Barack is selling out the lives of future generations to big oil. I wish I could say this most recent flip-flop surprises me or that he’s become a disappointment.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that’s what it takes to enact a comprehensive policy to foster fuel-efficient autos and develop alternate energy sources.

Shifting from his previous opposition to expanded offshore drilling, the Illinois senator told a Florida newspaper he could get behind a compromise with Republicans and oil companies to prevent gridlock over energy…

…”The Republicans and the oil companies have been really beating the drums on drilling,” Obama said in the Post interview. “And so we don’t want gridlock. We want to get something done.”

Later, Obama issued a written statement warmly welcoming a proposal sent to Senate leaders Friday by 10 senators — five from each party. Their proposal seeks to break the impasse over offshore oil development and is expected to be examined more closely in September after Congress returns from its summer recess.

The so-called Gang of 10 plan would lift drilling bans in the eastern Gulf of Mexico within 50 miles of Florida’s beaches and in the South Atlantic off Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, but only if a state agrees to the oil and gas development along its coast. The states would share in revenues from oil and gas development.

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Rather than adhere to the democratic principle that representatives work for us and must represent our interests as public servants, Obama recently told a group of Uhuru News activists who asked “Why is it you have not had the courtesy for one time to speak on interests of the oppressed and exploited black community in this nation?” that his answer wasn’t going to “satisfy their positions” and that they could always vote for someone else. It’s that kind of pompous attitude which shows Democrats take our votes for granted.

When you can’t even address the American people with the same kind of willingness that you do towards AIPAC, there’s a big fucking problem. Barack’s challenge for liberals to look elsewhere suggests that he’s not fearful of losing votes for selling us out to corporations. He’s relying on the notion that liberals will ultimately need to vote for him once they realize they have nowhere else to go. Unfortunately for him, enough of us do know where to go - towards third parties and independents. Obama never gives us a seat at his theoretic table where he brings together Republicans and corporations in order to “get things done”. Liberals who support Obama are just as guilty of selling themselves out as the morons in Middle America who supported Bush the last two elections against their own interests.