What possible motive would a candidate have for moving close to positions supported by the current President? The one with the 29% approval rating. I dunno. You think he might be pandering? Just a tad.

But seriously. It would do Obama some good to have a little shame.

Not Barky. A Bushie.

Barack W. Bush?

Take social issues. Obama is now a gun-rights advocate. Like Bush, he applauded the Supreme Court’s overturning of a Washington, D.C., ordinance banning the possession of handguns.

The senator, also like Bush, supports the death penalty. He recently objected to the court’s rejection of a state law that allowed for the execution of child rapists.

And although Obama is still pro-choice, he now, like the president, thinks “mental distress” should not justify late-term abortion.

In addition, the new Obama would like to continue — and even expand — Bush’s controversial faith-based initiative program of involving churches in government anti-poverty programs.

I kind of expect Obama to pull a Dave Chappelle number and go for that redneck vote.

The Black White Supremacist.

Do any of you put it past him? This guy changes skin as easy as he throws people under the bus. And that Republican skin feels much more comfortable than it should.

During the primaries, Obama seemed to advocate the dismantling of the North American Free Trade Agreement. But now candidate Obama has little desire to overturn the present Bush trade policies.

On foreign policy and the war against terror, Obama once leaned left in his primary battles against Hillary Clinton. But his latest mutations move him once again closer to George Bush.

It really is beginning to seem as if Obama has no firm convictions. His support goes to the highest bidder. The one with the most influence.

Does any of that bring you comfort?! It scares the hell out of me!