Obama: "I will bring this war to an end in 2009."

*Obama was in Tampa, FL yesterday*

Health Care, Iraq Addressed

Obama's speech focused on the issues that have been staples of his campaign: health care reform, the Iraq war, reform of the nation's energy policies, education, college costs, ending special-interest influence in Washington.

"We just went through an economic expansion before the recent downturn in which family incomes actually went down by $1,000," he said. "That's Bush economics for you. ... Your wages are flat, but your costs for everything from health care to a college education to a gallon of milk to a gallon of gas have all been going up and up and up."

He sharply criticized Sen. John McCain, who he said backs a foreign policy that has led the nation into "one war in Afghanistan that we have to win, and a war in Iraq that we should have never fought."

"I was opposed to this war in 2002. I will bring this war to an end in 2009," Obama said.

<and a few kind words for Hillary and her camp>

"There are people who are concerned that the Clinton people might not vote for the Obama people, the Obama people are mad at the Clinton people," he said. "Well, let me tell you something. Sen. Clinton has run an outstanding campaign, and she deserves our adulation and our respect. ... She has broken through barriers and will open up opportunity for a lot of people, including my two young daughters."

Lots more:

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/may/22/na-obama-aims-for-win-here-in-november/

Great message. Time to get out of Iraq as fast as possible.

It's so refreshing after all this time of deliberate obfuscation and lies that kept us in Iraq. :mad:

When will we allow them to have a constitution that's written by and for Iraqis, instead of Monsanto and other pro-life patent and intellectual copyright concerns?

at they gym, and had to work out an extra twenty minutes to watch the entire thing.

Great speech.

"I love you too."

I don't believe him or Senator Clinton would do so.

but the troops will be there at least till the summer or fall of 2010

To flatten the forces pushing and benefitting from this current debacle will take something we haven’t seen before.