Some “changes of the mind”….

1. Why has he sometimes said his first name is Arabic, and other times Swahili?

2. Why did he make up names in his first book, as the introduction acknowledges?

3. Why did he say two years ago that he would “absolutely” serve out his Senate term, which ends in 2011, and that the idea of him running for president this cycle was “silly” and hype “that’s been a little overblown”?

4. Dodd says Obama flip-flopped on social security. Senator Barack Obama’s characterized the highly successful Social Security program as being in “crisis,” just nine days after he said the opposite stating that “Social Security is not in crisis.”

5. Obama flip-flopped on his “one America” position—in his “one America” speech. He said that while Illinoisans don’t expect the government to solve their problems, Illinoisans are going to kick and scream until the government solves their problems.

6. Obama flip-flopped on Alito (”A filibuster would be a waste” then “OK, I’ll support a filibuster as a symbolic gesture”) and he flip-flopped on lobbying reform.

7. In one debate at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, with Tim Russert serving as Moderator, Obama just flip-flopped and stated to Tim Russert that he would “do everthing necessary” to stop Iran from becoming a Nuclear Power. If Senator Obama vacillates on his postion when Tim Russert poses a question to him, what would Obama do or say in tense discussions with World Leaders. I reiterate that Obama lacks Leadership.

8. Obama flip-flopped on the Iraq war. Obama was an opponent of the Iraq War from its inception, when he was an Illinois state senator. But later he also said the U.S. now had an obligation to see the war through. “I don’t think any of us should be rooting for failure in Iraq at this point,” he said. “This is no longer George Bush’s war. This is our war.” . Obama said he would support sending more troops to Iraq if it would hasten the end of the war. An immediate withdrawal, he said, would create “an extraordinary hotbed of terrorist activity” and be “a slap in the face” to the troops fighting there. However, in January, Obama proposed legislation that would have started pulling out troops in May 2007 with a goal of having all combat troops out by March 31, 2008.