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In reply to the discussion: I'm sorry, guys. I can't get past her vote for the Iraq "war". [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)342. Its in the article I wrote which I linked in my #176 above. nt
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No not everyone did....and MOST Americans were convinced Iraq was involved AND had
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#53
Oh many of us remember the 'environment' quite well, which is why we hold those people went along
PoliticAverse
Apr 2014
#59
So ALL your fellow Americans that DID want revenge? That demanded it....
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#140
and that goes for you too....IF YOU know so much better.....why don't YOU run?
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#143
Oh she KNEW better -- but it wasn't politically expedient for her to stand up and say so.
Arugula Latte
Apr 2014
#297
I agree with you that THAT war was an atrocity...BUT Hillary Clinton and other Democrats
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#305
9-11 was NOT given as an official explanation to Congress re: Iraq -- it was the
Arugula Latte
Apr 2014
#312
Since you are SOOOO much smarter than our politicians.....why don't YOU run for office
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#142
No it isn't...If you are going to demand better candidates...and YOU HATE
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#260
this is beyond critical....this is downright dismissal of one of the most electable
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#308
You cannot JUST hold that vote against ONE of them then....that is hypocritical...
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#326
Unfortunately the media didn't do its job .. those that spoke out .. were shamed and >
YOHABLO
Apr 2014
#137
Then those who have such good instincts.....and are demanding better candidates....
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#145
My alternative plan to invading Iraq and shock & aweing Iraqis to death was: Don't invade!
Arugula Latte
Apr 2014
#339
Bob Kerrey, Evan Bayh, Lieberman were on the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
deutsey
Apr 2014
#158
This is the heart of the matter. Do we want our government to run by and for the benefit of the001%
Vincardog
Apr 2014
#207
I knew it was BS too. The first time I heard Bush babble the name "IRAQ" I knew he was pulling
GoneFishin
Apr 2014
#84
of course it was - and many many of us knew it - I left the D party within an hour of that shameful
DrDan
Apr 2014
#147
Very Vanilla selective memory. Strange for an "underground" participant and NOT Progressive at ALL.
PassingFair
Apr 2014
#309
I was in rapt attention precisely because I was fascinated by the entire
ChisolmTrailDem
Apr 2014
#50
There is way too much revisionist history on this from those who want to criticize Democrats
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#176
Poland is separate from the UN Security Council vote. The whole "New Europe" vs "Old Europe"
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#285
Bob Graham chaired the intelligence committee, he looked at the classified "evidence" and voted no
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2014
#240
Much of the Sen intelligence committee voted Yea, because the evidence was equivocal either way
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#278
So it's okay to hand absolute war powers over to man hell bent on an invasion...
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2014
#335
They werent absolute in any sense of the word. Limited to Iraq and contingent on conditions that
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#337
Enlighten me, what conditions demanded by the IWR were not present at the time of the invasion?
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2014
#341
I read your article, I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding about how war powers work
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2014
#345
I didnt say 1441 did. And neither condition of IWR was met and demonstrably so.
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#348
Again, presidential finding means the president can find whatever the hell he wants...
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2014
#349
No matter how many times you repeat incorrect information, it will not make it right.
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#350
Thanks but I got a message that the video no longer exists. Thanks again for the information.
JDPriestly
Apr 2014
#206
"I guess you have to ask yourself, would you prefer a republican in the WH."
Martin Eden
Apr 2014
#221
Anyone who fell for Bush's lies when most sentient people KNEW they were lying, is likely to make
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#290
No, it's not. Not voting, or voting 3rd party, deprives both establishment parties a vote.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2014
#231
She is not the Savior and hero the Lefty of the Leftiest are looking for....
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#35
Or maybe people just have no intention of forgetting that horrible lapse of judgment
Hissyspit
Apr 2014
#67
Either she was playing 3rd Way"pragmatic" politics or too stupid to realize Bush was lying.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2014
#30
Agreed. It's insidiously divisive too. I think there would be negligible support for NSA spying,
GoneFishin
Apr 2014
#92
Barbara Bush gushes about Bill Clinton, says he treats George H. W. Bush like a father
Generic Other
Apr 2014
#173
I always vote. I vote for the most progressive candidate on the ballot.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2014
#232
"I'm always proud of Wal-Mart and what we do and the way we do it better than anybody else"
krawhitham
Apr 2014
#275
It's a fool's mission to act as if she is our only alternative to a Republican.
PassingFair
Apr 2014
#320
In the aggregate, certainly the OPs vote is meaningless as to whether she wins or loses..
brooklynite
Apr 2014
#139
I don't think she wanted war. to me, her crime was believing Bush and
Laura PourMeADrink
Apr 2014
#66
Are you seriously trying to conflate objections to votes for the Iraq War Resolution
Maedhros
Apr 2014
#79
Exactly. not just 'many' members of the UN, 15-0 vote in the Security council on
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#294
Disgustingly absurd comparison. Shameless. Brainless. Fucking way lame and desperate.
TheKentuckian
Apr 2014
#129
Nope, you are the one who made the comparison not me. My assessment of said comparison
TheKentuckian
Apr 2014
#272
Couple of things: First, a majority of Senate Dems voted for the IWR. And Obama?
Skip Intro
Apr 2014
#82
and I am not buying your moralistic implication that if Hillary is the nominee you would not vote
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#130
It is up to those who are Democrats, and those Democrats to select their candidate for President.
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#178
If Democrats have any desire not to have corporate governance and warmongering we wouldn't nominate
TheKentuckian
Apr 2014
#135
Why do I need to do any such thing. You turd way suicide packers should have started your own party
TheKentuckian
Apr 2014
#271
back at you bud, I voted for George McGovern in my first election, and have voted for the most
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#274
St. Ronnie himself, Dick Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and even William F. Buckley all compare
TheKentuckian
Apr 2014
#307
I understand. I haven't reached that stage yet, probably never will, though it does gripe me that
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#334
I wouldn't read much of anything into electing a Democratic Governor at all, it is almost always
TheKentuckian
Apr 2014
#340
aaand here comes the rising swill of "voting to allow invasion of Iraq doesn't mean voting to ALLOW
MisterP
Apr 2014
#118
voting for people like Clinton preserves the status quo of giving the 1%ers complete control.
politicman
Apr 2014
#136
That unwise vote cost her the previous election and may well do so again. It display a mindset that
ladjf
Apr 2014
#160
so i assume this means you will not vote for her no matter what, because i would not vote for
JI7
Apr 2014
#239
it's about feeling morally superior without doing anything, just the fact they come on a Democratic
JI7
Apr 2014
#238
Guys--we are *known* for killing lots of people. So it's fine. Hillary '16! nt
Romulox
Apr 2014
#183
Got past it easily, but everyone is different. You are welcome to feel that way.
Xyzse
Apr 2014
#209
Drive-by thread. The OP hasn't replied to a single post in her thread......
scheming daemons
Apr 2014
#213
Exactly. I don't know what is with this cathartic garbage that some feel the need to proclaim who
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#251
I don't know what is with this cathartic garbage that some feel the need ...
99Forever
Apr 2014
#252