January 13, 2008
IT'S NOT THAT HE'S ANY LESS PRO-DEATH...:
Intraparty Tactics Questioned (Washington Post, January 13, 2008)
The e-mail, echoing a mailing by the Clinton campaign, criticized Obama for voting "present," instead of "yes" or "no," on several abortion-related bills while he was in the Illinois Senate. The e-mail was signed by a who's who of the state's Democratic establishment, dominated by women who supported Clinton in the primary.Obama supporters say the accusation, first laid out nearly a year ago, is unfair, noting that Democrats in the Illinois Senate often voted "present" on controversial legislation, not to duck issues, but as a tactical response to Republican efforts to force them into unpopular votes that could be used against them.
....he just lacks the courage of his putative convictions. Rare to see a political career so dependent on no one finding out about the person's politics. Posted by Orrin Judd at January 13, 2008 9:32 AM
not to duck issues, but as a tactical response to Republican efforts to force them into unpopular votes that could be used against them.
In other words, to duck issues.
Posted by: John Thacker at January 13, 2008 12:27 PM(1) Illinois Republicans plotting to force Democrats to vote for unpopular things like abortion on demand. Which Illinois Republicans don't support at all, no sirree.
(2) Illinois Republicans plotting to take a state senate seat comprising south side slums and Hyde Park away from its rightful owners. Also plotting to use state funds to buy Satan a pair of ice skates.
Posted by: Random Lawyer at January 13, 2008 6:03 PMIt's laughable that Bill Clinton, the triangulator, the governor who slipped bills over the transom at midnight in Little Rock, the candidate who would have voted either way on the first Gulf War, is attacking Obama for dissembling (ducking).
Posted by: jim hamlen at January 13, 2008 8:40 PM