Alright, we all agree that coastal drilling is good ... high gas prices bad. I'm sure Mr. Obama is engaged in pandering. Although I agree that pandering is commonplace in today's political world, should we expect and accept it? To be pandered to is not a good thing.

Pandering:

To cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses.

In politics, pandering is to portray one's views to fit in line with a certain crowd of voters the candidate is attempting to impress, when often, these are not the candidate's true beliefs. A candidate may engage in pandering out of desperation if s/he is already losing a race, or if polls taken prior to an election show others as being in the lead.

Pander is also synonymous with pimping. I like that, "Political Pimping."

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