Obama’s claim to have been smart enough to oppose the war is undermined by the actions of one of his supporters: Jay Rockefeller.
The always good Debra Saunders of the San Francisco Chronicle caught Barack Obama with his facts wrong.
First the quote from Obama: “Now, I have to say, when it came to making the most important foreign policy decision of our generation, the decision to invade Iraq, Sen. Clinton got it wrong.
“She didn’t read the National Intelligence Estimate. Jay Rockefeller read it, but she didn’t read it.”
Rockefeller is a voracious reader. It was a 90-page report.
Rockefeller supports Obama.
Rockefeller also voted for the war.
Oops.
Saunders pointed out that about half the Democratic senators voted for the war. Since then, they have said Bush lied.
Which makes them dupes.
I am curious, what makes the public think that Obama would have read a report that maybe a dozen senators read?
Has he read any good NIE reports lately?
Or has he been busy traveling the country for the past year, maybe year-and-a-half, occasionally dropping by Washington for important votes?
Based on what?
Reading 90-page reports?
Or based on what Harry Reid tells him?
Obama is taking the easy way out. He firmly stands behind a non-existent vote against the war as proof of his superiority — that he is somehow wiser and more learned than Rockefeller, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee who actually read the 90-page NIE report.
Obama’s claim is easy money.
The MSM and politicos believe that Obama would make a more formidable candidate than Hillary. I don't agree. Obama is a smooth talker but much of what he says is either vacuous or is simply not true. The Rockefeller comment is a good example. I believe that Hillary would be the more formidable candidate. Despite her recent wins, I'm glad that Obama appears to be the Dem's nominee. he will be beaten like a rented mule.
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