[Dems2008] Re: Hillary's calculation

Yes, the Clintons' middle name is "polls" and popular sentiment.

--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, Carole Tomaras <cbt7958@...> wrote:
>
> At the time of the vote, there was much clamor to go to war with
Iraq. It is my contention that Hillary made a calculated political
decision in voting for the authorization which has since backfired.
> Now in hindsight, she has 20/20 vision.
> There were a few senators that did vote against the
authorization. They were a distinct minority at the time of the
vote. I called every one of them at the time to thank them for their
vote and it did not take much time at all.
> Adding insult to injury, Hillary has never admitted that she made
a mistake with regard to this vote or anything else.
> I do not think that the American public demands perfection from
its presidents (if we did, we would not have Bush). I do believe it
is our right & responsibility to demand that our president would
avail him/herself of all available information before making a
decison, particularly the decision to go to war.
> War must always be an option that we do not take off the table.
But it should always be a last resort.
>
> Carol Roberts <carolroberts1@...> wrote:
> I have a different take on that. Bush lied, but Clinton
didn't even
> read the intelligent reports available to her before she voted for
the
> lie. Just one example... I do not recall the outrage of the
Democrats
> at the time of the vote, or the press conferences telling us the
> President was wrong... All it takes for evil to succeed is for good
> men/women to do nothing. And that's what the Democrats did, almost
all
> of them...nothing. Why look for outrage now when there was none
then?
> ......Carol
>
> citation502 wrote:
> >
> >
> > Bush lied us into an unwinnable proposition, and the fact that the
> > RECORDED disaster will take place on our watch does not also mean
> > that the Dems who end this war are responsible for that "loss."
> >
>
>
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