Why doesn't Edwards take the same beating as Hillary? He voted for Iraq too.

[Smith_3]

Yet, people seem to let him off the hook for it much easier.

[ursi]

1. he said he was WRONG ...remember?

[Smith_3]

2. Ok. I guess admitting to a mistake is a good point.

[greenbriar]

3. besides he is out

duh

[book_worm]

4. he said he was wrong and apologized.

[izzybeans]

5. He was adult enough to admit a mistake.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Speak For yourself

I'm not letting off the hook either him, Kerry, Biden, Dodd or anyone who voted for war.

That being said, apologizing for it makes it a little less awful. Clinton still claims that it was the correct way to vote - I guess that means that the majority of Democrats, who voted against war, were wrong.

[butterfly77]

7. He did that because,,,

he knew he would be running and he would be hit over the head with it too..

[sueh]

8. Because Edwards said he was wrong to vote for the war and apologized for it.

Welcome to DU. Check the archives. You'll find tons of threads about this topic. :hi:

[Occam Bandage]

9. Because he apologized and took responsibility for his mistake. Hillary's still making excuses.

[judaspriestess]

10. are you kidding me, he was pouned for his vote on here

although he came out and apologized for his actions, it was never good enough for many on here.

He was damned if he did and damned if he didn't.

[Botany]

11. Because:

* He said he was wrong and that he was no doubt lied to by the bush admin.

* He is no longer running

* After dropping out he went back to New Orleans to help build houses
for people hurt by Katrina

[butterfly77]

12. We have to also look at who was giving the information...

they have been lying and are still lying about Iraq as well as other issues(Bushco) they continued to lie about the economy but they couldn't hide the lies any longer.

[Life Long Dem]

13. It's just the difference of being in the senate and not.

Since Edwards is no longer a senator, he is less influenced by Washington.

[mac56]

14. So the next logical question is, why doesn't Hillary admit she was wrong

and that she's sorry she made that vote? Like Edwards did?

[stillrockin]

15. He took responsibility. He said he was wrong. He didn't lie about it.

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Because he acknowledged the vote WAS A MISTAKE.

She hasn't been willing to do that.

[geek tragedy]

17. Edwards is no longer a candidate. n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. Does not admitting to a mistake mean that the person approved of the action

and might repeat it again, if given the same situtation regarding war? That's another thing that troubles me about Hillary. If she strongly condemned her own action and vowed to never repeat it again, it would help convince me that she won't be an absolute war hawk in the future, if elected.

[Dawgs]

19. He was never the frontrunner.

[underpants]

Because the voices from our car radios told us to

and we will do any damned thing it tells us

[mmonk]

20. Because he said he was wrong and apologized.

He also the vote was wrong.