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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton on Iraq vote: ‘I still got it wrong. Plain and simple.’ [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)112. The young senator from Illinois was not in the Senate at the time. The political stakes
for him were different. He was not under the pressure of the national press to conform to the stupidity of the day.
Still, Hillary cannot get away from the fact that she fell for Bush's lies. Makes you wonder how carefully she looks at evidence in other situations. She certainly did not scrutinize the evidence presented by Bush before OKing his war in Iraq.
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Hillary Clinton on Iraq vote: ‘I still got it wrong. Plain and simple.’ [View all]
DonViejo
Jun 2014
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HRC would have helped herself and Kerry if she stood by him when he was the only Aye vote to stand
blm
Jun 2014
#9
Happens all the time on message boards. PMs are the way to go if you want a private convo.
merrily
Jun 2014
#84
Yep - IWR was always meant to be a political tool for Bush WH more than an actual need.
blm
Jun 2014
#61
We are talking about the terrible mistake H. Clinton made and you want us to "look over there
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#65
The University security clearly over reacted - giving Meyers what he wanted - a spectacle
karynnj
Jun 2014
#176
The young senator from Illinois was not in the Senate at the time. The political stakes
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#112
He wasn't in the Senate for the inital vote, but he opposed the war once he was in the Senate.
The Stranger
Jun 2014
#120
100's of thousands died in the Iraq war and some are still dying from depleted uranium.
L0oniX
Jun 2014
#136
She was ALWAYS running. That was part of the deal between her & Barack back in 2008
johnlucas
Jun 2014
#23
Glad you brought up the analogy in the last paragraph. It strikes me as that way, too.
freshwest
Jun 2014
#34
It's funny how history has these kinds of parallels. Democratic Party will be seen as one in growth.
johnlucas
Jun 2014
#51
Just looking to find an insult, ain'tcha? What will you say when I help her FULFILL her ambition?
johnlucas
Jun 2014
#70
There is more than one kind of ambition, but some fall for the Gordon Gecko model every time.
freshwest
Jun 2014
#79
Well if you ain't figured it out by now you don't GET to that level without dealing with the machine
johnlucas
Jun 2014
#158
I was looking for your post calling out the ambitiousness of Obama, Clinton, probably a few repubs
MyNameGoesHere
Jun 2014
#88
Not desperate at all that would be the Hillary haters....just stating the stone cold facts....
VanillaRhapsody
Jun 2014
#54
It was also once a fact that women were not seen as viable candidates.....
VanillaRhapsody
Jun 2014
#129
No one? Michael Dukakis has a 17 point lead over Poppy Bush in the same year as the election
Reter
Jun 2014
#110
Don't know why so many are dead set on Warren, when Sherrod Brown is also a possibility
Adenoid_Hynkel
Jun 2014
#63
People are dead set on Warren because of her "fighting chance" message.
winter is coming
Jun 2014
#105
Hope to see more excerpts. Life is often lived between a rock and hard place. With no mercy afforded
freshwest
Jun 2014
#7
A grave error in judgment. I just don't trust her to do the right thing.
blkmusclmachine
Jun 2014
#12
I don't either. That is way too big of a character fuck up than I'm comfortable with.
The Stranger
Jun 2014
#97
And won't appreciate a damn thing she gets done for all, either. Sounds familiar...
freshwest
Jun 2014
#72
Craven, Conned, Corrupt - Anyone of them disqualifies her for any further office
on point
Jun 2014
#28
Gee, where did we hear those terms before? So many gates: Trooper, Travel office, Foster, Whitewater
freshwest
Jun 2014
#109
Agreed, and thanks for your insight. I said something similar elsewhere on this thread.
freshwest
Jun 2014
#116
Perhaps she could've dismissed her atrocious vote as "a youthful indiscretion"
RufusTFirefly
Jun 2014
#29
I think being Senator from the state that suffered the damage NYC did influenced her vote and not
freshwest
Jun 2014
#50
Aw, yes, the Hillary haters must be trying to elect Billy Cucumber-Libertarian.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2014
#33
Yeah, but peeps can still keep on hating her the way the RW hated her as FLOTUS, right?
freshwest
Jun 2014
#106
I'll reserve judgement what is written until the book comes out and I have a chance to read it
davidpdx
Jun 2014
#81