Barack Obama explained his refusal to vote on a Senate amendment which condemned MoveOn.org’s recent hit piece on General Petraeus:
"This amendment was a stunt designed only to score cheap political points while what we should be doing is focusing on the deadly serious challenge we face in Iraq. It's precisely this kind of political game-playing that makes most Americans cynical about Washington's ability to solve America's problems. By not casting a vote, I registered my protest against this empty politics. I registered my views on the ad itself the day it appeared."
I'm not entirely unsympathetic to the notion of a member of Congress bowing out of what amounts to a resolution tally. Resolutions are often more chic than substance.
I'm entirely unsympathetic—however—regarding Obama's sanctimony, as well as his too evident hypocrisy.
We're to believe that Obama would never stoop to any "stunt designed only to score cheap political points?" Obama can shovel scat with the best of them if he can rail against ‘cheap politics’ with a straight face.
(h/t Allahpundit)
Earlier sanctimony from Obama.