Oh Silly Hillary, Tricks Like That Are For Kids

Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, who are you trying to fool. Of course good ol' Timmy was going to have you on his show this morning, especially with your big New Hampshire win last week. You could have kept up the great performance leading up to that primary, but instead you went back to your old tricks. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that shit just ain't gonna work anymore. Not with us, the Democratic base. Tell it to anyone else and see if they believe you, but not here, not now, not after five years of opposing this war. Your tried excuses for your vote to go to war with Iraq will just not fly.

From MSNBC:

Clinton justified her 2002 Iraq war vote again on Meet the Press, saying that she thought "it was a vote to put inspectors back in” so Saddam Hussein could not go unchecked. She insisted that she was “told by the White House personally” as were others that that’s what the resolution was for and noted that Bush himself said publicly that the resolution was the best chance to avoid a confrontation.

Moderator Tim Russert pointed out that the title of the resolution was the “Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.”

Clinton responded saying, “We can have this Jesuitical argument about what exactly was meant. But when Chuck Hagel, who helped to draft the resolution said, 'It was not a vote for war,' What I was told directly by the White House in response to my question, 'If you are given this authority, will you put the inspectors in and permit them to finish their job,' I was told that's exactly what we intended to do. ”

Look, I know the only tool in Timmy's shed is the gotcha technique but Hillary has to be kidding herself if she thinks her response to that gotcha moment did her any favors. I don't care what Chuck Hagel told you or that the White House promised to let the inspectors do their job. If you believed the White House on Iraq or any issue, then you were a fool then and to defend your vote now shows not much has changed.