Posted on 02/13/2007 9:15:16 AM PST by InvisibleChurch
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is apologizing for saying the lives of the more than 3,000 U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war were "wasted."
During his first campaign trip this weekend, the Illinois senator told a crowd in Iowa: "We now have spent $400 billion and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted."
He immediately apologized on Sunday, saying the remark was "a slip of the tongue."
During an appearance Monday in Nashua, N.H., he apologized again, telling reporters he meant to criticize the civilian leadership of the war, not those serving in the military.
"Even as I said it, I realized I had misspoken," Obama said. "It is not at all what I intended to say, and I would absolutely apologize if any (military families) felt that in some ways it had diminished the enormous courage and sacrifice that they'd shown."
Obama made his second visit to New Hampshire on Monday, following his speech Saturday announcing his candidacy in Illinois on Saturday and a visit to first-caucus state Iowa.
© 2007 Associated Press.
Watching these 'brilliant' minds and 'polished' orators self destruct is going to be fun - on both sides.
it was obviously a botched joke of some sort..
As many of us expected, once this guy is in the public eye 24/7, he will begin to unravel. It's one of the reasons that "seasoned" politicians do better than first-timers. Our system elevates the "old pros" for a reason, and it isn't because there is some nefarious secret society advancing certain people.
The first of many, no doubt.
Hussein Obama is not so clean now ?
No, but at least he cleans up good!
Militant
"Never mind...."
Lately, she has been all over the media lashing out at his critics. In the NY Post, she goes off on anyone who dares say he is not experienced enough. Of course, she plays the race card almost immediately.
After the last election, I am glad that the democrats are feeling the pain of misspeaking too. We were slaughtered during the 06 election. Now the Democrats are going to get slaughtered in 08....well one can always hope anyway.
I thought the talkshows would be all over this.
So far, it has hardly been mentioned.
I guess they are afraid to touch it. It is too sensitive.
Or it wasn't macaca enough. Or it was a botched joke after all.
How could Abraham Obama make such a mistake?
Words and Deeds BUMP! Content of Character BUMP!
The other day he made the weird remark that he was "proud to have been against the war since the beginning." Proud? That's a strange way to put it.
It's why Dean lost -- "Not Ready For Prime Time".
Hussein Obama, that isn't an apology!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He said if his words had hurt anyone,THEN He would apologize to them!!
So he stands by his words, only tempering them a little aesthetically. He is Horrible!!
The more voters hear and see his wife the faster he will bomb.
She looks like one mean and sour lady.
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