Obama Assails Bush; Murtha's Prediction

Obama Assails Bush; Murtha's Prediction
By DENNIS CONRAD, Associated Press Writer
7 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday ridiculed the Bush administration's defense of the Iraq war, arguing that messages such as "Plan for Victory" can't hide the "2,400 flag-draped coffins that have arrived at the Dover Air Force Base."

In a speech to EMILY's List, the Illinois senator used biting criticism in assailing the president and his handling of the war. Obama spoke in support of former Army Maj. Tammy Duckworth, a helicopter co-pilot who lost both her legs in combat in Iraq and is trying to win an open House seat.

"This idea," Obama said, "that somehow if you say the words 'plan for victory' and 'stay the course' over and over and over and over again and you put these subliminal messages behind you that say 'victory' and 'victory' and 'victory,' that somehow people are not going to notice the 2,400 flag-draped coffins that have arrived at the Dover Air Force Base."

The first-term lawmaker asked the audience: "People, have we flipped? It's time to say we notice it. It is time to say that we care, and we are not going to settle anymore."

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I voted for you. I worked hard to make sure you got elected. I can remember the time I met you, and said to myself, this one's not going to be corrupted.

That was before you, among other things, took the unimaginable step of voting to let credit card companies trample over the average american.

But I still have faith. Hopefully, these missteps are not part of a larger pattern.

Please return to your roots.

Yours,

SIU_Blue

I thought Obama assailed Murtha's prediction for a minute. I love the way things are coming to a head. Indictments, Dems finally speaking out. Things are gonna get better. But there's alot of work to do to undo the mess asshole got us into.

Why are Democrats given the juvenile verbs? Bah!

mean that, Senator Obama.