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Originally posted by sgtclub
Put aside the substantive question of whether we should have gone. He said a month ago that knowing what he know knows he still would have voted for the war. What does Kerry think his vote authorizing war means? Does he mean that he gets to hedge on the outcome - meaning that if it goes well he can say he voted for it, and if it goes less than well, he can say that what he's currently saying this week?
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It means that the President was authorized to use force in his discretion. It was not a referendum on whether we should invade. The President pitched it this way at the time. Recall that the vote was months before the war started.
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This is why he is losing. Someone should force him to answer the question as to what he would have done if he were president at the time, no just how he would have voted.
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Voted on what? But I agree with you -- since most voters are, like you, apparently unable to appreciate the distinctions I'm drawing, Kerry's not helping himself.
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