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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

i wonder if 'now' cares about this?

i sure as shite do. that's fo' sho'

Special Report: Clinton vs. Obama on the Cluster Bomb Vote
"[Cluster bombs are] the single greatest risk civilians face with regard to a current weapon that is in use." -Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch
David Rees, the man behind the hilarious and trenchant
Get Your War On, reminded me yesterday of another especially egregious - yet much less known - vote cast by Senator Hillary Clinton, which no one in the mainstream media is talking about:
But in the autumn of 2006, there was a chance to take a step in the right direction: Senate Amendment No. 4882, an amendment to a Pentagon appropriations bill that would have banned the use of cluster bombs in civilian areas.
Senator Obama of Illinois voted IN FAVOR of the ban.
Senator Clinton of New York voted AGAINST the ban.
Analysts say Clinton did not want to risk appearing "soft on terror," as it would have harmed her electibility............

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hadn't heard this. Thank you.

Unknown said...

i hadn't heard it either. as the article does point out though, in all fairness, there are things barack has voted for (or against) that i don't agree with.

i really do NOT trust hillary though or like her at all.