Do you think it is helpful to repeat the now cliched "He Said He Would Do It During The Campaign"

[Stinky The Clown]

I hear that so often as we discuss this march to escalation in Afghanistan. As if having said then that he would "get the job done" this time somehow makes that the right course of action.

The concept was wrong then and it is more wrong today. It was wrong then for all the moral and ethical reasons that all wars of choice are wrong. It is even more wrong now because we can't even pay for the photocopies of the orders much less the day to day costs of prosecuting this war of choice.

That is but one issue - the war. This same fall-back gets used as an all purpose reply when someone voices opposition to what Obama is doing or says he will do or the direction in which he seems to steering us.

So what if he said it during the campaign? What choice did any of us have? McPalin? Please. And even during the primaries. What choice did we really have if our vote was to be other than a vanity vote for a vanity candidate? HRC? She was out-chest-beating Obama on the war.

The same people who aver that "he said it during the campaign" also like to say that "he wants us to tell him where we want him to lead" or some variation on that theme.

Really?

The liberals **I** know are now down here with me ..... under the bus. When we look up anymore, this is what we're seeing.



I'm not ready to give up. I'm also not ready to give up on Obama, for whom I voted in the general and who I supported and endorsed (albeit late) during the primaries. But I getting damned sure angry with what's been happening.

And please don't use that "he said it during the campaign" line. It is **really** old, tired, and out of touch.