Hillary Clinton Faces Anti-War Critics at Take Back America Conference

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/13/AR2006061300542_pf.html

Hillary Clinton Faces Anti-War Critics

By DEVLIN BARRETT
The Associated Press
Tuesday, June 13, 2006; 10:29 AM

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton went toe-to-toe Tuesday with some of her anti-war critics, opposing a hard deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq and urging Democrats to unite to win back Congress.

At a speech before a liberal gathering dubbed "Take Back America," the New York senator took grief from those in the audience critical of her vote for the Iraq war and her opposition to an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.

"I do not think it is a smart strategy, either, for the president to continue with his open-ended commitment, which I think does not put enough pressure on the new Iraqi government," said Clinton, before turning to the anti-war liberals' core beef with her.

"Nor do I think it is smart strategy to set a date certain. I do not agree that that is in the best interests," said Clinton, prompting loud booing from some at the gathering.

<>Those sort of remarks were received enthusiastically, but not everyone was won over. As she left the stage, some in the crowd chanted to bring the troops home now.

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1. Link to speech from politicstv.com in conjunction with Take Back America

http://www.politicstv.com/blog/?p=236

Very interesting. Senator Clinton begins her speech to the Take Back American Conference with concerns about the integrity of our upcoming mid-term elections. She says "we may not have the victories that we deserve and that the American people want us to have in November" and her "first and most important request" is for us to "hold local and state officials accountable in the next several months so we don't have a repeat of what happened in Ohio and Florida."

John Kerry will be speaking this morning also, as well as Nancy Pelosi.

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2. The war is but one of one issue me and other liberals have with her

She's a dissapointment as a Democratic leader and she's carrying water for the DLC's fraudaunt definition of centrism.

I'm going to vote against her in the Senate primary and again in 2008.

I vote for the Democrat who shares my values.