kapkomet Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Hillary on March 7, 2003 There is a very easy way to prevent anyone from being put into harm's way and that is for Saddam Hussein to disarm. And I have absolutely no belief that he will. I have to say that this is something that I have followed for more than a decade. If he is serious about disarming, he would have been much more forthcoming. I ended up voting for the resolution after carefully reviewing the information and intelligence that I had available, talking to people whose opinions I trusted, trying to discount political or other factors that I didn't believe should be in any way a part of this decision. I would love to agree with you, but I can't based on my own understanding and assessment of the situation. With respect to whose responsibility it is to disarm Saddam Hussein, I just do not believe that, given the attitudes of many people in the world community today, that there would be a willingness to take on very difficult problems were it not the United States leadership, and I'm talking specifically about what had to be done in Bosnia and Kosovo, where my husband could not get a Security Council resolution to save the Kosovar Albanians from ethnic cleansing, and we did it alone as the United States, and we had to do it alone. And so I see it somewhat differently. So forgive me for my experience and perspective. Hillary on January 28, 2007 I said that we should not go to war unless we have allies. So, he took the authority that I and others gave him, and he misused it. And I regret that deeply. And if we had known then what we know now, there never would have been a vote, and I never would have voted to give this president that authority. … There are no do-overs in life. I wish there were. I acted on the best judgment that I had at the time, and at the time I said, this was not a vote for preemptive war, and the president took my vote and other votes and basically misused the authority we gave him. What a hypocrite. How can anyone vote for this woman with any conscience at all? (I bet this thread is pretty sparse... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonxctf Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 she made a mistake. it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Jan 31, 2007 -> 02:00 AM) she made a mistake. it happens. That's f***ing rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonxctf Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 what more can you say. im not defending her, just saying it was a mistake. so you've got 2 choices... 1) keep believing it wasnt a mistake and defend a bad decision (stay the course) 2) admit your mistakes and move on/try and fix them would you be happier with Hillary if she stubbornly defends a decision that she now knows was wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 30, 2007 -> 08:58 PM) Hillary on March 7, 2003 Hillary on January 28, 2007 What a hypocrite. How can anyone vote for this woman with any conscience at all? (I bet this thread is pretty sparse... ) I did. She's a good senator, and I'm very happy with her representation. I agree with Jason, she admitted her mistakes. I'm sure you'll just say it's political posturing--but I think she's sincere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 QUOTE(Soxy @ Jan 31, 2007 -> 02:08 PM) I did. She's a good senator, and I'm very happy with her representation. I agree with Jason, she admitted her mistakes. I'm sure you'll just say it's political posturing--but I think she's sincere. I will say one thing positive about Hillary Clinton. She has done a good job as a senator for New York. She's definitely done a lot for some local issues in the state as a whole, and that alone is commendable. (NOTE: SEE, I CAN BE POSITIVE ABOUT HER! ) However... I ABSOLUTELY do NOT think she is sincere, though, on national issues such as Iraq. She went with the political tide, and now wants us all to "blame Bush". When she made it a point in 2003 to say it was HER decision based on the information that SHE had, only four years later to totally say it's (paraphrasing) all Bush's fault is pure bulls*** and is posturing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Did any of you catch the little speech she made at a recent get together for all the Democratic candidates for 2008? I caught some of the audio on Fox News the other day and she stated the obvious that Exxon Mobil made 36 billion last year and then went on to say that those profits should be confiscated by the government and plowed into alternative energy research. Now I'm all for taking away their government subsidies now that they're making a killing and using it for such purposes but to confiscate a companies profits from it and use them for other purposes is blatant socialism and runs contrary to everything this country stands for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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