Obama wants to shift to a new subject

By GottaLaff

Can we finally stop accusing Obama of "shifting"? It's so 5 minutes ago:

Asked by a voter about accusations of flip-flopping, Democrat Barack Obama dismissed the notion Tuesday that he has been shifting stances on Iraq, guns and the death penalty to break with his party's liberal wing and court a wider swath of voters.

"The people who say this haven't apparently been listening to me," the likely Democratic presidential nominee said in response to a question at a town-hall style event.

Obama blamed criticism from "my friends on the left" and "some of the media" in part on cynicism that ascribes political motives for every move candidates make. "You're not going to agree with me on 100 percent of what I think, but don't assume that if I don't agree with you on something that it must be because I'm doing that politically," he said. "I may just disagree with you."

The Illinois senator was responding to a question from a self-described "reformed Republican" who said he worked for Democrat Bobby Kennedy four decades ago and thanked Obama for restoring "that faith."

"You had an interesting week off being accused of flip-flopping, which is mostly nonsense," the man said. He then asked Obama to restate his Iraq position, and Obama used the opportunity to dispel the idea he had changed his stances on a range of issues.

Time to move on.

Oh, and there's this UPDATE:

Responding to enduring criticism that he has flip-flopped on the issue, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment to ending the Iraq war.

“I am going to bring this war to an end,” Obama said at a town hall meeting in Georgia. “So don’t be confused: I will bring the Iraq war to a close when I’m president of the United States of America.”

By the way, when I Googled "shift" images, John Sidney McCain's face showed up.