SubscribeHillary’s Lies About Iraq Vote Caught On Tape
Hillary Clinton’s remarks made on March 6, 2003 to Code Pink two weeks before the Iraq War began contradict all of her claims made in her first campaign stop in Iowa this weekend.
From YouTube:
YouTube caption: 2 weeks before war, Code Pink meets with Hillary Clinton.
My transcription of Ms. Clinton’s remarks:
I admire your willingness to speak out on behalf of of the women and children of Iraq. There is a very easy way to prevent anyone from being put into harm’s way, and that is for Saddam Hussein to disarm. And I have absolutely no belief that he will. I have to say that this is something I have followed for more than a decade.
If he was serious about disarming, he would have been much more forthcoming coming. There may be progress, we may be destroying the Samoud missiles, but there is no accounting for the chemical and biological stocks. And I just respectfully disagree about what the proximate cause of any action that may be taken is.
Now I also believe that for now nearly 20 years the principal reason why women and children in Iraq have suffered is because of his leadership. His not only tyrannical and dictatorial leadership, but his reign of terror against women and children. And it is a — it is a very unfortunate situation for the Iraqi people that they have been so horribly misgoverned for so long.
Now, I do think that there are continuing discussions ongoing that I hope can make some further progress building on the success of the missile destruction program. But that has been the first real compliance, and it was only brought about when the inspectors discovered the missiles — they were not revealed — that their length was longer than what had been prescribed [sic] under the resolutions ending the Gulf War.
And the very difficult question for all of us is how does one bring about the disarmament of someone with such a proven track record of a commitment if not an obsession with weapons of mass destruction. And I ended up voting for the resolution after carefully reviewing the information and intelligence that I had available, talking with people whose opinions I trusted, trying to discount political or other factors that I didn’t believe should be in any way a part this decision.
And it is unfortunate that we are at the point of a potential military action to enforce the resolution. That is not my preference, it would be far preferable if we not only had legitimate cooperation from Saddam Hussein and a willingness on his part to disarm and account for his chemical and biological storehouses, but that if we had a much broader alliance and coalition.
But we are in a very difficult position right now. And so I would love to agree with you, but I can’t based on my own understanding and assessment of the situation.
In response to a question from an audience member:
… With respect to whose responsibility it is to disarm Saddam Hussein. I just do not believe that given the attitudes of many people in the world community today that there would be a willingness to take on very difficult problems were it not for the United States leadership.
And I’m talking specifically about what had to be done in Bosnia and Kosovo, where my husband could not get a Security Council Resolution to save the the Kosavar Albanians from ethnic cleansing. And we did it alone as the United States. And we had to do it alone.
It would have been far preferable if the Russians and others had agreed to do it through the United Nations. They would not.
I’m happy that in the face of such horrible suffering we did act. And so I see it somewhat differently, if you’ll forgive me, from my experience and perspective.
I’m agreeing with you a hundred percent that even though I am willing to take a very difficult step for me to say we have to disarm this man. That position in no way supports the disastrous economic policies that this administration is pursuing. In fact I think that this is the height of irresponsibility.
And it would be far preferable to be more patient and more thoughtful and more willing to try to engender support with respect to Iraq. That is a decision that has to be made in the world community.
Here at home this administration is bankrupting our economy, forcing us to make the worst kinds of false choices between national and homeland security, which they don’t fund. And between security and everything else, which they don’t want to fund.
So you have me a hundred percent on that. And it is absolutely wrong — it is wrong that for the first time in American history we have a President who is talking about leading this country to war and wanting to cut taxes at the same time.
That is the height of cruel, arrogant irresponsibility.
Now compare her comments with those reported by her fans at the New York Times:
Clinton Calls on Bush to ‘Extricate’ U.S. From Iraq
January 28, 2007
By PATRICK HEALYDAVENPORT, Iowa, Jan. 28 — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called today for President Bush to “extricate our country” from Iraq by the time he leaves office in 2009, and she also said she knew enough about “evil and bad men” to protect the country from its enemies…
One person in the audience pressed Mrs. Clinton on her vote authorizing military action in Iraq in 2002, saying she allowed “the president to go to war,” and asked for specific steps she would take to end the war. She replied by selectively quoting from her speech in 2002 about her vote, saying it was not cast “for pre-emptive war,” but rather as leverage for the president to work diplomatic channels. (She did not mention that she also said at the time that she cast her vote "with conviction.")
Mrs. Clinton also took issue with President Bush’s recent statements that he did not expect to have the troops out of Iraq by the time he leaves office.
“I think it’s the height of irresponsibility and I really resent it — this was his decision to go to war, he went with an ill-conceived plan, an incompetently executed strategy, and we should expect him to extricate our country from this before he leaves office,” the senator said this morning…
Hillary Clinton is a liar.
(And an idiot for talking to Code Pink as if they are a legitimate organization.)
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January 29th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Apparently Slick Willie’s propensity to make up stories (lies) is contagious.
January 29th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Great YouTube, what a freak show!
January 29th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
What was the date of this Youtube taping??
Gotta love the Hillary head nodding in agreement, and one of her quote lines “.. and Homeland Security which we dont like”
January 29th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
How dare someone bringing up what she said!
Heads will literaly roll over this.
Don’t they know who she is?
January 29th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
This, of course, is a new era for politicians and for we the people where we not only have a record of their previous words and actions but thanks to the internet quick and easy access to them. It bodes ill for all liars and expecially for the Clintons who have made a career of lies and cover-ups. We need to be vigilant that the politicians do not take this tool away from us because it takes the power out of their hands and gives it to we the people. Thanks google and you tube and all the search engines and computer engineers and posters. Be ever vigilant and use this tool like the precious gift it is.
January 29th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
The question is, was she lying then or is she lying now?
January 29th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
And forget about Hillary’s lies for the moment. What is she doing speaking to CodePink and applauding their efforts?
Medea Benjamin appears to be a paid agent of Hugo Chavez, and she is probably a paid agent of Castro.
Where is the outrage?
January 29th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
What is she doing speaking to CodePink and applauding their efforts?
Looking for a date?
January 29th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
“That position in no way supports the disastrous economic policies that this administration is pursuing. In fact I think that this is the height of irresponsibility”
I’m sorry…which economic policies again? The ones that led to record low unemployment, consistently high growth rates, more home ownership than any other time in history? Those ecnomic policies? All with lower taxes???
It’s all a red herring…
And that poll that said over 70% of Americans think we are headed in the wrong direction is true….if anyone in the United States is seriously considering this woman for President, we are most certainly headed in the wrong direction. When I heard stippets of her weekend speech this morning, I was so angry I wanted to jump through the television screen and throttle the lying, two faced, pandering piece of crap. If people can’t see through her shrill lying, then maybe they do get the government they deserve.
I know we reserve the *spit* for Sheehan but I’m giving up one for Hillary….*SPIT*
January 29th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
“I think that this is the height of irresponsibility”
She talks a lot about irresponsibility for a woman who has never had any real responsibilities. And who has not fulfilled the ones she’s had.
January 29th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
We need to be vigilant that the politicians do not take this tool away from us because it takes the power out of their hands and gives it to we the people.
If you listen to the legislation that pelosi is trying to get introduced to the house….there will be government censorship right around the liberal corner…..she is adamant about eliminating what she calls the voices of dissent…meaning conservatives…..because of a ruling the FCC had about fair and equal coverage….and because liberal talk shows fail one after the other…..and conservative talk shows are the most watched and listened to in the country…..pelosi is stating that to equal the ruling…..conservative talk shows, conservative radio shows, and most of all to her, conservative BLOGS will have to go, until there is an equal number of each.
That means….because people cannot stomach listening to what they are forced to read in the press…..they are also going to be denied the truth too….all in the arena of democrat’s fairness.
Think I am kidding? Google that stanky drumhead faced grapefruit! She means to silence the right…regardless of who’s rights are going to be abrogated and replaced with the ruling party’s sense of “fair”. It is chilling, and it is happening right now.
I told you that kumquat with a mouth was going to “get us all”……she wont rest until we are all in prison…and most of all….deprived of the truth, and deprived of the ability to dissent, or protest, or even exist. She is a bigger threat than Iran….because at least with Iran, you know they are the enemy……she is disguised in a human shaped burkah.
January 29th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
I just love the way shillery bellied her way to the table and then rested her gut on it.
Code pink hasn’t forgotten where shillery stood.
We haven’t forgotten, But her and the media must have a severe case of memory loss.
Every time I think of the Clintons, I kwow a trailer is missing its trash.
January 29th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
In case anyone hasn’t mentioned it, it’s possible to save these & other YouTube clips.
First, you save the clip as a .flv file over at keepvid.com.
Then, you convert the file into something that can actually be played (I’ve had the most success w/.mpg & .mov formats) over at media-convert.com.
Then you click on the download button that appears when the conversion is finished & save it to your computer.
If anyone wants more thorough instructions of these steps, just ask.
January 29th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Thanks for mentioning that, Esul.
I have been using a FireFox extension:
Download videos from Youtube, Google, iFilm, Metacafe, DailyMotion, Music.
http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php
It’s not the greatest. I’m sure there are a number of good applications out there for saving these.
January 29th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Hillary needs to stick to subjects she knows like infidelity and adultery !!!
January 29th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
sj - You are absolutely right. It’s called the “Fairness Doctrine”, which will silence us all. I’ve wrote about it, a local talk show host in Milwaukee talks about it extensively, and we conservatives all know it’s coming. Just a matter of time, that’s all, and then we’ll be shut up for good and “re-educated” into correct thinking.
January 29th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
What disturbs me most about politicians like this is that they view the world, their world, in political terms, which means everyone is a political pawn. Soldiers, Americans, babies, they are all bean bags to be tossed around whichever way benefits them and their political position. It is sad that our public servants are not servants, they are money grubbing, power hungry, self centered, egotistical, dangerous people. They are dangerous because they have no foundation for serving, no goal, other than to further themselves. There are things that I disagree with our president about, but I am so proud to have him as our President. He is obviously not playing political games, he takes our safety and well being seriously. I am honestly tired. It is like watching your child go down a path they shouldn’t and you are powerless to stop it. These people, who think nothing of destroying our nation for their political gain, are every bit as evil and dangerous as the terrorists. They let them in this country, the give them legal rights over what our soldiers have, they show their propoganda and blame this nation, the greatest country to ever bless the earth. I am tired of them all. Hillary is just an annoyance, they will crush her too, they eat their own, I just wish they were a lot more hungry.
January 29th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Amber God love ya.
I have read all your posts so far tonight, Spot on.
Liberals are a parasite, They serve only themselves and killing the host is OK as long as they think
they can stick their suckers into anything new to come along.
Now matter how well fed they are, They are still ravenous.
They feed off everyone, They just find their own less tasty, But a meal is a meal to them.
They just don’t care what they sink their barbs into as long as they can feed with out effort.
Oh but they will fight when you try to pull the barbs out, They dig deeper and bite harder.
Yes the parasite will scream and point to the host as selfish for not sharing what it has worked for.
I often wonder if liberals ever read the story as children about the grasshopper and the ants.
The ants toiled all summer so they would have food and a warm home in the winter.
The grasshopper just played all summer never thinking about the cold months to come.
Yeah I know the liberal mind, The ants owe the lazy party animal grasshopper a free ride.
Nawlin’s and the ants would be a better title in today’s world.
Oh and Shillery has a blow up doll under her bed named Dedee.
January 30th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Ummmm, is it just me or does she look like Bill with smaller tits?
January 30th, 2007 at 11:54 am
I just can not understand how the smartest woman in the world was fooled by that idiot Bush.
navycopjoe,
She may have smaller tits, but she sure as hell has him beat in the booty dept.
January 30th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
SG and EQ1 - Pillosi wants to stifle everyone right down to the lowly man on the street.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18510
January 30th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Is that a lab smock she’s wearing? How can one who makes time for this bunch of idiots in pink, actually validating them, be taken seriously anyone?
January 30th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
This site and the video above is exactly why these dems are reviving the ‘Fairness’ Doctrine. As is the utter and complete success of conservative talk radio and the utter, complete and (embaressing) failure of left talk radio. The truth is coming out and the dems don’t want it out - or they will lose their hold on the entittlement, indoctrinated (through the dnc operative msm) masses. And thus their ‘power’.
[What caused the bold? I'm such a techno-idiot]
January 31st, 2007 at 6:23 am
I’m really digging Hillary’s new pastel-toned image. She’s just like the lady next door - if you live on the island of Lesbos.