Re-Writing History: Obama To Meet With Iran Without Condition....Oh, No Wait

After insisting that he would meet with Iranian leaders personally and without condition, it appears the Obama campaign is now backtracking, and by "backtracking" I mean "lying". Of course, for liberals history always began this morning, and so it's no wonder the New York Times reports the following story with a straight face:

Susan E. Rice, a former State Department and National Security Council official who is a foreign policy adviser to the Democratic candidate, said that “for political purposes, Senator Obama’s opponents on the right have distorted and reframed” his views. Mr. McCain and his surrogates have repeatedly stated that Mr. Obama would be willing to meet “unconditionally” with Mr. Ahmadinejad. But Dr. Rice said that this was not the case for Iran or any other so-called “rogue” state. Mr. Obama believes “that engagement at the presidential level, at the appropriate time and with the appropriate preparation, can be used to leverage the change we need,” Dr. Rice said. “But nobody said he would initiate contacts at the presidential level; that requires due preparation and advance work.”

Hmmm. But I seem to remember Barack explicitly saying that meetings with Iran would be absolutely without precondition. Yes, I'm sure I've heard that somewhere before. Oh yes, here it is, as reported in (of all places) the The New York Times:

Senator Barack Obama said he would “engage in aggressive personal diplomacy” with Iran if elected president, and would offer economic inducements and a possible promise not to seek “regime change” if Iran stopped meddling in Iraq and cooperated on terrorism and nuclear issues…
Making clear that he planned to talk to Iran without preconditions, Mr. Obama emphasized further that “changes in behavior” by Iran could possibly be rewarded with membership in the World Trade Organization, other economic benefits and security guarantees…
Mr. Obama’s willingness to conduct talks at the highest level with Iran … differs significantly from the Bush administration.

And, just in case you don't think that's enough proof, here's some video of Barack saying the same thing.

As for his claim that FDR and Truman "talked to our enemies"...Hot Air has a great response here.

Hat tip to Hot Air for helping expose this story.