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Originally Posted by LukeA
Well, one voted to authorize war in Iraq- the other is on the record for opposing it since the beginning.
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For the record, Obama was not yet a senator and did not vote on the invasion of Iraq. I think it's very convenient for someone who never voted on the war to go around telling everybody that he was against it from the very beginning. The fact is that he was not privy to the so-called intelligence at the time (which was subsequently found to be untrue), and is therefore unable to understand the situation that congress was in. By contrast, if Hussein indeed had weapons of mass destruction and they blew Israel off the map, there would have been hell to pay if we sat by and did nothing. Of course the reasons for war were a sham and a hoax, but there was no way for anyone to know at the time. Perhaps Obama had a crystal ball or something...
Also, please note that Obama and Clinton have identical voting records on war-related issues (that is, after Obama was elected to the senate).
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One also has tons of political baggage and a whole lot of enemies, and the other has an actual chance to beat McCain in November.
That's the long and short of it.
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Apparently even Reverend Wright and Obama are now enemies. Something seriously bad must have gone down between them, because Wright now seems on this crusade to kill Obama's chances at the Dem nomination.