Reply #27: It Was A No Win Situation [View All]

The IWR, I mean.

The Republicans are very good at that. Look how they made Max Cleland out to be against the U.S. 'cos he voted against the Dept. of Homeland Security (which he did because of the labor provisions in it).

So, if you voted against the war, you don't love your country and you're willing to let Saddam Hussein come nuke us. It takes too long to explain otherwise - how many people know that Bob Graham's vote against it wasn't out of any dovish motives (quite the contrary) but that he felt war in Iraq would distract from the war on terror? Once one voted for the war, should he/she admit the mistake and get painted as a flip flopper? Or admit to being deceived on intelligence (by the Bushies) and look like a fool? Nope, Edwards stuck by his decision, and maybe it was more a matter of pride and saving face than politics.

How do you respond without saying "but" when asked "Saddam Hussein is gone, don't you think it's a good thing?" If you say we don't know yet (which is probably the most honest and thoughtful statement), they throw the rape rooms & all Hussein's atrocities in your face. After that, sorry folks, have to go to commercial and when we come back...

We live in a world of 30 second sound bites.

The only response I have now to that "ends justifies means" crap is if you go to a restaurant and order the meatloaf, and they bring you fried chicken and you tell them they got your order wrong, are you going to be happy if they say, "Well, our fried chicken is really a good thing."