Do Obama and Clinton Have no Convictions?
A year ago today I thought that the worst possible thing that could happen in 2008 was to see Hillary Clinton elected. Her support of socialized medicine, her seeming tendency to engage in unscrupulous acts (whitewater, stealing from the white house, etc..), her opportunistic nature, they way her opinion is base on political expedience not moral conviction. These factors formed the basis of my opposition to her, recognizing that she was not capable of leading the country, and not capable of providing any useful ideas to help America. Unfortunately now I recognize that the election of Barack Obama would be just as bad, if not worse.
Today, Senator, and Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama chose to vote in support of cutting off funds for our troops in harms way, not because he thought it was the right thing to do, but rather to send a message. In a statement issued yesterday, the opportunistic candidate said he would vote for a bill to cut off funding,
not because I believe either is the best answer, but because I want to send a strong statement to the Iraqi government, the president and my Republican colleagues that it’s long past time to change course.
Fortunately, the bill did not pass, falling with a vote of 67-29 against, though Senators Obama and Clinton were amongst it’s supporters.
I think it is disgraceful that anyone, let alone a man who wants to be our chief executive and commander in chief, would choose to dishonor our military, and issue such a vote only for political gain. If Mr. Obama does not support this bill, he should not vote for it. If they do not support this bill, then they should stop playing political games, stop speaking ill of the situation, and step up to help us win this war.
The actions of these two “honorable” Senators only demonstrate a willingness to exploit our troops for personal political gain–a trait I certainly hope never makes it to the oval office.
Cross-Posted at The Gentle Cricket
May 16th, 2007 at 9:11 am
“Do Obama And Clinton Have No Convictions?”
That is correct, but probably because there’s no DA with the resources AND convictions him/herself to pursue it…
May 16th, 2007 at 10:26 am
It strikes me as childish and irresponsible to play games with the fate of our nation, the fate of our troops, and the fate of the Iraqi people just to send a MESSAGE. Or, am I an idealistic fool for expecting “leaders” to exhibit mature and thoughtful behavior?
May 24th, 2007 at 2:12 am
The stuff you people say is complete hooey.
Obama and Clinton are just following the orders of their constituents (their bosses - 70% of the American populace) to withdraw our forces from Iraq now.
The way you force a recalcitrant commander to redeploy his forces is to deny him the loot.
There is plenty of money in the DoD’s budget to pay for airfare home for everybody in short order. The funding request that they are voting on tomorrow doesn’t even release the funds until many months from now.
Get your head out of the sand, friend; Iraq is a Lost Cause.