Get The Hell Off Hillary's Back (Full Post))

I am not a big supporter of the Hillary for President mantra, although I think she would make a very good candidate and an awesome President - BUT - how will we ever find out if some of the progressives in the Democratic Party continue to harp on her about her vote over the Iraq war.

All we ever here over and over and over again is that whining voice saying "she didn't say her vote was a mistake". Well give me a damn break. I would like to know how many of these whiners (if they're honest with themselves) can admit they also believed what was being shoved down their throat by the media. Think back, and remember the headlines and editorials that did absolutely nothing to question the evidence being given to us from the White House - not to mention the sincerity and honesty projected by Colin Powell when addressing the United Nations. After all a media darling like Powell would never, ever lie to us would he?

Take a look at some excerpts from an article from Politico

She steadfastly refuses to admit that her vote to authorize the Iraq war was a mistake. She refuses to say she was wrong....

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John Edwards, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden voted for the war also. But all of them now say that was a mistake.

"I was wrong," Edwards says. "It was a mistake to vote for this war in 2002. I take responsibility for that mistake."

Here is what Hillary says: "Knowing what I know now, I would never have voted for it."

She says that President Bush "should not have been trusted with the authority we gave him."

Excuse me, but what exactly in those quotes from Hillary are untrue?

I ask once again how many of you can honestly say you had at least some measure of belief when George and Colin gave their speeches in the lead up to the war. How many of you believed that the Commander-in-Chief, the President of the country would lie to us.

So stop the harping and whining about her reasons for voting the way she did. Remember, when she says Bush "should not have been trusted with the authority we gave him." She was right.

Once again from The Politico

Her refusal to say a mistake was a mistake also feeds the impression that she is a divisive figure. Some voters will grow tired of all this and ask why she doesn't simply put the matter behind her by admitting the vote was wrong.

Well maybe she would put it behind her if people will stop harping long enought to here what exactly her platform is. I'm sorry, but have you ever heard George Bush say this?

I'm sorry, what I say is what I believe"..... "I understand that some people disagree or think it's not adequate, but it's what I believe."

To me, I find it quite refreshing to hear a politician say "what I say is what I believe". Especially when all we have heard from this administration is the phrase "I'm the decider", or from his Repug Party. Nope, rather than admit their responsibility, they admit themselves to a substance abuse facility and of course become "born again".

Go Hillary go!!!! Continue to show all these doubters what you stand for. It is refreshing to see someone within the Washington inner circle stand up for their beliefs, instead of pandering to everyone they can. In my opinion, it is Hillary who is riding the "Straight Talk" Express" not St. McCain the likely opponent if she wins the nomination. Remember it is McCain who whimped out and decided to support George's Military Commissions Act. It was McCain who sucked up to Gerry Falwell, in an attempt to pander to the christan right - the same christian right who destroyed McCain's bid for the Presidency, and helped give us the Pretend President who now occupies the White House. Falwell was the one McCain labelled an "agent of intolerance". If you don't remember, enjoy this clip from YouTube: