While I could not find the article she responded to, what I did find was a striking similarity to those who supported Bush when he became president. That similarity is this response to accept Hillary as president or “leave the country” My message to this Hillary supporter is that this country belongs to all of us and even those who challenge Senator Clinton’s ability to lead her. I have the right to stay in this country and do not care for any supporter of a presidential candidate telling me to move.
Perhaps the best condemnation of Hillary Clinton comes from Scott Ritter in this Alternet.org piece, It Doesn't Matter If Hillary Apologizes for Her Iraq War Vote in which this well respected patriot in my opinion, Scott Ritter had this to say of Hillary Clinton, “Let there be no doubt that Hillary Clinton is about as slippery a species of politician that exists, one who has demonstrated an ability to morph facts into a nebulous blob that blurs the record and distorts the truth. While she has demonstrated this less than flattering ability on a number of issues, nowhere is it so blatant as when dealing with the issue of the ongoing war in Iraq and her vote in favor of this war.” This passage reminds me of that age old saying, “Evil prevails when good men do nothing.” And evil is prevailing when presidential candidates refuse to bring our soldiers home immediately as candidates like Gravel have called for.
I have long since called both Hans Blix and Scott Ritter the go-to-guys when it came to finding out the truth concerning Bush’s assertions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. As weapons inspectors they were the ones who held the truth yet presidential candidates like Clinton sided with Bush and she refused to read the entire intelligence report that proved Bush wrong. There is no redemption for such an apology only accountability and it is time for Democrats to hold her accountable within the upcoming primaries. You cannot call yourself anti-war and vote for Clinton and Obama. You can only claim yourself anti-war by voting for candidates like Mike Gravel.
While some will take this column as an endorsement of Gravel, it is not, it is speaking up for the truth when the truth should and must matter in this country as we go forward. It is also speaking up for those soldiers who have died and have come home maimed for life. It is for the one million innocent Iraqis who have died. As an independent, it is my hope that Democrats can claim independence from candidates like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. If through claiming said independence you wish to turn the Democratic leadership on its head, then vote for Mike Gravel. At least he stared down a president unlike candidates such as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama who has shown their complicit nature when it comes to this president.
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