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On the campaign trail in Ft. Worth on Saturday, Hillary Clinton said of her opponent, Barack Obama, "His entire campaign is based on one speech he gave at an anti-war rally in 2002. And I give him credit for making the speech, but the speech was not followed up with action, which is part of the pattern we have seen repeatedly -- a lot of talk, little action."
In today’s Huffington Post, Joe Wilson follows up Clinton’s charge with an excellent, in-depth article titled Obama’s Hollow "Judgment" and Empty Record.
As Wilson points out, he was there at the time of the vote; Obama was not. Wilson writes:
“I was involved in that debate in every step of the effort to prevent this senseless war and I profoundly resent Obama's distortion of George Bush's folly into Hillary Clinton's responsibility. I was in the middle of the debate in Washington. Obama wasn't there. I remember what was said and done. In fact, the administration lied in order to secure support for its war of choice, including cooking the intelligence and misleading Congress about the intent of the authorization. Senator Clinton's position, stated in her floor speech, was in favor of allowing the United Nations weapons inspectors to complete their mission and to build a broad international coalition. Bush rejected her path. It was his war of choice.”
Wilson reminds us that Senator Obama has been too busy running for president to direct his subcommittee to hold oversight hearings on the war in Afghanistan; whereas, Senator Clinton has continued to fulfill her obligations as a member of the important Armed Services Committee and also of the Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health.
Every eligible voter in Tuesday’s primaries should first go here to read Wilson’s article in its entirety. You'll be far better prepared to decide which candidate is more qualified to lead our nation in a time of war.
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