Via MyDD, Congressman Pascrell gets it precisely right today on Iraq:
I said a year and a half ago that I made a mistake. I mean, I confessed. But I mean, regardless of whether it was done in good faith, I did not blame George Bush for my mistake, either, although I think he has lied and deceived the American people. I have to be responsible for my own actions. I made the mistake. I apologized to my constituents. They accepted that apology.....I certainly think a lot of Hillary but I think that this is theater more than anything else. You gotta fess up if you make a mistake.
I get what Hillary is trying to do with the whole "Bush made the mistakes, not me" rhetoric, but it won't work. Her mistakes enabled his; they simply aren't mutually exclusive. On top of that, this isn't 2004. Everyone knows Bush blew it. Most Republicans will even admit that privately. As a result, there's nothing to gain and no one to win over with that approach.
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