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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 05:36 PM
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9. We will never know how Obama would have voted on Kyl-Lieberman, will we?
He chose to campaign that day and not vote.
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  -Why was Obama one of only 11 Dems to vote against pro-worker, pro-fair trade amendment? jackson_dem  Feb-22-08 05:11 PM   #0 
  - I would need to look into this more carefully  thesubstanceofdreams   Feb-22-08 05:15 PM   #1 
  - What does Hillary have to do with St. Obama's record on trade?  jackson_dem   Feb-22-08 05:23 PM   #4 
     - Yes, he has one of the most liberal voting records  thesubstanceofdreams   Feb-22-08 05:25 PM   #5 
        - On trade his record is that of a "free" trader  jackson_dem   Feb-22-08 05:29 PM   #6 
           - Kyl-Liberman is not a substantial difference?  thesubstanceofdreams   Feb-22-08 05:34 PM   #7 
           - We will never know how Obama would have voted on Kyl-Lieberman, will we?  pirhana   Feb-22-08 05:36 PM   #9 
           - It isn't just that. He didn't take a stand on it at all before or after the vote  jackson_dem   Feb-22-08 05:48 PM   #17 
           - That's exactly right,  seasonedblue   Feb-22-08 06:02 PM   #25 
           - A no-vote isn't perfect, but surely beats a yay vote n/t  thesubstanceofdreams   Feb-22-08 06:06 PM   #27 
              - It doesn't beat anything because he didn't take a stand.  pirhana   Feb-22-08 06:11 PM   #28 
                 - Even worse he swayed whichever way the political winds blew  jackson_dem   Feb-22-08 07:38 PM   #33 
           - No. Obama has the same position on the IRLG  jackson_dem   Feb-22-08 05:45 PM   #14 
              - you are right. He supported labeling the IRLG as terrorists.  jsamuel   Feb-22-08 05:48 PM   #18 
                 - He was for it before he was against it  jackson_dem   Feb-22-08 05:51 PM   #19 
           - When has a Hillbot every said: "Hillary Clinton was wrong on that issue"  NJSecularist   Feb-22-08 05:39 PM   #11 
           - Clinton admitted the AUMF vote was a mistake on Countdown last year.  jsamuel   Feb-22-08 05:52 PM   #20 
           - When all else fails, bring up the AUMF card. What does that have to do with trade?  jackson_dem   Feb-22-08 05:58 PM   #23 
           - I will.  pirhana   Feb-22-08 05:58 PM   #24 
           - I'll say it.  OnionPatch   Feb-22-08 06:05 PM   #26 
  - Hmmm...n/t  golddigger   Feb-22-08 05:16 PM   #2 
  - Thanks for the info  BeatleBoot   Feb-22-08 05:21 PM   #3 
  - delete  dchill   Feb-22-08 05:35 PM   #8 
  - because he was hanging with his mentor Lieberman...whatever LIEb did Obama did  ElsewheresDaughter   Feb-22-08 05:36 PM   #10 
  - When someone we consider one of the "good guys" votes against the  gateley   Feb-22-08 05:44 PM   #12 
  - K&R. Important issue. nt  Justyce   Feb-22-08 05:44 PM   #13 
  - That's my man Jackson  thevoiceofreason   Feb-22-08 05:45 PM   #15 
  - He's in good company...  jsamuel   Feb-22-08 05:48 PM   #16 
  - Because he couldn't find the Yellow Present button?  MethuenProgressive   Feb-22-08 05:53 PM   #21 
  - R&K  Nutmegger   Feb-22-08 05:58 PM   #22 
  - Likewise  jackson_dem   Feb-22-08 06:38 PM   #29 
  - I don't know, but I can't get either of those links to work.  Nailzberg   Feb-22-08 07:13 PM   #30 
  - Working link  jackson_dem   Feb-22-08 07:41 PM   #34 
  - HE WASN'T AWARE HE VOTED "NO" - maybe.  robbedvoter   Feb-22-08 07:18 PM   #31 
  - Good question  goodgd_yall   Feb-22-08 07:30 PM   #32 
  - Obama voted for the Peru trade agreement  mac2   Feb-22-08 07:45 PM   #35 
  - kicking for a reminder of the truth -  pirhana   Feb-23-08 03:07 PM   #36 
 

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