Posted on 05/06/2007 4:19:31 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Clinton says she supports funding troops
By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago
Presidential candidates won't be damaged by initially backing the war in Iraq because President Bush is being held responsible for what went wrong, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.
She declined to say what restrictions should be included in new stopgap legislation to pay for the troops, but made clear she supports providing the money needed.
"There will be consequences with respect to funding the troops if we cannot work this out," Clinton said in an Associated Press interview. "I don't want to prejudge or set standards. I want to support my leadership."
After Bush vetoed an initial funding bill that included a timetable for pulling the troops out of Iraq, he opened discussions with Democratic congressional leaders.
"There truly is for the first time an effort to try to negotiate with the president," said Clinton. "I don't know whether there's going to be an agreement that the Democrats will sign off on or not."
Clinton said she "of course" eventually will support a measure paying for the troops, even though she has joined efforts in the Senate to reverse the initial congressional authorization. She voted to allow Bush to use force, but says she wouldn't cast the same vote given what she knows now.
Some have suggested that anti-war sentiment runs high among Democratic activists, and warn that any presidential candidate voting to continue funding for the war will pay a political price. Clinton rejected that argument, saying voters are blaming Bush — as reflected in his sagging poll standings.
"I think the president has enormous powers under our Constitution," said Clinton. "He pushed those to the limit and beyond. It is his war, they are his mistakes, his misjudgments
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I guess yesterday’s trial balloon went over like lead.
did she say she would pull funds yesterday?
FLIP & FLOP
No, she wanted to repeal the war authorization act. Kind of like wanting not to get pregnant after you had the kid.
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The one goodie I read about was the bath house repair... dont know where it was, but my guess would be the in San Frannie area....
kinda like putting the bullet back in the casing after firing the gun? that sure looks stupid.. lol
Of course she does. The same way she wants to end the war, the same way she is whatever her audience is (my new fav - babysitter to migrant workers’ children). Putting a finger to the wind, she learned well from Bill how to pretend to be all things to all people, to try to get where she wants to go.
Hillary’s support for the troops reappeared faster than the Rose Law firm billing records. She’s quite a magician..or is that magicianette?
BATH HOUSE REPAIR? I missed that one. Could be in the NYS area, since Spitzer is trying to bolster his downwardly spiralling poll numbers by introducing gay marriage legislation....
Quintangulation?
yeah, so?
nice.
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