Friday, March 7, 2008

Obama: The Man Behind the Curtain

"IGNORE THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!"

Remember in the Wizard of Oz that famous scene where Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Lion, and the Scarecrow went to see this "all-powerful Wizard of OZ"? They were greeted by this massive head with fire and flames around him. But behind the smoke and mirrors... was a man behind the curtain.

The Democratic Party is beginning to pull the curtain on their Wizard and Obama behind the curtain is not the Obama they know.

In the past week, we've seen the front that Obama gave us start to disappear. NAFTA-Gate showed that while Obama will go on about how NAFTA is, in a sense, the root of all the problems with losing jobs in America and attack Clinton for supporting it, we found out that this was all "rhetoric" and that it was, just like The Wizard of Oz, nothing more than smoke and mirrors.

Then, we found out that one of his top contributors is now on trial for... wait for it... fraud, attempted extortion and money laundering. The problem isn't that Obama knew him. It isn't that Obama took his money. The problem is that it shows a shady dealing, and we're now forced to wonder if he will make sure everyone is clean in his White House.

And just yesterday, an Obama aid said, albeit "off the record", that Hillary Clinton was a "monster". She quickly resigned and apologized. And, no, in politics, there is no such thing as "off the record." Trust me, I learned that one the hard way.

It isn't that all of these things should be used against Obama; on the contrary, the only thing from these three recent events that should cause supporters to give Obama a second-look is the NAFTA. At the same time, reports are now coming out that it was the Clinton campaign that leaked the memo. Despite that, the memo is still true.

We're starting to look behind the curtain at Obama and see what really happens.

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