Obama Now Criticizes Moveon.org's "General Betray Us" Ad But He Refused To Vote To Condemn It At The Time

Obama mentioned in his speech on patriotism that the "old, threadbare arguments" and "caricutares of left and right" were most “evident during our recent debates about the war in Iraq, when those who opposed administration policy were tagged by some as unpatriotic, and a general providing his best counsel on how to move forward in Iraq was accused of betrayal.” The fact that Obama conveniently ignores is that he did not vote last year when the Senate approved a measure condemning the controversial Petraeus ad. How can he speak out now against that despicable ad when he did not vote to condemn it when a resolution to do so was brought to the Senate? The resolution stated that Petraeus "deserves the full support of the Senate" and the Senate "strongly condemn(s) personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces." A quarter of the Senate voted against the measure, including Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd. Barack Obama made sure not to vote. Why was he not there to condemn attacks on General Petraeus when a vote came to the Senate?


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