BILL CLINTON DOESN'T WANT TO FACE UP TO HILLARY'S PRO-WAR VOTING RECORD
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Bill Clinton senses now that the biggest chink in his wife's armor is her support for the Bush Regime's Iraq War policy. It's the one small hope progressives have to keep her from getting the Democratic Party nomination. "It’s just not fair to say that people who voted for the resolution wanted war,” Clinton said, ingenuously. "Speaking to hundreds of supporters on conference call, the former president said, 'I don't have a problem with anything Barack Obama [has] said on this,' but 'to characterize Hillary and Obama’s positions on the war as polar opposites is ludicrous. This dichotomy that's been set up to allow him to become the raging hero of the anti-war crowd on the Internet is just factually inaccurate.' The ex-president’s aggressive defense of his wife’s position revealed frustration in the Clinton camp over how the issue is playing into the already-overheated presidential campaign.
Perhaps they could alleviate that frustration if they could go back and change history. And history is a lot more than one vote for the war, as the Clintons subtly try to mislead audiences into thinking. There were 6 roll calls authorizing the use of force in Iraq on October 10-11, 2002. On those 6 use of force authorization bills, Hillary voted with Bush and the Republican rubber stamps 5 times. Though her husband wouldn't agree, that alone should disqualify her from carrying the Democratic presidential banner.
In all, looking at the Iraq War related votes Hillary ranks the 30th best out of 50-- tied with war supporters Tom Carper and Bill Nelson, not quite as bad as war supporter Joe Biden but not as good as war supporter Ken Salazar. And she certainly isn't in the same ballpark with anti-war Democrats like Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, Frank Lautenberg, Richard Durbin, or Russ Feingold. She is better than any Republican. Whoopie. This is our leader?
Labels: Democratic presidential race, Hillary, Iraq War support
posted by DownWithTyranny @ 10:07 AM
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This is a silly mistake made by this campaign. For Bill to come to Hillary's rescue is very bad form. It makes it look like Hillary has to be rescued. No matter that he is campaigning for her, there is a fine line between supporting her and saying that some sort of treatment of her is unfair. Words matter.
Howie,
I trust and respect your opinion on a thousand other matters, but you are giving the Clinton campaing far too much credit.
The sentiment expressed that there is but "one small hope progressives have to keep her from getting the Democratic Party nomination" is too exagerated.
Clinton's pull-up-the-drawbridge campaign of smoke and mirrors peaked before she announced. Her hide-the-ball & control-the-mddle-of-the-road-message will phhhssssssssssstt out like so many balloons left on the floor at a grade-schooler's birthday party as soon as the voting starts.
Given the depth and options on the Democratic bench, there is every reason to fear a Clinton presidency and little reason to fear her winning the nomination.
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Hillary has support among republicans. They want her to be the dem party favorite and they've got sean hateity and the rest of the fox creeps pounding away on her to keep her in front.
It's clearly a tactic to keep the focus off of anyone else who can win the nomination. Truth is, no true leader has stepped forward on either side. Hillary has no chance on earth of winning the nomination. I'm banking on it.
And she also voted for the Patriot Act. She is ran by the same puppeteers as Bush. The Harriman Family financed Bill Clinton. George Bushes Grandfather married into the Harriman Family. Yes the same Grandfather, Prescott Bush who was involved and profited from financing Hitlers war machine.
I love and support Republican Congressman Ron Paul for his honesty and outstanding Character.
Brief Overview of Congressman Paul’s Record
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.
I hate the rest of the Bastards in the Republican party and most in the Leadership of Democratic Party (DLC). If you voted for the patriot act I do not want you in Congress anymore.
If Ron were to get close to nomination I fear for his life for he would try to unravel the Puppeteer's web of deceit.
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Ron Paul has my vote!!!
This silly business about Ron Paul voting against the war is just a combination of pig-headed stupidity in the face of fact and propaganda. Start with taking a look at Ron Paul's voting record on Iraq. True, he has voted better than any Republican member of Congress-- big deal-- but all but the 20 most reactionary Democrats have better voting records than Paul on the war. He scores a 59.09 voting record on the war-- out of 100. So he did a lot better than his GOP colleagues who mostly scored big fat zeroes. But keep in mind that dozens of Democrats scored in the 90s and something like 200 of them voted better than Ron Paul. His Iraq record starts on October 10, 2002 with the 4 infamous roll calls regarding H.J. Res. 114, the Resolution Authorizing the Use of Force in Iraq. That's the genesis of the hype about Paul being anti-war. He voted against Bush 3 out of the 4 times, not bad, but certainly not as good as the scores and scores of Democrats who voted against Bush on all 4 roll calls. Still, for a Republican, Paul did very well on that day. It's been all downhill ever since.
There were 44 votes regarding Iraq in all starting on Oct. 10, 2001 through May 25, 2005. Tallying those 44 votes is what shows Paul as just another Bush enabler, far worse than almost any Democrat. Of the 44 Iraq votes, he voted correctly (anti-war) 26 times. Better than every single Republican; worse than all but the most reactionary, war-mongering 20 Democrats.
You can claim Ron Paul has an anti-war voting record 'til you are blue in the face but it doesn't change his record of voting which was too often either with Bush or the cowardly war out-- voting "present" instead of joining the Democrats to oppose Bush's Iraq agenda. Ron Paul is good for a Republican but overall... he's just a not-so-bad Republican.
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