[WinOne4TheGipper]

She's lost my vote.

[Jeffrey_D.]

To the people that say there were no WMD.....
I always respond with ...." What the hell do you call Saddam Husein?:

[newzjunkey]

Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison repeated her call Thursday for the United States to maintain its commitment to stabilizing Iraq rather than "cutting and running because times are rough."

This lost your vote?

[ladyinred]

We are all so screwed.

[balch3]

what a Cowardly RINO.

[guestfox01]

Hutchison says she wouldn't have supported Iraq invasion if she'd known there were no WMDs

She's full of crap, WMDs were FOUND!!!

[Warriormom]

To not vote for her is to vote for defeat in Iraq. Defeat is not an option.

She screwed up but to allow her opponent to win her seat is bad for our country. Anyway, it's her last term.

[fruitintheroom]

She's running for Prez.....put her finger up in the wind and out came that statement.

[Memphis Moe]

Another loser heard from -- who advises her? John Dean?
So now is her seat in play? HOW STUPID!!

[A CA Guy]

Who said their were no WMDs?
Nobody said they weren't moved in the 11 months of UN debates.

Hutchinson is going retarded.

[pollyannaish]

So...do you know for SURE she said what they are saying she said?

I keep reading stuff like this, but when I hear context and tone discover that huge portions of the information are being left out.

[Triggerhippie]

Her information is factually inaccurate. WMDs WERE found in Iraq (nuclear and chemical) and people who are able to research it can find documentation to back it up. We have all read about 500 or so chemical shells, but how about the nuclear material that was moved in late '03 early '04?

Here is a link from the BBC...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3872201.stm

Sorry folks I certainly don't mean for this to be a thread hijack but the "no WMD' myth has been perpetuated (even here) for far too long.

[edsheppa]

I agree with her.

[Dog Gone]

She's lost my vote.

Ah, you're one of the conservative purists who looks for any excuse to punish a Republican who doesn't meet your exacting standards by voting for a person who represents your views even less.

This is logical in your world. Pity.

[montag813]

I don't give a shit about WMDs. I would not have supported the invasion of Iraq if I knew that Bush would permit the armchair pussies in the Pentagon to neuter our troops on the ground, instead of letting them do their job: target, kill and capture the enemy--without mercy, without restraint. Instead we have soldiers used like Avon ladies, knocking on doors instead of kicking them in. We see Navy Corpsmen stabbing the Marines in the back and prosecuting them...undermining morale across the board. We saw Americans murdered, charred and dragged through the streets by soulless animals...and did not retaliate. We saw the criminal Al Sadr acting with impunity, instead of hanging from a rope, as MacArthur would have done from day one. We saw our men going door to door in Fallujah...putting them in grave danger in a stupidly misplaced concern over "civilian" casualities. We see CNN run a video for three days of a soldier shooting a Fallujah cochroach who was reaching for his gun...and the disloyal faggots in the Pentagon actually investigated him! Where were the MEN in this government to tell the media "that terrorist got what was coming to him. We will not second-guess our men" Nope. Nothing but treachery from a Pentagon with no honor. And now we see CNN reporter/terrorists filming enemy snipers targeting Americans--these CNN traitors should be fired upon for doing this!

No, I would never have supported this war if I knew that we would hold our men back, treat them like criminals, handle the enemy with kid gloves, obsess over the vile creatures of the "Arab street", and give the media carte blanche to betray our fighting men.

[deport]

She's lost my vote.

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That won't matter much in the total outcome as Sen. Hutchison will win handily..... It's a little dishearting that she would feel that way now but at least she understands the need to hold steady and finish the job.

[Chena]

So Hutchison didn't care at all about Saddam's defiance of all those UN Resolutions, huh? Remember those, Ms. Hutchison???!

[mrsmith]

If we had known there were no WMD few people would have suported invading. The other reasons were not imperative.

The problem was we didn't know and we had good reasons to think there were.

So did everyone else.

[gathersnomoss]

Real men need to serve. Where is Thacker when we need her?

[petercooper]

And what was Saddam doing for months while the UN was jerking us around- he was moving his stash out of there. I'm sick and tired of these idiots with this bulls**t line about 'knowing what we know now'.... It's BS! And now we're hearing Republicans spew this line of crap. There are no do-overs Sen Hutchinson.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Jameson expressed discomfort with the U.S. government labeling other nations such as Iran as enemies.

Another reason why the LP will never win anything higher than dog catcher.