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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:40 PM Original message |
Are We Seriously Going to Nominate Someone who STILL can't Say She Made a Bad Decision? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a non issue. Nobody but some misguided "progressives" |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Wow. |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
66. Krugman Tears Apart Obama's Economic plan |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. It is not a non issue to me |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It's not a valid campaign issue. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. It is a valid issue |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Against McCain? Come on. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Yes |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. It's a valid leadership issue |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Its not the vote at this point that is the issue |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Nobody much cares about IWR. She and Edwards were wrong. |
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BringBigDogBack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
68. Fuck that. |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I totally agree. The IWR vote is her achilles heel, and she has shown she doesn't know how to fix it |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. appears she likes blood. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Oh, so saying "It was a mistake" would fix it for you???? |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. She was lax in the most important duty the Constitution bestows on the Senate |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. She is making the point that the IWR could have worked well. |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. What kind of logic is that? |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Leaving things alone was profoundly irresponsible as well. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
61. Clinton voted against the Levin amendment, too. |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bush does the same crap |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yep, you'd think that being able to admit a mistake would be a test of character |
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Iwasthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. Actually only activists care about this sort of thing. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. depends on which focus group you watched. Fox had Obama winning. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Well, duh--Murdoch's paper has endorsed him... nt |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. She also disengenuously said she voted for IwR to give UN inspectors more time.... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Shame on her for putting the US sovereignity issue FIRST, and not ceding authority to the UN! |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. BOy I thought the issue was Iraq's sovereignty which was destroyed! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You can never cede our Constitutional Authority to an international body. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. The levin amendment did not cede our power to the UN.... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. It put the UN in the "decider" role and we don't do it that way. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. The Levin Amendment would not have prevented a future resolution to authorize war |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Oh please. Kyoto is a different kettle of fish. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. If you are going to argue national sovereignty, kyoto could be opposed on this grounds |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. National defense is a different matter from environmental issues, like it or not. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
56. It has little to do with UN inspectors, Levin amendment, etc. We can argue those all day. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Wellstone voted against the IWR (and for the Levin Amendment) and he was up for reelection ... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. We are actually in total agreement. I was merely pointing out that Clinton was not alone |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. She has explained her vote a hundred times. Those without ears cannot hear. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. She blames Bush for her vote...that's not a valid explanation. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Well, she doesn't. She takes responsibility for it. But you believe what you want. nt |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Then why hasn't she simply said "I was wrong"? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Because she wasn't wrong. The idiot who misused the authority that the Congress gave him was wrong. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Believe me, I have stepped off.... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Well, most of the Hill did the same. But only she catches shit for it. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I agree...they all deserve blame... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, it's an important issue to me. |
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intheozone (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh please, get a grip. |
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bigdarryl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Bush also never made a mistake so he says |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm done with politicians who think they're infallible. |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yes, yes, yes! |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Oddly enough... |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
34. What the hell difference whether or not she says, "I'm sorry I voted for the Iraq war?" |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Contrition matters. And I don't "hate Hillary". |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Do you think her vote changed the outcome. The majority of Dems voted for it too. |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I'm sorry, but that logic disgusts me. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. If you think one vote means nothing....then don't vote in elections!!!! |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. So it is all about Hillary....a woman or man killed in Iraq will never be president either |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
38. Real Democrats don't give a shit. Just desperate Obamatisticators |
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sab3rX (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Real Democrats do give a shit; IWR was a moral choice and she chose wrong |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
45. I guess politics means never having to say you're sorry. n/t |
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DrFunkenstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
49. Taking Responsibility is a Sign of Weakness |
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sab3rX (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Taking responsibility also means you have moral character and are honest. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
54. Bugs the hell out of me, and is one reason I went to Obama from Edwards. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
57. It does remind one of a certain Bush. |
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daleks not included (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
58. Why don't you |
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