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Keystone Phil
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« on: April 04, 2012, 07:37:22 AM »
Oh, you aren't taking issue with the silliest parts of the speech ("a nation of big steppers!"). Ok. Carry on.
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« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2012, 01:06:40 PM »
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Those differences were minimal when the war was beginning/popular...
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Keystone Phil
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« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2012, 01:20:45 PM »
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Those differences were minimal when the war was beginning/popular...
That's not true at all.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-03-07/news/0303070308_1_military-action-iraq-older-americans

When it came to party elected officials/leaders, there were minimal differences.
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« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2012, 04:16:03 PM »
Quote from: memphis on April 04, 2012, 04:09:54 PM
Quote from: Keystone Phil on April 04, 2012, 01:20:45 PM
Quote from: memphis on April 04, 2012, 01:13:24 PM
Quote from: Keystone Phil on April 04, 2012, 01:06:40 PM
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Those differences were minimal when the war was beginning/popular...
That's not true at all.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-03-07/news/0303070308_1_military-action-iraq-older-americans

When it came to party elected officials/leaders, there were minimal differences.
A majority of Dems voted against authorizing the war.

And where were the Congressional leaders? Very little, if any, difference between them and the GOP. That says something about the party.
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Keystone Phil
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2012, 02:42:31 AM »
Quote from: memphis on April 04, 2012, 09:34:20 PM

The most visible face of the party, Nancy Pelosi, voted against it. Obama was not yet in office, but I very much doubt he would have supported it. Iraq was obviously the Republicans' war even if they scared a minority of the Democrats into going along with it.

Nancy Pelosi was not a more visible face than Dick Gephardt in 2003. Nice try.
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Keystone Phil
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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2012, 06:44:16 AM »
Quote from: memphis on April 05, 2012, 05:18:24 AM
Quote from: Keystone Phil on April 05, 2012, 02:42:31 AM
Quote from: memphis on April 04, 2012, 09:34:20 PM

The most visible face of the party, Nancy Pelosi, voted against it. Obama was not yet in office, but I very much doubt he would have supported it. Iraq was obviously the Republicans' war even if they scared a minority of the Democrats into going along with it.

Nancy Pelosi was not a more visible face than Dick Gephardt in 2003. Nice try.
So now we're comparing the parties from nine years ago? We were speaking in the present tense.

...I'm pretty sure the basis for my first remark was that there was little difference between the two parties when they vote was made/the war was popular.
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