Reply #103: Apology comes hard for these candidates [View All]

[Bluenorthwest]

Of course, the Obama commercials claim Hillary will say and do anything to get elected, so it does seem odd that she will not say this, which would be in her political interest to say. I conclude that the Obama add is false, as she obviously will not say anything, she won't even say this one thing. So pick one. Will say anything or refuses to say anything. Mutually exclusive arguments.
But then again, Obama voted to extend the Patriot Act, skipped the Kyl-Lieberman vote, and hands over his big hearty 'YES' to more and more money for a failing war he once claimed to opppose. When he had not power and no vote, he once said he opposed it. Once he had a vote and power to oppose, he in fact empowered Bush in Iraq and in the Domestic attacks on our Rights.
For the IRW vote to really work for Obama, he would have needed to stand in oppostion to the War as a United States Senator. He did not do so. Has he apologized for the Patriot Act or for playing paymaster to Bush by request? He should. Those votes were wrong votes. Awaiting apology from the guy who ran as an anti-war candidate for the Senate and promised not to run for Pres in his first term, who got into the Senate and voted pro-war and pro-Bush with abandon until he started skipping the votes to run for President in his first term. Does he mean anything he says? Ever? Will he be one of those parents who says 'I don't want you to drink, but if you are going to, let me get you some good stuff?' I kind of think so. " I really oppose what he does with all that cash I give him when he asks." Yeah, sure you do, sure you do.
Sometimes opposition is more difficult than other times. Seems it is far harder to oppose in the Senate than in the Statehouse. Rhetoric is fun, but votes are the real deal.
I did love his fillibuster about Katrina victims though...oh wait, that was just a dream that never happened too.