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To: LindyBill who wrote (253160)	6/5/2008 11:44:43 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793771

The WP's Dana Milbank says Obama's speech showed how "a mere 12 hours" after claiming the nomination, the senator from Illinois had "changed himself into an Israel hard-liner." The change, which was "mostly in tone, but occasionally in substance," was a central part of Obama's effort to get Jewish-Americans, a key constituency, on his side. "As a pandering performance, it was the full Monty by a candidate who, during the primary, had positioned himself to Hillary Clinton's left on matters Obviously, I'm hearing this as a big Obama skeptic, but I have to think that these flip-flops (though never labeled as such by an obsequious press) have got to damage Obama's credibility with average voters. I mean, normal people know what a bs artist sounds like. Normal people over college age know what it means when a politician sounds like one.