“These are the Democrats who refused to throw netroots activists under the bus while aiding and abetting bullshit Republican efforts to distract on Iraq.” Tom points out how ridiculous kos seems in saying that Obama made the list because “He abstained in the anti-MoveOn bill, but his rationale (it was a protest against a ridiculous piece of legislation) was sound.”:
His rationale was sound? His rationale was so weak that not even the even the Times could keep a straight face:
But curiously absent from the vote was Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, also a Democratic candidate for president, who had canceled a campaign appearance in South Carolina so he could be in Washington for votes. Mr. Obama issued a statement calling the resolution, put forward by Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, “a stunt.” Mr. Obama said, “By not casting a vote, I registered my protest against these empty politics.”
Mr. Obama had voted minutes earlier in favor of an extremely similar resolution proposed by Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California.
Minutes earlier? The AP said it was twenty minutes, but time flies when you are having fun – the Boxer amendment attracted Mr. Obama’s non-stunt vote at 11:58 AM; the stunt vote from which Mr. Obama abstained was at 12:36 PM, a full 38 minutes later, so perhaps the Senator was hungry for integrity, or anyway, lunch.
Or maybe this was a principled stand! The Boxer Amendment linked Petraeus to Kerry and Cleland, so perhaps Mr. Obama believes that Democrats running for office should be treated the same as generals serving their country. Maybe!
I am still perplexed at the fact that kos feels these politicians have his back.
Kos ought to have America’s boot up his A**!