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Wow! Can Sen. Obama change his stance anymore frequently on issues that helped him "win the primary"? He puts Sen. Kerry's famous "war bill flip flop" to shame.

Sen. Obama's recent flip flop's:

1. Public Financing

Barack Obama's decision not to accept public financing for his general-election campaign makes him look hypocritical.

For months, Sen. Obama had been saying he would sit down with Sen. McCain and agree to stay within the presidential public financing system that's, a system designed to keep the special interests at bay. That agreement somehow never came about.

2. Iraq War

Speaking at a press conference in Fargo, N. D., he said he would "refine" his policy on Iraq after visiting there later this summer and speaking with commanders instead of what he declared in December that he wanted to "end the war in Iraq" and "bring our troops home within 16 months."

3. Warrantless Wiretappingl

Sen. Obama had initially opposed retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies in the bill. However he voted for the compromise bill! He supported the bill, which exempts telecommunications companies from lawsuits stemming from wiretapping cases.

Not that McCain is any better!

Steve Benen at Carpetbagger Report has been accumulating a list of McCain flip flops. He's now up to 62 cases of policy reversals by Senator McCain. A couple examples:

National Security Policy

- McCain thought Bush’s warrantless-wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite.
- McCain was for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay before he was against it.

Foreign Policy

- McCain supported moving “towards normalization of relations” with Cuba. Now he believes the opposite.
- McCain believed the U.S. should engage in diplomacy with Syria. Now he believes the opposite.

Military Policy

- McCain recently claimed that he was the “greatest critic” of Rumsfeld’s failed Iraq policy. In December 2003, McCain praised the same strategy as “a mission accomplished.” In March 2004, he said, “I’m confident we’re on the right course.” In December 2005, he said, “Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course.”
- McCain said before the war in Iraq, “We will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” Four years later, McCain said he knew all along that the war in Iraq war was “probably going to be long and hard and tough.”
- McCain was against expanding the GI Bill before he was for it.

Domestic Policy

- McCain defended “privatizing” Social Security. Now he says he’s against privatization (though he actually still supports it.)
- In 2005, McCain endorsed intelligent design creationism, a year later he said the opposite, and a few months after that, he was both for and against creationism at the same time.

Economic Policy

- McCain said in 2005 that he opposed the tax cuts because they were “too tilted to the wealthy.” By 2007, he denied ever having said this, and falsely argued that he opposed the cuts because of increased government spending.

Looks like in this election we have a choice: which flip flopper do we want as president? Sen. McCain or Sen. Obama?

Or maybe in this election there isnt a choice...just a lack of options