I’ve got goose pimples.

I’m just so excited about Hilary’s strength of purpose.

She said, “If the current administration does not end the war by January 2009, I WILL.” She pointed and gestured so decisively when she said “I WILL”.

Following are some excerpts from the joint congressional resolution entitled Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq. (Here’s a website that gives the entire text: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021002-2.html)

As you read the following, remember that every Democrat candidate for president, except Obama (he wasn’t in the Senate then) voted for this. And then ask yourself why not one of them stands behind their vote. Ask yourself how they can blame Bush for the war. Ask yourself why they are blaming Bush. I’ll answer that last question for you. They don’t give a rat’s ass about the truth and the impact that their criticism has on the troops and the enemy when these get in the way of their return to power. If they had any real integrity and really believed that the war is harming the US they would de-fund the war. You will not see that happen.

Whereas after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, Iraq entered into a United Nations sponsored cease-fire agreement pursuant to which Iraq unequivocally agreed, among other things, to eliminate its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs and the means to deliver and develop them, and to end its support for international terrorism;

Whereas the efforts of international weapons inspectors, United States intelligence agencies, and Iraqi defectors led to the discovery that Iraq had large stockpiles of chemical weapons and a large scale biological weapons program, and that Iraq had an advanced nuclear weapons development program that was much closer to producing a nuclear weapon than intelligence reporting had previously indicated;

Whereas in 1998 (2 years before Bush) Congress concluded that Iraq's continuing weapons of mass destruction programs threatened vital United States interests…and urged the President (Clinton) "to take appropriate action…”

Whereas Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States …remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, …supporting and harboring terrorist organizations;

Whereas the current Iraqi regime has demonstrated its capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction against other nations and its own people;

Whereas members of al Qaida, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq;

Whereas Iraq's demonstrated capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction, the risk that the current Iraqi regime will either employ those weapons to launch a surprise attack against the United States or its Armed Forces or provide them to international terrorists who would do so, and the extreme magnitude of harm that would result to the United States and its citizens from such an attack, combine to justify action by the United States to defend itself;

Whereas Congress has taken steps to pursue vigorously the war on terrorism through the provision of authorities and funding requested by the President to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations or persons who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 or harbored such persons or organizations;

Whereas the President and Congress are determined to continue to take all appropriate actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations or persons who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such persons or organizations;

Whereas the President has authority under the Constitution to take action in order to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism against the United States, as Congress recognized in the joint resolution on Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40); Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

(a) AUTHORIZATION. The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to

(1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and

(2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq.

(c) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS. --

(1) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION. -- Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.

(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS. -- Nothing in this resolution supersedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution.

NOW ASK YOURSELF: WHAT DID BUSH LIE ABOUT? Bush didn't write this document. The congress did. And the congress voted for it. Congress had the same intelligence information that Bush had and wrote and voted for this document.

Just trying to give y'all some facts on which to base your voting in the future.