January 7, 2008

How to Oppose the War in Iraq for Dummies

Anyone who knows me or has spokent to me for more than 5 minutes is well aware of my loyalty to the Clinton campaign and my belief that the true agent for change in this country lies in a strong willed woman who has demonstrated time and again her ability to work for what is right for this country. Her campaign isn't based on rhetoric, it isn't based simply on promises, it is based on concrete evidence that she has done good for this country (CHIP) and that she knows exactly how she will do good once elected (American Health Choices Plan).
One attack that she has faced, with unending grace if I do say so myself, is her vote in favor of using force in Iraq in 2002. Unlike Mr. Sissy John Edwards who also voted in favor of the resolution, she stands by her decision to do so andisn't simply apologizing for a mis-judgement. We don't need a president who misjudges, so goodbye Mr. Edwards. What astonishes me however is the fact that Obama fans tout his anti-war stance as being opposed to te war from the beginning. Well, as a reminder he was not a senator at the time the resolution was passed and in addition to that, it's very easy to say war is wrong when you personally have nothing at stake. Every senator and congressman sitting in those cambers has something to lose, but Mr. Obama had nothing. I can only wish that the type of luck Obama has achieved through a superficial campaign can come to me one day so that I too can abort this mission to become a person of hard work and substance.

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