the neo-cons said they were going to bring democracy to iWaq + then the mideast. but it seems we got

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6. At the time the AUMF passed, most DUers had figured out what was going on.

By the time the heinous "Shock and Awe" attack was launched, there might have been 2 of us supporting that atrocity.

What I'll never forget, though, was Hillary dodging and weaving through her speech, so no one could tell what the hell she was doing until the very end. A bunch of us were live blogging the "debate" and all of us expected her to vote against invading Iraq. When she didn't, it took some of the blinders off for me. Up to that moment, I had totally believed that the brilliant former first lady and now Senator, would do the right thing.