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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Biden says he was deceived by Bush on Iraq [View all]oasis
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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21 Democratic senators weren't fooled either. Neither was Sanders or 126 Dem house members. nt
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#4
Voting to support regime change is NOT the same as voting for troops on the ground!
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#136
Fact remains Sanders was fine with forcing Sadaam out of power and that meanst
Nuggets
Jul 2019
#142
re: "Sanders was fine with forcing Sadaam out of power and that meanst means military efforts"
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#143
Ditto... an administration staffed with known warmongers, not to mention the O-I-L.
SMC22307
Jul 2019
#96
As it was with so many others that were deceived. Anyone but me remember Collin Powell's
Thekaspervote
Jul 2019
#2
The Mother Of All Dream Tickets!! tRumpty Dumbty would be history, without a doubt!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2019
#89
Okay, call it deception. I call it a complete lie. This is why Bush/Cheney should face war crimes.
YOHABLO
Jul 2019
#60
I think he's already said Republicans would work with him if he became President. I'm
jalan48
Jul 2019
#7
Of course Joe did...was painfully obvious to anyone takin the time to evaluate the lack of evidence!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2019
#78
Hard to believe, that's for sure... even harder that some can't accept responsibility.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2019
#98
I'm a little surprised to hear Joe make excuses like that... Bernie sure wasn't fooled by Shrub!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2019
#76
So is the campaign that hires people to high positions in their campaign who not only voted for Jill
still_one
Jul 2019
#21
I find someone who was instrumental in giving us Trump even more disqualifying.
Amimnoch
Jul 2019
#48
That's the go to excuse/justification for Dem pols confronted with their vote for AUMF
Jake Stern
Jul 2019
#23
Amazing isn't it?!?! I seem to recall Hillary getting that one right and admitting her mistake.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2019
#84
Right! This like Harry Reid trusting McConnell. Or Biden trusting McConnell, for that matter.
JudyM
Jul 2019
#61
Why isn't anyone claiming Iraq War vote is off limits because Obama picked him as VP?
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#34
Yet he took a different position once he was a candidate for president and as President.
wyldwolf
Jul 2019
#51
Why do you think this is mocking? The mocking' is you second guessing Obama's VP choice
wyldwolf
Jul 2019
#54
Just like insisting that Biden can't have his civil rights record questioned because Obama picked hi
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#117
But Biden didn't claim he might have voted differently if he had access to the intelligence
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#119
Lol...get a grip, Wolf. HRC wins easily in 2008 if she had voted against IWR
BeyondGeography
Jul 2019
#77
Those were caucus states and Mark Penn the genius didn't have a plan for them
BeyondGeography
Jul 2019
#109
He didn't say he would have voted differently. He was giving an out to those who did
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#43
Why do you seem to have difficulty engaging in discussions with me without being uncivil?
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#47
I am really done with this argument. A lot was going on in 2003 and we ignore it all to use it as
silentEcho
Jul 2019
#37
Judgment at that time mattered, and the fruits of that invasion continue to this day.
JudyM
Jul 2019
#62
So do the facts of the time and the actual vote that was taken, but we never discuss that.
silentEcho
Jul 2019
#70
i am in complete agreement with you that the facts matter. Not that past judgment calls don't.
JudyM
Jul 2019
#93
I like Joe, but c'mon own up to it. We all knew Bush and Cheney were not telling the truth.
End_Electoral
Jul 2019
#65
Neither is someone appointing people who proudly voted for Jill Stein and encouraging others to do
still_one
Jul 2019
#92
Sorry, no excuse for those that contributed to where we are today, by voting for Stein over the
still_one
Jul 2019
#121
He admits the mistake and let's not forget that he and Barack ended it 8 years later:
ucrdem
Jul 2019
#100
"'US forces are needed here.' After 15 years, fight in Iraq not over March 20, 2018 "
Kaleva
Jul 2019
#108
It's disqualifyingly poor judgment (in believing GWB), or he's dissembling (in claiming deception).
RockRaven
Jul 2019
#101
many were, the only SINGLE person who could have impacted this WAS COLIN POWELL and he
beachbum bob
Jul 2019
#111
Votes matter, going along with the crowd should not be a factor with something this important.
JudyM
Jul 2019
#114
That's the one thing I fear about Biden - he like to be liked and seems to have a tendency
walkingman
Jul 2019
#126