Why Did President Bush Advocate War with Iraq?: By David Bernstein on February 29, 2008 7:16 am As ‘a cover-up for a failing economy.'” Guess who said that. Answer below. (show) State Senator Obama, as quoted in the Chicago Defender, Sept. 26, 2002, at 1. Apparently, before the “politics of hope” came the “politics of cynicism.” (hide)