” without having them interpreted as racists comments you have a sad situation. I cannot imagine having to go through four years of Obama having to listen to this type ignorance being thrown up every time someone makes an innocent comment. These type ignorant people will turn on Obama the second he doesn’t cater to their ignorance and every imagined grievance the have harbored during their lives will be on public display. If Obama doesn’t support them he will have many more “Jessie Jackson Moments” than “Sister Soljaih Moments”.

I love reading comments from people who claim that Obama supposedly has no idea what he is doing. These are probably the same people who voted for Bush over McCain during the republican primary.

I don’t know what to think of Obama. The only thing I know about him is that he is really good at reciting prepared speeches. That doesn’t necessarily mean he wouldn’t be a good leader but how can you know since he has little experience. And I know people keep saying things about how McCain08 is just a third term Bush, but I would argue Obama is more similar to Bush if you look at experience and expertise. McCain actually has lots of experience, but all that may mean is he has more time to become corrupt which is what all politicians are.

I think this would all be settled if Obama and McCain would actually debate. I wish they could just individually bring up questions to each other and see who better answers them.

Because as of now when people say “I like Obama” what they are saying is I am a liberal and I like Obama’s speech writers, who are very good by the way. I wonder how much of Obama’s book was written by a ghostwriter.

Anyways let them debate and both be asked the very hard questions which don’t have prepared answers. Then maybe we will get a better feel for the candidates as individuals and who they are, rather than who their campaigns and speech writers are.

If obama is elected president and I do mean if’, before he leaves office he will pursue by whatever means possible to change the name of the whitehouse to the people’s house so that all the illegal’s
will feel justified. He also will change the color of the whitehouse to beige so that all the illegal’s
and the black’s can for the first time in their lives be proud to be an “AMERICAN”.

THINK ABOUT IT TRUE “AMERICAN’S” WHO ARE PROUD OF “AMERICA” EVEN WHEN SHE IS NOT PERFECT.

A couple of months ago, Mr. Davis would not have spit on Sen. Obama if he were on fire, but has now taken up the role so many “Lefties” do, by groveling at the feet of any socialist running, in hopes of later being rewarded with a cushy government job complete with inflated salary paid for by the very citizens whose interests he opposes. Only in America I suppose.

b.o. all of a sudden appears on spotlight, the second coming(of who i don’t know yet). a canidate that everyone will love. being groomed by a throng of advisors, speech writers, and any other type of groupee you can think of. he went from being above politics as usual, to writing the handbook. when a reporter asks a unrehearsed question, he blubbers and falters through it. how is it that when a close tv supporter always says “then the question becomes” or “the real questiion should be”. and don’t forget to choose your words very carefully lest you be villified as a race car driver.

OBAMA—————-HERE IS A MAN WHO HAS CONSISTENTLY AIDED AND ABETTED PEOPLE WHO HAVE OPENLY EXPRESSED THEIR CONTEMPT FOR THIS COUNTRY, BOTH IN WORDS AND IN SUCH DEEDS AS PLANTING BOMBS TO ADVANCE THEIR LEFT WING AGENDA. OBAMA IS ON THE RECORD AS FAVORING THE KINDS OF JUSTICES WHO MAKE POLICY, NOT JUST CARRY OUT LAWS. NO MATTER HOW HE MAY “REFINE’ HIS POSITION ON THIS ISSUE HE VOTED AGAINST CONFIRMATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS, WHO WAS EASILY CONFIRMED BY MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF THE SENATORS. OBAMA PLAYS DOWN THE DANGERS TO THE NATION, AND CALLS TALK ABOUT SUCH DANGERS ( THE POLITICS OF FEAR ) BACK IN THE DAYS OF THE LONE RANGER PROGRAM, SOME ONE WOULD ASK, ( WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN ?????) PEOPLE NEED TO START ASKING THAT ABOUT OBAMA?????????????????????????????????? AMERICA TAKE YOUR BLINDERS OFF AND YOU WILL SEE OBAMA IS THE GREAT PRETENDER AMONG OTHER THINGS. YOU HAVE ONE CHANCE——ONE CHOICE AND MAY BE YOUR LAST!

Politics as usual, is what I see, say one thing, do another. Lets ask the hard quesions here. Why is he suddenly moving to the middle? Is it heart felt change or just a means to win votes in Nov.? Or is it part of his sudden change in view on Iraq? Or, is that just vote getting too? Here is the hardest question of all, can we trust him? People in this country need to start demanding substance in thier elected officials, we need resume’s before election, Job references, and even polygraghs to prove thier honesty. Habitually they speak out of both sides of their faces. My honest opinion at this point is that we the people need to head to washington with pitchforks and take back our government from foriegn lobbiest and governments. Create a constitutional amendment demanding term limits in all branches of government as well as prvent politicians moving from one branch to the next. Only then will we get true public servants instead of career politicians.

I can’t believed that we are going to elect the next president of the US from the same pool of crooks, and ill behaved congress even the young senator as Obama have learn how to profit in less that one term (or you thing that you can earn millions with a just salary of a senator!).

Well I guess we have the government we deserved, the congress we elected in the last two years have done nothing other than blame the republicans and the White House on everything and not doing nothing and the candidates are learning to do the same thing, and Obama has become a master of that. How disappionted!

I am a 15 year old and even at my age i want someone who will be experienced and know what they are doing!!Obama has NO clue and i want to have a bright future ahead of me, NOT someone who is going to change everything the american people EVER stood up for!He talks about pulling our troops out..NOT such a good idea if you ask me?That will only show weakness. After all the fighting in our history and all the lives sacrificed I dont think they would be very impressed. Our country is STRONG. But Obama is WEAK! He wants to talk to other countries one on one, WHY AND WHAT is stopping him NOW from doing just that???He is already senator? As far as the gun law he is wanting to enforce; that is our right as americans to arm and protect ourselves..What right is his to take that away from us???WHO does he think he is??After watching Fox News I have seen many young people are leaning towards the vote for Obama. He has false hopes and has lied too many times about his preacher, his friends, and has still not came up with his birth certificate!! I think before anyone decides who they are voting for they need to KNOW the facts. This is OUR future and I want ONE!!!!

Lets see… Im trying to understand what you wrote, Lanny. Are you saying that Obama and other liberals have found a way to support the tsp because the top secrets that come from the top levels will now be paraded into congress on what they call committees, for safety by way of congressional oversight?

So to keep the DOJ in check the liberals want to make the top secrets accessible to congress persons, their staffers, the staffers friends, the wait staff, parking lot attendants, janitors, the Kremlin, and other people the liberals believe are trustworthy because they show hatred towards the Bush Administration?

Are you saying that Obama now supports the new and improved TSP because in order to get the approval for wiretaps more people get to see what the secrets are, who is involved, etc?

But as it is now, the liberals are FURIOUS with the Bush Administration because of the “secrecy” and not leaking out the top secrets of whats going on, making the NY Times, CBS and other anti American friendly groups have to work harder to find out those secrets?

So the new TSP will provide a layer of security by letting congress persons (and by proxy everyone else) see the top secrets so they can second guess the DOJ? This doesnt make sense, and if it doesnt make sense its probably not true. The liberals do not care about honoring the DOJ, they only want the top secrets

It would be another CBS Pentagon Papers scandal times a few billion, we had to publicly air the top secret information to see if it would be bad or not. According to many on the left, top secrets should be public information. The left cannot force the surrender of the USA in the 2 war fronts, so if they can get access to top secrets and leak/sell them to our enemies maybe the enemies would win and THAT would end the war, and then the classical equation works out: whatever is bad for the United States is good for democrats and VV.

Is that what it is Lanny? Is Obama happy to support it now because part of the deal sweetener is folks in congress get to see the top secrets? And its up to them to try not to disclose the top secrets?