Barack Obama
The Public Record
On day one, I will end this war. Not because politics compels it. Not because our troops cannot bear the burden, as heavy as it is, but because it is the right thing to do.
I'm running for president because it's time to turn the page on a failed ideology.
I've got news for John McCain. He took us into a war along with George Bush that should have never been authorized.
I'm running for president because it's time to turn the page on a failed ideology.
I've got news for John McCain. He took us into war, along with George Bush, that should have never been authorized.
When it came to making the most important foreign policy decision of our generation, the decision to invade Iraq, Senator Clinton got it wrong.
On day one, I will end this war. Not because politics compels it. Not because our troops cannot bear the burden as heavy as it is. But because it is the right thing to do.
She called me and offered her the apologies, which I appreciated, but I also indicated that this is something that has to be investigated diligently and openly.
The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, you know, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know, there's a reaction that's…





