I'm not familiar with the entire text of what Kerry voted in favor of....did it explicitly lay out when the President could use this authority? Or did it simply put the discretion of if and when to attack solely in the hands of Bush?
If the latter is true, then wouldn't you have to share the blame if that person then executed the authority that YOU helped grant him, in a manner that you now feel was incorrect?
Using your analogy, if my child is not responsible enough to be out until midnight, and gets himself/herself in trouble as a result, I'm partially responsible for the misconduct by granting the privelege in the first place.
I just don't think that the people who voted for the authorization of force should get off scott free.....
----- Original Message -----
From: Gruss Gott
To: CF-Community
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: The politicization of the Iraq War
Did Kerry say that? I don't think he did - I think he said he
would've voted to give the President the authority to go to war, not
that he would've actually done it. He explained that this was because
he felt the President needed that authority in order to pressure
others.
The point is there's a difference between granting someone
discretionary authority and how they use that authority.
It's just like giving your kid permission to stay out until midnight.
The agreement is that the kid will use the privilege responsibly. Mr.
Kerry is claiming Mr. Bush used the authority irresponsibly.
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