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| Obama focuses on war in Iowa visit |
| 2007-04-01 |
| Severely EFL COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday it will be difficult to make progress on important domestic issues until the Iraq war has ended. The Illinois senator cited health care, education and other concerns and said most Democratic candidates have similar goals, with differences only in the details. ''None of these things we are going to be able to do effectively until we bring this war in Iraq to a close,'' Obama told about 2,000 people in a town hall-style meeting. That's DonkSpeak for "We're just DROOLING at all the money being spent on the war. We want it, so we can hand it out potential constituents andbuy their votes." Really. That's what it's all about. ...Obama said he would have voted against the initial $87 billion to pay for the war because it included $20 billion in reconstruction money that was certain to be wasted because of the chaos in Iraq. ''This is a recipe for disaster,'' said Obama. ''How do you send $20 billion to a government that isn't a government?'' I don't follow that "logic"... ...Obama said he is pushing legislation for a gradual troop withdrawal. ''There is no military solution to the problems in Iraq,'' he said. ''There are political problems between the warring factions there.'' I don't follow that logic, either... ...Though Obama is in his first term in the Senate, he rejected suggestions that he needs more experience before running for president. ''I've only been in Washington for a few years, but I've been there long enough to know that Washington needs to change,'' Obama said. I got news for you, Bub: you don't have to be in Washington to know that. And you especially don't have to live in Washington to know that it needs changed even more since you idiots took over Congress. |
| Posted by:Dave D. |