05-15-2015, 12:43 PM
(05-15-2015, 12:32 PM)bfine32 Wrote: If both sides of the aisle think a hypothetical answer to an event that happened over 12 years ago is an important issue; then I would suggest they need to reassess what they think is important.
Do folks think Saddam Hussein is coming back? Is Jeb going to assert there are WMDs in the Iraqi Dessert?
Well, his change on the position within a week shows a lack of firm principles. But the answer is important to many because it can speak to whether he is his own man or whether he will just tow the family line. Admitting that it may have been a mistake shows an amount of independence that many voters will like to see in a candidate. Not to mention there is a trend away from the interventionist policies that is occurring right now in the voting populous.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
