This just shows proof that the thieving liar was caught unprepared to lie. Hey- too, why is it supposed to be OK to beat up someone if the GANG doing it is black? I do not understand you criminal parasites. Join the army and grow up barack hussein obama

He was just playing it safe. People will forget him not voting much sooner than they would forget him voting a way they didnt like.

Does this guy have Bob Shrum managing him from some undisclosed location? Sure looks like a losing decision to me.

That vote will come back to haunt him and Hillary. It was a simple resoultion read it. If you can't support the troops on this you are anti-American. Don't give me it was a waste of time. This guy has no morals! The vote shows us who the 25 traitors are and who the 3 cowards are.

ABC- Anyone But Clinton, but not Obama (the coward)

Yeah, I wonder if a similar ad put out about illegal immigrants spawning outcry in Congress would've been denounced as a "waste of time." And don't tell me illegals deserve more respect than our MILITARY forces.
Obama and most of the other Dem candidates are so anti-American.

Well put, DisdainLady

See, so he previously called it counterproductive and now calls it a distraction. He's right, it was and it is!

No matter if you were a Republican,Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, or just and undecided voter, what did we as Americans gain yesterday with the senate passing the rebuttal of the Moveon.org ad? Was that not frustrating to you? Some of you want to keep the troops in Iraq because you believe the surge is working and you want to give the troops more time to sustain the violence there. Some you think the surge is pointless and you want the troops to come on now. You either with one or the other or you are undecided. Right? I can understand the issues you have with our Congressmen or Congresswomen who hold a resolution that would ban an ad that the Constitution has been upholding for hundreds of years. Isn't this sort of like paying your bill every month? You are not debating whether the your utility bill was offensive or not.You are deciding whether you should pay it or not because they are overcharging you for it .

To everyone here, I do respect your opinion but do you think there might be a chance Obama avoided this because he believes that bill was not going to accomplish anything to get the troops out of Iraq? Do you think he might be a little frustrated because he could not get the bill approved to cut funding for the war and significantly draw down the troops levels by July of 2008? How much do you think his vote would do to get the troops out of Iraq or leave the troops there if needed?

Klinik- Why try and understand it, I was under the impression that people just hate it if its too complex or nuanced for you. I am sure that wrestling is on somewhere, maybe that might help soften the pain that comes from thinking too hard.

Yesterday, my local paper ran a story that said my favorite baseball team wasn't going to make the playoffs.

I called my senator and told him to draw up some legislation that will keep those awful people from ever saying anything bad about my team.

And by the way, Mr. Bush, if you don't want people attacking General Petraeus for political purposes, don't ask him to give political 'reports'. You are the Commander-in-Chief. You stand up and give those reports, and then you can take the heat.

And by the way, what exactly did that vote accomplish? Are our troops getting better armored vehicles? Are they getting a pay raise? More leave?

Support the troops. Go shopping. Condemn ads. Put bumper stickers on your car.

These things are truly the least you can do.

Because he has an adviser who told him it would cost him votes! Why else?

I don't blame Obama. In fact, I wish all DEMS would have done the same. This vote was a waste of time. We have Troops dying every day and we have turmoil at home. We have 6 Black kids being subjected to pure racism and they are wasting our money voting on an AD. Give me a break. This Congress should be impeached.

AT least Obama had the good sense to
oppose the War when it counted.
Why should he play the Republican
game on MOVE-ON. That's a distraction,
not an issue.

Probably didn’t have the poll numbers in yet..... I take a NON-Answer as meaning he supports the AD, just doesn’t want to answer the hard question..... He can’t have it both ways when he's running for the most powerful position in our Country. He missed a chance to, maybe, have me respect him some more

I believe the MoveOn.org ad was a visible demonstration of the frustration that surrounds this war. Obama's absence of voting only played into the GOP's validation of a war that has been totally mismanagead and has cost this country billions of dollars ... Now, we have talk of staying in Iraq at the tune of billions of dollars a year while we have a president telling us he is going to veto healthcare for children.

Obama is as beholden to Moveon as Bush is to the oil companies...

This vote was clearly a 'feel good' move set-up by politicians to appease the high-strung public. Our nation is experiencing 'mass hysteria' over all things foreign.. can you say "PARANOID"?

This sort of game play may well work on the majority for now, but it will come back to kick us in the teeth when we wake up one morning and realize we aren't any more free than the blacks were two hundred years ago... our government will enslave us with our own fears and selfishness.