Palin May Use Biden's Words Against Him

Oct. 2, 2008 -- During a radio talk show interview, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin previewed a likely line of attack for tonight's debate, calling a May 2007 vote by Barack Obama against reauthorizing funding for troops in Iraq "reckless" and "irresponsible" and "so political."

She noted that Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden also had criticized the Illinois senator -- now his running mate -- in the fall for voting against the bill.

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Breaking from debate preparation in Sedona, the Alaska governor taped an interview with conservative host Sean Hannity during which she slammed Obama's foreign policy positions as "beyond naive" and "downright dangerous," focusing on his May 24, 2007 vote against reauthorizing funding for troops in Iraq in protest of the bill not including a timetable for troop withdrawal.

"Proposing and voting for cutting off funding for our troops while they're in a war zone is so reckless and so political," Palin told Hannity. "Biden had even called Obama on that one. Remember, he said, Obama, 'your move there was political, and it's gonna cost lives.' And yet Obama, after promising that he would not cut off funding for troops in the war zone, he voted to do so anyway."

"So reckless, irresponsible -- we're gonna lay that out there and again let Americans judge for themselves who they would like to see as commander in chief: John McCain, who knows how to win a war, or Sen. Obama, who has voted to cut off funding for our troops?" Palin said.

Palin was referring to comments Biden made in the fall criticizing his Senate colleagues -- including primary opponents Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton -- who voted in May 2007 against reauthorizing troop funding because the bill did not include a withdrawal timetable. The Delaware senator voted for the bill, which passed the Senate, 80-14.

The McCain-Palin campaign is running an ad nationally called "Promise" attacking Obama's vote and featuring Biden's pointed criticisms of his Democratic Senate colleagues and current running mate.