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Edited on Thu Feb-07-08 10:12 AM by Windy
As a mother of draft age sons and as a military vet, I am asking you to consider HRC's voting record
On the war, and on Kyl/Lieberman before casting your vote in the primary.
It is my belief that Mrs. Clinton, unlike many other members of the Senate, voted to go to war in Iraq, by casting her Yea vote for a resolution entitled "Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq" .
She has never stated that she made a mistake in her vote unlike John Kerry or John Edwards. She refuses. She then voted "yea" for Kyl/Lieberman which has the potential of providing a means to strike Iran. These are serious times we live in. Actions have consequences and judgment is critical!
I do not want a president who maintains such a cavalier attitude regarding the prospect of sending our young men and women off to war to possibly die while her daughter, who is draft age and very capable of serving sits in her nice cushy home and has the time to campaign for her mother out of harms way.
As a person who served, I have a real problem with the nonchalant consideration of the lives of our military personnel who took second place to the lofty goals of the Clintons in regaining the Whitehouse!
She voted as she did on the IWR and Kyl/lieberman for purely political reasons because she knew that she would be running for president and didn't want to seem weak! Are her own selfish goals a reason to fail to fight like hell to stop George Bush from sending our kids to die? Are her own selfish goals a good reason to continue to vote with Bush priming the pump to fight possible future battles, once again, committing our men and women to die for a cause without a solid foundation. Without clear and convincing evidence? Is her ability to gain the presidency worth the sacrifice of our men and woman in uniform who have unselfishly sacrificed their lives for the good of this country?
I say it is not. For that reason, I cannot cast my vote for Hillary in the primary.
Its a matter of character. Its a matter of honor. Its a matter of respect for our young men and woman who have given so much and have received little in return.
It is out of respect for them that I have decided to cast my vote for Barack.
And to those of you who bring up the funding, I am for funding the troops. They were put over there unnecessarily without what they needed to come home alive at best and a worst, with minimal injury. Bush has proven that he would rather veto a bill that adds timetables rather than equip our troops. I don't have a problem with the votes cast by Biden, Obama, Clinton, etc in this regard.
While Obama didn't vote on the IWR originally, he was running for senate when he made his speech against the war at a time when going to war with Iraq was popular.
Many people also forget that it wasn't just Alan Keyes that he faced in the primary, he went up against other democrats to get to the position of being the candidate for the senate from Illinois, Nancy Skinner being one of those candidates. Ms. Skinner is now running for office her in Michigan.
I have thought my decision through very carefully. It is personal and my vote is a reflection of the person that I believe I am. To vote for Hillary when I have been so against this war would be to go against my own belief system.
I support Obama for my kids, my grandkids and the military men and women who deserve better!
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