Reply #9: I wouldn't have voted for K/L, if for no other reason than that [View All]

it bears Lieberman's name.

And I can understand anyone who supported S970 and did not support K/L. There had been a lot of Bush saber-rattling in the time between the two bills, which created a somewhat different political climate.

So criticism of Clinton for voting for K/L was, in my opinion, quite valid coming from Biden and Dodd.

But Obama didn't seem to have a strong position on K/L until it became apparent that the net roots were really upset about Clinton voting for it, largely based on the mass dissemination of inflammatory language that had been stricken from the final bill she voted for. (Senator Obama didn't mention it in the Democratic debate held that evening after Clinton's vote, which is odd.)

I don't look to S970 for Obama's view on the IRG designation because a lot had happened in between. I look to his assessment of the IRG designation after Condi Rice made it official, where he took pains to stress that the IRG needs to be strongly sanctioned, is a supporter of terrorism, and that his objection to K/L "has nothing to do with sanctioning the Revolutionary Guard."

I don't think I'm uncovering anything here... more just stating the fact that it's his position.

And I do not condemn him for that position at all. My complaint is that he has managed to disguise his position and thereby fool a lot of very strong anti-war progressives, not with the position itself.