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Casandra (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:41 PM Original message |
Tell us honestly |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Very similar, though my family agreed. All nuts, all the time, the war nm |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I believed Scott Ritter and Blix |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Ritter, Blix and various articles |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
64. Ritter and Blix were my sources as well |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. I never believed any of it. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sure., Very similar... |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. It was seeing Colin's speech |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. DU Knew for a fact it was piffle. Will Pitt wrote a book about how it was |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Yep. Many of us even marched in 2002 to stop the invasion based on lies. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, I thought it was so much horseshit from the beginning |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Unlike the DEMs who voted for the war, I have "Google" on my computer. |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. I saw through it, too. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. I didn't vote for *, but the appearance by Powell at the UN |
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libertynliberalism (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. I had mixed feelings |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Hi libertynliberalism!! |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was in the streets marching in DC in October of 2002 |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Yep. Lots of us were marching. |
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stop the bleeding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. All of it pure BS, thought I was missing something, but NO pure BS |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was suspicious of the constant drumbeat that started that summer and |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. And I'm still reeling from the mass stupidity. |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. It was obvious to the casual observer. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. I didn't believe any of it either. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. You really want to know? |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Hey, you're honest, and you are willing to change your mind |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Thank you very much |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. What keeps war alive are the persons who are willing to play |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. You are right |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. The fact |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
65. Honesty much appreciated |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
68. There were plenty at DU like that |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. I have not trusted the bush addy from before 9/11. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. They never made a case for invasion, lying or not. |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Almost exactly except |
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Imalittleteapot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. I didn't take any of it seriously. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. And I bet you were out marching on February 17: The World Says No to War |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Never for a second believed it. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have been in absolute shock since the repug primary in SC in 1999 |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. I thought he probably had chemical weapons, but not ... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. Pretty similar |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. So... |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. I was out of the loop in those days, on a kind of sabbatical... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. I rejected it. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. I felt.. |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. It was obviously wrong. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. Months before the invasion, I knew that there was nothing that |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Their determination was equal to the depth of their lies |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. I believed it might be true -- But I also believed they were lying |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. Me too. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
43. you and I were in the same boat |
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La Coliniere (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
46. Been there, done that |
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TNOE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. I never believed them for a second |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. We are overrun by a nation of sheep |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. Same here. It was such an obvious pack of lies, and so frustrating |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. I screamed at my husband in front of my 11 year old nephew |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. same here. I knew it was all lies because I had read CIA accounts that.. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
54. Honestly, I didn't believe a word of the propoganda |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
55. I try to avail myself to all the facts... |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
56. I knew it was coming after 9/11... |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
57. I knew it was coming from election night 2000 |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
58. Gloating is fun, yes, but many of us who now oppose Bush were bamboozled. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. If only our elected representative would follow your example |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:23 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. What really pissed me off back then-- |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
59. I never believed on e syllable of it |
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Cults4Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. Not similar at all... Exactly, like what you described. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
61. My uncle tried 'The Just War Theory' to convince me... |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
62. I was recuperating from surgery when I first heard the drumbeats of war |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
63. I thought it bunk from the beginning and I still get a pain in my gut |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
69. yep. I said it was all a lie from the beginning. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
70. I knew it was complete s*** from the beginning |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
71. I lost my job and got arrested |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
72. I couldn't believe any of that. What I saw clearly was |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
73. I saw no threat |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
74. i never trusted much of anything dubya says since i lived in texas... |
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