Obama and Edwards rap clinton over Iraq Vote

[illinoisprogressive]

CONCORD, N.H. — Hillary Rodham Clinton's votes and statements on war and torture should give voters pause, Democratic rival Barack Obama said Wednesday on the fifth anniversary of Congress' vote to authorize military force in Iraq.

Former Sen. John Edwards chimed in with his own criticism of Clinton on the war.

Obama, who was in the Illinois state Senate at time of the vote, said the New York senator now is painting her support in a different light.

"What's clear when you look at her statements and her approach to the problem, she was too willing to give the president a blank check. There's been a little bit of revisionist history since that time, where she indicates she was only authorizing only inspectors or additional diplomacy," Obama said in an interview with The Associated Press.

"I think everybody in Washington and people in New Hampshire and round the country understood this was a vote for war. The question is: Does she apply different judgment today?"

Edwards, who voted for the measure but has since apologized for that decision, said in a statement from North Carolina:

"Unfortunately, political rhetoric aside, Senator Clinton has no specific plan to end the war in Iraq. Instead, she refuses to commit to a specific timeline for withdrawal and has made it clear that she will continue 'combat missions' in Iraq."

Obama and Edwards have been criticizing Clinton daily on the war and on a recent vote to label Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization _ a stance they suggest could affect U.S. commitments in the region.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071010/obama-clinton/

[Bitwit1234]

1. This is crap..Obama wasn't man enough to show up to vote.

I said I wasn't going to say any thing negative, just joke along but this deserves and answer. HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO ROOM TO SAY ANYTHING. IF HE COULDN'T MUSTER UP THE COURAGE TO VOTE HE SHOULD SHUT UP. I guess he was waiting to see what happened so he could straddle the fence and that is what he is going. SHAME, SHAME.

[killbotfactory]

7. How was he supposed to vote for or against the IWR?

[rinsd]

2. Yes Obama keep saying how important this war vote was.

When you couldn't even be bothered to show up.

[illinoisprogressive]

3. One more time on the Iran vote. When Obama left the day before the vote was tabled.

The next day Reid suddenly put it back on to vote on right away. obama being in NH could not get back to Washinton in time.
This is the facts.
ask Reid why he tabled it when Obama was there and told him it would not be coming up anytime soon.

[Clintonista2]

4. Uh huh, keep on with those rationalizations!

Even though 6 months ago he co-sponsored a bill IDENTICAL to the one that was just passed.

[rinsd]

5. NV on Kyl-Lieb, MoveOn, SCHIP etc etc.

I know John Edwards makes it look fun to criticize from outside the Senate but to my knowledge Obama is still the Senator from Illinois.

[madrchsod]

6. no democrat should have voted for this piece of crap resolution

yes no body should have showed up. it was a set up and everyone fell for it. now for the first time in our history another country`s army is listed as a terrorist organization....the door is wide open for an air strike in iran. but hey ,we have to show iran that we have bigger dicks than they do..