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LisaM

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63. No, I didn't trust Bush, but I wasn't a sitting Senator in New York with a tough choice.

Thu Dec 29, 2016, 07:51 PM

Dec 2016

She also was hardly alone, and many other people who voted no on that particular resolution voted for the pretty similar Biden-Lugar amendment, and IIRC, that list includes (of course) Biden and Obama (Sanders was not in the Senate at the time).

This article explains it well, and Slate was no advocate of Hillary's during the primary. She also indicated that it was a very qualified vote and she spoke about her vote ahead of time, too.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2016/02/hillary_clinton_told_the_truth_about_her_iraq_war_vote.html

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Except she didn't vote FOR the war, but I think you know that. LisaM Dec 2016 #53

Sure she did. truebluegreen Dec 2016 #61

No, I didn't trust Bush, but I wasn't a sitting Senator in New York with a tough choice. LisaM Dec 2016 #63

Fwiw, Obama was still in the Illinois Senate in '02; truebluegreen Dec 2016 #67

Ah, I stand corrected on the Obama vote. LisaM Dec 2016 #69

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