I know that. You know that. Pretty much everyone who reads Daily Kos knows that. There are two diaries up right now from Bernie Sanders supporters letting Hillary Clinton supporters know that just so they know exactly why they shouldn’t be Hillary Clinton supporters. Guess what? We already know that information. It is not brand new information. Look, I am NOT trying to make light of that vote in any way at all. She voted Aye when she should have voted Nay 14 years ago on a HUGE vote.
Here’s the thing: We ALL agree with you. (At least I’m pretty dang sure about that.) Every single Hillary Clinton supporter agrees with every non-Hillary Clinton supporter on this point. She should have voted no. She should have told President George W. Bush to shove it where the sun don’t shine. She. Should. Have. Voted. No. She knows that. I know that. You know that. Everyone with a working brain cell, a heart, and a soul knows that.
No one needs to write a diary telling us that:
(a) Hillary Clinton voted Aye on Iraq.
(b) Posting pictures of dead children from Iraq to remind us that Hillary Clinton voted Aye because that’s just wrong. We didn’t do it. We shouldn’t be punished. And doing so isn’t going to make us change our mind in our support of Hillary Clinton. We know she voted Aye. We know why she did. We’re not happy she did, but we get it, we’ve accepted it and while we’re sickened by the consequences, we lay the blame at the feet of Bush, Cheney, Rice and the others we feel are actually responsible. Not one lone senator, one of MANY, who was misled by Bush, Cheney, Rice and the others who, again, we feel are ACTUALLY responsible.
(c) Retelling tales of the horror inflicted upon the region by the Iraq war, and the death tolls.
(d) Tales of the countless American soldiers lost due to the Iraq war.
Those diaries just aren’t going to change the mind of any Hillary Clinton supporter. And any undecided… they know what Hillary Clinton’s vote there was so if they are undecided on her at this point, that little tidbit of information has already been put on the scale.
Again, everyone knows that Hillary Clinton voted yes on the authorization to take on Iraq. We’ve come to terms with that vote. We Hillary (#ImWithHer) Supporters are #StillWithHer and still support her. It doesn’t matter how many times you tell us this so not brand new information that we already know, we still support her. You tell us about this (again), we are going to clap back with Bernie Sanders’ Brady Bill’s votes (again). It’s an never-ending circle.
But sure, keep writing useless diaries filled with information about a vote that took place FOURTEEN YEARS AGO that everyone and their dog and cat and rat and worm is aware of, and in that way, feel free to ensure the pie fights continue unabated. Just know that you are imparting absolutely no new information and converting absolutely no voter and doing nothing but frustrating and/or enraging your fellow Democrats/Liberals/Progressives on the same side of the aisle.
Yes, remember, we may be in the primary season with different candidates… but we are STILL on the same side of the aisle.