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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 03:06 AM
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Does Dick Durbin want war with Iran?
I'm just wondering if he does, since he voted for Kyl-Lieberman. I know how that makes you want war with Iran. We all know what a horrible war-mongerer he is since he voted against the IWR. Why the double standard when it comes to Hillary?
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 03:16 AM
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1. durbin isn't claiming the throne and crown, last I looked
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 03:19 AM
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2. Your point?
Hillary wasn't running for president when she voted for the IWR, either. How does voting for Kyl-Lieberman make Hillary a war mongerer, but not Dick Durbin?
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 09:09 AM
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11. Junior, you couldn't feel the point if you got poked in the eye with it.
With supporters like you, Senator Clinton needs no enemies.
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 11:59 AM
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12. Huh? No response to my valid point?
Doesn't surprise me.
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Dawgs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:28 PM
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15. It's not a valid point.
Durbin is wrong, Hillary is wrong. Nobody cares about Durbin because he's not the front-runner in the race to the Presidency.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 03:38 AM
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3. "stay the course" "failure is not an option"
"There was certainly adequate intelligence without it being gilded and exaggerated.."

"what I think has been unfortunate is the way that that process was short-circuited and the military action was taken without any adequate understanding or planning about what the aftermath would be."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3660558/

Was Durbin ever this wrong on Iraq? Hillary has a horrible record of being wrong on defense and war, Durbin doesn't.
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 03:39 AM
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4. That's odd, aren't you an edwards supporter?
Perhaps I'm wrong, but didn't Edwards craft the legislation that brought us to war?
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 03:42 AM
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5. You support Hillary
why don't you figure out how to defend her war mongering. Read the interview. Read her CFR speech. It ought to make you puke.

http://www.cfr.org/publication/6600/remarks_by_senator_hillary_rodham_clinton_transcript.html
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 03:46 AM
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6. Hillary didn't write the legislation that brought us into Iraq
Edwards did. I have no problem with Edwards, but when his supporters have the brass to call Hillary a "war mongerer" while ignoring the hypocracy of their own statements, it really does make me laugh.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 04:01 AM
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7. Hillary. Defend Hillary. Her support for the actual WAR
I don't support Edwards. At this point, I don't have a candidate because they all suck in one way or another. But I strongly oppose Hillary because I know what she said and she supported the goddamn WAR.
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 05:11 AM
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9. You are right Edwards did vote for the resolution....
But he did come clean and say he made a mistake. Has Hillary done the same?
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 05:36 AM
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10. Ahh, I love the reasoning!
Hillary has "blood on her hands" because she hasn't said "I'm sorry." Edwards is perfect and in no way responsible.
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TheUniverse Donating Member (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 04:32 AM
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8. I don't know if he does or doesn't
But it was incredibly stupid to vote for that resolution.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:19 PM
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14. Jimmy Carter thinks she is wrong.
Her supporters seem to be confined to polling and obfuscation of her epic tragic mistakes (Iraq, Iran, and torture to name a few).
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jmp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:02 PM
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13. Obviously.
You don't label people terrorists while waging a "war on terror" unless you mean to attack them. That resolution just helps lay the groundwork for the attack.


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