Obama tries to explain his votes supporting Iraq funding

[tghooker]

playing dodge the question but hes are next president so damn whatever what are we gonna do nothing

[pablosiddiqui]

ok so he says hes against the war from the beginning..than why do u keep voting to fund it...why in 2006 did u vote against two bills that would have brought troops back home...man this guy is the same as every other politician...we had such a good group to choose from this year...ron paul, ralph nader, and kucinich and the people blew it again. well of course the voting is rigged but still

[polarconnections]

Hillary 08!

OBAMA LIED. LIED. DONE

[Thrice13]

Hillary votes the same god damn way as Obama!

[viper002060]

hes lucky hes got charisma. this guy could talk his way out of anything. too bad that doesnt make one a good president. Gravel 08!!!

[oldhacks]

thats a pretty good explanation. still don't trust his lobbyist ass though. says we need a 100,000 more troops? to fight who? no country on earth threatens us. we need a hundred thousand troops to squash some bugs in the mountains of Pakistan?

[pablosiddiqui]

dont be fooled by him man...in 2006 he voted against two bills that would have brought troops home...TWO!!!

[jackson32]

Anyone who believes this puppet is a fool.

[uncreativejackass]

Obama is even more of a question dodger than the others.

[xawesomexelix]

When you are a senator, you cannot afford to make those kinds of mistakes and fund the war. Stop justifying it. You are not good enough. IF you want to prove to us that you are worthy, show us by taking interests of the people as you work in the Senate.

[benedictive]

"change"

[TiradeFaction]

I love his campaign slogan "Change we can believe in". It is sad people don't realize he doesn't at all say what that Change will mean, and just let's his supporters "fill in the blanks". It is seeming to me that ObamaTards are just as stupid as Paultards, just without the excessive trolling that paultards do.

[draconic86]

I agree with everything you just said.

...At least Paultards support a worthy candidate though.

[TiradeFaction]

Ron Paul was a whack job.

[draconic86]

What do you mean "Was"? He's still running. He may not stand a chance, but he's still running. I don't see a thing wrong with his position, do you mind enlightening me?

[rusticyuppie]

He's a white supremacist, for one. PDFs of his Ron Paul Freedom Report are all over the internet.

[draconic86]

LOL. Think for yourself. I don't even need to defend that, since so many people, including black people, have stated that not only do they not believe that these articles were written by Paul, but that his political positions are bigger than the non-issue of one man's alleged racism.

Also, Paul has addressed these issues. Regardless of whether or not these accusations are true or false, I too think that these other stances would outweigh the bad one. It's not like he'd legalize slavery. Dufus.

[UNKNOWNPOW]

Barrack Obama, you are a complete joke! I feel immensely sorry for those within American society who have been fooled by your falsified political propaganda about "change!" You will implement change but maintain the corrupt 'status quo'! If you want a candidate of true social change you would look at Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich if he hadn't dropped out! Wake up people and don't fail your children by foolishly voting for Barrack Obama!

[De3po]

or Gravel! but he doesn't have a chance sadly.. :(

[TiradeFaction]

I almost want Hillary to win just to piss off Obama fans, it would be a fun riot they would go over LOL!

[draconic86]

Yeah, me too, until I realize that she's communist, manipulative, lying, emotional, (YES emotion is a BAD thing, when you are holding nuclear weapons,) corrupt, basketcase of a candidate.

Really, people make this stuff about "race" or "gender" but what they are forgetting to make this REALLY about is qualifications, dedications, and consistency of showing dedication to the American People.

Talk is cheap, look at records. Obama hardly has a record to look at, and that alone says enough.

[uncreativejackass]

"Candidate of change" my ass.

[TiradeFaction]

Wow, what he just said almost seemed like a Bushism. Just more pathetic.

[k1mgy]

Excuse-making.

Obfuscating.

Double-speaking.

Politics as usual.

[Penlord]

Yeah. I'll take care of the troops, Jenna. as soon as I take care of the president.

[bnorris90]

Senator Obama was on CNN this week and contradicted one of the points from his 2002 Iraq speech that he touts on the stump. In 2002, he said: "I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences." But on CNN this week, he said "It was not clear that President Bush was going to drag this out over several years."

[jennanov77]

I agree, I have friends in the military, how can you not fund it...they need protection, they have insufficient vest among other things. It is the responsible thing to take care of the troops.

[overmind25]

There is enough money to bring the troops home now and then some. Most of the funds go to the military industrial complex, not the soldiers. Obama equals not change.