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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (25269)4/10/2008 10:31:15 PM
From: Ann Corrigan  Read Replies (4) of 224718
 
Obama's Head Fake
By KENNETH BLACKWELL

April 10, 2008

Not since Walt Frazier have New Yorkers seen such exquisite basketball skills. Now Barack Obama has taken center court and his basketball skills are legendary in the recreation centers of Chicago. The buzz is that his head fake is deceptive and his jump shot deadly. He is apparently attempting to transfer his head-fake skills to the American political arena — fake right, go left. The American electorate should not fall for it.

Three revelations over the past month have started to reveal a very different portrait of the junior senator than what Mr. Obama and his promoters have been painting during this campaign. These recent revelations could redefine the campaign, and put him on unsustainable footing.

Mr. Obama's candidacy was unanticipated. He came from obscurity in 2004, and was sworn in as senator in 2005. He started running for president in 2006.

With that lack of anticipation came a lack of vetting.

Mr. Obama advertises himself as a unifying figure who shares the hopes and values of the vast majority of Americans. But three separate occasions in the past month are at odds with his rhetoric of getting past party, race, and division, and bringing Americans together around ideas that can unite us.

Last week I explored Mr. Obama's tax-raising and government-expanding agenda. While millions take issue with that agenda, millions more react strongly to his recently revealed social views. His remarks about abortion and gun rights are particularly troublesome.

Continued at www2.nysun.com
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