If you are going to vote for the establishment candidate why are you on Democratic Underground?

[Rilgin]

118. A Senator is not one of "A lot of people"

Yes a lot of people did not hear or get exposed to contrary news. Propaganda and adverstising works. However, these "a lot of people, do not have jobs that are specifically about setting and voting on policies for the country. Politicians are not such pushovers, they are power and policy centers of their own.

Senators have big staffs, they are not just exposed to the pure propoganda of the media. Their offices get letters, emails, petitions and calls from all sides. At the time, there were massive anti-war demonstrations in the world.

At the time of the Vote, every informed person, knew that it was a race to war and that the Bush administration was not being factual. The Bush Administration was pushing for pre-emptive war in fact.

Democratic politicians who voted for the war, did so as a political calculation that the war would end up being popular or fast and they did not want to appear weak and thus thwart their future ambitions. I believe that they did not picture the consequences would be so bad, however, the votes of establishment democrats was not because they were fooled by the Propaganda Pushers.

This was one of the most momentous and consequential votes of the last 20 years. The consequences for voting on the wrong side should mean that these politicians take the political consequences. They should know enough to put their own ambitions aside and become statesmen and stateswomen to redeem themselves, not spin these votes so they do not derail their ambitions.

Speaking directly, Hillary's ambition is more important to her than her honor. Thus, her history of being on the wrong side of big votes are spun. DOMA becomes a pro-gay vote and the Vote for the Iraq War becomes a vote for diplomacy. Your spin is just a variation, she was wrong because she was fooled and everyone was fooled.