Letters to the Editor
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@ Happy Friend: Risk-Averse
It is stupid to suggest that Obama's stance on Iraq was easy and risk free as oppossed to Hillary's. Obama had ambitions to seek higher office. Illinois is less of a blue state than NY. By being reasonable while the majority of politicians were stupidly joining the chorus for war took wisdom and balls.
His speech WAS risk-free: he was trying to get reelected; he spoke out in the most liberal district in Illinois; he hasn't been as principled since he was elected to the U.S. Senate; he has ducked votes on issues there, too.
If you think that "joining the chorus for war" as you call it was "risk free" I suggest you look at votes and comments in the U.S. Senate leading up to that vote; and I suggest you read the resolution itself.
The more I read about Obama the less I trust and believe him. He's letting more info out in dribbles about his "friendship" with Tony Rezko and his 20-year association with Wright, all the while knowing about Wright's "controversial" sermons and about Rezko's background.
All of this information is available on the Internet if people will do a little research.