Your rant was highly inaccurate, but very revealing...just to let you know JustSayNoDeal incorporates a
many groups...more than just women...TONS of information for disaffected Democrats and others who do not support Barack Obama.
For example:
Stop-Obama
Of Obama, Iraq, Lies, and moral pygmys
Gregory Chang
Obama spends so much time
attacking those who voted for the Iraq war, youd think he voted against it (some are under just such an
impression).
He conveniently and deliberately fails to mention that he was never asked to take such a vote. Doing so would undermine his aggressive campaign of ridiculing those Senators
who did have to, and cut the current from his antiwar hallo. It would also shred the mantle of moral superiority his antiwar drivel now affords him.
Obama wasnt among those Senator who had to make the crucial decision to authorize military force in Iraq, and his attacks on such Senators are odious. Cheap posturing with 20/20 hindsight. The media remain silent, when not outright complicit.
Past statements made by senator Obama, reveal that his present attacks on other Clinton and McCain are dishonest, and the result of political necessity. He wants to win the Primary at any cost. Truth does not appear high on Obamas list of priorities. This casts doubt on his honesty, integrity, and intentions.
Previously Obama had acknowledged that he was not privy to the Senate Intelligence briefings that had shaped Senators votes on Iraq. He was conciliatory and speculated that his own decision may have been different.
16 months ago, the
New York Times reported that:
In a recent interview, he [Obama] declined to criticize Senators Kerry and Edwards for voting to authorize the war, although he said he would not have done the same based on the information he had at the time. But, Im not privy to Senate intelligence reports, Mr. Obama said. What would I have done? I dont know. What I know is that from my vantage point the case was not made.
When a
journalist pointed out that such statements raised flags about Obamas anti-war spin, Obama informed the public that he only did it once, to
avoid putting down John Kerry and John Edwards, two senators who had voted to authorize the war and were about to become their partys presidential ticket. The only time when I said Im not sure what I would do if I were in the Senate was right before the Democratic convention, when we had two nominees that obviously I did not want to be criticizing right before they got up and received the nomination, [CNN, October 02, 2007]
Obama admitted to having lied, when asked whether his words at the time were honest :
But you didnt mean it?
-So well, no.
As if one lie wasnt enough, he emphasized the singular nature of this dissimulation :
Obama told Candy Crowley that was the only time he ever said anything like that.
Could Obama have forgotten that only a year earlier, in reference to Hillary Clintons war vote, which he refused to judge, he stated quite emphatically
I think what people might point to is our different assessments of the war in Iraq, although Im always careful to say that I was not in the Senate, so perhaps the reason I thought it was such a bad idea was that I didnt have the benefit of U.S. intelligence. And, for those who did, it might have led to a different set of choices. So that might be something that sort of is obvious. But, again, we were in different circumstances at that time: I was running for the U.S. Senate, she had to take a vote, and casting votes is always a difficult test.
How would one run against Hillary Clinton, in that sense?
-Oh, I dont know.
You never gave it any thought?
-I havent.
You sure?
-Positive.
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new yorker, November 6, 2006]
Yah, from I said it only once, to always careful in the blink of an eye. Dont worry, the media have long died. Since Iraq, when they couldnt stop juxtaposing Saddam with Ossama so we could invade Iraq on the pretext of fighting terrorism, whod expect them to report well on another unknown - Obama? How else could the media make sure he wins the primary, so they can milk him for all hes worth? By asking him tough questions? Whose gonna read that?
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Seen from the present context of Obamas election campaign, his past statements raise doubt about the sincerity of his antiwar rhetoric, and the integrity of a man who promises to unify and reconcile while badgering his opponents with unsubstantiated moral authority. Are these the actions of a man worthy of a Presidential nomination, or those of a moral pygmy?