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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (846)	1/12/2007 4:45:10 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

January 10, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today released the following statement in response to the President's speech about increasing troop levels in Iraq: "...Tonight, against all military advice to the contrary, the President announced his intention to plunge us ever deeper into the quagmire of Iraq. I have no doubt that the President is sincere in believing that his strategy is the right one. But escalation has already been tried and it has already failed, because no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war. The President offered no evidence that more troops would force the warring factions toward the necessary political settlement, and attached no consequences should the Iraqis fail to make progress. As his own military commanders have said, escalation only prevents the Iraqis from taking more responsibility for their own future. I opposed giving the President the broad, open-ended authority to wage this war in 2002 partly because I feared we would arrive at this point - a point where the ideological pursuit of an ill-defined victory would overwhelm the reality of the facts on the ground. Now it is our brave men and women in uniform, along with their families, who will be asked to bear the burden of this mistake - a mistake that I and others will actively oppose in the days to come. We must not risk more American lives in service of a failed policy, but do what's necessary to force a political settlement in Iraq so that we can bring our troops home and redouble our nation's efforts in the wider struggle against terrorism..." Source: Senator Barack Obama

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (846)	1/12/2007 12:10:50 PM
From: MJ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

ChinuSFO I support both a military, political solution, and humanistic solution by people in the old sense of humanism (not the modern sense that has skewed humanism.) One of elements that needs to be a part of this solution is for the religious leaders of the various religions to sit with each other and agree to not a common belief but a recognition and acceptance of the right of each to exist without impinging upon the other via violence and war. This will not likely happen as each believes they are right just as the Democrats believe the Republicans are wrong and vice versa.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (846)	1/15/2007 7:17:24 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Obama inches closer to announcing ______________________________________________________________ By David Mendell Chicago Tribune staff reporter Published January 15, 2007, 2:33 PM CST U.S. Sen. Barack Obama took a tiny step closer to revealing his intentions about running for president today, adding a "very" to the "soon" in his assessment about when an announcement would come. "We will have an announcement very soon," Obama (D-Ill.) told reporters outside St. Mark Cathedral in Harvey after delivering an emotional keynote speech to celebrate Martin Luther King's birth. Prefacing his address in the church, Obama turned to an array of media crews and declared that he was "not making news today" about a potential run for the Oval Office. In recent weeks, Obama has been seeking advice from a widening circle of political advisers and hiring new staff in key primary states, leading political analysts to surmise that he is about to formally launch a presidential bid. Even if many blacks view Obama as the premier political leader of a new generation of African-Americans, Obama said that the day of celebration for King would have been the wrong moment to declare whether he will seek the presidency in 2008. "I didn't want to use this day to indicate my plans because I am humbled by what Dr. King accomplished," Obama said. "I don't think that whatever my political plans are, (they) are comparable to the heroic struggles that he went through, and I don't want to draw false parallels." Obama said that he is weighing issues such as his personal safety and loss of privacy, but then hinted that those matters would not affect his final decision. "Everybody in public life, at this point, has some concerns (about personal safety). The fact that my profile is higher at this point than certainly it was a couple of years ago raises those concerns," he said. "Finding out that there was a photographer lurking in the bushes when I was playing on the beach with my kids is a source of concern. But that's not going to stop me from doing what I think is best for the country and how I can best serve." Obama electrified the largely African-American audience with an address that focused on King's quest for racial and social justice. King looked beyond his own personal needs and safety, Obama said, for a larger meaning and a larger purpose. He then challenged the congregation to do the same. "We can be all be Kings in this country if we are willing to serve, if we are willing to believe that we have a stake in one another, if we believe that your pain is my pain, and your hopes are my hopes, and your children's future is my children's future, too," Obama declared, his voice soaring. Earlier in the morning, Obama's star power overshadowed Rev. Jesse Jackson, Gov. Rod Blagojevich and an assortment of other political leaders and civil rights activists at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's annual King scholarship breakfast at McCormick Place. "A new president… He's in the house," Jackson said to thunderous applause from the crowd of an estimated crowd of 1,600. Jackson introduced Obama as the junior senator from Illinois "who is on the verge of making a decision to further the dream." Obama received a standing ovation when Jackson introduced him and drew that parallel from King's civil rights crusade to Obama's political ascent. -Tribune staff reporter Crystal Yednak contributed to this story.