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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:03 PM Original message |
I don't buy the I voted for the Iraq War BS |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. What would have happened if the Democrats voted against the Oct. IWR? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. six words in the IWR dispute your argument |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Nowhere in the IWR does it authorize him to attack |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. aaarrghh!! That's the point .... they gave him a blank check |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. No, they didn't give him a blank check. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. The IWR was a blank check |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Did you miss Chuck Hagel saying that Bush wanted approval for attacking |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Well, who says the Republicans should have rubberstamped |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Of course they shouldn't have. But it wasn't unreasonable for |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. we asked people to go and die for us |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. I am sorry, I am sure that you are convinced you are right |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. what part of 3(a) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. And what part of my posts don't you understand? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. a convoluted chain of "reasoning" |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I am sorry but I don't agree |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 02:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. That's a lot of assumptions |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. You have to make some assumptions anytime you make a decision. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Political cowardice....what else would it be? |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. remember there was a pre-emptive strike |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Bush wouldn't have needed to justify a pre-emptive strike |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Political prudence. |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. well, maybe if the Democrats had stood up |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Have you forgotten the mood of the country in October 2002? |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Look at the number of people that died from this stupid war |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. especially considering harken oil, junyer's dui's and grandpa... |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. well, a real debate might have sunk it |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. So what if the Democrats HAD sunk the IWR in October 2002? |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. NO |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. They didn't vote for it because they thought it was the easiest thing to do. |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. no, I think if there had been vocal opposition to the war |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was a suburban housewife with a toddler at the time and even |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Yeah, it was the whole chorus line behind Bush |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. They knew it, but what real choice did they have? |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. hypothetical theoreticals do not justify their craven vote |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. My assumptions are far more likely than yours, given that the President |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. Anyone with access to the internet |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Perhaps they knew more than you did. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. Correct....... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I marched then, too. But I have a different point of view now, |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
32. The point, for me, is this: |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. Some of those Democrats WANTED war with Iraq./ |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Yes, and some Dems want a war with Iran, that's not right |
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