it's sorta funny that it is somehow the MSM's fault for erroneously reporting his position on
the issue when it was accurate 10 minutes before the report. as though it is someone else's
fault (and we already know that BHO has issues with things being his "fault") that he changes
his position as often as he changes his pants.
but when you change your position "that you have held for months" with such suddenness and
frequency that your own web guys can't keep up . . . well, that would indicate to me that there
is a whole different problem at work.
the garbled text from his web site is hilarious.
NASA Funding A 'Top Priority,' Obama Tells Space Coast
Appearing in the heart of Florida's Space Coast, Barack Obama said Saturday that he has decided to drop his long-standing proposal to help pay for his program for early childhood education by trimming the NASA budget.
In making that announcement, Obama also seemed to take issue with some media for continuing to report as of Saturday morning that he had been proposing a delay for NASA's next generation of manned space vehicles and a return to the moon.
The Tampa Tribune, for instance, reported Saturday that Obama would be questioned about the issue by space industry workers expected to attend Saturday's meeting at City Hall in Titusville, near the Kennedy Space Center.
"I know it's still being reported that we were talking about delaying some aspects of the Constellation program to pay for our early education program," Obama said in remarks to the crowd.
"I told my staff we're going to find an entirely different offset, because we've got to make sure that the money that's going into NASA for basic research and development continues to go there," Obama said. "That has been a top priority for us."
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The BarackStar!'s website on Friday:
On Friday, his Web site still specified that his $10 billion-a-year early education plan would be paid, in part, by "delaying the NASA Constellation program for five years using purchase cards and the negotiating power of the government to reduce costs of standardized procurement, auctioning surplus federal property, and reducing the erroneous payments identified by the Government Accountability Office, and closing the CEO pay deductibility loophole."
But by Saturday morning, there was evidence the Obama Web site had suddenly been changed. Where the reference to delaying the Constellation program for five years had been, there instead appeared a slightly garbled sentence that appeared as if someone cut the NASA reference and inserted notes. It read:"Barack Obama's early education and K-12 plan package costs about $18 billion per year. you will pay for this plan without increasing the deficit with a portion of the savings from your plan to cut wasteful and unnecessary spending. This includes reforming and reducing earmark spending, reforming federal contracting procedures, using purchase cards and the negotiating power of the government to reduce costs of standardized procurement, auctioning surplus federal property, and reducing the erroneous payments identified by the Government Accountability Office, and closing the CEO pay deductibility loophole."
and his website
now (.pdf)IX. A COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
Barack Obama’s early education and K-12 plan package costs about $18 billion per year. Obama will
pay for this plan without increasing the deficit with a portion of the savings from his plan to cut wasteful
and unnecessary spending. This includes reforming and reducing earmark spending, reforming federal
contracting procedures, using purchase cards and the negotiating power of the government to reduce
costs of standardized procurement, auctioning surplus federal property, and reducing the erroneous
payments identified by the Government Accountability Office, and closing the CEO pay deductibility
loophole.
