Obama aims fire at Clinton over Iran vote: Sends postcard to Iowa voters

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: Obama aims fire at Clinton over Iran vote


The Obama campaign sent out a postcard, above, criticizing a recent Senate amendment Clinton supported.

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is stepping up his effort to differentiate himself with rival Hillary Clinton on the issue of Iran Tuesday, sending a postcard to Iowa voters criticizing those who supported a recent Senate amendment that he claims "raises the risk of war with Iran."

The September 27 amendment in question, sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, and Jon Kyl, R-Arizona, calls for labeling the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. Clinton voted for the amendment while Obama missed the vote. But the Illinois Democrat has repeatedly said he is against the idea.

"Barack Obama is the ONLY major candidate for president to oppose both the Iraq War from the very start and the Senate amendment that raises the risk of war with Iran," the postcard states. "While other Democrats voted for the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, Barack Obama opposed another Bush foreign policy fiasco."

Obama is also quoted in the postcard saying, "Why is this amendment so dangerous? Because George Bush and Dick Cheney could use this language to justify keeping our troops in Iraq as long as they can point to a threat from Iran. And because they could use this language to justify an attack on Iran as a part of the ongoing war in Iraq."

The campaign would not reveal the number of postcards it is sending.

The other two Senate Democrats running for president, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden, voted against the measure. Clinton has denied the terrorist labeling could increase the risk of war with Iran, arguing it instead allows for tougher sanctions.

[cuke]

1. Obama co-sponsors S.970 which labels the IRG a "terrorist org"

but it's wrong when Hillary does it

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-970

[Bitwit1234]

2. SO tell me and give me link...when did you or anybody get emails

from the Hillary campaign panning Obama...never. He is just getting desperate and the Obama lemmings are approving of it.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Hi, Bitwit.

I haven't gotten such e-mails. Also, I've noted your posting about the divisive nature of political discussion here. I agree, and hope I haven't been included in that. If you look at my posts, you'll see that I post articles I find, both pro and con, about all of the candidates, and I post without comment. I never take part in candidate bashing, and am pretty quiet about my own candidate choice. I will say that I'm not anti-Clinton. I would gladly vote for her if she is nominated, and I admire her.

I post articles that often appear one-sided because I think it's valuable for both supporters and opponents to see what's out there in the press. That discussion often dips far below the standard I'd wish here, I find regrettable. It's not new to this campaign, however, as I think you know, and probably will continue through a long, hard campaign.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. re: calls for labeling the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization

Is Obama complaining about the designation of the IRG as a terrorist organization?

If so, he's really off base, having himself co-sponsored the exact same language calling for the IRG designation. The section in Kyl/Lieberman was lifted from the Iran non-proliferation act), which Obama co-sponsored. (as did Clinton)

If he has other issues with Kyl/Lieberman that's fine.

But if he really thinks the IRG designation is a path to war then why on Earth did he co-sponsor S970?

This is bullshit.

It's a fair criticism of Clinton from a candidate who opposed both versions (like Biden), or who wasn't in the senate, like all the other candidiates.

But Obama and Dodd (who also cosponsered S970) have no room to talk about the IRG designation.