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Bluenorthwest

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17. And the Yes voters get promoted while the clearly more iintelligent No voters are shunned

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 01:29 PM

Feb 2013

This is a basic problem in our culture, the rewarding of failure and the punishment of excellence. The way to gain power in DC is to make horrible, murderously stupid mistakes on the biggest issues possible.

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We Democrats have to be honest about the Iraq War.... [View all] trumad Feb 2013 OP

Why rehash this tired old shit now? Wanting to smear Tom Harkin? emulatorloo Feb 2013 #1

Yeah I do want to rehash... trumad Feb 2013 #3

+1! andlor Feb 2013 #5

TOM FUCKING HARKIN FIGHTS FOR ME AND YOU EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY emulatorloo Feb 2013 #7

Wow--- Teabaggery? trumad Feb 2013 #9

Yes. emulatorloo Feb 2013 #10

A couple of questions for you... trumad Feb 2013 #12

Yes. It was not just a mistake in judgement. kentuck Feb 2013 #8

Re-hash because we are about to make the same mistake again with Iran!!! nt kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #19

They can't recant all of the innocents murdered in that war they voted for cpwm17 Feb 2013 #6

The only people who paid for their "mistake" MNBrewer Feb 2013 #11

The only reason I vote for Bill Nelson ever tavernier Feb 2013 #2

Trace their careers after that vote. Being dead wrong was rewarded. What does that say about leveymg Feb 2013 #4

Everyone who wanted to be President voted for it. Didn't want the "Dems are weak on defense" label TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #13

Interesting article in WaPo about the Obama v Clinton record with regard to the Iraq War. leveymg Feb 2013 #14

Yep--- trumad Feb 2013 #15

I don't think braveness had a lot to do with it. I think a lot of them Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #16

And the Yes voters get promoted while the clearly more iintelligent No voters are shunned Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #17

A lesson for folks who reduce everything to (D) vs (R)... n/t whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #18

The Yes votes reflect political expediency and willful ignorance. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #20