The speech I would make, if I were in her shoes right now.

[Angela Shelley]

I would have a national press conference, look straight into the camera and say

"I gave my vote to allow the US military to attack, invade and occupy Iraq. At the time, I thought I was making the correct decision. Since then, I have realized that I should have said Nay. Over one million innocent people have died because of our military activity.

I don´t have all of the answers to all of the questions which our country faces today. I do not believe that any candidate has all of the answers. It´s the people in this country who have the answers, and I want to lead a country full of creative, hardworking and peaceful people.

I want every human being on this planet to know, that I, as of this moment, will do everything I can to promote world peace.

Please vote for me, to give me the chance to prove my strength as a human being in leading this country to become a part of the peaceful international community.

May God bless this planet. Thank You."

[LakeSamish706]

1. The one problem with your speach is... What about her vote on Iran?

Edited to say:

She has been consistently on the wrong side of war/war mongering in the middle east and has taken the side of GWB in all cases.

[Angela Shelley]

14. Is there room in the political process for "Enlightenment"?

[Skinner]

2. I think it's too late to make that speech.

If she was going to make that speech, she should have done it at least a year ago.

Edwards did his Op-ed in November 2005.

[GalleryGod]

9. In 110% Agreement Skinner !

IWR= National Bankruptcy !

[Angela Shelley]

16. Thanks for your thoughts, Skinner

with all those hearts under your post, I think I feel honored.

:yourock:

[Perky]

3. Umm excuse me Mrs Clinton.... when did you come to the realization that you had voted incorrectly"

[Angela Shelley]

6. After I became enlightened through "Democratic Underground"

[Occam Bandage]

4. While that would have been a great speech in 2004 or even 2005...

it is way way way way way too late to give it now.

[Angela Shelley]

23. Maybe you know the timeline, but the majority of the population

thinks that 9/11 was yesterday, or just a while back.

Remember, alot of people are scared or terrorists, and scared of making mistakes. But if HC would take the first step, she would have the masses behind her.

She should capitalize on the "Winds of Change" and show some ACTION.

[Thepricebreaker]

5. She is on the arms services committee...

along with her votes, it would never fly...

[Angela Shelley]

13. Are you saying that there is no place for "Enlightenment"?

[theboss]

7. "Honest, honey, I will never cheat on you again."

Christ, I used this speech on a girlfriend ten years ago - just with a few of the words changed.

"I'm a changed man. Honestly. It was those guys I hung out with. They made me go to the hotel with her. I don't hang out with them anymore. Please. Don't go."

[Angela Shelley]

8. But you didn´t have the entire population of the planet watching

every move you make

:-)

[theboss]

10. You never met my ex-girlfriend

I would have preferred the planet.

[Angela Shelley]

11. That is sooooooo funny, thanks theboss

for your honesty, :rofl:

[THUNDER HANDS]

12. her war vote has very little to do with it

She's the Poison to Obama's Nirvana.

[Angela Shelley]

19. Since every voter has made mistakes in their lives,

she would draw alot of "positive attention" by showing that she´s human, and that she has the strength to admit to a mistake.

So many people want to vote for someone they can relate to.

[THUNDER HANDS]

21. people aren't going to vote for anyone who has to "show" they're human

[Angela Shelley]

22. But people vote for those "they can relate to",

and making big mistakes is VERY common.

I think that America is ready for a change, but most people/sheeple are waiting for someone to take the first step.

The military activity in Iraq is morally and financially the BIGGEST ISSUE and attracts the most attention. If she wants to win the race to the White House, she has to be creative and start showing STRENGTH and INTEGRITY ...

the country is so ripe for new MORAL LEADERSHIP, but not from a RIGHTEOUS person, it has to come from someone who has really made a big, bad decision and then says "I´ve seen the light which millions of Americans saw from the very beginning".

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. That would be admitting stupidity.

:shrug:

[Angela Shelley]

17. And then everyone would know that she is "for real"

and then she could state her case on the other issues.

Every voter has made huge mistakes in their lives, it would be refreshing for a candidate to admit to a huge mistake. People would love to support someone who openly admitted to a bad decision.

Maybe she would even find support from some Republicans who have in the meantime seen that the military activity in Iraq was a big mistake.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. "Vote for me- I'm stupid and real about it?"

Not much of a slogan.

[Angela Shelley]

20. Vote for me, I´ve seen the light which most Americans

have seen from the very beginning.

[RaleighNCDUer]

24. You mean, like Edwards?

It's exactly what he did, and for that he got solid 3rd ranking with me (after Gore and Kucinich), because I'm tired of politicians who cannot admit to making mistakes.

That was one of Bill's greatest foibles, too. He did apologise, but only after two years of hammering. If he'd owned up to the Lewinsky thing from the git go, it would have been over and there would have been no impeachment, no time wasted defending a very minor mistake. All the politics of destruction that poisoned his last years in office would have been deflected, and Gore would have walked away with the election.

IWR, and her refusal to confront it, is what poisoned me against Hillary.

[Angela Shelley]

25. I agree, NCevilDUer ... she poisoned me too ... but ...

I spend alot of my free time discussing current events in an attempt to understand this country and the world.

I agree, if BC would have said "it´s my private life, and I choose not to talk about it in public", then everything would have been fine.

So many voters in the US don´t know or remember the timeline, they would vote for HC just because she was courageous enough to admit to her mistakes.

There are "winds of change" in the US right now, and BO is doing a fine job of gathering voters to support him. HC would attract so much attention if she would just show that she´s serious about peace and serious about integrity in the White House.