Helen Thomas: Will president show the strength that Edwards has exhibited?

[AmericanDream]

Democrats Should Admit Their Mistakes

John Edwards, the former Democratic nominee for vice president, has made a courageous admission: "I was wrong," he said, and made "a mistake" in voting for the war in Iraq when he was a senator from North Carolina.

Edwards wrote his mea culpa in an op-ed article for The Washington Post on Nov. 13.

Now, let's hear it from those other Democrats and, possibly, brave Republicans who are willing to admit that they, too, had been misled into war.

That may be asking too much of members of the Democratic Leadership Council, who often toss in their political lot with the Republicans. It's hard to distinguish some of them from the GOP when it comes to the Iraq war.

Several DLC members appear to have presidential ambitions, including Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York; John Kerry, of Massachusetts; and Evan Bayh of Indiana. It's apparently politically dangerous for them to stick their necks out and admit they were bamboozled by the Bush administration.

Remember when Michigan's Gov. George Romney remarked in 1968 that the Johnson administration had "brainwashed" him into supporting the Vietnam War? That finished his presidential ambitions.

In his article, Edwards said "almost three years ago we went into Iraq to remove what we were told and what many of us believed and argued was a threat to America. But in fact we now know that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction."

"The intelligence," he added, was deeply flawed and, "and in some cases, manipulated to fit a political agenda."

"It was a mistake to vote for this war in 2002," he said. "I take responsibility for that mistake. It has been hard to say these words because those who didn't make a mistake -- the men and women of our armed forces and their families -- have performed heroically and paid a dear price."

"The world," he declared, "desperately needs moral leadership from America, and the foundation for moral leadership is telling the truth."

He said that the argument for going to war was based on inaccurate intelligence. Had he known this at the time, Edwards added, "I never would have voted for this war."

He said the U.S. should start moving "a significant number of troops" out of Iraq after the Iraqi elections early next year.

Full article: http://www.wesh.com/helenthomas/5346681/detail.html

[ClintonTyree]

1. That's a rhetorical question I take it?

Certainly, no one expects the chimp in chief to actually change course and admit to a mistake. That's not his style. His style has been to run away from the problem or have one of Daddy's pals bail his ass out. I don't think either of those is an option right now, so what's it 'gonna be Dumbya? Huh? What's it 'gonna be boy? :shrug:

[AmericanDream]

2. You'll have to ask Helen that. But my bet is YESSS!!!

[flordehinojos]

3. either it is a rhetorical question, or helen has become delusional and i

don't think helen is delusional at all!