Hillary takes responsibility..

[BobRossi]

A little late Hil.

"DES MOINES, Iowa - New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton blamed President Bush on Saturday for misusing authority given him by Congress to act in Iraq, but conceded "I take responsibility" for her role in allowing that to happen."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070128/ap_on_el_pr/clinton2008_8

[PresidentObama]

1. It does seem a little late.

And a little short. When did the war start, and shes just saying this in 2007?

Hillary Clinton really hasn't been that much of a critic of Bush and his policies in Iraq in the way she should until she decided she was going to run for President, and thats disappointing.

I appreciate her taking responsibility. But I don't feel it's out of conscience and admitting mistakes for the sake of admitting miskakes like Kerry and Edwards did.

[illinoisprogressive]

2. I read that she totally ducked the question. Hillary doesn't admit to being wrong

about anything as she and MSNBC think she is the queen of the America

[IndianaGreen]

6. Neither does Bush!

The Bushes and the Clintons never admit to being wrong on anything! Haven't we had enough of them?

[rhombus]

3. If you have to be forced to take responsibility, that's a sad commentary on her

What stopped her from making a public apology for her Iraq vote? I watched her on C-SPAN today, and I'm sure the crowd and questions were preselected. Something just didn't smell right about the spontaneity or lack thereof of the event.

[IndianaGreen]

4. Hillary expressed no regret for her vote, and the carnage that ensued

Hillary is still criticizing the management of the war, rather than the morality of the war itself. This inability to express regret and even empathy with the victims of US aggression is one of Hillary's sociopathic traits.

[BobRossi]

5. She is clueless..

Her quest for the presidency is nothing more than an ego trip.

[bdrube]

7. Over 3,000 Americans and more than 100,000 Iraqis later. n/t

[PresidentObama]

9. And all to compete with Obama and the others.

Come on Hillary!!

Why were you so quiet before, but now it's different? Fishy to me!

[Guaranteed]

8. Sounds like Bush's taking responsibility for Iraq.

Gonna have to do better than that.

[never_get_over_it]

10. A statement I made up

Hillary Clinton stands for NOTHING but ELECTION

it is so sad and so true and breaks my heart that I have waited ALL my life for a woman to become President and I can sadly say Hillary Clinton does not to deserve to be the first woman President or any President for that matter - she has been mostly silent for ages - probably too busy consulting with her consultants.....oh my heart hurts over this.

[AtomicKitten]

11. There is nothing HRC could say or do

that would EVER please some here. The standard for criticizing her is separate and distinct from that for any other Democratic candidate, reminiscent of the GOP Wrecking Machine. Fortunately HRC learned to hold her own with that kind of barrage of vile negativity, so this stuff just rolls off her back.

[David Dunham]

12. Stop criticizing Hil. She'll very likely be the Dem nominee. You're helping Repukes.

[PresidentObama]

14. LIKELY to be the nominee?

It's possible, but likely isn't the right term.

And I won't stop criticizing Hillary simply because she might be the Democratic nominee. I expect more out of the Democrats, so if I think she's not holding up to that code...then by god, I'll speak up.

And I assure you I'm not helping the Repukes. They have no help right now!!

[Pithy Cherub]

15. So was Lieberman... Hillary has to prove she is worthy

and the milquetoast statements on her enablement of bush are not going to sit well with primary voters. i despise that aye on IWR vote and hold anyone accountable who lockstepped with Bush on it.

[AtomicKitten]

16. ***

I swear the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I read the same vile, disgusting rhetoric here on DU that was used against the Clintons in the 1990s. And to know some here, albeit only 25% or so, will not vote for her if she gets the nod makes me want to yak. Those on the further left never cease to amaze with their bone-headedness in not learning the painful, catastrophic lesson from 2000.

On edit: I don't think you read my post, either that or you directed your response to the wrong person.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

17. There's plenty of time before the primaries...

shouldn't we want to weed out all the Hawk and corporate dems? Why do we have to roll over and go with the candidate the main stream media tells us to?

I saw two polls this week that showed Hillary would win Gore, three to one. Do you think that's true?
Gore could get more cross-over votes than Hillary. ...(Really how many republicans would ever vote for Hillary?...Would you ever vote for Laura?)

The media is telling us to go with Hillary. ...Hillary's getting very chummy with Rupert Merdoch. He's held a fund raiser for her. I don't like it.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

13. Did anyone happen to catch Howard Fineman of Newsweek appearance on Hardball earlier this week?

He reported that Hillary went to all of her NY “funders” and told them to “ONLY donate to her campaign”.

If Hillary’s going around choking off funds to other candidates, how could anyone else have a chance?


(I wonder if Hillary knew about PNAC?)....and she still let Bush start a war in the Middle East?

:puke:

[unlawflcombatnt]

18. What responsibility is she taking?

She still hasn't admitted her vote was a mistake, and she still refuses to say she'd vote differently if she had it to do over. How is she "taking responsibility," other than just non-committally claiming she is?

Was her vote a mistake? Would she vote differently? What responsibility is she taking. All she's doing is proving that her mouth still works, and that she's not willing to take a tangible position on Iraq.

Once again she's proven there's no fence to narrow for her to stand on.