Who voted for the war that is running for the presidency in 2008?

Question

Does this matter to you? And, will you vote for them in 2008?

Obama and Kucinich are among the few that did not vote for the war.

Your gal Clinton voted for the war and wants us to think that she is so intelligent, yet she claims she fell for a lie that Bush told, which is highly unlikely indeed.

Answer 1

I know Hillary voted for the war. She tried to cover it up by claiming Bush "lied to her." Which is laughable, considering how much video quoting is out there of the Clintons claiming that Saddam had WMD's. She got caught in quite a lie herself. She wasn't duped, she knew perfectly well what she was doing. But, since her whole campaign sways to the winds of the poll opinion, she changes her platform to whatever the majority thinks this week.

No, I will not vote for her.

Answer 2

Clinton, Dodd, Biden and Edwards all voted for the war.

And yes, that does affect my vote. I wont vote for any of those four.

Senator Durbin of Illinois recently spoke out and admitted that there were two different sets of intelligence concerning Iraq being distributed at the same time. One, given to the Senators, showed no good reason to invade Iraq. The other, given to the American people, hinted constantly at some Al-Queda connection and weapons of mass destruction.

Sen. Robert Byrd at the time ('03) spoke out, saying:

"There is no debate, there is no discussion. Theres nothing. Nothing!...Will we sieze Iraqs oil fields? Becoming an occupying power, which controls the price and supply of that nations oil for the forseeable future? There are some who think so.

Frankly, many of the pronouncements made by this administration are outrageous! And theres no other word. And yet this chamber is hauntingly silent! Silent!!!"


Why was the Senate so silent? Political calculations kept it that way. Bush was very popular back then. The Democrats were afraid that they would lose the midterm elections if they opposed him. And now today theyre afraid of being tough to end the war because they fear their party will pay a price for ending the war.

Cowards and opportunists is what they are! I will never, and I mean never, vote for or have anything to do with them.


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Answer 3

Had Obama been in the Senate he probably would have, I don't care what he says. Of course you know Kucinich is pretty much the only candidate that didn't vote for the war, though I could be off a couple candidates. As much as I dislike everything Kucinich stands for, at least the guy is sincere in what he believes in. I Just hope McCain is our next president.

Answer 4

I think Clinton and Edwards voted for the war. Edwards later apologized, and Clinton sort of half a$s apologized.

Obama wasn't in the US congress at the time, but at the time he did say he was opposed to the war.

The other answers say that Kucinich and Paul voted against it, and that seems plausible.

I assume that Biden, McCain, Brownback, Tancredo, and Hunter voted for it, but I'm not sure.

Richardson, Romney, Giuliani, Huckabee, and Tommy Thompson weren't in the US congress at the time. I assume the Republicans in that group all supported the war though. I'm not sure about Richardson.

I'm not sure if Fred Thompson or Gingrich was in the US congress at the time, but I assume he supported the war regardless of whether or not he was.

I'm missing a few candidates, but none of them have any chance of winning anyway.

Yes, it matters to me, and yes, I'll (only) vote for someone who supported the war (regardless of whether or not they were in the US congress to vote on it). I'm a Republican.

Answer 5

Very simply all the candidates except for Ron Paul on the Republican side and Denis Kucinich on the Democrat side, voted for the war. Mike Gravel does not count because he was not a member of congress at the time the war vote was taken.
Yes, it does matter to me and because of it, I have not yet fully decided for whom I will vote in 2008 although at the present time, Congressman Kucinich is my candidate of choice.

Answer 6

The Iraq War Resolution (IWR) debate has been flogged to death, so there's no need to fully resurrect it here. Suffice it to say that:

a) Many elected Democrats did NOT vote in favor of the resolution. Not to mention the millions of rank and filers who marched down the streets of our cities and were largely ignored by the press and brushed off by Bush. So to say, generically, that Democrats "supported the war" or to imply that there was tepid resistance to it, is false.

b) No matter how many people contest this point, a vote to give Bush authority WAS NOT a vote "for war." Bush also had the authority NOT to invade. Since Republicans are so fond of quoting John Kerry in support of the case for WMD, here are his words on the floor of the Senate the day of the Iraq War Resolution vote.

"In giving the President this authority, I expect him to fulfill the commitments he has made to the American people in recent days--to work with the United Nations Security Council to adopt a new resolution setting out tough and immediate inspection requirements, and to act with our allies at our side if we have to disarm Saddam Hussein by force. If he fails to do so, I will be among the first to speak out.

"If we do wind up going to war with Iraq, it is imperative that we do so with others in the international community, unless there is a showing of a grave, imminent--and I emphasize "imminent''--threat to this country which requires the President to respond in a way that protects our immediate national security needs.

"Prime Minister Tony Blair has recognized a similar need to distinguish how we approach this. He has said that he believes we should move in concert with allies, and he has promised his own party that he will not do so otherwise. The administration may not be in the habit of building coalitions, but that is what they need to do. And it is what can be done. If we go it alone without reason, we risk inflaming an entire region, breeding a new generation of terrorists, a new cadre of anti-American zealots, and we will be less secure, not more secure, at the end of the day, even with Saddam Hussein disarmed.

"Let there be no doubt or confusion about where we stand on this. I will support a multilateral effort to disarm him by force, if we ever exhaust those other options, as the President has promised, but I will not support a unilateral U.S. war against Iraq unless that threat is imminent and the multilateral effort has not proven possible under any circumstances."

Not exactly an endorsement of Bush's approach or a vote "for war."

Answer 7

I did not vote for amBush, Gory, or Kerrytchup in the last elections (or at any other point in time).

You see, I have this annoying quirk where I actually vote for candidates I think could actually DO A GOOD JOB.

Obnoxious, I know.

Answer 8

It matters little. What's important is that they support our withdrawal from Iraq and work to restore our constitutional rights. So far (besides Ron Paul) all the Republican candidates seem determined to follow in George W. Bush's footsteps. According to recent polls, most Americans believe that would not be a good thing for our country.

End the rule of Republican corruption and incompetence!

Vote Democrat!

Answer 9

I never voted for this war. Those who did will not get my vote this election

Answer 10

i know who didnt Ron Paul 08' he has my vote