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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-14-08 02:23 AM
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In Defending War Vote, Clintons Contradict Record - NYTimes
Edited on Mon Jan-14-08 02:29 AM by rndmprsn
liar liar pants on fire...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/us/politics/14checkpoint.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin

WASHINGTON — Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have repeatedly invoked the name of Senator Chuck Hagel, a longtime critic of the Iraq war, as they defend Mrs. Clinton’s 2002 vote to authorize the war...

...But the talking point appears to misconstrue the facts...

...It was the White House proposal, not Mr. Hagel’s, that Mrs. Clinton supported, explaining in an Oct. 10, 2002, speech on the Senate floor that it was time to tell Saddam Hussein that “this is your last chance — disarm or be disarmed.”

The repeated references to Mr. Hagel by the Clintons make it clear that they are trying to distance her from the Bush administration’s handling of Iraq, by associating her with a persistent critic of the war.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-14-08 02:28 AM
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1. What was NY time's position on the Iraq war?
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-14-08 02:39 AM
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2. Judith Miller was an NYT reporter
She started it all.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-14-08 02:51 AM
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3. Seems that the NYT would want to avoid he-said-she-said
about the Iraq war. But that would assume that the thing has dignity.
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Inuca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-14-08 08:46 AM
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4. What has this to do with the article?
Edited on Mon Jan-14-08 08:48 AM by Inuca
The article states facts that are available to anyone who takes the time to dig into the congressional record.

On edit: oops, this was not meant as a reply to the OP, but to the first reply in the thread.
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