What Dems who supported Bush invasion of Iraq should say...

[Kbowe]

"We were duped. We thought that we were supporting an honest President. Bush lied to us the same as he lied to the nation. Our fellow Dems who were against the war were smeared and seered by the media and the general public as being unpatriotic when, in fact, they were being wise."

[mike_c]

1. I might actually be able to support one or two of them...

...if they do this.

[billbuckhead]

2. But Rumsfeld told the people that they'd be lied to in the war on terror.

The people went for it. The politicians only followed the people like they are so want to do.

[ThorsteinVeblen]

3. They can say anything they want

That doesn't change the fact that they are lying, cowardly shitbags.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Even better.

"Due to the undeniable fact that the grassroots of the Democratic Party is opposed to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, an invasion that I supported, I feel compelled to withdraw my name from consideration for nomination and will now throw my support to.."

Al Sharpton
Carole Mosely-Braun
Dennis Kucinich
Howard Dean
Wesley Clark

(my personal preferences in order of preference).

[wuushew]

5. They should follow the wisedom epoused by McGovern

He said his biggest regret in his 18 years in the Senate was voting for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which passed nearly unanimously and gave President Johnson broader authority to wage the Vietnam War. He said to this day it is hard to walk by the Vietnam War Memorial without crying.


"Vietnam, by the way, had the same impact ... We were never so isolated in global opinion than when we were deepest in the jungles of Vietnam."

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0326-05.htm

[David Zephyr]

7. Exactly. They Should Tell The Truth...Not Try to Make an Excuse.

They were not duped.

They had no evidence that made a case for war.

They were afraid of looking unpatriotic, of challenging a popular president.

That's the truth.

Truth. It's always the best place to start.

No one is going to buy that they were duped.

John Kerry tried this by saying, "I was misled" yet never produced one iota of evidence of what "misled" him. He wasn't misled, he particpating in the misleading of our nation into this war that is getting worse by the day.

Lying now about cowardice then is equally pathetic.

Any wonder why Howard Dean has already locked up the Democratic Presidential Contest?

[UnapologeticLiberal]

6. Here, here!

I have been saying for months that that is exactly what John Kerry ought to do. If he would come out and say "I regret my vote" I would have a lot more respect for him. It is obvious that he never wanted to vote for it, so why does he not come out and admit he was wrong? I am a Dean supporter but Kerry is my second choice and I really wish he would do that.

[indictrichardperle]

8. what they should say

"im sorry and i was wrong"......it was horribly cowardly or horribly stupid, likely both.

The Iraq war is immensely unpopular and Dean and Kerrys different stances on it is the main reason for the difference in poll numbers.