Posted on 11/22/2005 10:30:56 PM PST by jmc1969
Sen. Barack Obama said President Bush should admit mistakes in waging the Iraq war and reduce the number of troops stationed there in the next year.
"Straight answers to critical questions. That's what we don't have right now," the high-profile freshman senator told the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. "Members of both parties and the American people have now made clear that it is simply not enough for the president to simply say 'We know best' and 'Stay the course.' "
As other Democrats are finding their voice against Iraq policy, Obama took an approach closer to one taken by Senate Foreign Relations Committee colleague Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) than to that of Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.). Murtha, a former Marine, called last week for an immediate pullout of nearly 160,000 U.S. troops.
He maintained that Bush could take politics out of the Iraq discussion "once and for all if he would simply go on television and say to the American people: 'Yes, we made mistakes.
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I'm still waiting on their apology for being the party of slavery.
Ah, I see.
The President should take foreign policy advice from the Junior Senator from Illinois barely in his first term.
No thanks.
Last time he took advice from your party we got Miers. He's better off when he listens to the base that got him elected than the cut and run squadron on the Left that lost 'Nam. Even better than us, he listens to the forces on the ground that actually know what's going on vs the propaganda organs of this country writing their fictionalized accounts to brainwash the masses about our successes.
High profile isn't an editorial comment. That's somewhat subjective in terms of the absolute meaning of the words 'high profile', but it's certainly true that Obama has gotten a whole lot more press then, say, Richard Burr.
Saying he's high quality, or something like that, that would be editorial comment. But merely pointing out that the guy has been widely talked about and discussed more so then other freshman senators is a fact.
Last time I heard from Obama he was sent to campaign for Byrd's jeopardized Senate seat.
For all hype about this guy, he doesn't seem to have been able to parlay it into power. He gains absolutely no traction. Good or bad. I've listened to him, fluff speeches. He doesn't seem to come across as speaking more than general rhetoric. For a guy that was to be the new JFK Jr. I'm not, so far, impressed.
I'd agree with your reasoning why he was trotted out.
Is that, like,....one of them oxymorons?
Weak.
OsamaObamaOsama..how about asking the clintons for some "straight talk" on Able Danger? We sure could have used some of those "unanswered questions" back in the 90s.
Or, we could take politics out of the issue if the Dem's would stop turning it into a political issue.
I call on Obama to tell us when it's ever been done better!
PUHLEEEEZE, he's a friggen rookie idiot RAT from Illinois! We conservatives in Illinois cannot stand him!
It's at times like this I wish someone would just muster some courage, and say, "Senator, you know that's bullcrap."
Sure, Bush should admit his mistakes. Right after Obama admits that he and virtually all of his Donkey colleagues are basically craven demagogues who value their worthless careers over the future and safety of their own country.
Just curious. Anyone know this guy's military background?
Go to your room and let the adults handle this!
My, my, little Osama, Ted "The Swimmer" called him that, is certainly full of himself, isn't he? Is he Muslim like his father was?
Yet another liberal screaming about mistakes without the courage or intelligence to even point out what the mistakes were and certainly no courage to suggest something better.
When Dubya was making the hard decisions and playing the game required by the UN mopes (37 gazillion meaningless resolutions), Obama was a 4th rate back bench NOBODY sitting around picking his nose in the IL General Assembly.
I call on Obama to get a clue.
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