Is it fair to put a hypothetical question about the Iraq war to Jeb Bush (who is and isn’t running for POTUS depending on whether you are the media or the FEC) knowing what we now know and seemingly based on his last name? To answer that, you have to remember what we knew then: that his brother seemed determined to find a basis for resuming action against Saddam Hussein as a course correction of his father’s abbreviated campaign there. It is a fair question given the blood ties, although the better question probably would address the current situation and whether a President Jeb Bush would recommit boots on the ground against ISIL/ISIS/DAESH anywhere in the region.
Since this question has been raised, testier members of the media with a clear bias against Hillary Clinton, like Jake Tapper, never tire of oversimplifying Hillary’s Senate vote to provide then President George W. Bush the power to act if actionable evidence arose.
It is a gross oversimplification to say that Hillary Clinton voted in favor of war in Iraq. War was not what Senator Clinton voted for. She voted for an extension of presidential power if it was warranted, and she provided strong parameters for that power along with warnings against abuse of that power. She was very specific.
It was almost two years ago that I last posted these videos, and once again I thank Sophie and Karen for finding and preserving them for us. I would also like to lodge yet another complaint to the U.S. Senate for scrubbing all of her speeches as soon as she resigned and would remind them that the State Department archives video of past speeches. (I say this knowing all about the issues surrounding space and storage on servers. For those who really believe that all of those emails would have been archived on the DOS server, it is unlikely. Server space is finite. That is why automatic deletion occurs. This is also why it is smart to create files for emails you want to retain.)
For the doubters and haters out there, rest assured. Hillary Clinton will not shrink from responding to questions about emails, servers, or plans in the Middle East.
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Server space is cheap, cheap, cheap.
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When you are dealing with institutional budgets, getting more is hard, hard, hard. Many broken promises about how much people will have. And forget about perpetuity. That is never true.
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Jeb Bush made a total fool of himself this week. It literally took him three answers in four days to respond to a straightforward question. And as he was enteriing an already crowded Republican clown car, he desperately tried to pull Hillary in with him. If they’re not attacking her, they’re trying to cling to her like a life preserver.
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Jeb answered the question he was expecting — he didn’t listen to the question they asked him. He had his attack on Hillary all ready to go, and he couldn’t help himself.
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Yes. That is exactly what he did!
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Brassy! Great analogy! ❤ it!
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Thank you, Still! 🙂
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IS there any way that these comments from Hillary can be sent to Chris Mathews? I heard him speak today and he seemed not to understand Hillary’s rational and reluctance for her vote. She was not gong ho for war but only after all the other options had been tried.
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I don’t know. I can’t stand to watch him. It’s allergy season as you know…. he gives me hives.
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On a lighter note, I love this photo!
https://instagram.com/p/2rCgIjNHXa/
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Hillary meets her neighbors in Brooklyn! 🙂
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[…] vote and encouraging people to hear what he said about that. It is also instructive to listen to Hillary’s statement on her vote at that time – her rationale, what she did not say, and what she said her vote did not […]
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