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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:29 PM Original message |
Even more reason why IWR vote disqualifies those who voted "YES" |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Substituting political calculus for courage is the soup du jour on Capitol Hill |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. "thousands of American soldiers" |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. It's true--came from Carl Levin too. |
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jcrew2001 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
71. Red state politicians voted for the IWR because their |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree. |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Business as usual. |
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Big Pappa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is depressing |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. that's a nice irony there |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
77. Integrity is not gone; you just have to look for it in the right places. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. I understand why you're upset about their vote, but think of this. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Deleted message |
karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You did not KNOW the truth |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. absolutely correct |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. OK, call me stupid, but I was also foolish enough to believe that |
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Alamom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 06:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. You make a good point. |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Understand your feelings. It's easy to be a bit naive about one's president. |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. Kick |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. "he was only pResident for a few months at the time"? |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
78. But congresspeople are paid to be smart. |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. you could not have known |
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blue agave (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. The truth was out there ... |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. the truth was out there, |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. just to be clear |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. totally disagree |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Yes, she could have known. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Well, I didn't know. So I guess I just have "half a brain". Not everyone |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
67. You're not in the senate, I don't believe. |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. totally agree |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Wrong! You should read Scott Ritter's books. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. The problem was that some of what he said contradicted |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 06:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. No, I did not have one moment's hesitation. |
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Jai4WKC08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. Yeah, he could have had gas or bio |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. "Right or wrong, there was a possibility that there were nerve gas.." |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Right. But trusting that George W Bush would do the right thing ... |
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riverdale (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
69. How about this |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. After listening to Senator Durbin in at least two speeches which addressed these issues, |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hillary is by far the worst choice for President but Obama is not what he is selling himself as. |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 02:06 AM Original message |
do not get your point |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
35. The point is not Obama - The point is diversion from Edwards |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. This was in response to rufus dog |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
36. deleted |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 02:06 AM Original message |
do not get your point |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 02:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. do not get your point |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. "I can not think of one candidate who is lower on my list" |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Plastic empty people do not write 2 bestsellers or have the forsight on this war before hand |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. the other poster wasn't talking about Obama |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Nor is Edwards what he is selling himself as. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. And neither is your boy. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. Shhhh... no one's supposed to know that Edwards cosponsored the IWR. |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Edwards is one of the reasons for my OP. I'm going to periodically |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
34. You have posted that list many times |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
41. How many times you gonna post that hit piece that has been debunked? |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. "disqualifies" |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
16. Did we ever find the anthrax killers? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. "they were substituting political calculation for courage" |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
26. Everyone needs to be honest and come clean completely about this whole thing. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's not that simple, not really |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Thanks, WesDem, for amplifying my OP so clearly. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. No argument |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. It's also impossible |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. "we don't know who didn't" ... read the full NIE |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. That's an incredibly excellent idea! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. Imminent. |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. You're exactly right about imminent. Saddam's capabilities were even |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
46. And what about later votes? Sorry, but it is a big mistake to judge |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Sorry, I'll disagree and restate the OP |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Respectfully, Voting to authorize the use of force against another country... |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Exactly! |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. Welcome to DU |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Abe Lincoln's words were 150 years old and could have been spoken today. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
58. Exactly Why Bush Gets Away With WAR LIES |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Gutless Dems.+Kool Aid Rethugs = Our leadership. PTUI! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. If everyone had the same intelligence |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Yeah, Dem. enablers |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
66. I can assure you .... |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. The OP is for the Dem. primaries, obviously. |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
72. It's a good guideline for judging character. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
74. Agreed. It was an enormous blunder morally, politically and |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Aye....sound judgment is a key qualification of such an office, |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Right! Why should we have to settle? |
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