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2006-06-01 Home Front: WoT

Hillary Clinton's N.Y. Platform: Iraq War 'Illegal'

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Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-06-01 14:01|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 misleading headline watch. Hillary didnt write the platform, and isnt responsible for everything in it.

and Zogby's push poll means nothing.

This was a place full of activists. If Tasini couldnt must support here, he doesnt stand a chance in the primary, where far fewer even know who he is.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-01 14:53|| 2006-06-01 14:53|| Front Page Top

#2 She voted for the war and continues to support it because most of America supports it, plain and simple. If she is one thing she is very savy when it comes to understanding the polls and the public. She may walk the fence on this to make nice with the old Dems but until America stops supporting the war her opinion will go to where the votes are, like an old whore goes to money.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-06-01 15:04|| 2006-06-01 15:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Very accurate headline. That's the platform Hill's running on. Her suooprt in the Democrat party is eroding faster than a New Orleans levee. The '68ers have great moral clarity and an emminently defeatable instinct. They may be in the minority for the next 20 years.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-01 15:10|| 2006-06-01 15:10|| Front Page Top

#4 It does show that the Democratic Party really doesn't believe in the Constitution only in attaining and exercising power. All those Kos Kiddies ignore that Congress authorized the action and continues to fund it.

Posted by Cholump Angump5384 2006-06-01 15:18|| 2006-06-01 15:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Check out Tasini's website. Compared to him, she looks like Reagan. She could win this in her sleep, since I doubt even New York is that far gone. Shit, even Mars isn't that far gone...

Posted by tu3031 2006-06-01 15:26|| 2006-06-01 15:26|| Front Page Top

#6 "Stand with me as we put pressure on both the administration and the new Iraqi government to get behind a real plan for the Iraqis to assume a growing responsibility for their own security and safety so that we can begin to bring our troops home."

What plan would that be? Typical, high on rhetoric, no plan.

Actually, the rest of the speech is pretty good triangulation. She has to go left just far enough. Remember how Mother Cindy said after her meeting with Hillary that, Hillary will be on our side when the time is right....

What mother Cindy failed to understand is, she will also go the other way when the time is wrong...

Posted by TomAnon 2006-06-01 15:32|| 2006-06-01 15:32|| Front Page Top

#7 And remember, kids, what's important about war is keeping your poll numbers up. Like, what other purpose could there be except political gain?

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-01 16:11|| 2006-06-01 16:11|| Front Page Top

#8 What someone needs to do is get names and photos (where available) of all the Iraqi Army and Police that have been killed and all the men killed while trying to join those organizations and make a collage of them with words supporting their quest for freedom and thanking the US for the opportunity from other Iraqis. The final quote should ask "Have our sacrifices been in vain?"

It would be a great tool both in NY and nationally.

Posted by DanNY 2006-06-01 16:21|| 2006-06-01 16:21|| Front Page Top

#9 " That's the platform Hill's running on. "

shes running on her record. The NYS Demo party convention can vote whatever the hell they want. Its a scrap of paper.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-01 16:35|| 2006-06-01 16:35|| Front Page Top

#10 she should at least leave them cab fare on the dresser when she's done with them

Posted by Frank G 2006-06-01 16:46|| 2006-06-01 16:46|| Front Page Top

#11 What law did it violate?

Posted by Matt 2006-06-01 17:08|| 2006-06-01 17:08|| Front Page Top

#12 LH, not to be difficult or anything (it's Rantburg, after all ;-) but if the platform is just a scrap of paper, why bother?

I understand that virtually every candidate has one problem or another with his/her party's platform. Some platforms are clearly written by borons and morons (see Dave D's discussion elsewhere for definitions).

But this is a key issue, and Hillary is the flagship candidate this fall. And she can't control the platform? What does that say about her clout in her own (er, adopted) state?

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-06-01 18:22|| 2006-06-01 18:22|| Front Page Top

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