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(21,859 posts)spanone
(135,827 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)spanone
(135,827 posts)MontanaMama
(23,308 posts)The drugs his handlers gave him are wearing off. I hope he loses it shortly...
Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)the fact that he voted AGAINST the war.
malaise
(268,949 posts)He just makes shit up
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)At the time of the Iraq war vote, but I might be wrong.
Niagara
(7,596 posts)Barack Obama didn't become a member of the Senate until 2005. He was vocal about his protest of the war however.
malaise
(268,949 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)Obama made his views clear on October 2002. He was serving as an Illinois State Senator.
... read @ link below
The following is a transcript of the remarks then-Sen. Barack Obama delivered in Chicago on Oct. 2, 2002. In his speech, Obama said that what he was opposed to was "a dumb war ... a rash war." He said the war was a "cynical attempt" to shove "ideological agendas down our throats" and would distract from domestic problems such as poverty and health care.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99591469
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)what Obama's commentary might due to his Image. This Sucker gets easier to figure out each time he opens his Upper Anus.
He knows to one who will sink his reelection has not come out to knock his ass out of contention yet but will soon be on the campaign trail.
Niagara
(7,596 posts)Did we really expect him to tell the truth?