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12. True, but interestingly most Democratic senators voted for the Iraq war (29 to 21)

Mon Feb 16, 2015, 02:28 AM

Feb 2015

IRAQ WAR - More Democrats (counting both houses of Congress combined) voted against the Iraq War Resolution (October 2002) then voted for it, but more Democratic senators voted for it than against it --

Dem Votes For-Against:
House: 82-126 (39%-61%),
Senate: 29-21 (58%-42%), <-had Hillary voted differently, it would have been 28-22
Total: 111-147 (43%-57%).

(Whereas Republicans were 97% in favor in the House and 98% in the Senate)

If I remember, what skewed the Senate vote was something like 75 senators were given some song-and-dance briefing about the danger of Iraq's UAVs (drones) that supposedly could be launched from far out at sea to hit U.S. mainland targets or something like that.

I'm not a Hillary-bot, just found this interesting, when researching for some talking points to convince a friend of mine that the Democrats were the anti-war party, and then to run across the Senate vote, sputter sputter.

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Most elected Democrats voted *against* war in Iraq [View all] MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 OP

amen to that! marym625 Feb 2015 #1

ditto AtomicKitten Feb 2015 #5

. marym625 Feb 2015 #63

I made that pledge in 2002. I will never vote for anyone that bowed before King George. nm rhett o rick Feb 2015 #8

Me too marym625 Feb 2015 #13

Political Convenience ... bvar22 Feb 2015 #61

I posted the votes marym625 Feb 2015 #62

Like. snot Feb 2015 #15

Same here! n/t sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #68

hi Sabrina marym625 Feb 2015 #71

Hi mary sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #72

It was no time at all after 9/11 that I knew it was mosty Saudis involved. In fact counting brewens Feb 2015 #2

Arabian Peninsula wealthy investors have provided ISIS funding JonLP24 Feb 2015 #17

+1 nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #26

yet here we are all those years later and the current management is still perpetuating more war nt msongs Feb 2015 #3

And we're told that this is the way it ought to be MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #4

+1000000000000 woo me with science Feb 2015 #6

+ infinity BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #10

Who's saying this? joshcryer Feb 2015 #16

The pro-Hillary contingent are certainly implying it Fumesucker Feb 2015 #22

No one says to "embrace" shit foreign policy. joshcryer Feb 2015 #23

And Dick 'n Dubya never said Iraq was responsible for 9/11... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #24

You're shitting on DUers. joshcryer Feb 2015 #25

Posters shit on each other all the time around here Fumesucker Feb 2015 #27

I know of no DUer here who agrees with shit foreign policy. joshcryer Feb 2015 #28

Are you saying Hillary isn't a hawk? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #29

I'm saying you have nothing. joshcryer Feb 2015 #30

If you support Hillary then you support that "fiercer" foreign policy... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #31

Do we really want a candidate who feels like they have to compensate for something? tkmorris Feb 2015 #51

It's what fumesucker does best. It's his specialty. eom BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #32

It's what I got all these hearts for.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #33

For shitting on DUers? And that makes you happy?? BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #36

"I just tell 'em the truth and they think it's hell" MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #39

Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves" BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #41

Who was it voted *for* war again? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #43

The American people - hence Duhbya's second term. That's all the proof we need. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #46

Please don't rewrite history, it is what republicans like to do and we are better than them Rex Feb 2015 #56

Evidently you are irony challenged Fumesucker Feb 2015 #42

My only surviving sister was deployed TWICE to Iraq. Her husband's helicopter was nearly shot down, BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #45

It will say a lot about the Democrats and the country and the Iraq war if Hillary is the nominee Fumesucker Feb 2015 #55

All she had to do was vote nay...not like it is hard to do. Rex Feb 2015 #57

"hate for one another sells better and faster than tolerance and politeness toward one another..." DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #65

You're seriously claiming that nobody supports a war on ISIS? MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #38

There are so many justifying it marym625 Feb 2015 #67

Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front marym625 Feb 2015 #7

In 2004, a huge majority of Democratic delegates opposed the illegal invasion RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #9

Oh, but you would be violating TOS by violating your principles! BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #11

Kerry was one of the best Liberal senators we've had in the Senate emulatorloo Feb 2015 #48

True, but interestingly most Democratic senators voted for the Iraq war (29 to 21) progree Feb 2015 #12

That year was a lot like the information wars regarding Ukraine JonLP24 Feb 2015 #18

Thanks, Manny! (This post could be improved by a list of which did and didn't.) NT snot Feb 2015 #14

Iraq War Resolution Votes marym625 Feb 2015 #21

WA Sen. Patty Murray did NOT vote "yes" on the Iraq War Resolution countryjake Feb 2015 #64

uhm. calm down. It says she voted no. marym625 Feb 2015 #66

I'm calm, it's just that reading so much here excusing the Warmongers... countryjake Feb 2015 #69

Yes she did marym625 Feb 2015 #70

i think the profound ignorance, the biggest mistake in political history, certainot Feb 2015 #19

Yep. It's the ol' "if a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound?" thing. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #37

I listened to it for years, it made me steadily more liberal Fumesucker Feb 2015 #44

the sandra fluke reaction has worked well with some of certainot Feb 2015 #49

Most of the conservatives I know thrive on confrontation, they seek it out Fumesucker Feb 2015 #53

True liberals would like to have a conversation, yet all conservatives know how to do Rex Feb 2015 #58

K&R woo me with science Feb 2015 #20

Ooooh! Another Democrat-bashing OP from our resident Liberal Libertarian! BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #34

K&R 99Forever Feb 2015 #35

K&R I knew in 2002 that the Iraq war was a huge mistake based on lies. The idea that a .... Scuba Feb 2015 #40

Exactly. Martin Eden Feb 2015 #47

*most* Democrats voted consistently for the funding of that occupation, from the start bigtree Feb 2015 #50

Kissinger/Summers in 2016. JEB Feb 2015 #52

Both parties are the same!!!!!!!!! nt. NCTraveler Feb 2015 #54

and the Yes-voters lost their seats at like twice the rate MisterP Feb 2015 #59

I would like to see some statistics on that marym625 Feb 2015 #73

We are the problem, not the solution in The ME. grahamhgreen Feb 2015 #60