At least Hillary has the balls, to vote no. Obama
makes excuses.

Obama ....get a backbone. If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

Way to go Hillary,

The title for this was completely mis-leading. Obama was not a "no show" he made a decision not to participate in this farce. I think it speaks volumes that he stood up after the Republicans were cowards yesterday and let Bush off the hook by not supporting the Webb legislation. I'm pleased to know Biden took the same principled stance.

If Clinton had "sat out" the vote and Obama voted "no" I'll bet Huffpo would be singing his praises in three-inch type.

This ad was silly in it's turn on the word sound of Petraus to betray us. But the facts were spot on.

I just wish they had phrased their add in a more powerful way......so that they did not play into the hand of Rove, GOP think tankers and the media who are whipping this thing into a wild fire, while the murderous Blackwater is getting a pass.

Arianna--

And why isn't this story on the front page of HuffPo??????????

When are you going to dump this smooth talker?

Obama is all style, no substance.

Why would any Democrat vote for such an obvious political ploy demanding support for the war? Bush used a general for purely political purposes and expects everyone to go along. and so many Democrats did. I've come to expect Republicans to put party over country and truth.

Clinton had more guts than Obama.
She went on record and voted "NO".
He didn't bother to vote (register his disapproval by not voting????) and so he did nothing to stop this undemocratic piece of garbage from passing.

And we also learn that he DID have time to vote FOR a bill that was sponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) that "criticized actions that question the honor of armed services members generally..."
So Obama took the easy way out. He voted for Boxer's idiotic and anti-civil libertarian bill that would chill freedom of speech - and did not vote against a bill offered by Republicans that did the same thing.

Good for Hillary Clinton on this one.

All of you people are fucking idiots. Im sorry, but you are. Why the FUCK was the Senate of the United States voting to codemn Moveon.org. We are in a lie of a war. I dont give a fuck if Obama voted yea, nay, or who gives a fuck...his vote seems to be the last. We've got a racist DA and Judge in Louisiana putting a young black boy in jail for years for having a fight. And the Democrats let this come to a vote? You people are all fucking idiots.

applaud typo sorry

What a suprize cowards like Landrieu and Nelson who gave us the Roberts/Alito supreme court buckled against Repigs....again.
Apllaud for Clinton and Obama for telling This Congress "jump up my a$$!"

Repigs where is my apology for your G*D DAMN Purple Heart Band Aids which smeared every wounded vet and active duty serviceperson, not just one Pro-Bush GENERAL?
Huh I couldn't hear that apology...­HYPOCRITES­!

hasn't hit huffpo yet. barack will be at a big fundraiser with popstar Usher in atlanta tonight, instead of the AARP forum in davenport, iowa. that's the kind of thing that will wipe him out in iowa.. but he will raise millions tonight.

What a bunch of pricks. Their president preside over the worst presidency this country has experienced and we're spending trillions of dollars on a needless war and we're killing our kids for nothing. And they vote to condemn MoveOn.

Fucking morons, especially the democrats who voted for it.

Thank you Sen Obama for making a point that is obvious to everyone ~ the Senate should be using it's time and energy finding common ground on the multitude of problems facing this country ~ problems that effect the lives of all Americans.

His vote was particularly refreshing after reading how Senator Warner did a last minute about face on legislation to support our troops by mandating adequate time between tours of duty in Iraq. What information did the Pentagon give him that held such sway....that justified voting against a bill he co-sponsored...that justified pulling the rug out from under Senator Webb and to do so in such cowardly manner.

It's time for the Republicans ever get serious and fulfill their obligation to this country by paying attention to the people's business ~ the state of our democracy and future of our country.

Its way past time to stop the terrible waste of time and resources!

Its way past time to honor the trust they were given when elected to the Senate.

Its way past time for the Senate to fulfill it's original intent ~ to be a deliberative body!

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Captain, Can you find out the exact number of US casualties incurred while the Senate debated this?

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