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For His Welfare

Barack Obama is championing welfare reform in his new television ad titled "Dignity." The ad says that Obama "passed a law to move people from welfare to work — slashed the rolls by 80 percent."

But the television spot fails to mention that Obama resisted the very welfare reform bill that led to the reduction in the caseload. Back in 1996, President Bill Clinton signed a federal reform bill in an effort to make welfare what he called "a second chance, not a way of life."

But then-Illinois state Senator Obama told the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper that year that Mr. Clinton's stance on welfare was "disturbing."

And on May 31, 1997 Obama said on the floor of the Illinois state Senate, "I probably would not have supported the federal legislation."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,374844,00.html

"...The shift in Obama's rhetoric on welfare reform has proceeded in stages. When former President Bill Clinton was poised to sign welfare reform while running for re-election in 1996, Obama called it "disturbing." A decade later, as an underdog running for president against Clinton's wife, he spent 2007 avoiding the subject. By the time Obama emerged as the Democratic frontrunner in the spring of 2008, he began leaving the impression that he was for it all along.

During a 1996 interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Obama could not conceal his disappointment in his fellow Democrat. "Bill Clinton? Well, his campaign’s fascinating to a student of politics. It's disturbing to someone who cares about certain issues. But politically, it seems to be working," said Obama.

Calling himself a believer in "making lemonade out of lemons," Obama co-sponsored a 1997 bill approved by the Illinois legislature and signed by the governor which made changes to state programs to help move people from welfare to work.

He made clear at the time, however, that he probably would have opposed the federal welfare overhaul. Speaking on the floor of the Illinois state senate, Obama described his on-going concerns as including a lack of job training, insufficient oversight, and provisions blocking legal immigrants from receiving benefits.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/06/obama-s
hifts-on.html

This is great. One guy Obama just threw under the bus is my congresscritter, Patrick Murphy, who got himself elected almost exclusively because he promised that he would end the war, co-sponsored Obama’s surrender resolution in 2007, and endorsed Obama entirely because of his previous position on Iraq. I think I can hear his head exploding right now!

Obama has been moving over to the center as he knows this country will never accept a liberal..for someone who doesnt want to see a third Bush term he is starting to sound more like Bush than Bush lately as for McCain he sounds like the democrats best choice

Truth, if Obama is the "worst qualified person" to enter the White House in fifty years, then George W. Bush is really what American presidents are all about.

You say that Obama has no experience. That he's a flip flopper and all of the other fear factor semantics that seem to be paving the air waves. Yet, how can you honestly sit there and say that Obama is not trustworthy, when you have been lied to for eight years?

I mean, democrats are flip floppers and republicans are just plain "old" liars. With the current situation that the U.S. is in, as well the rest of world, who do you "honestly" think has a better chance at changing this country for the better? Don't let your bigotry cloud your judgement. That's a serious question.

While if your so confident he is not going to win then why worry about 2012? Alot of the stuff you are saying especially him moving to the center is goign to get him elected.

I will admit that while not a McCain fan, he is the better of the two since Obama HAS NO EXPERIENCE. But the problem with ANY Senator running for President is that they are all worthless. Everything you can say about Obama, you can say about McCain.

I make a mention of it in my post about and the mess with Chicago.