Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch brought up a claim he said "some people" have made that President Barack Obama is waiting until after this year's gubernatorial election in New Jersey and Virginia before making a decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan, adding that those people were "hyper-critical" and that "he hoped that's not the case."Very cleverly done, using the straw man approach so favored by Obama to push his attacks on the GOP. Whether true or not it's now part of the discussion and something that Obama doesn't really want to deal with.
“Some people have even been, I think, hyper-critical in suggesting that he’s waiting until after the election because they have some tough governorships up for election” Hatch said In an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union with John King, “I hope that’s not the case.”
Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown said he knows Hatch didn’t say he believes that, but called it "outrageous … that partisans in this country would say that the President of the United States" is delaying the decision on troops for political reasons.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Is Obama Delaying Decision on Afghanistan to Help Democrats in Coming Elections?
Wouldn't surprise me a bit, and one GOP Senator decided to throw that dead cat into the room:
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President George Bush was another fan of the straw man.
Actually Obama really doesn't know what to do which is why he has held off supporting our military in Afghanistan. He does not want to listen to what our experienced and trained military leadership in Afghanistan have to say.
We've been in Afghanistan as long as the Soviets and we have more troops there than they did.
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