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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 08:53 AM
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Hillary: Presidents should never make blanket statements about using nukes
Oh -- wait a minute. That was last year -- when she was criticizing Obama.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3441342&page=1">Hillary says presidential candidates should be very careful about discussing nukes



Regarding terrorist targets in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region, Obama told The Associated Press Thursday: "I think it would be a profound mistake for us to use nuclear weapons in any circumstance." He then added: "Involving civilians."

Seeming to think twice about his response, Obama then said, "Let me scratch that. There's been no discussion of nuclear weapons. That's not on the table."

Clinton, asked about his remarks Thursday afternoon, took issue with them. "Presidents should be very careful at all times in discussing the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons," Clinton said. "Presidents since the Cold War have used nuclear deterrence to keep the peace. And I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons."
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 08:54 AM
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1. but she has been reborn as Hillary the White: Goddess of WAR!
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 08:55 AM
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2. Shorter than most statues of Athena, not as wise
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 08:56 AM by havocmom
but about that warm

edited for typo
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 08:56 AM
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4. Yet her supporters call her the "Goddess of PEACE". Go figure.
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 08:56 AM by Catherina
:shrug:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 08:56 AM
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3. It gets to the point where your head just can't explode one more time.
:rofl:
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 08:56 AM
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5. Well she has decided to "obliterate" that earlier position
The Clintons do like to nuke the truth, ya know.

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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 08:58 AM
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6. Oh, but she was so much older then, she's younger than that now.
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 08:58 AM
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7. Such disingenuous hypocrisy from her
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 08:59 AM by fujiyama
Obama gives a well reasoned and balanced speech about confronting the terrorist threat in the region where it actually emanates from.

Hillary is making threats to destroy a nation that is at odds with Al Qaeda in its ideology and where our own intelligence agencies said, there is no nuke program. I have never seen one appealing characteristic about her politics. And her campaign has brought out the lowest in her.
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