Wonkette

Seeking to capitalize on what the other candidates call his “lack of experience,” Obama spoke to a regional UAW convention about how he’s better than Hillary Clinton or John Edwards on international trade issues because he didn’t have an opportunity to vote against NAFTA but he totally would have, he swears! Notably, Clinton (elected in 2000) and Edwards (elected in 1998) didn’t have the opportunity to vote for or against the legislation either but, you know, Bill Clinton signed it, which obviously means that Hillary would have voted for it.

Obama also said his political inexperience was a good thing because it meant he doesn’t yet have to flip-flop on the issues like other candidates to try to win elections by telling everyone what they want to hear before the election and then doing what he wants to do once he wins. Also, he noted that “Triangulating and poll testing our positions because we’re afraid of what Mitt or Rudy might say about us just won’t do.” I guess I hope he’s just saying this as an applause line and not because he believes it because, otherwise, he really is naive and un-electable. What candidate ever wins based on his or her own beliefs and not based on crapping all over the other candidate and making everyone believe that he will do what they most want him to do even though it’s impossible to please everyone all the time?