[quote name='looploop']Right, because your passionate dislike for the "idiot son of an asshole" allows you to very reasonably mitigate the personal responsibility of politicians and americans that fell for his falsehoods.
And if a representative ignores their ill-informed constituents and tries to avoid the needless deaths of thousands of innocents... I'd say they're doing a bang up job. But that's just my opinion.[/quote]
Actually yeah, my personal hatred for the douche that ruined this country does not get in the way of my viewing decisions within the proper context that they were made. I hate racism, but don't hate Ben Franklin, Tom Jefferson or other slave-owners becasue I understand CONTEXT. Blame must be allocated, and actions judged, in reference to the CONTEXT in which they were made. This is all I'm getting at. If you think a slaveowner in 1776 and a slave owner in 1996 deserve the same degree of moral culpability, well then you're (lets keep it civil).
Your second paragraph seems to imply you think democracy is not the best form of government by intoning that rulers and reps should not represent their constituents. I too think that majority rule doesn't work in mental institutions, but am not sure if this is what you're getting at. Care to elaborate?
Speaking of context, this whole thing, ALL this BS about Hillary's vote, is a tool/weapon. Really nothing more or less than that. It is a weapon being used by Obama to attack Hillary, quite effectively so I would guess. I'm just playing devil's advocate and proffering Clinton's response for her, which is the whole "Judge decisions under the context in which they were made" rebuttal.
Like I said I'm undecided, and really do not like Hillary's decision to authorize the use of force. This however, does not mean that one ought to
completely overlook the context in which it was made (as Obama would have us do) any more than one ought to place too much emphasis in the context in which it was made to completley forgive it (as Clinton would have us do). All I'd advise is to just consider it.
On an unrelated mostly off topic side note, it really is a very exciting time for "political creatures" isn't it? It's only going to get better (/worse) depending on perspective.