Your comments are hypocritical. You come down on Obama like a ton of bricks when he does something unethical, but you turn a blind eye to the more than a dozen times that Hillary has done something unethical.

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I thought his speech on why there should be no tax holidary made a lot of sense. He did not seem overly critical of the other candidates. He merely explained why they were wrong, and said why they were advocating it (for votes). I do think his speech may have been a bit stronger if he had mentioned why he voted for it in Illinois and what was different about that decision (e.g. learning from his mistake, or different situation), but I wouldn't say it's a huge strike against him.

In fact, I think a politician changing his/her mind can be a good sign, so long as it isn't done capriciously. As times change, so too should policies, and we want somebody who can learn from their mistakes instead of making them again and again. I do trust Obama more than Clinton or McCain, but I wouldn't say he's an ideal candidate. I would like it if he had more experience, but I think he has adequate experience.

I'd say that Obama's attack on McCain and Hillary was disingenuous, since he did the same thing about 8 years ago. He did the same pandering he accuses others of doing. He can say they are WRONG, but to call it pandering is hypocrisy.

Of course I don't agree with partisan lies of merely attacking Obama when he fails. We should also attack McCain and Hillary when they fail if people want to make honest comments and not just partisan lies.


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And why is there such a double standard in this forum? It's ok for Obama to change his mind at almost every single topic, but when Hillary does something everyone come down with a ton of bricks as Du bois insinuates that I do.

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Good one.

Your attempt to attack the forum is a dishonest attempt to change the subject from the biased standards you maintain when discussing the Obama/Clinton race. Instead of trying to blame others to take the heat off of your biased remarks, it would be less dishonest and less morally corrupt if you re-considered these biased standards you employ.

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Hillary opposed a repeal of New York's gas tax in 2000.

Hillary and the gas tax - First Read - msnbc.com

So both Democratic candidates have completely flip-flopped on their stand over a gas tax repeal. So chew on that for a minute.

Which brings us to the real question. Should the federal gas tax be repealed for the summer? Then that will tell you which candidate to support on that particular issue.

I would save the cost of about a third of a tank of gas over the summer if the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents/gal was lifted over the summer.

Not even 20 dollars. The government would lose about 9 billion dollars in revenue.

Can your vote be bought for less than 20 bucks?

lol i had never seen this before, and of course the broadcast media never picked up on it so its not been mentioned at all over the last week. Hmm I wonder why, maybe its because they want to keep this thing between Clinton and Obama going a bit longer so they can keep their ratings up? This is really a bombshell tho. In my opinion, Clinton going from saying that repealing the gas tax is stupid to suddenly saying its the greatest idea ever is much worse than obama's change. With Obama's change, at least he can say "I tried it before, it didn't work out too well, we learned from the mistake and that's why I oppose it now." With Clinton's change its more like "What? Gas tax repeal a bad idea? I never said that, i've always wanted to repeal the gas tax. Hmm you don't believe me? Will Mr. Benjamin Franklin help concince you?"