TALE OF TWO FLIP-FLOPPERS - Just a Minute for Friday 7-25-08

Howdy Folks – Paul Harvey always says IT’S FRIDAY!  Like we might not have one every week…

 

            Truth is this week has seemed to run over into next week. I have Barak on the trail with three anchors trailing behind him. Reminds me of Dr. Luke’s description of the people with Paul sailing for Rome and about to be shipwrecked. I’m always gripped by the realistic language in the 27^th Chapter of Acts (verse 29) ”Then, fearing lest we should fall upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern and wished for the day.” Kind of odd for Obama to be followed about by three anchors… I wonder who’s missing? Chris Matthews maybe. Anyway its been a raucous week… and I don’t think it’s over yet.

 

            But today’s program takes a 60 second look at the record of flip flops that became such a hassle four years ago when John Kerry’s stories of his Viet Nam war effort (you probably forgot all about that didn’t you) started being mentioned by him in every story – his shipmates in the Swift Boats decided they’d had enough and “being swiftboated” has entered our political parlance. I’m thinking we have many more miles to go, hills to climb and creeks to ford before we get to the first week in November. It is my fervent hope Congress can pull itself together enough after this is over to somehow shorten the campaign marathon. This has been the longest campaign in my memory which goes back a long way. [g]

 

            Anyway, we’ve had a little relief from the heat – perhaps soon we’ll get some relief from the hot air. If the current polls are to be believed the issue most in the mind of the voters right now concerns bringing gas prices back to earth. And polling numbers out yesterday indicate the presidential race is a close one – although you wouldn’t know it from BIG media. Let’s just all cool it for a while.  The bridges to be crossed are mostly still ahead of us.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack

 

http://www.jebcovoice.net/audio/jama07-25-08.mp3

 

http://www.jebcovoice.net/scripts/jamt07-25-08.doc

 

 

“JUST A MINUTE”

TALE OF TWO FLIP-FLOPPERS

Just A Minute – Today we compare two flip-floppers:

 John McCain now wants to drill for oil on the seabed – says four dollar gas changed his mind. OK… people may still wonder why he still won’t drill on two thousand acre in the 19 million-acre Arctic Wildlife Refuge. But, -- OK.

He flipped also on the ‘01 and ‘03 tax cuts wanting to “… see them shared more by working Americans." Now supporting the cuts he says if you let ‘em continue they amount to tax hikes… OK – well at least McCain fesses up and explains.

Barak Obama has flipped on political funding, free trade, NAFTA, welfare reform, D.C. gun ban, Terrorist Surveillance,  status of Jerusalem, lapel pins, and disowning Jeremiah Wright (among others) – not only not explaining but acts as if they never happened.

Then there’s Iraq: In ’06 and early ’07 it was ‘everybody out now – even voting to cut off funds while troops were in combat. All that’s flipped!  Last week in the New York Times he talked about missions for his “residual forces” perhaps sixty to eighty thousand still in Iraq still in 2010.

            Hey – wait a minute man -- this ain’t checkers!

<> I’m Jack Buttram

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