Yes, they are only words.....

After having both sides, McCain and Clinton, point out that Obama is all words and no action, he came back with a brilliant speech. Unfortunately, it was plagiarized, but hey, who cares about that. After all, Martin Luther King, Jr plagiarized his dissertation for his doctorate and no one has taken his PhD away. But, in all the hoopla no one answered his question - are they just words - and my answer is a resounding YES!! they are only words. Hillary Clinton has a background of actions behind her words, while you have...well...words. I'm not sure who first said this, or I would give credit, but actions speak louder than words. You can say a lot of pretty words, but in the end, they are empty rhetoric.

And speaking of words...you keep forgetting to add a few to your 'I didn't vote for the Iraq war and Hillary did' speech. Like the fact you weren't even there to vote! You chose to sit out that day so as not to have to vote. Tsk tsk!! There is such a thing as lying by ommission and lying by misleading. When you say you didn't vote for the war you are hoping people will hear it as you voted against the war. Some of us do our homework though, so you won't get away with too much.

At the end is a list of those who were actually there and really did vote against the war. I can't find your name there, Mr. Obama. You are right that Hillary did vote yes, and she admits she did. She is a big enough person to admit when she made a mistake and to find ways to rectify it. That takes guts, Mr. Obama. Now how about you admitting you didn't even bother to show up to vote. You see, I would rather have a president who can admit they are not perfect, make mistakes, and then find solutions to make things right. I don't trust you to do that. I do trust Hillary. She has earned my respect and admiration.

I figure there's a good reason you don't add those words (I wasn't even there to vote) and it's actually quite clever. If the war went well, you could say, had I been there I would have voted for it. But if it went badly, as it did, you can be self-righteous and say you didn't vote for it. Words, Mr. Obama, that are misleading at best. Next time say, 'while Hillary had the guts to show up and vote, even though she made a bad judgement that one time, I was too cowardly, to even be there to cast a vote.'

In the Senate, the 21 Democrats, one Republican and one Independent who courageously voted their consciences in 2002 against the War in Iraq were:

* Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)
* Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico)
* Barbara Boxer (D-California)
* Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
* Lincoln Chaffee (R-Rhode Island)
* Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota)
* Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey)
* Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota)
* Dick Durbin (D-Illinois)
* Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
* Bob Graham (D-Florida)
* Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
* Jim Jeffords (I-Vermont)
* Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)
* Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
* Carl Levin (D-Michigan)
* Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland)
* Patty Murray (D-Washington)
* Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island)
* Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland)
* Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan)
* The late Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota)
* Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)