Barack "They Call Me Flipper" Obama

The list of Barack's "Flipper" moments keeps growing longer than Pinochiobama's nose.



Check out the list of irreverent reversals by clicking on the image of our little friend above.

Hey liberals, how's your messiah now?

HT to Matt at WMD for maintaining the list.

What Does Obama Have In Common With Chris Dodd And Kent Conrad?

Other than their political affiliation, they all received discounts on their mortgages.

From The Los Angeles Times:

Shortly after joining the U.S. Senate and while enjoying a surge in income, Barack Obama bought a $1.65-million restored Georgian mansion in an upscale Chicago neighborhood. He secured a $1.32-million mortgage from Northern Trust in Illinois.

The freshman Democratic senator received a discount. He locked in an interest rate of 5.625% on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at a time when such loans in Chicago averaged as much as 6%. The loan was unusually large, known in banker lingo as a "super super jumbo." Obama paid no origination fee or discount points, as some consumers did to reduce their interest rates.

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So, is this a standard perk for senators? Bet you won't hear much about it in the old 527 media.

Barry O'Carter Wants To Take The Faith Out Of Faith-Based Initiative

All I've heard today on the 527 media is how Barry O'Carter is working to get the faith-based vote away from John McCain.

From the Heritage Foundation:

In his speech today on faith-based programs, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) proposed that religious groups cannot compete for government contracts unless they give up their freedom to consider religion in their hiring decisions, a radical proposal that effectively repeals Charitable Choice:

In order to receive federal funds to provide social services, faith-based organizations … must comply with federal anti-discrimination laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Religious organizations that receive federal dollars cannot discriminate with respect to hiring for government-funded social service programs.

This is a complete reversal of the Charitable Choice language that President Bill Clinton signed in 1996. Obama’s plan says that when a faith-based organization takes federal dollars, it could be forced to hire an atheist or else lose its federal funding. Since people make policy, by losing the ability to control its people, the group would lose its ability to preserve its faith-based character. In other words, it would strike at the heart of the faith-based initiative.

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It sounds to me like he is trying to neutralize faith-based organizations and it should be something that members of those organizations should be very alarmed about.