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bettyellen

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25. Not true at all- you're making false claims about Dems yet again:
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 10:24 PM
Sep 2017

"He spoke for nearly four minutes, explaining that as a member of the Senate, and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he got direct information on what was happening inside Iraq. And he met with high-level members of the former Clinton administration, he said, who verified what he was hearing.

“Even at the time, with all that information, I had great reservations about George Bush,” he continued. “I didn’t trust him. I thought he had an agenda. And in the end, I decided to defer to him because he was the president. It was a mistake.”

And Mr. Edwards offered some other details about when he began to reconsider his vote: after the election in 2004, he said, when his wife, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with cancer.

While Mrs. Edwards was undergoing chemotherapy and sedated, Mr. Edwards would wait, he said. “I spent a lot of time, just sitting there by myself,” he said “I came to the decision, over a period of months, that I was dead wrong and I had to say so.”'


https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/29/edwards-talks-about-his-war-vote/

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She literally claims complete responsibility. It'll never be enough though. bettyellen Sep 2017 #4
If she marched to the gallows some would ask "why did it take so long?" George II Sep 2017 #6
They'd talk about her suit and if she looked unwell. bettyellen Sep 2017 #22
Holding oneself accountable means examining the actual mistakes, not a generic statement geek tragedy Sep 2017 #9
Bullshit, she's gone over the multitude of reasons again and again... bettyellen Sep 2017 #12
Thanks, bettyellen. R B Garr Sep 2017 #19
Thank you. Great Post. Justice Sep 2017 #24
Thanks Betty. Not surprisingly, some of those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for still_one Sep 2017 #26
... lapucelle Sep 2017 #23
What the hell is your problem all american girl Sep 2017 #5
What specific/mistakes/errors has she specifically identified and took ownership of? nt geek tragedy Sep 2017 #10
READ THE BOOK! You expect any media outlets, positive or negative, to devote hours.... George II Sep 2017 #15
She clearly stated months ago that it was on her all american girl Sep 2017 #17
That's one interpretation LanternWaste Sep 2017 #7
"I take responsibility" is a classic politician cop out. Remember when John Edwards said "I take geek tragedy Sep 2017 #8
Not true at all- you're making false claims about Dems yet again: bettyellen Sep 2017 #25
I look forward to the whole book ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #2
Thanks for posting leftynyc Sep 2017 #3
It wasn't as juicy mcar Sep 2017 #11
"Why wasn't THIS the first excerpt to be broadcast around the world?" melman Sep 2017 #13
There were pre-release copies sent to many media outlets, none of the excerpts were "leaked"! George II Sep 2017 #14
Because it would have shut everyone up about her point of the book? nini Sep 2017 #16
Thanks George. sheshe2 Sep 2017 #18
Great points, thanks, George. R B Garr Sep 2017 #20
Because blaming Hillary BainsBane Sep 2017 #21
See? Nothing is good enough for them. Perhaps if she had written lunamagica Sep 2017 #27
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