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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-27-08 06:21 PM
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101. It Was Unanimous Consent. It Could've Easily Been Prevented. I Addressed It Further Down.
I took Obama at his word that he 'voted', but after further research realized that it wasn't an actual vote. But the concept is still the same as to what his judgment/action/inaction was while in the Senate, as opposed to how it may have been out of it. The point is that things change once you're actually in there. Based on his own words last night, and how strongly he stated he should've known better, it occurred to me "ya know what? He should've. Why didn't he? Cause he was in the Senate". I then thought about how he may have reacted had he NOT been in the Senate, and I could see him easily having spoken out against it as he himself says he knows he should've done. Thinking can be more clear and objective when outside of the Senate, as compared to when you're in it. Based on that, and his own words as to how glaring it should've been for him, I can't help thinking that with the pressures, posturing and gravity of the IWR vote, that he very well may have in fact fallen into the same trap so many of our other good Senators fell into. That's the point.
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