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Partisan politics of late have polarized the people so much many of us are lost in a daze of accusations and counter accusations. The supposed "controversy" about Moveon.orgs General "Betray-us?" ads are a great example.What is the most over-looked part of the Moveon.org advertisement? Can you see it? Isn't it obvious? It is a common punctuation mark, right? Yes, clever reader, it is the question mark. The advert does not call the general "Betray-us", it asks, before his testimony, if he will "betray-us" by testifying for a failed policy or actually tell the American people the truth. The only truth he told was his response of "I don't know" when asked if the Iraq war was making America safer. Mr. Bush has no problem answering this question in the affirmative, but his main enforcer of his policies in Iraq will not, or can not answer the question.

Very few media have made the distinction of the question mark, not even NPR, thus allowing the right to frame the debate once again. I have not even heard any Congress-person make this distinction. No, not just make the distinction, but many of them voted for a bill that condemned the ad for something it didn't even say. I can commend Sen. Wyden of Oregon for voting the right way, but must condemn Sen. Obama for ducking it. What a profile of courage that was. Not only didn't Obama vote on the Moveon issue but he didn't even show up for the AARP debate to defend his health-care platform, if he even has one. I'm about ready to remove my Obama sticker from my car.

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