Durbin voted yes on Kyl-Lieberman cause Robert Gates assured him that we had no plan to attack Iran.

[flpoljunkie]

On this one, however, Obama parts ways with Durbin, one of his earliest and most ardent supporters, who voted for the resolution.

"If I thought there was any way it could be used as a pretense to launch an invasion of Iran I would have voted no,'' Durbin said in an interview.

In fact, Durbin initially criticized the language in the measure, prompting its author, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, to cut two paragraphs out entirely.

"I am opposed to military action in Iran," Durbin said, noting that it would require congressional approval. "To say we need to pressure the Iranians to change their course in the Middle East and I want to do it by nonmilitary means, that's what my vote was all about.''

Durbin said he also received assurances that the U.S. is not preparing to attack Iran from a source he respects, Defense Secretary Robert Gates: "He was as clear as could be that there are no plans for that to happen.''

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/obama_and_durbin_aligned_on_ir.html

(No plans? Who told him that? Condi? Certainly not Cheney! Don't believe them, Dick!)

[seemslikeadream]

1. We KNOW that is not true Dick!!!!!

QUIT BELIEVING THESE GUYS WILL YA??


PLEASE??

[Nutmegger]

2. And he believes these bastard thugs?

Fuck Joe LIARman too. That man has done so much harm .... and to think that people voted for this war mongering asshole. I, we, screamed as loud as we could last year and those LIARman supporters kept shouting back "experience!"

His experience is helping the US move closer to another war. Fuck him.

[old guy]

3. He believes what a * administration hack tells him?

That is not a very good thing to do. I also don't think we will attack Iran, but now that Gates says so I'm not so sure.

[AtomicKitten]

4. I'm glad Obama is discerning.

Obama said he would have followed Durbin's lead on the IWR and voted no.

I simply do not understanding anyone in Congress believing anything that comes out of this administration, and I'm glad Obama understood the implications of this vote and released a statement opposing it.

[geek tragedy]

5. I will not vote for Durbin in the Presidential primary. eom

[flpoljunkie]

6. Durbin is up for re-election to the Senate in 2008.

[incapsulated]

7. hahaha

:D

Seriously, though, Dick, not good reasoning there, heh.

[BootinUp]

8. Durbin is an honest man and a great Dem, not only that

But I agree with his vote too.

[flpoljunkie]

9. I agree with your comments, but definitely not with his vote on Kyl-Lieberman.