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Originally Posted by CosmicRocker
Didn't i just say being amendable to change is a good thing?? 
But change needs to be because of a concrete reason, not simply because of a change from campaign rhetoric,
to the governing mode..
I se a lot of indecision, or vascillation in Obama.
That's not as bad as a slave to an orthodox dogma,
but it isn't all that good either.
Give me someone whom is consistent - willing to change if the reasons on the ground change,
but not because of political circumstances.
PS> I'm oing by what the article states.
I can't go thru all his " official positions", but if you want to boil it down for me, i'll be happy to listen. |
Don't expect this to happen all the time, man, but here is what his site says as well as a link to it:
Trade
Obama believes that trade with foreign nations should strengthen the American economy and create more American jobs. He will stand firm against agreements that undermine our economic security.
* Fight for Fair Trade: Obama will fight for a trade policy that opens up foreign markets to support good American jobs. He will use trade agreements to spread good labor and environmental standards around the world and stand firm against agreements like the Central American Free Trade Agreement that fail to live up to those important benchmarks. Obama will also pressure the World Trade Organization to enforce trade agreements and stop countries from continuing unfair government subsidies to foreign exporters and nontariff barriers on U.S. exports.
* Amend the North American Free Trade Agreement: Obama believes that NAFTA and its potential were oversold to the American people. Obama will work with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to fix NAFTA so that it works for American workers.
* Improve Transition Assistance: To help all workers adapt to a rapidly changing economy, Obama would update the existing system of Trade Adjustment Assistance by extending it to service industries, creating flexible education accounts to help workers retrain, and providing retraining assistance for workers in sectors of the economy vulnerable to dislocation before they lose their jobs.
Barack Obama | Change We Can Believe In | Economy
Also, his original take on NAFTA:
Tuesday, Feb. 26: Debating in Cleveland, Ohio, both Clinton and Obama take identical stands on NAFTA. Both agree when pressed by NBC's Tim Russert that they would threaten to pull the U.S. out of NAFTA unless Canada and Mexico agree to new terms:
Moderator Tim Russert: Will you, as president, say we are out of NAFTA in six months?
Clinton: I have said that I will renegotiate NAFTA, so obviously, you'd have to say to Canada and Mexico that that's exactly what we're going to do. . . . Yes, I am serious. . . . I will say we will opt out of NAFTA unless we renegotiate it, and we renegotiate on terms that are favorable to all of America. . . .
Q: Senator Obama . . . Simple question: Will you, as president, say to Canada and Mexico, "This has not worked for us; we are out"?
Obama: I will make sure that we renegotiate, in the same way that Senator Clinton talked about. And I think actually Senator Clinton's answer on this one is right. I think we should use the hammer of a potential opt-out as leverage to ensure that we actually get labor and environmental standards that are enforced. And that is not what has been happening so far.
Source: Transcript, "The Democratic Debate in Cleveland," New York Times 26 Feb 2008.
FactCheck.org: The Facts About 'NAFTA-Gate'
Compare this to Oldman's post and get back to me.