I know Edwards and Clinton are held hostage by Moveon but Obama?? Tell me it isn't so.
see:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00344
2007-09-21 10:28:52 · 13 answers · asked by Colton 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
call him and ask.
2007-09-21 10:31:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
heres what obama said himself
"The focus of the United States Senate should be on ending this war, not on criticizing newspaper advertisements," Obama said. "This amendment was a stunt designed only to score cheap political points while what we should be doing is focusing on the deadly serious challenge we face in Iraq. It's precisely this kind of political game-playing that makes most Americans cynical about Washington's ability to solve America's problems. By not casting a vote, I registered my protest against this empty politics. I registered my views on the ad itself the day it appeared."
2007-09-22 19:52:27 · answer #2 · answered by MNC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was on the floor right before supposedly suggesting an alternative.
For the record he will probably try to claim that he isn't a member or doesn't except funds from them
Off the record he knows that he is as tied to them as most of the other democrats.
2007-09-21 10:42:05 · answer #3 · answered by anna s 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Obama wants it both ways. He thinks he can avoid the controversy by not participating in the process. He's what you would call a "moral coward".
2007-09-21 10:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by Michael M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is a left wing liberal loony just like the rest of the Democrats. He is too afraid to cut off his meal ticket.
2007-09-21 10:33:39 · answer #5 · answered by regerugged 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
He doesn't want to step on anyone's toes. He is no different then the rest of the defeatocrats~
2007-09-21 12:37:50 · answer #6 · answered by Classic96 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fear and intelligence. He can't win in that vote because it would anger the fringe base or label him as a liberal.
2007-09-21 10:32:39 · answer #7 · answered by bravozulu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You don't bite the hand that signs your big Ponzi deal checks.
2007-09-21 10:32:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He gave tacit approval of movealong.
2007-09-21 10:34:27 · answer #9 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he still thinks their is an idiot out there who doesn't realize what a jelly fish back boned left wing liberal he really is.
2007-09-21 10:32:05 · answer #10 · answered by macaroni 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
He didn't show for the democratic debates either.
Cluck, cluck, cluck!
2007-09-21 10:33:50 · answer #11 · answered by The Wiz 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋