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To: combjelly who wrote (395956)	7/3/2008 10:26:49 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1573900

Bush's 3rd term "We're beginning to understand why Barack Obama keeps protesting so vigorously against the prospect of 'George Bush's third term.' Maybe he's worried that someone will notice that he's the candidate who's running for it," the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday in an editorial. "Most presidential candidates adapt their message after they win their party nomination, but Mr. Obama isn't merely 'running to the center.' He's fleeing from many of his primary positions so markedly and so rapidly that he's embracing a sizable chunk of President Bush's policy. Who would have thought that a Democrat would rehabilitate the much-maligned Bush agenda?" the newspaper asked, citing among other things Mr. Obama's endorsement of government funding for faith-based charities and his retreat on opting out of free-trade agreements. The journal noted that Mr. Obama has reversed himself on retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that assisted in eavesdropping on foreign terrorists. "Perhaps it is dawning on Mr. Obama that, if he does become president, he'll be responsible for preventing any new terrorist attack. So now he's happy to throw the New York Times under the bus." The newspaper added: "Look for Mr. Obama to use his forthcoming visit to Iraq as an excuse to drop those withdrawal plans faster than he can say Jeremiah Wright 'was not the person that I met 20 years ago.'"