Comments on: John Edwards on Iraq: “It was a mistake.” http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Semanticleo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12553 Semanticleo Fri, 11 Nov 2005 22:11:29 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12553 Dugger; "Can we trust a guy who is already on record as having made a horrendous mistake?" Dugger; Since you have gone on the record as being conflicted about this war, I wonder what Republicans or Independents who either, A) voted for the war and now feel it was a mistake, or B) voted against the war,would now be possible candidates for your vote? Dugger;

“Can we trust a guy who is already on record as having made a horrendous mistake?”

Dugger;

Since you have gone on the record as being conflicted about this war, I wonder what Republicans or Independents who either, A) voted for the war and now feel it was a mistake, or B) voted against the war,would now be possible candidates for your vote?

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12552 Dugger Fri, 11 Nov 2005 22:11:27 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12552 I don't know. But if a Republican voted for the war and is now against it (I believe there is at least one - NC? - who has changed his mind), I'd say the buck stops with him and he is accountable for his vote - not Bush, Kerry or anybody else. I would also say he exercised poor judgment. The difference is Edwards is or was a serious candidate for President and we would look at his foreign policy judgment more carefully. Also this post was about Edwards and his vote. I may be wrong, but I believ othr, maybe more thoughtful Democrats have argued, not that it was necessarily a mistake or that the vote was wrong, but that now, per current circumstances, its time to wrap it up. Dugger I don’t know. But if a Republican voted for the war and is now against it (I believe there is at least one – NC? – who has changed his mind), I’d say the buck stops with him and he is accountable for his vote – not Bush, Kerry or anybody else. I would also say he exercised poor judgment. The difference is Edwards is or was a serious candidate for President and we would look at his foreign policy judgment more carefully. Also this post was about Edwards and his vote.

I may be wrong, but I believ othr, maybe more thoughtful Democrats have argued, not that it was necessarily a mistake or that the vote was wrong, but that now, per current circumstances, its time to wrap it up.

Dugger

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12551 Dugger Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:11:23 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12551 "Yes, because not admitting mistakes must mean you re correct all the time." Admitting a mistake on something as huge as a war vote, should not be dismissed lightly. I wonder if his conscience botthers him? Are you curious as to why Edwards confesses this at this time and not before the election. Am I too cynical, here? Dugger “Yes, because not admitting mistakes must mean you re correct all the time.”

Admitting a mistake on something as huge as a war vote, should not be dismissed lightly. I wonder if his conscience botthers him? Are you curious as to why Edwards confesses this at this time and not before the election. Am I too cynical, here?

Dugger

]]> By: Damek http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12550 Damek Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:11:24 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12550 Yes, because not admitting mistakes must mean you're correct all the time. Yes, because not admitting mistakes must mean you’re correct all the time.

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12549 Dugger Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:11:05 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12549 Cybis, Been cutting reading comprehension class? The lead on the Edwards post is how he confesses to being wrong on his vote. I make a clever and somewhat appropriate analogy to another past politician who claims he was misled (brainwashed) and wrong on a war and it ruined his political career. If you were really up on things, you would have known my comment was about Edwards and his confession of ignorance. Your problem is that nobody seems capable of good judgment on foreign policy in the Democratic party - Rockefeller, Edwards. And if Edwards was so grossly wrong on the war, who's to say he's not equally grossly wrong now. The war is very serious. Can we trust a guy who is already on record as having made a horrendous mistake? Dugger, No, Look Under Edwards and You'll Find a Crumb Tray Cybis,

Been cutting reading comprehension class? The lead on the Edwards post is how he confesses to being wrong on his vote. I make a clever and somewhat appropriate analogy to another past politician who claims he was misled (brainwashed) and wrong on a war and it ruined his political career. If you were really up on things, you would have known my comment was about Edwards and his confession of ignorance. Your problem is that nobody seems capable of good judgment on foreign policy in the Democratic party – Rockefeller, Edwards. And if Edwards was so grossly wrong on the war, who’s to say he’s not equally grossly wrong now. The war is very serious. Can we trust a guy who is already on record as having made a horrendous mistake?

Dugger, No, Look Under Edwards and You’ll Find a Crumb Tray

]]> By: cybishop http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12548 cybishop Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:11:31 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12548 Dugger has no comment at all on what Edwards says about how the war started or his stated policy positions (but based on experience, if he did comment on that it would be at least half incorrect or irrelevant), he just offers pointless personal attacks on Edwards and people who have nothing in common with him but income level and rough political alignment, and echoes completely irrational phobias about other politicians. I know it's immoral and incorrect to think of Dugger as representative of <i>all</i> conservatives and Republicans, but sometimes it's hard not to. I suppose he might be a parody, though. We can hope. Dugger has no comment at all on what Edwards says about how the war started or his stated policy positions (but based on experience, if he did comment on that it would be at least half incorrect or irrelevant), he just offers pointless personal attacks on Edwards and people who have nothing in common with him but income level and rough political alignment, and echoes completely irrational phobias about other politicians.

I know it’s immoral and incorrect to think of Dugger as representative of all conservatives and Republicans, but sometimes it’s hard not to.

I suppose he might be a parody, though. We can hope.

]]> By: Semanticleo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12547 Semanticleo Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:11:15 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12547 The bitter dugger The bitter dugger

]]> By: dugger1 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12546 dugger1 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:11:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12546 Thus Senator Edwards, playing the Romney card, cements Hilary and Warner as the front runners. Edwards has shown he has no depth, no gravitas and will pander to the extremist, money-bag fringe of the party. No doubt Barbra Streisand approves. Dugger, "Three little Indian boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two." Thus Senator Edwards, playing the Romney card, cements Hilary and Warner as the front runners. Edwards has shown he has no depth, no gravitas and will pander to the extremist, money-bag fringe of the party. No doubt Barbra Streisand approves.

Dugger, “Three little Indian boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.”

]]> By: The Concordian http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12545 The Concordian Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:11:08 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12545 Um, the post is about Edwards. What the heck does Frist have to do with it? Um, the post is about Edwards. What the heck does Frist have to do with it?

]]> By: Semanticleo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/10/john-edwards-on-iraq-it-was-a-mistake/#comment-12544 Semanticleo Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:11:20 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=899#comment-12544 Although at one time considering a run for the WH, this distinguished Senator has a warped sense of priorities and it is unlikely he has a chance at becoming a dog catcher. Witness the Senator who feels the leaks about the 'black sites' is worse than the sites themselves. Perhaps he is looking at job opportunities as Dr. 'Mengele' Frist where he can use his medical training where it best suits his character. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/10/frist.secretprisons.ap/index.html" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/10/frist.secretprisons.ap/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/10/frist.secretprisons.ap/index.html</a></a> Although at one time considering a run for the WH, this distinguished Senator has a warped sense of priorities and it is unlikely he has a chance at becoming a dog catcher. Witness the Senator who feels the leaks about the ‘black sites’ is worse than the sites themselves. Perhaps he is looking at job opportunities as Dr. ‘Mengele’ Frist where he can use his medical training where it best suits his character.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/10/frist.secretprisons.ap/index.html

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