Reply #4: Obama's Speech In Denver, CO Will Contain Four Misleading Attacks On Hillary In One Sentence

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Topic subject Sen. Obama's Speech In Denver, CO Will Contain Four Misleading Attacks On Hillary In One Sentence
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4299011, Sen. Obama's Speech In Denver, CO Will Contain Four Misleading Attacks On Hillary In One Sentence
Posted by agdlp on Wed Jan-30-08 05:01 PM

Just 24 hours after pledging to run a positive campaign, Senator Obama’s campaign released excerpts of a speech he will deliver this morning in Denver, CO that distorts Hillary’s record and lays down a number of misleading attacks. In fact, Sen. Obama will issue four misleading attacks on Hillary in a single sentence.



Let’s address Sen. Obama’s allegations one at a time.

First:
Sen. Obama begins by criticizing Hillary on Iraq. Sen. Obama does not mention that -- with the exception of Hillary's opposition to the promotion of Iraq war architect Gen. George Casey -- Sen. Obama and Hillary have identical voting records on the Iraq war.

http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=5094

Second:
Sen. Obama then misrepresents Hillary’s position on Iran. In fact, Hillary was one of the earliest and staunchest opponents of Bush’s saber rattling on Iran, and spoke out on the issue back in February:



Sen. Obama missed the vote he is now using to attack Hillary. He issued a release 9 hours later and co-sponsored a similar bill in April. The bill was also supported by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), a staunch anti-war Bush critic and prominent Obama supporter.

http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=4223
http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=4143


Third:
Sen. Obama then misrepresents Hillary’s position on diplomacy. Hillary criticized Sen. Obama for pre-committing to a personal meeting in his first year with "with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/23/debate.transcript /

She never said that a president should only meet with America's friends. She also promised vigorous diplomatic efforts with all countries, friend and foe.

http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=5507

Fourth:
Sen. Obama accuses Hillary of changing her policy on torture due to ‘the politics of the moment.’ He couldn’t be more wrong. Hillary met with retired generals, talked with experienced military officers, and read reports commissioned by the Defense Intelligence Agency. She concluded that 'torture cannot be part of American policy, period.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/us/politics/05text-clinton.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Sen. Obama laments this kind of politics in his book, Audacity of Hope