Getting to know Hillary: Open Letter to Senator Hillary Clinton, An American Hero

[rodeodance]

http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/02/08/senator-hillary-clinton-an-american-hero/



Senator Hillary Clinton, An American Hero


by Dr. Carolyn

February 8th, 2008 @ 9:38 pm

The following is an open letter to Senator Hillary Clinton, a woman who I consider an American Hero. I composed this letter with the hope that it might help undecided voters reach a decision. As outlined in the letter, I am Canadian and, therefore, have no personal gain from supporting Senator Clinton in the primaries in America. But, readers will note that meeting Senator Clinton at Ground Zero provided me with much comfort during a terrifying time.

I hope that all who read this letter will give it thought as you decide who you will support in this election:

Dear Senator Clinton:

I have been watching the primaries with great interest and am writing this letter in hopes that it might help your campaign. To introduce myself, I am a Canadian physician who has no voting ability when it comes to American elections. I have absolutely nothing to gain by testifying about your natural ability to lead the U.S. out of darkness.

I met you at Ground Zero on September 12th, 2001. In fact, my medical team of five Canadians literally bumped into you in our haste to make it to Stuyvesant High School where the casualties of the WTC terrorist attacks were accumulating. When I caught my balance amidst the crowd of people, I realized that it was you standing in front of me. I will never forget that moment. You were very composed with only a single secret service agent beside you, completely camouflaged as an ordinary citizen. When my group realized who you were, we stood still. I was speechless and already overwhelmed by the chaos around us. The only words that I could manage to form were: _We are Canadians. We came from Canada to help.

You shook each of our hands and thanked us. The momentum and courage that your simple gesture gave us was very much appreciated.

When I reflect on that week, a flood of memories returns to me. First, unlike any other of your political colleagues at the time, you were walking about, without any lights or cameras, reassuring the people that you represent that you were there to help. You were vulnerable, ready and willing to have anyone approach you in person _ unlike President Bush.

In fact, because the current president is so afraid of getting assassinated _ that is what the police told us on September 15th, 2001 - the medical triage had to shut down for _security reasons_ in preparation for his arrival on Friday, and might I add three whole days after the attacks. At the time, our triage was taking care of between 50 to 70 patients an hour. We had over 200 medical volunteers working around the clock to help. As far as we know, all of our patients were injured volunteers. We would patch up whomever we could and help them get back to the fevered search for potential life.

The stories of injured fire fighters and other rescue workers obsessed about getting stitched up, or having their eyes flushed from the acidic smoke, as quickly as possible in order to continue looking for a loved one, are too numerous to recount. However, when President Bush came to Ground Zero, the Triage was closed down and we all were forced home.

Six years later, you helped me again - though this time not in person. Somehow, I still remain ashamed that I ever got sick after helping. My lungs have never been the same as when I crossed the finish line at the Ironman Canada ultra distance triathlon on August 26th. 2001. Because of you, Senator Clinton, thousands of WTC volunteers have free medical care for their rescue related illnesses. I was absolutely astonished when American volunteers that I still keep in touch with told me that I could also get help despite being a Canadian. To be honest, I refused any assistance for several years. For one, I am not bitter and choose not to define my life by September 11th. Even if I knew that I would get as sick as I have, I would help again. My quality of life compared to many of the great people that I met during that dark week six years ago is actually pretty awesome. I remain grateful for what I have and not bitter about what I do not.

Regardless, from the moment that I met you in person, and from the many moments I have been grateful for your continuing to stand up for the thousands who later became sick and injured from Ground Zero, I have thought of you as a true hero.

California may have the “Terminator,” America has you.

In closing, although the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan make me sick with despair, after what you saw first hand on September 11th, 2001, I don’t blame you for taking the greatest measure available at the time to keep America safe. You did the best you could, with what you had, at the time.

Senator Obama, or any of your rivals for that matter, were never at Ground Zero. How can they truly second-guess your decision?

I look forward to cheering for you all the way to the finish line - when you are sworn in officially as President of the United States.

Sincerely,

Dr. Carolyn, BA, MD, CCFP, FRCPC(EM)

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Move Over Rocky…
April 29th, 2008 @ 11:54 pm

Hillary Clinton accepted a key endorsement from N.C. Governor Mike Easley on T. Kicking off his endorsement, Easley said:

“………There’s nothing I love more than a strong powerful woman.”
Read more…

[rurallib]

1. introduced in Indiana she was described as

"with testicular fortitude to run the country."

[Mooney]

3. She's a man, man!

[rodeodance]

4. I hope you have read the entire letter--it is informative. Those would

not have been my choice of words to use.

[rurallib]

8. Wasn't my choice - some steel worker in Indiana.

And sometimes heroes know that it is better for the whole to put their own desires to the side lest they destroy those around them.
I think if Hillary wants to complete her heroism, it is long past time to step aside and help begin the healing that will be sorely needed to lead us to victory in November. As she continues her lust for power the only person who gains from it is John McCain.

[rodeodance]

14. I know--I saw the quotes-heard something about that phase today. Oh well--I do

take it as a compliment for Hillary.

[rurallib]

16. Slam at Obama I would say.

You know he's an effete, elite liberal. All that that goes with being black in America.

[rodeodance]

19. I can not read his mind and either can you. So lets not go there. This is a positive thread. thanks.

[cliffordu]

15. And she's got it, too.....

:rofl: :rofl:

[Texas Hill Country]

117. who said that?

[JKaiser]

2. thanks for this.. I feel so inspired! Go Hillary!

[rodeodance]

26. she inspires me also

[Stinky The Clown]

5. "American Hero"???? Puhleeze.

"Ranking near the top of the list of overused words with proportionally diminished meaning is "hero".

[rodeodance]

12. The physician that worked closely with Hillary chose that word. Please show some respect.

[dbmk]

44. Closely?

Are you referring to the Dr. who wrote the letter in the OP, that had bumped into her briefly?

[rodeodance]

50. you are belittling Dr. Carolyn and look like a foolish immature bully for doing so.

Are you referring to the Dr. who wrote the letter in the OP, that had bumped into her briefly?

[dbmk]

78. I certainly wasn't belittling her - from what I can gather she is an admirable person

But nice try at a strawman there.
I was questioning _your_ claim that she had worked closely with Senator Clinton - and as a consequence was able to assess her as being an "American Hero".

When all I can tell from the letter is that she met her once - briefly.

[symbolman]

87. When you stop ceaselessly attacking and insulting so many on this board

then maybe folks will listen and show some respect, love how you demand it but I'll be damned if in hundreds of posts by you there has been a single hint of respect.. Calling ME a LEECH because I'm too broke to donate at this time when I've been here since the beggining of this site, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and appeared on many right wing shows like Scarborough twice, Lou Dobbs, and O'Rielly and ALWAYS did a shout out for the DU..

Blinded by you worship you've done nothing but drive by posting to only inflame people and now YOU Demand Respect..

Try Earning it. From everyone here, not just your peeps..

Us old timers still consider this a Place where ALL Democrats have been welcomed and many of us have literally changed the course of the War among other things...

Try not to drop a bomb on this street and you might get Respect.

:)

[rodeodance]

93. someone call yo a

"Leech" ??

[MadBadger]

6. 2 Months later, her Hero Status has been Revoked.

[rodeodance]

17. any respect I may have had for you is gone. This letter in the OP is a

heartfelt letter from a physician who worked with her.

Take your smear jobs elsewhere. You are an embarrassment to this board.

[MadBadger]

36. You didnt have any respect for me in the first place.

[rodeodance]

39. Respect has to be earned.

[MadBadger]

41. Okay, then we have mutually always hated each other

You considered me your personal pest, and I considered you my personal vermin

[rodeodance]

42. I do not hate you so stop making foolish ASSumptions.

[Maribelle]

7. This is terrific!

Thanks. :pals:

[rodeodance]

29. yes.

[JohnnyLib2]

9. Nice letter, thanks.

It's amazing that so many have the need to obliterate any positive comments about HRC. :shrug:

[rodeodance]

28. I know. it really saddens me to think there are people in this board that would

show such disrespect to a Canadian physician who helped the 9/11 victims.

its sickening.

[berni_mccoy]

10. Wow, that's really fuckin old. I bet Dr. Carolyn regrets it now after all Hillary's racially

divisive tactics.

[avrdream]

11. Mmmmm, I love this part:

“………There’s nothing I love more than a strong powerful woman.”


Me 3!

[rodeodance]

23. She will work hard for all the people and to restore our image in the world. That I know.

[crimsonblue]

13. Hero?

Prepare to flame on, but how does walking around a disaster zone make one a hero? Shaking hands is heroic? I dunno... I just don't see it. None of the leaders that walked around the site were heroes. The real heroes were the firefighters that rushed into the second building after the first collapsed. The real heroes were the men and women that clawed feverishly at the rubble soon after the towers were gone. I will never forget those heroes. To paint any politician that walked around the site as a hero dimishes the actions of the true heroes that day.

edit: changed 'mean' to 'men'. my bad

[rodeodance]

20. Who the heck do you think was doing the behind the scenes work as a Senator. --dump

your crap elsewhere.

[dailykoff]

21. You got that right.

$109 million doesn't grow on trees.

[crimsonblue]

22. what work was there to do?

If you think anything at ground zero was well organized, then you are crazy. It was the ordinary people, people like my dad (a doctor who was in Mass. at the time and drove to NYC to volunteer) that were the heroes. I don't want to hear your shit about how she is a hero because that, my friend, is a lie.

[rodeodance]

24. You obviously did not read the OP--it was the physician who called her a hero.

[crimsonblue]

25. no i read it. it disgusted me.

[rodeodance]

27. Dr. Carolyn disagrees with you.

[Lucky 13]

52. The physician is wrong.

[rodeodance]

88. get a life!

[dailykoff]

30. Helping catapult the propaganda.

It's hard work and Junior appreciates the good people of New York who helped sell his war.

[rodeodance]

31. you should be ashamed of yourself. Dr Carolyn worked with her. Please show some

respect for his tribute to him and his obvious appreciation.

[dailykoff]

49. Carolyn is a first name. Why doesn't she use her last name?

Does she have one?

[rodeodance]

54. Go ask the kind Dr.

[dailykoff]

56. How?

[rodeodance]

63. if you spent some time with goggle instead of spaming I am sure you could locate

this physician.

but you would rather act like a school yard bully.

[dailykoff]

64. That would be difficult without a last name. (n/t)

[rodeodance]

67. maybe the Doc knew there would be immature folks like you trying to contact him.

[Lucky 13]

55. Why should I respect HIS appreciation?

That's ridiculous. Do you respect my obvious appreciation of Obama?

[rodeodance]

119. apples and oranges

[blm]

33. who was behind the scenes protecting Bush1 on BCCI matters so a 9-11 event WOULD happen?

.

[rodeodance]

45. you are spamming this thread with the same posts.

who was behind the scenes protecting Bush1 on BCCI matters so a 9-11 event WOULD happen?
Posted by blm

[dailykoff]

18. She got sick from 911 and she's thanking Hillary for it. Know what?

She's got a very, very good point.

[blm]

32. Dear Carolyn, If Bill Clinton hadn't spent the 90s protecting Bush1 on BCCI matters, there wouldn' t

have been a 9-11 event or this invasion of Iraq.

Signed,

Someone who has READ the BCCI report and suggests you try reading the National Security Archives for a greater perspective of WHY 9-11 even happened.

[rodeodance]

34. Dear blm. Stop spaming this thread. Start your own thread. This OP is for Hillary.

[blm]

37. This board is for Democrats - Open Government Dems are here whether you Closed Government Dems

from the Clinton-Lieberman wing of the party like it or not.

[rodeodance]

38. I know that. But you have no manners. bye

[Lucky 13]

Yeah! This is for Hillary! Have some respect!

OR ELSE!!!!

[bigtree]

98. you would cry if someone posted a distorted picture of your icon

cry like a baby.

:rant: Your effort in using that picture in this campaign is disgusting. Using it on this thread shows a profound ignorance and a stunning disconnect from the efforts at comity from your own candidate. You disgrace the Obama campaign with your divisive efforts. And, don't think you can justify that by anything Hillary Clinton has done. You are responsible for your own behavior.

[Lucky 13]

106. Oh please.

I am not part of any campaign. I am my own person posting a picture I think is funny. At least I didn't post a picture of her in Arabic garb and claim that she is a muslim.

And no. When people post weird/funny/bad pictures of Obama, I don't cry. If they bother me, I don't reply.

[moodforaday]

124. As has been pointed out to you,

Dr Carolyn is ignorant. This has nothing to do with being an accomplished physician or a dedicated resuce worker. As most people, there are things Dr Carolyn is great at, and things Dr Carolyn is not competent in. Understanding geopolitics and wars of agression is certainly among the latter.

I will defer to Dr Carolyn's praise of another physician's accomplishments. But Dr Carolyn's praise of Hillary's vote for war is based in complete ignorance (and that's being kind, because the alternative is much worse). Dr Carolyn doesn't understand the first thing about the reasons for the Iraq war, and seems to have swallowed the propaganda hook, line, sinker, fishing rod, angler and boat. She, of course, is not alone in that predicament.

There's a term for people like that, originating in Soviet Russia, I believe. It begins with "useful". Dr Carolyn and people who agree with her have certainly been useful to the Bush war machine, and are now as useful to Hillary.

[GetTheRightVote]

35. there is nothing I dislike more then a Rove Playbook pushing candidate

just like HRC.

[rodeodance]

40. Dr. Carolyn wrote the letter. He helped the victims of 9/11. You are disgusting.

[Lucky 13]

58. Lots of people helped the victims of 9/11. Doesn't mean they have to agree with this guy.

You are being ridiculous.

[Hoof Hearted]

46. better turn that finger around then.

[Hoof Hearted]

43. Good and bad, up and down, through the years, she's tougher than anyone

I've ever known except my own mom.

You go girl. Now, be our President.

[rodeodance]

51. nice tribute to your mom. Best.

[Hoof Hearted]

77. Thanks, Rodeo. The real follk of this nation have had to band together.

Maybe you and me and Mr. HH can stand together at Hillary's inaugural parade and hold up some appropriate signage!

[rodeodance]

102. oh, i really would be proud to stand there-and next to you. Lets keep this

thought on the front burner ok.

[PerfectSage]

47. Too bad Easley can't figure out the difference between a strong powerful women and a useless pos

babyboomer. My foot is willing to support her entrance into a nursing home.

[rodeodance]

48. go dump your smears elsewhere. It is not appreciated on this thread.

[PerfectSage]

74. One day when you grow up and develop a mensa level iq....

...You'll realize your projecting something onto Hillary: "soooooooooooooooo strooooooooooooooooooooooong and poooooooooooooooooooooooooowerful, I shoooooooooooooooooooould get doooooooooooooooooooooooooooown ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon my hands and knees and wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorship her superiooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor intellect?"

ROFLMAO I've got more respect for Bill than I have for Hillary.

<snicker> Then you'll appeciate my smears. <snicker>

[rodeodance]

81. oh stop with you silly lectures. bye

[PerfectSage]

85. Bye Bye Silly

[Dogmudgeon]

79. What a juxtaposition!

1. Chooses avatar of Tenzin Gyatso, better known as H.H. the Dalai Lama, a man dedicated to http://dalailama.com/page.62.htm">peace, http://dalailama.com/page.166.htm">compassion, http://dalailama.com/page.10.htm#Our_need_for_love">love, etc.

2. Refers to Hillary Clinton as a piece of shit (a "pos").

3. Expresses a willingness to physically kick her into a nursing home.

Perhaps it's just irony.

WWDLD*?

--p!
*What Would the Dalai Lama Do?

[PerfectSage]

80. He would say poking fun of ego irony tastes delicious!

[Dogmudgeon]

86. Sure, but that's not what you've been doing

You've made a couple of similar posts about kicking her and calling her a piece of shit.

--p!

[saracat]

91. "useless pos babyboomer". Right there is the reason I will NEVER support Obama.

This is what he and his following think of a generation that gave them everything.Why on earth should I or any other babyboomer support this kind of thinking?

[dailykoff]

"Dr Carolyn" might want to Google up radiation poisoning.

Because Hillary sure as hell isn't going to spill the beans.

[ProSense]

53. "An American Hero"? This sounds like the Rudy Giulification of Hillary

American Hero? What a joke.

Nancy Pelosi is the first woman speaker of the house. Is she an "American Hero"?

[rodeodance]

57. It is Dr. Carolyn who worked with Hillary and chose to call her that. You look foolish to demean

the physician who helped the victims. shame on you.

[Lucky 13]

59. Just because he's a physician who helped victims doesn't mean we have to agree with him.

And I do. Wholeheartedly.

[rodeodance]

66. I think Dr. Carolyn was sincere in his letter. best.

[Lucky 13]

70. No one's doubting his sincerity. We just think he's wrong - for a lot of reasons.

:shrug:

Criticizing Hillary or her supporters does not make anyone awful or disrespectful (as you've stated) the same as criticizing Bush does not make anyone unpatriotic. Think about it.

[ProSense]

72. Bill Frist is a physician. What the hell does that mean? n/t

[rodeodance]

94. How silly can you get to bring up Frist in the context of the OP!!

[dailykoff]

60. This is a road Hillary really shouldn't go down

unless she wants some rather unpleasant baggage unpacked.

[rodeodance]

68. She is not afraid of bullies.

[ProSense]

73. She spent the entire campaign playing victim and whining about the media.

She's not afraid of bullies? No, she pretends everyone who disagrees with her is a bully, and then tells on them.

[rodeodance]

82. ha ha you missed obama and his fans CRYING for days after the last debate--and they

are crying now over wright.


poor little obama --he makes himself out to be the victim and all you
wittle sheepie cry with him

[dailykoff]

75. Why should she be? She works for them.

And they all know she's not still "running" to win, just to help them keep wrecking the country.

[Lucky 13]

61. This is shit is tired. Like your candidate.

[rodeodance]

83. I posted a letter from a Dr. who worked with her post 9/11. so you find it tiring. too bad.

[Radical Activist]

62. Unfortunately Hillary does choose to define the world by 9/11.

I think she was deeply effected by what happened. Its why she voted for the Iraq War and why she's so hawkish about Iran. She was traumatized by being in New York at the time and she views all foreign policy through that lens. Its one reason why she should never be the person who answers the phone at 3am.

[dailykoff]

65. You're much too kind.

nt

[rodeodance]

71. you are over-reacting and projecting your bias into her situation.

[Radical Activist]

76. You are spamming and not backing up your statements, as usual.

Hillary brings up 9/11 every time she talks about foreign policy. Just like Bush.

[rodeodance]

84. Its my thread. And many obama fans are dumping on it. bye

[Radical Activist]

90. Well, I know you would never jump on someone else's thread. hahahahah!

[rodeodance]

96. Not to demean people like Dr. Carolyn.

[moodforaday]

122. Demean? So Dr Carolyn somehow above reproach

because he (or she?) is a physician and/or met Hillary at Ground Zero? Look:

1. In closing, although the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan make me sick with despair, after what you saw first hand on September 11th, 2001, I don’t blame you for taking the greatest measure available at the time to keep America safe. You did the best you could, with what you had, at the time.

Dr Carolyn is deluded. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq did not "keep America safe". They were billed as such, and Dr Carolyn appears to have bought into that propaganda. The intended purpose of both wars had nothing to do with the safety of anyone outside of the White House, and the actual result needs no comment.

Dr Carolyn is also ignorant. Voting in favor of the IWR was not "the best you could (do) with what you had, at the time". PLease understand that it was not. It's been said over and over: even if you had only watched CNN, you'd still have caught Mohamed ElBaradei, Scott Ritter and Hans BLix telling the truth about Iraq's WMD. Without going to any alternative news, and certainly without privileged access to intelligence information. Dr Carolyn may not have watched CNN, or may not have cared, but she is mistaken and she is ignorant. No matter how fantastic a physician she is, she is not qualified to speak about geopolitics and war until she informs herself a little more.

2. You were very composed with only a single secret service agent beside you, completely camouflaged as an ordinary citizen. When my group realized who you were, we stood still. I was speechless and already overwhelmed by the chaos around us. The only words that I could manage to form were: _We are Canadians. We came from Canada to help.

You shook each of our hands and thanked us. The momentum and courage that your simple gesture gave us was very much appreciated.

This struck me. What's with the genuflecting to power? Courage, because there was only one agent to protect HRC in the midst of hundreds of patriotic American citizens whose only purpose at the time was to help other people stay alive? If nothing else, I was going to post about this, because I cannot understand this groveling to authority, as if Hillary were there on a mission from God. I'm very serious here. You can't question elected officials or hold them accountable if you start off prostrated in the dirt. I just do not understand this mindset of people who need a leader to look up to. (That's a heavy conservative/right-wing trait, mind, though I'm sure not exclusively so.)

3. California may have the “Terminator,” America has you.

I have to ask again: is this for real? Is Dr Carolyn comparing HRC to Arnold (what a concept, now!), or is he/she again genuflecting to a familiar American icon? How weird to even mention Schwarzenegger in this context! It may be a throw-away comment, does not affect the gist of the letter, but it reveals something about Dr Carolyn's thought processes: Terminator = GOOD. Maybe Dr Carolyn would do better to watch fewer movies and more actual news. Even the rotten CNN would do for a start.

[zabet]

69. k and r

Thanks for posting!

:hi:

[ShortnFiery]

89. The appropriate word is "heroine" but since HRC is denouncing her ovaries in favor of testicles.

Oh, nevermind. :eyes:

[rodeodance]

95. Dr. Carolyn wrote the letter. Please leave you snarks in the gutter where they belong.

[StevieM]

92. Thanks, this is great! Too bad the Obama people couldn't help but be nasty. Oh well. (eom)

[bigtree]

97. wow

GREAT post!! What a testimonial.

[dionysus]

99. ROFL

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

100. Photo ops are now considered "heroic"?? Even without imaginary snipers?

[MadHound]

101. American Hero?!?!?!?!?!

:rofl:

A woman who helped consign millions to their death in Iraq, a hero? A woman who supported NAFTA a hero? A woman who is rattling the saber at Iran, threatening nuclear nightmare diplomacy a hero? Stunning display of partisanship there.

Real heroes are those who do things for no personal gain. Every single thing that Hillary has done in her political and legal career has been with the view of maximizing her own, or Bill's personal gain.

Hillary is no hero, she is simply another corporate and political whore, selling herself out to the highest bidder, whether it be WalMart or Faux news. She has no principles except furthering her own career, and she is certainly no hero.

Geez, and they talk about the cult like mentality of Obama supporters:crazy:

[rodeodance]

103. It was Dr. Carolyn's letter to Hillary. Please do not demean Dr. Carolyn.

[MadHound]

104. Who says that I'm demeaning Dr. Carolyn?

I'm demeaning the concept of Hillary as an American Hero. Sorry, but you can't post this sort of crap and expect it to go untouched. So please, stop hiding behind Dr. Carolyn.

[bigtree]

111. you're demeaning that person's opinion

you're just plain demeaning, aren't you?

[MadHound]

113. No, I am disagreeing with that person's opinion, something that goes on all the time around here

Usually accompanied with snide remarks and insults, like that one that you posted to me. Nice double standard there pal, accuse me of demeaning with a person's opinion while you're insulting mine.

Of course you're one of those rabid Hillary supporters, so I should expect as much.

[moodforaday]

125. Yes to all our questions.

Dr Carolyn thinks Arnold is a hero, too. Figures.

[ProSense]

105. Hillary the "America Hero" to superdelegates: America will not vote for a black man.

She is an American zero!

[SeaLyons]

107. Wonderful, inspiring post....

She is an amazing women.

"I look forward to cheering for you all the way to the finish line - when you are sworn in officially as President of the United States."

Thanks for posting, Rodeo.

Go Hillary!!

:kick:

[ProSense]

108. "amazing women," who resorted to scare tactics to try to win after running her campaign

into the ground.

[SeaLyons]

110. ...

that's a load of crap.

[rodeodance]

115. ha ha. you are running scared looking at the polls and all you can do is use HS bully tactics on a

positive thread.

[moodforaday]

126. But don't just stop there!

Remember to cheer Hillary all the way to Iran. Or will Hillary be cheering YOU - or your children, depending - on YOUR way to Iran, aboard a warship?

[tabasco]

109. Hillary has never put herself at risk for anyone.

You have low standards for heroes.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

112. Is she a low-information voter?

In closing, although the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan make me sick with despair, after what you saw first hand on September 11th, 2001, I don’t blame you for taking the greatest measure available at the time to keep America safe. You did the best you could, with what you had, at the time.

Senator Obama, or any of your rivals for that matter, were never at Ground Zero. How can they truly second-guess your decision?

Iraq had shit to do with 9/11.

[rodeodance]

114. no, but you are a self-induced low-information poster.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

118. I'm sure you're the highlight of your 2nd-grade class.

[Texas Hill Country]

116. WOW, fantastic letter. just incredible.

[rodeodance]

120. yes, shows that many people do respect Sen. Clinton's work.

[moodforaday]

121. Is this for real?

I mean, how deaf and blind to the world can one be - or pretend to be? Just listen to this:

after what you saw first hand on September 11th, 2001, I don’t blame you for taking the greatest measure available at the time to keep America safe. You did the best you could, with what you had, at the time.

One double-decker falsehood upon another. Mike Malloy calls the kind of person a "flying monkey", IOW, a wingnut.

[IndianaGreen]

123. The only heroes here are the troops that have done such a yeoman job

under conditions that none of us would tolerate.

You want a hero, how about Sen. Wayne Morse, almost alone in opposing the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

How about those in Congress that opposed PATRIOT, IWR, Kyl-Lieberman, and Bush's torture and warrantless searches?

Hillary is no hero!