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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald: Feinstein and Pelosi defend NSA because "there is a Democrat in the White House" [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Greenwald wrote a book where he wrote that he, like Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Edwards, and countless other Dems 'trusted' a US President to do the right thing after 9/11.
Unlike Hillary et al, Greenwald, as he explained, (would you like to see the text?) realized we were lied to. And he was angry that the people's trust in their government regardless of party at a time like that, was so abused.
He began blogging in 2005 and started out being honest, NO ONE would have known anything about his views on Iraq HAD HE NOT WRITTEN about them himself.
He was MOTIVATED by his disgust WITH BUSH to start writing and was a hero with the LEFT/DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE he realized pretty quickly, unlike many of our elected Dems who continued to vote to FUND THAT WAR even AFTER we knew there were no WMDS in Iraq.
It is REPREHESIBLE to take someone's honest accounting of their political journal, which they did not need to do, but he IS honest, and try to turn it into a smear. It doesn't work, it simply makes those trying to it look bad as the history of Greenwald's political views WERE WELL KNOWN due to HIM from the start.
What do you think of Hillary's support for the Iraq War, someone who didn't just support it emotionally but who, at a critical time in history, used her power as a Senator to give Bush the support he needed to go ahead with that illegal war.
Has she ever apologized for that, or admitted, as Greenwald has, that we were lied to?
Considering your disgust for anyone who even supported the war emotionally but didn't vote for it (Greenwald did not vote for Bush) I take it you will not be voting for Hillary??