I just read a wonderful opinion piece by Helen Thomas that I really

[Talismom]

hope some of the democrats in the house and senate read...
She was writing about the war in Iraq, but the general message also applies to their response to the debacle in NO.


Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Democrats still backing senseless war

By HELEN THOMAS


HEARST NEWSPAPERS
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Would the Republicans have hesitated to challenge the Democrats if the shoe were on the other foot? Did the opposition party give President Clinton any slack while he was in office?

What is the logic of Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Joseph Biden, D-Del., and other so-called moderate Democrats still backing the unprovoked war in Iraq when they know they were sold a bill of goods?
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Democrats have gone about their lives after giving the president a blank check to do anything he thought was necessary. They think they have absolved themselves of responsibility. It's somebody else's war.

But they might find that if they don't get some backbone and take a stand soon, the voters might not be that forgiving.


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/238448_hthomas26.html

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1. I know I'm not.

When Clinton and Schumer voted for war, I felt pole-axed.

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3. ditto! n/t

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2. Helen is the tops. Recommended.

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