Should Obama's web site from 5 years ago be considered a campaign issue?

[zulchzulu]

It's been bandied by the Clinton campaign about Obama's web site in 2003 (that's right, 5 years ago) having the video of him being against the Iraq War (http://barack-obama-videos.com/watch/?vid=3422) taken down. The text of his speech was on his web site and the video was all over the net.

Should what was on or off Obama's web site five years ago be a valid campaign issue?

[PresidentObama]

1. Not really, no.

[sandnsea]

2. He wasn't in the Senate then

What web site?

[zulchzulu]

5. It was his web site where he was running for his Senate seat

The video had been on there, but they decided to add other content. The text of his speech was still on the site and he campaigned that he was against the war when he was running for the Senate seat.

[sandnsea]

13. Is it still up?

I clicked on it the other day and it was dead, I thought.

[wyldwolf]

3. If his campaign narrative is he's always opposed the war, then what is and has been on his site ...

... is relevant.

[PresidentObama]

4. He has always been opposed to the war. Where's the beef?

[LatinManNH]

9. Should Obama's political record and related docs from 5+ yrs

be a campaign issue? I should "hope" so.

[zulchzulu]

10. So the text of his speech being on his site was not enough?

Smells like Clintonion desperation...

[MethuenProgressive]

6. No! No! No! Nothing from Obama's past or his Senate record should be mentioned - EVER!!

So WHAT if what he says now isn't true? He's dreamy!

[PresidentObama]

8. He wasn't in the Senate in 2003....

And read the OP, he removed the video.

The text was still there.

Where's the problem?

[MethuenProgressive]

11. Exactly! So nothing he said in 2003 should be held against him!

So WHAT if the record shows he's being untruthful! He's pretty!

[PresidentObama]

12. A baseless claim he's being untruthful that has nothing to do with the OP.

No steak and all sizzle is what I see in your petty attacks on fellow Democrats.

And he posted the text of the speech on his website.

Where's the problem? Seriously....

[zanne]

16. So, questions about long-ago drug use are out, right? nt

[Double T]

7. When a candidate says there going to oppose something THEN.......

immediately turn around and do the exact opposite; THAT is a PROBLEM.

[Der Blaue Engel]

14. Nice push poll

Nothing from five years ago should be a valid campaign issue, then. That would include the IWR.

A lot of cake-having and eating-it-too going on here, it seems.

[PresidentObama]

15. IWR is still an issue when she would admit it was a mistake.

[zulchzulu]

23. Yup, we should give someone who voted for a trillion dollar humanitarian quagmire a free pass

We should make murder legal too...right?

:crazy:

[Der Blaue Engel]

25. Oh, so now Hillary, personally, is a murder LOL

Hey, it's your push-poll, make it as ridiculous as you like.

[zulchzulu]

26. I guess you're evidence that Hillary supporters are usually less educated

Proof again. Take a reading comprehension class after you get off your habit smoking crack.

[Der Blaue Engel]

28. "Proof again. Take a reading comprehension class after you get off your habit smoking crack."

Jesus. This one takes the fucking cake for rude, ignorant, assholian insults I've gotten at DU. I'll be saving it after your rude and disgusting personal attack is deleted so I can remember why I've put you on Ignore.

FYI, I'm NOT a Hillary supporter, just someone who doesn't like seeing intellectually dishonest attacks, but you apparently need your own reading comprehension class and crack-smoking intervention. Good luck with that.

[jackson_dem]

17. Since he is running on that speech, as Bill C has pointed out, it absolutely should

[PresidentObama]

18. It shouldn't when the text of the speech was on his website.

And he's not running on that speech. Hillary, Bill and the His44 crowd can say that all they want.

[jackson_dem]

19. I didn't read the OP. I missed the text part.Then it shouldn't be an issue

[joeybee12]

20. I guess it would kill you to have a real poll, or maybe

even a serious discussion of the issues.

[sunonmars]

21. In that case

Anything Hillary has said or done before 2003 cant be questioned either, idiots.

[hayu_lol]

22. I smell something here...

Its ok for everybody to go back to the day before Hillary was born...but its not ok to go back 5 years with Obama.

Boy, you guys want it all.

Maybe he could take an example from Kucinich and sue.

[Skip Intro]

24. No, it is only fair to examine Hillary's political record. Obama must not be questioned.

All Hail Obama!

[TankLV]

27. HOLY JEESUS OBAMA and SIANT MARY OPRAH!!!

"Hillary once was a republican Goldwater supporter - when she was SEVENTEEN!!!"

pulling out all the stops, huh, 'bots!!!

god, you obamabots take the cake...ya sure do!!!

[backwoodsbob]

29. how hard is this?

Obama took down the video but the TEXT is STILL THERE TO READ!!!!

The bullshit claim by the HRC supporters is he took down the video to hide what he said.WHAT HE SAID IS STILL THERE !!!!!

GODDAMN why do we have to keep playing these childish goddamned games