Due to our somewhat faulty political system, it would have been career suicide for any democrats to not vote for attacking a country (no matter which one it was) after 9/11. They would have been skewered in the media, and by the public which was too blinded by its outrage to make intelligent decisions about who was responsible and who to attack. This carried all the way through the Bush administration by the society of fear they created. Always we're under the threat of terrorists. Anyone who buys into this and alters their lifestyle for it has lost their freedom, as they are beholden to a silent invisible enemy.

The simple truth is, id say a very small minority actually would have asked for two wars. Those that profit off the military-industrial complex, particularly those who make money like Blackwater and Haliburton for providing services to war-torn countries.

Voting for something doesn't mean it's right. People voted for and still vote for steroid users in baseball, and that surely isn't right.

my gosh how many times does it have to be said

IT WAS VOTED ON

Maybe not, Sandi, but the Obama administration is doing a darn good job of following in their footsteps...despite promising "change".

I do not advocate that anyone vote without information, I just note that it is not simply an Obama phenomenon. FYI, Tom Delay was the House Minority Leader known as "the hammer". Trent Lott, was a leader in the House AND in the Senate, Armey was a House leader as well. Tancredo wanted to run for President, only Goode was simply a soldier.

Like many voters, I do tend to support those I vote for, "mancrush" not withstanding!

Interesting that you tolerate congress voting for bills when they are unfamiliar with the contents... just what was the hurry? And when were ARMEY DELAY TANCREDO and GOODE heads of the house and senate? I said Warner et al were good smart folks and my beef is with the leaders Pelosi and Reid. Given congress's low 20's approval rating, looks like people are smarter than you think.

If you are under the impression that ALL pols read every word in every bill before the vote is taken, you simply do not understand how our government works or you hope that those reading your words do not know any better. Perhaps if "The Patriot Act" had not been the choking pill that it was, the ugly precedent you so dislike would not have been set. But there it is. That is, as I mentioned before, the crux of the problem. How do you un-ring a bell? How do you stop Obama/Biden from exercising the same self-serving prerogatives granted to Bush/Cheney?

I know it is a bitter pill that people we don't like get elected. More bitter that those we do not support are in leadership positions. Having survived, Dick Armey, Bob Barr, Trent Lott, Tom Delay, Tancredo, Goode, et al, I predict you will survive the ubiquitous Pelosi and Reid until there constituents send them packing as well.