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Topic started on 19-3-2008 @ 09:23 PM by biggie smalls

Obama: Trust me to end the war


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Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that Hillary Rodham Clinton could not be trusted to end the Iraq war because she only started opposing it when she began her bid for president.

In a speech not far from North Carolina's Fort Bragg military base, the Democratic presidential hopeful told military families and local officials that the war has emboldened al-Qaida, the Taliban, Iran and North Korea.
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reply posted on 19-3-2008 @ 09:23 PM by biggie smalls
While I may not agree with some of his statements, he seems to be fairly straightforward with his Iraq war voting. I'd much rather see him as President than the Clinton family again.

I am not interested in seeing Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Bush Jr-Bush Jr-and then Clinton-Clinton?

That's what one would call a duopoly. Two families in power for 24-28 years. Pretty sickening to me.

"Ask yourself," Obama told the crowd, "Who do you trust to end a war: someone who opposed the war from the beginning, or someone who started opposing it when they started preparing a run for president?"


Well Barack, I think you already know how I feel.

Obama used the five-year anniversary of the Iraq invasion to again cast himself as the only true anti-war candidate, one who openly opposed the invasion as a state lawmaker. He renewed criticism of Clinton for voting to authorize the use of force against Iraq.


He wasn't the only "anti-war" candidate. Ron Paul, Mike Gravel, and Dennis Kucinich had been anti-war the entire time the war was going on. You may not have voted to go to war, I'll give you that much.

And of course the Clintons have to put their own spin on the story:

Clinton campaign spokesman Phil Singer responded: "The reality is that Senator Obama took practically no action to end the war until he started his White House run while Senator Clinton has been a consistent critic of Iraq for many years."


That's an outright lie. Hillary voted to go to war and believes in the freaking war on terror, which is a load of crap.

"What we need in our next commander in chief is not a stubborn refusal to acknowledge reality or empty rhetoric about 3 a.m. phone calls," he said. "What we need is a pragmatic strategy that focuses on fighting our real enemies, rebuilding alliances and renewing our engagement with the world's people."


Amen.

I'm not a huge fan of either candidate, but I will do whatever I can to keep the Clintons out of the Oval Office (I know you have some fond memories Bill, but no more from the oral office; Monica is retired from under the table service).




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reply posted on 19-3-2008 @ 09:27 PM by biggie smalls
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Does anyone trust this man to end the war? I trust him more than Hillary, but that isn't saying a whole lot.

I'd prefer to see a candidate like Paul or Kucinich win, but that likelihood has gone out the window soon after the media stopped letting either in any serious debates.



reply posted on 21-3-2008 @ 09:42 AM by FlyersFan
Originally posted by biggie smalls
he seems to be fairly straightforward with his Iraq war voting.


He wasn't even in the senate to be able to vote for or against the war.

If you mean that he's been straightforward about his 'stand' on the war... Well .. not really.

howlinglatina.blogspot.com...

www.commentarymagazine.com...

He's claiming to have been against it all the time. But the fact is that he has done kerry-style flip flop flip flops. Obamas stand blows in the wind and bends to whatever the current political climate is.

At one point he said that his stand on the war and that of George Bush were virtually the same.
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