for Hillary Clinton. Joseph Wilson, former diplomat and the husband of exposed CIA agent Valeria Plame, endorses Hillary Clinton on the grounds that Hillary is a fighter and Barack is not "manly," er...I mean, "tough" enough to stand up to Republicans.
Wilson's case rehashes foreign policy and attempts to save Senator Clinton on Iraq by absolving her, and Democrats, because they just couldn't know (and a fortiori, since they couldn't know, Obama certainly could not know there were no WMDS). Rhetorically, Wilson's cases rest on anecdotal evidence for Hillary and rhetorical questions against Obama.
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That she and far too many other Demos made those cowardly votes in 2002 is understood by all in this game.
But until Obama displays some interest in fighting GOP opposition, then we kinda have no choice but to figure he has no interest in it.
Perhaps he really believes they're gonna swoon on inauguration day.
I would suggest that you read that post on health care where I mention the different argumentative styles.
I promise, the post on terministic screens will be up soon.,
The quicker you get the post up on Burke and terministic screens the better. Do it while oxymoron's toe is still in the water, it might be enough to send him headlong back into the pool.
AND BTW, Harrogate wanted to add something in reference to a comment you made in another thread, when you implied Edwards was some sort of leader in the US Senate. When in fact he was a yes-man voting straight down the line GOP on everything important. It was not until he left the Senate after the 2004 election that he found God, as it were.
Point being, other than perhaps Russ Feingold, there were no prominent Demo heroes in the Senate during that moment.
Paul Wellstone (D!!!! Minnesota), rest his soul. There was a guy who understood the stakes. The Nation sorely misses him, he cast some goddamn lonely votes in the years leading up to his death in 2002. But as they say in the motel commercials, he kept the light on for us: as much as any politican is going to, anyway.
No. My Edwards comment mean he was not a leader. In fact, like McCain, the other Senators didn't like him because he attacked the Senate (how not to make friends and influence people.)
I agree with you on both Feingold (though I loathe McCain/ Feingold from a free speech perspective), and Paul Wellstone. The Senate lost its soul, or at least its conscience, when Wellstone died.
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