Reply #117: I agree on all counts. Sorry I missed this great post from you [View All]

[draft_mario_cuomo]

Unfortunately, I was caught up with a hero worshipers' effort to hijack the thread to divert attention from the inconvenient truths of Kerry-Feingold.

==He had TOTAL CRED to be anti-war because of that great, great speech he gave in Oct. 2002.==

I agree. He should have been fighting alongside Kerry and Feingold on this, not siding with Hillary and Lieberman.

==I think all of this goes to show that the IWR litmus test is way too simple. Time doesn't stop after that vote. Things happened afterwards, and I think we should be noticing an elected official's ENTIRE RECORD -- votes and what they have said.==

Bingo! This is why you saw such emotional reactions from some in this thread. These people have promoted a myth that time froze after October of 2002, that nothing relevant to the war occurred afterward. They do not want us to look at the entire record because the truth is that after he got to the senate Obama has been exactly like Hillary, a woman they love to vilify. I will not be cowed by their efforts to silence these inconvenient truths. Voters are entitled to know the entire record, not just a self-serving portion of it.