Posted on 02/13/2007 4:41:56 AM PST by Chi-townChief
DURHAM, N.H. -- In his first stumble, White House hopeful Barack Obama on Monday took back words from the day before, when he said the lives of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq were "wasted."
Following his Springfield launch on Saturday, Obama wrapped up a three-day swing in the key primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire, ending at a University of New Hampshire rally where he assailed the "trivialization of politics" where "it is all about who makes a gaffe."
In this case, that would be Obama, the Illinois Democrat.
During his first press conference as a presidential candidate at Iowa State University, Obama, discussing his opposition to the Iraq war, said the war "should have never been authorized, and should have never been waged, and on which we've now spent $400 billion, and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted.''
He immediately realized he made a mistake, he later told a reporter. Even the most severe war critics in Congress have been very careful to praise U.S. troops and say nothing that could upset mourning families.
Reaches out to families Obama, in an interview with the Des Moines Register right afterward, told the paper, ''I was actually upset with myself when I said that, because I never use that term,'' he said. ''Their sacrifices are never wasted. . . . What I meant to say was those sacrifices have not been honored by the same attention to strategy, diplomacy and honesty on the part of civilian leadership that would give them a clear mission." By Monday, reporters covering Obama making his first visit as a presidential candidate in New Hampshire, asked Obama, campaigning in a Nashua home, if military families deserved an apology.
"Well as I said, it is not at all what I intended to say, and I would absolutely apologize if any of them felt that in some ways it had diminished the enormous courage and sacrifice that they'd shown. You know, and if you look at all the other speeches that I've made, that is always the starting point in my view of this war.''
At a rally in the gym at the university here -- not quite the stemwinder Obama delivered for University of Illinois at Chicago students on Sunday night -- Obama made a similar point about the Iraq war deaths, talking about the need to "bring that war to a close."
Those who died, he said, were "extraordinarily brave soldiers."
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But...but...he's so clean and articulate!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
In other words, "if you were too stupid to think that I was insulting these soldiers and their courage, then to you (you stupid SOB) I apologize."
First stumble my a##. His first stumble was belittling Australia's troop commitment, this was his second "stumble" in two days. Not ready for prime time.
I thought his first stumble was when he tried to insult John Howard. Sounds like time to keep an official "Barack Obama Stumble, Mistake and Gaffe Tracker", so the media can refer to something.
Which includes Australia's special forces (SAS)...Obama truly goofed.
Regards, Ivan
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The "joke" he made about evacuating New Orleans wasn't pretty either; I wonder if that can still be tracked down.
It's OK Jughead, I won't waste my vote.
Like Biden, out of the gate and stumbling before the first turn...........
all this nitwit has to do is study mrs clinton. this bitch can go on and on for days without saying anythink. lol
The dirty little creep doesn't regret saying it at all.
He regrets getting caught saying it.
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| Posted by West Coast Conservative On News/Activism 02/13/2007 12:11:24 AM CST · 86 replies · 1,144+ views New York Times ^ | February 13, 2007 Senator Barack Obama of Illinois said Monday that he had misspoken when he suggested that the lives of more than 3,000 American soldiers killed in Iraq had been “wasted.” As he arrived in New Hampshire, Mr. Obama said he would “absolutely apologize” to military families if they were offended by a remark he made in Iowa while criticizing the Bush administration’s Iraq policy. “What I would say — and meant to say — is that their service hasn’t been honored,” Mr. Obama told reporters in Nashua, N.H., “because our civilian strategy has not honored their courage and bravery, and we... |
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
when he said the lives of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq were "wasted."
stick a fork in him, he's done!
The kid (barrack hussein obama) is a complete moron and full of it.
What an imbecil!
Skerry says they are stupid, Osama Hussien says they are wasted. Leave it to Dimocrats to show their true colors.
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