Reply #6: Remember the 'climate" of that time. [View All]

Even Hillary voted for this along with the words "We trust you, Mr Prsident". Does anyone really think she EVER trusted him. Of course not, but at that time, Dubya was still riding the 911 wave and anyone that spoke out against him was immediately villified and labeled treasonous. This policy only got worse after the preemptive strike actually took place. I was very angry with the Dems for a very long time, both before and after that vote. My anger calmed somewhat when I heard Hillary on a radio program explain that the Dems had not criticized Bush as much as we wanted them to because of the "war on terror" (911), and that during a presidents term congress needed to rally behind the president but that during the election year, that was the time to speak out about the differences. I am not quoting her exactly, but this is the gist of what she said. It certainly looks like the dems are now speaking out, in great numbers.