Reply #115: Extremely Poor Judgement [View All]

[Martin Eden]

If the 28 Democratic senators based their YES votes on careful consideration of the consequences, then IMO they demonstrated Extremely Poor Judgement. Did they not know of PNAC and the character of the Bush administration? Did they fall for the obviously trumped-up case for war? Were they ignorant of the information readily available to us here at DU? Did they know anything of the political/cultural reality of Iraq and the region?

Without knowing what was in each of their hearts and minds, I'm not accusing them of selling out. However, voting to give George W. Bush the authority to invade Iraq without coming back to congress for a declaration of war automatically disqualifies that Senator or Representative from receiving my vote in a Democratic primary. It was the most important vote that most of them will ever take, and the consequences have been disastrous for our country.

We need a leader who doesn't make disastrous decisions when the stakes are incalculably high.