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46. It is worth noting that...

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 12:27 PM

Feb 2013

...not a single Democrat who OPPOSED the Invasion of Iraq
was appointed to a position of authority or power in the Obama Executive Branch.
The entire Obama White House is composed of Democrats who Got-It-Wrong .

Unfortunately, too many "Democrats" voted FOR the Invasion of Iraq.

Any "Democrat" who today hides behind the excuse that "Bush Fooled them"
is either:
1)Lying through their teeth

OR

2)Publicly admitting that they are much too much of an idiot to hold public office.

The Democratic Party made it possible for Bush-the-Lesser to stand before The World with a smirk on his face and correctly claim,
"The Democrats voted FOR it TOO!!!"
(How I cringed in shame every time I had to listen to THAT!)

[font size=3]The Democratic Party Honor Roll[/font]
These Democrats should be remembered for their principled stand against the Republicans and The Industrial WAR Machine.

The Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq
(The Iraq War Resolution)

United States Senate

In the Senate, the 21 Democrats, one Republican and one Independent courageously voted their consciences in 2002 against the War in Iraq :

Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)
Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico)
Barbara Boxer (D-California)
Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota)
Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey)
Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota)
Dick Durbin (D-Illinois)
Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
Bob Graham (D-Florida)
Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
Jim Jeffords (I-Vermont)
Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)
Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
Carl Levin (D-Michigan)
Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland)
Patty Murray (D-Washington)
Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island)
Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland)
Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan)
The late Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota)
Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)

Lincoln Chaffee (R-Rhode Island)

United States House of Representatives

Six House Republicans and one independent joined 126 Democratic members of the House of Represenatives:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Tom Allen (D-Maine)
Joe Baca (D-California)
Brian Baird (D-Washington DC)
John Baldacci (D-Maine, now governor of Maine)
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin)
Xavier Becerra (D-California)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon)
David Bonior (D-Michigan, retired from office)
Robert Brady (D-Pennsylvania)
Corinne Brown (D-Florida)
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Lois Capps (D-California)
Michael Capuano (D-Massachusetts)
Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland)
Julia Carson (D-Indiana)
William Clay, Jr. (D-Missouri)
Eva Clayton (D-North Carolina, retired from office)
James Clyburn (D-South Carolina)
Gary Condit (D-California, retired from office)
John Conyers, Jr. (D-Michigan)
Jerry Costello (D-Illinois)
William Coyne (D-Pennsylvania, retired from office)
Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland)
Susan Davis (D-California)
Danny Davis (D-Illinois)
Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon)
Diana DeGette (D-Colorado)
Bill Delahunt (D-Massachusetts)
Rosa DeLauro (D-Connecticut)
John Dingell (D-Michigan)
Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
Mike Doyle (D-Pennsylvania)
Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Lane Evans (D-Illinois)
Sam Farr (D-California)
Chaka Fattah (D-Pennsylvania)
Bob Filner (D-California)
Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts)
Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas)
Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois)
Alice Hastings (D-Florida)
Earl Hilliard (D-Alabama, retired from office)
Maurice Hinchey (D-New York)
Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas)
Rush Holt (D-New Jersey)
Mike Honda (D-California)
Darlene Hooley (D-Oregon)
Inslee
Jackson (Il.)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson, E.B.
Jones (OH)
Kaptur
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kleczka
Kucinich
LaFalce
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Maloney (CT)
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller
Mollohan
Moran (Va)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sawyer
Schakowsky
Scott
Serrano
Slaughter
Snyder
Solis
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (NM)
Udall (CO)
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watson
Watt
Woolsey
Wu

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From the beginning, I was against the Iraq War. Most people on this board probably share this view... [View all] WCGreen Feb 2013 OP

I agree COMPLETELY. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #1

The democratic party is no longer recognizable. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #2

Of course - you hear it already - "war is good for the economy". grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #60

The whole nation and the world were against it. Remember all the massive Cleita Feb 2013 #3

And there was no stopping them once they decided... WCGreen Feb 2013 #4

And that happened before Bush v. Gore tblue Feb 2013 #32

By George, I think you've got it! nt raccoon Feb 2013 #44

But he wanted to be a "war president." maddiemom Feb 2013 #49

Feb 15, 2003 - 100,000 people attended in Los Angeles. I heard Gore Vidal speak, among others. I do coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #51

I'm not talking about our sell out politicians. I'm talking about the Cleita Feb 2013 #64

They don't WORK for we, the people, they work for the 1%. eom tledford Feb 2013 #79

Chuck Hagel was for it, and people now claim he's Mr Peace and he's got to be in charge of war! Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #75

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #5

We are totally screwed. If Democrats are going to do this, where can we rhett o rick Feb 2013 #6

DURec leftstreet Feb 2013 #7

With you. MuseRider Feb 2013 #8

Maybe this is what creates enough traction to form a legitimate Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2013 #9

I also realized, for months before the invasion, that Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #10

k and r-- the whole world was against it, a lot of people in this country were against it (although niyad Feb 2013 #11

Even our children and grandchildren will be paying. Damn the 2000 stolen election & BUSH. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #30

I've said often that debush'n would take years. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #34

sadly, you are absolutely correct niyad Feb 2013 #45

Polls right before March 20, 2003 showed the American public almost evenly split 50-50, not that coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #52

Harshly judged and repaid for it Catherina Feb 2013 #12

Not even close to why I was against the Iraq war. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #13

+1. Few, if any of us, were concerned about blowback at that time pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #20

Two big lies: Saddam Hussein had WMDs and Saddam Hussein was in cahoots with Al Quaida. Both coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #54

Bingo. Robb Feb 2013 #62

I don't know of any country John2 Feb 2013 #73

It doesn't matter as long the rich get richer from all this. valerief Feb 2013 #14

I was against it too Ron Obvious Feb 2013 #15

OMG, the "secret documents" linking SH to AQ and Bin Laden? Bin Laden had issued a coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #55

When BushCo decided preemptive war was okay, and all of our Senators agreed justiceischeap Feb 2013 #16

Fortunately, voting for an insane war has disqualified people from becoming Secretary of State MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #17

Hi Manny! tblue Feb 2013 #35

Kept her out of the Presidency, at least as long as people remember. - n/t coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #56

We're already seeing posts here calling for her to run in 2016. white_wolf Feb 2013 #66

No Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #68

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. white_wolf Feb 2013 #69

I get your perspective Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #71

Absolutely yes we will. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #18

Anyone with two working brain cells, listening to the rhetoric of the bu$h administration, knew RC Feb 2013 #19

"The rest of the world was coming to our aid..." KansDem Feb 2013 #61

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #21

I had another DU profile then, but I was here, and there were Iraq war supporters on this board alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #22

Ironic I know, but the CIA agrees. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #23

Blowback will be called 'terrorism' tblue Feb 2013 #36

I was really drunk and sitting alone. Jeevus Feb 2013 #24

We are rapidly erasing the thin veneer of civilization we once claimed and exposing our barbarism. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #25

Maybe it's all for the best Catherina Feb 2013 #26

"America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #40

"Tell Me, Mr. Gandhi, What Do You Think Of Western Civilization?" Catherina Feb 2013 #41

Except that many maybe even most will just pretend the corpse is angelic perfection TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #43

Sadly yes Catherina Feb 2013 #47

Exactly WCGreen Feb 2013 #78

We knew when the war started.... when warrantless wiretapping began.. .etc. underpants Feb 2013 #27

So was I. I didn't buy the WMD bs. WcoastO Feb 2013 #28

Our Slow Road To Perdition Is Ending In An Epic Conflagration cantbeserious Feb 2013 #29

IMO, The only purpose of the Iraq War was to give the Bush administration some central purpose .... meti57b Feb 2013 #31

It is the March of Empire. Nothing new under the sun. Solomon libdem4life Feb 2013 #33

We will have little standing to complain . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #37

There aren't going to be any other future superpowers. sibelian Feb 2013 #50

You do realize . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #74

There has never been a superpower like the USA. sibelian Feb 2013 #82

"We are the greatest city, the greatest nation . . ." another_liberal Feb 2013 #83

Nice. sibelian Feb 2013 #84

Carl Sandburg. another_liberal Feb 2013 #85

thank you! sibelian Feb 2013 #86

You're very welcome. another_liberal Feb 2013 #87

Opposition to the Iraq war... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #38

I told everyone who would listen that if Bush II was given the presidency by the US Supreme Court... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #39

I was still a registered Republican TM99 Feb 2013 #42

It is worth noting that... bvar22 Feb 2013 #46

Interesting that Leahy recently stood against filibuster reform. What does that suggest about patrice Feb 2013 #58

I'll be honest. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #48

my dread or the future was 9/11 + what it would lead to. pansypoo53219 Feb 2013 #53

Though that is what this is about to you & me. There are others for whom it is ABOUT THE WHOLE patrice Feb 2013 #57

When we saw no prosecutions for torture and the absurdist "don't look back" reasoning, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #59

Well, I didn't know how far it was going to go.... ReRe Feb 2013 #63

Totally agree! sdfernando Feb 2013 #65

911 was a Reichstage fire moment. white_wolf Feb 2013 #67

I knew going in they were lying about WMDs and ties to 9/11. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #70

I want to thank everyone for responding to this thread... WCGreen Feb 2013 #72

I found this board around the time of the IWR JAbuchan08 Feb 2013 #76

The blow back started long time ago and continues today: in airports, in wiretaps, in drones... Bucky Feb 2013 #77

Not to mention that waging a 'War of Aggression' as Bush et al did is a WAR CRIME on point Feb 2013 #80

I was against Afghanistan too. arikara Feb 2013 #81