Further illustrating the separation between Obama and the extreme left
of his party, Obama said at a speech of the NAACP that he would
increase funding for No Child Left Behind....
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/07/15/43obama_web.html?tmp=1277207917
....if elected. This is just the latest such example. Last week, he
told the teachers unions that he sup****ted charter schools and
performance pay for teachers. All three (NCLB, charter schools, and
performance pay) are opposed by teacher unions.
Of course, this is a change in Obama's message on No Child Left
Behind. Like the troop surge of Iraq, gun rights, abortion, and many
other areas, Obama had one message in the primaries to get the party
nomination. However, upon getting that nomination, he has come full
center...almost a conservative invasion into Republican territory.
Recent re****ters have been asking if Obama was a Progressive acting
centrist or if he was a centrist that was, simply, acting
progressive. With each of these stories, it would seem the latter.
However, I think the truth is that he is really just a politician that
will say anything to get elected (he was for NCLB before he was
against it...paraphrase of Kerry), and who knows what he'd do if
elected. Of course, the very same is true for McCain.
Kenneth Clifton
christiansuperhero.com
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