She voted for the war

Roebot    says:

amen
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ficholasnorneris    says:

J u s t
b e c a u s e
s h e ' s
a
c h i c k
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

John Gallone Gallery says:

......and he did not:

my.barackobama.com/page/s/videoyeswecan
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

wc_scottyp says:

Fo Sho....
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

HellboyOne says:

Awesome.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Baumgartner    says:

Another example of one dimensional political argument. "He" (Obama) didn't vote for the war because he wasn't in the senate yet.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

michaelb1    says:

Even though he was not a Senator in 2003, he did speak out against going to war with Iraq. In other words, he wasn't buying what the administration was selliing.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

rowast    says:

sean i admire your work, and follow you on twitter, but this simple photo may be the best.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Casey McKinnon    says:

Boing Boing, dude.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

vrogy    says:

boing.


boing.




you are on it.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jonathankoren    says:

w00t.

Just w00t.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

john z says:

i just borrowed your work that of whoever posted the paper for this political day. profile pictures on MS and FB. bam.

and thanks.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

robertodevido    says:

they all
voted
for
the war.
because
the President
and his men
lied.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

fotoshup    says:

biong
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Rob Speed    says:

Ron Paul voted against the war.

Just sayin'.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Blacknell    says:

Ron Paul is also a loon.

Just sayin'.

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But really, this is a wonderful bit of personal political speech.

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

dianagurley    says:

hmm
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Jaime Margary says:

B e s t
f l y e r
e v e r
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

doido4181 [deleted] says:

Yeah Obama didnt get the chance to vote for it too. He is a CFR hack. THey both voted for the Patriot Act and REAL ID, wake up America!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

eric.stevens    says:

Amen. Commenting to push toward Explore =)

Also you just got dugg. digg.com/2008_us_elections/She_Voted_For_The_ War_2

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

wessev says:

Its easy to say you are against something when dont' have a seat at the table or anything to loose.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

agent_vivid says:

don't blame her for the lies the president told
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

still tippin' says:

and she sane and conscious
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

dynamiteham says:

Not that it would accurately predict what Obama would have done, but fellow Illinois senator Dick Durbin voted against the war.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

petwa says:

There was another nice one in front of the gelato place down the street.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

rafefan says:

Actually, doido4181, Obama didn't vote for the Patriot Act. Not only was he not in the senate in 2001 when that vote happened, but when he did join the senate, he was one of a small group of senators who opposed re-authorization of the act as it was...

blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/clinton-sla ms-o.html

Hillary has distorted his record multiple times in the media - one of many reasons why I didn't vote for her today.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

acecooler888 says:

agent_vivid....don't be ignorant.

Blacknell....you obviously don't know what FREEDOM means.

She's a liar and a manipulator. She will try anything to win. I urge you all to just read any article on this website www.RonPaul2008.com and see if it doesn't at least get you thinking about the issues that they don't even discuss in the debates.

Think before you vote. Please.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

GeodesicGnome says:

This "Bush lied" excuse is B.S. We all knew he was lying way before the vote in the senate. Either she is incredibly stupid, or she knew it, too. She voted for the war because of the political climate at that time.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Blacknell    says:

Heh. Yes, Acecooler888, I obviously have no clue. I'm sure that if I drank the koolaid, though, I'd immediately understand that FREEDOM=whatever you paultards say.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

monkeytime    says:

Uh, am I wrong that Obama has consistently voted to fund the war on Iraq?

If he did, then this sign really points to a distinction without much of a difference.

Obama seems to be incrementally better on the war (and war in general) than Hillary, and he has not yet proved himself as much of either a sell-out or a thug. I expect him to prove himself, eventually, but I'm not certain he will, and that gap will allow me to hold my nose and vote for him later this evening.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Unbathed says:

monkeytime, do you see no difference between the question "Should we authorize the President to invade Iraq and destroy its infrastructure" and "Should we authorize the President to expend funds to repair the infrastructure which the U.S. destroyed?"
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Stryder81 says:

She voted for it is right

Barack didn't, that is also right.

But neither of them are going to stop the war so don't hold your breath.

The 1 man that was against it, still against it, still going to pull the troops out TOMORROW is Ron Paul.

The only ones ( that I notice here ) calling him a loon are those who have not 1 clue on what this country is suppose to be...

" To The Republic For Which It Stands " Not " To The Democracy "

Learn the difference, this isn't a personality contest, this is literally the most important vote you ever might cast in your lifetime, choose wisely.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Avedon Sideshow says:

Just for the record, the force resolution only authorized Bush to use force against Iraq under very specific circumstances which were not met. I'm sure most of the people who voted for the resolution never imagined that Bush would simply ignore everything in it that was supposed to tie his hands - starting with the fact that he could use force only if Saddam refused to allow the inspectors in. The inspectors were in, so he had no authorization to invade Iraq. Period.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

paulx8 says:

Nice flyer
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

monkeytime    says:

@ Unbathed: I didn't say anything about funds to repair infrastructure. I referred only to funding war -- combat, bombs, tanks, guns, killing and being killed, maiming and being maimed. Do you see no difference between these two activities and concepts?

If Obama voted Yea on appropriations for the war, then he voted "Yes" on the war, as surely as if he'd voted Yea with Hillary on the initial capitulation to Bush. It is trivial constitutional understanding that among Congress's greatest powers is that of the purse.

Stryder81 is probably right about one thing, neither Hillary nor Obama is going to stop the war any time soon. Still, under Obama, it might end 5 minutes sooner, and that five minutes might save someone's life.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

monkeytime    says:

'm sure most of the people who voted for the resolution never imagined that Bush would simply ignore everything in it

existentist    says:

Fired Up! Go Obama.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Donut Wolf says:

Damn Sean, Boing Boing and Digg at the same time? I hope you like text...
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Mulling it Over    says:

Silverlake represent!

I moved down to LA from PDX, and Silverlake reminds me the most of home. This was a nice reminder.

If Hillary wins the nomination I guess I won't be casting a ballot in November.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Blacknell    says:

Yeah, Mulling It Over, that approach worked so well in 2000, didn't it?

Jesus.

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Aia Adriano says:

@Blacknell. You troll.

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Grototote says:

*bow*
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

garyleemead    says:

I think there is significance to this vote whether you think it plays a big role or not. Putting her on the national stage against a McCain might be tough since she has swayed in the past on a difficult vote like this one - where as Obama has not.

www.barackobama.com
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

m a y a*    says:

Right on.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

uchicagodan says:

Obama was against the war, adamantly so. I was at University of Chicago in 2002-2003 and I know people who worked with Obama in the anti-war effort.
Voting to fund troops on the battlefield who need supplies and armor is completely distinct from supporting the war in 2002-2003, when Bush and company were pitching it.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

monkeytime    says:

"fund[ing] troops on the battlefield who need supplies and armor" is not what the appropriations are about. They are about funding the war. Sending supplies and armor is a very small portion.

And what do you think those supplies and armor are for, anyway? They are for continuing a brutal war and occupation.

Please. Someone who is "adamantly against the war" in more than rhetoric wouldn't vote to support it. He would man up and insist that if the military can't afford supplies and armor, it leave the battlefield. This "support the troops" canard is what keeps them dying halfway 'round the world.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

robford37    says:

Jesus face! LOLOL!!! Good eye!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

monkeytime    says:

Regrettably, the Democrats – nay, let's not grace them with that word, but rather call them members of the Democratic Party – of my state were not concerned even with the subtle difference between HIllary and Barack on the Iraq War.

By what looks like almost 10 points, California preferred the candidate who either (1) was into the war from before it even started OR (2) was too stupid to know what Bush was actually up to. Maybe Barack didn't do so well because he became gung-ho for the war only afterward ("I give you billions of dollars, George Bush!"), and didn't support it from the beginning.

Who says California is a liberal state? We've put several of the most prominent Republicans into power: Reagan, Schwarzenegger and Clinton.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

richardault    says:

Vote early, vote often.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Line_Rider says:

Great flyer!

Line Rider
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

n1ch0la5 says:

Great photo. Would you mind if I used it on my tv blog sometime in the future?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

filippo rome says:

Pity she was not the only one to vote that way
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jonrawlinson    says:

Wow, you are gettin tons of views!

Favd and blogged.

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

David O Shantz    says:

WOW -provocative Image You might find this amusing...

Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

tsevis    says:

Nice.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

againstclinton says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called AgainstClinton, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

brokenface    says:

this was near the sign for ron paul saying "he has never touched a vagina"
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Rob Speed    says:

@brokenface You realize he was an ob/gyn, right?
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

monkeytime    says:

Oh, please, huckablue! Making Hillary sound like she was so stupid as to believe Bush had an ounce of sense or trustworthiness only makes her look worse. In fact, she was into the war and voted for it. We're still going to vote for her over McCain if she's the nominee, as the lesser of two evils. But go sell your "definition of what is is" somewhere else. We're not buying.

I'm not letting Obama off the hook either, mind you. He's voted for the war every chance he's had, in all the funding bills, best I can tell. But I'll vote for him over McCain, too.

And, incidentally, if you are going to come stroke us with technicalities, get them right. The resolution for which Hillary voted did not give the president "authority to declare war." It gave him the authority to make war. Even if it did purport to give him the authority to declare war, it would probably be unconstitutional delegation.

Oh, and why did "the American public want[] war" back then? Because of the propaganda of the Bush administration, which Hillary aided and abetted by her vote.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )