WHY can't he be TRUTHFUL?

[boston bean]

Why does he have to be untruthful or exaggerate everything. Wasn't his 2002 speech good enough as it was?



MR. WILLIAMS: Senator Obama, a quick response.

SEN. OBAMA: Let me just follow up. My objections to the war in Iraq were simply -- not simply a speech. I was in the midst of a U.S. Senate campaign. It was a high-stakes campaign. I was one of the most vocal opponents of the war, and I was very specific as to why.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/politics/26text-de...


He was not in the middle of a US Senate race in 2002. Now O supporters, he is constantly exaggerating or downright lying to make his words sound better. Why does he have to keep doing things like this?

[AtomicKitten]

1. It was the primary for the US Senate race.

thanks for playing
drive through

[boston bean]

3. The primary date for the race was March 16th, 2004. nt

He was running a tough primary race in 2002?

[AtomicKitten]

6. and one campaigns BEFORE the primary ...... keep trying

[boston bean]

7. for two years?? nt

[AtomicKitten]

9. why don't you combine your two threads & embarrass yourself further

[boston bean]

11. you are the one embarassing yourself. he wasn't in the middle of a US Senate Race in 2002. nt

[AtomicKitten]

16. I'll let your petty BS slide since you'll be crying by the end of today.

[Apollo11]

12. 17 months before the primary is "in the midst of" the campaign???

That sounds like the guy who tells his wife "I'm on my way" when he is still in the office/bar. ;-)

[AtomicKitten]

15. I thought you were above such petty manipulation of the truth.

Guess not. But it does explain quite nicely how you could support Hillary Clinton where the mantra is every truth's edges can be smudged.

[AtomicKitten]

17. that's the primary election date doofus

[jmg257]

2. 1 thing for sure, whatever it is he IS doing is working - QUITE well; so why stop now?

[Perky]

4. He most certainly was. What a waste of a post this will prove for you.

[boston bean]

5. NO he wasn't. nt

[MadBadger]

8. How do you have two threads with the same title posted two minutes apart?

[boston bean]

13. I don't know, I got an error the first time I tried to post, didn't think is posted

and I just notice now there are two. It's a technical hiccup I suppose. I hope the mods combine them.

[DURHAM D]

10. Yep - he tried to add more weigh to his speech by saying he was in a campaign.

Like much of Obama's personal history - his timeline is off. The repubs will eat his lunch over several mistakes he has made in this regard.

[Occam Bandage]

14. He's referring to the out-of-context 2004 "I don't know what I would have done" quote, I believe.

I can't say for sure, because you provided a broken link.

[boston bean]

18. No he was not. he was talking about his speech. nt