Democratic Presidential Debate - Sunday June 3 @ 7pm EDT on CNN

cincybearcat wrote:

6) Hillary Clinton - presented herself very well. Was very focused on attacking Bush and republicans, trying to stay above the fray of cutting down her Dems. Obviously disagrees with John edwards a bunch, highlighted wehn they were discussing whether or not "the War on Terror" i simple a bumper sticker. She actualyl said we are safer now then we were. A little boring debate for her I think, but then again I don't like her ans was trying my hardest to watch without a bias.

What I found disconcerting about Hilary, is that when she was directly confronted about her own faulty actions re: the Iraq war, she turned over the "blame" to George Bush. I am not at all comfortable with the idea of any kind of potential President who openly dodges accountability so blatantly, for the world to see, in such early stages. It is a glaring warning sign.

cincybearcat wrote:

You're right.

I think the comment I lked from teh guy from Alaska was about accepting blame and admitting when you are wrong and then going forward.

Yeah, that is so important, especially for politicians who want to lead the country in a new direction. More of the same, dressed up in a new suit won't much help. In that way, Hilary was the only one that really alarmed me. I believe there were two questions directly addressing her own wrongdoing where she twisted it around to point the finger at George Bush, and she was successful in getting away with it. However, in general, I felt that there was a general spirit from the others, last night, that ownership of wrongdoing was important at this stage. And it is.

gue_barium wrote:

I missed it, too.

I did see a clip of the (presumedly last question) of the debate, (30 seconds to answer), What would be your priority in the first 100 days?

Everyone but Kucinich seemed like they were either on auto-pilot (Clinton, Barack), or in the twilight zone (all the rest).

I hope it's up on youtube. I'd really like to see it.