By GEOFF EARLE
The New York Post
August 24, 2007 —WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday raised the prospect of a terror attack before next year’s election, warning that it could boost the GOP’s efforts to hold on to the White House.
Discussing the possibility of a new nightmare assault while campaigning in New Hampshire, Clinton also insisted she is the Democratic candidate best equipped to deal with it. “It’s a horrible prospect to ask yourself, ‘What if? What if?’ But if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world,” Clinton told supporters in Concord. “So I think I’m the best of the Democrats to deal with that,” she added.The former first lady made the surprising comments as she explained to supporters that she has beaten back the GOP’s negative attacks for years, and is ready to do so again.
Link: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08242007/news/nationalnews/hill__terror_would_be_gop_boos.htm
To quote Dan Akroyd: “Hillary, you ignorant slut”.
She’s afraid another attack by terrorists on this country would give the Republicans a rise in the polls?
All this damned time I thought the Democrats were really concerned about national security for the sake of U.S. citizens. I thought that the absence of such an attack is a good thing because of our vigilance. And, if it ever happens again, it will remind us that the threat is still out there and we need to finish the job of sending them all to ‘Allah’.
We’re all well aware of how “equipped” the Dems are. We got a good taste of that throughout Hillary’s Bill’s term. All 5 terrorist attacks against Americans overseas and here went unanswered. Just what the fuck does she mean by “mishandled” and “how much more dangerous “they” have made the world”? I lost count of how many times Bubba could have nailed Bin Ladin, but was too busy nailing Monika, getting campaign contributions from Chinese agents , obstructing justice, using the Office as a crime syndicate, and chasing his fat ass in circles. That worthless excuse for a ‘President’ hung national security out to dry. The world was made a much more dangerous place through Bill Clinton’s feckless mishandling of the threat posed by al Qadea.
Michael Scheuer, former CIA analyst: “Certainly the president got the information. And most certainly his closest adviser, Sandy Berger and Mr. Clarke—Richard Clarke, had the information from 1996 forward that bin Laden intended to attack the United States. There‘s no question of that. And in terms of which administration had more chances, Mr. Clinton‘s administration had far more chances to kill Osama bin Laden than Mr. Bush has until this day…..But we had at least eight to 10 chances to capture or kill Osama bin Laden in 1998 and 1999. And the government on all occasions decided that the information was not good enough to act.
Here’s a quick rundown on Clinton’s ‘handling’ of terrorists by Richard Miniter, an investigative journalist who wrote the book: “Losing bin Laden: How Bill Clinton’s Failures Unleashed Global Terror”:
1. Did not follow-up on the attempted bombing of Aden marines in Yemen.
2. Shut the CIA out of the 1993 WTC bombing investigation, hamstringing their effort to capture bin Laden.
3. Had Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a key bin Laden lieutenant, slip through their fingers in Qatar.
4. Did not militarily react to the al Qaeda bombing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
5. Did not accept the Sudanese offer to turn bin Laden.
6. Did not follow-up on another offer from Sudan through a private back channel.
7. Objected to Northern Alliance efforts to assassinate bin Laden in Afghanistan.
8. Decided against using special forces to take down bin Laden in Afghanistan.
9. Did not take an opportunity to take into custody two al Qaeda operatives involved in the East African embassy bombings. In another little scoop, I am able to show that Sudan arrested these two terrorists and offered them to the FBI. The Clinton administration declined to pick them up and they were later allowed to return to Pakistan.
10. Ordered an ineffectual, token missile strike against a Sudanese pharmaceutical factory.
11. Clumsily tipped off Pakistani officials sympathetic to bin Laden before a planned missile strike against bin Laden on August 20, 1998. Bin Laden left the camp with only minutes to spare.
12-14. Three times, Clinton hesitated or deferred in ordering missile strikes against bin Laden in 1999 and 2000.
15. When they finally launched and armed the Predator spy drone plane, which captured amazing live video images of bin Laden, the Clinton administration no longer had military assets in place to strike the archterrorist.
16. Did not order a retaliatory strike on bin Laden for the murderous attack on the USS Cole.
Link: http://www.nationalreview.com/content/clinton%C2%92s-loss
Hillary is counting on the short memories of the average American and the assumption that we’re too stupid to connect the Democrats to their own weakness on fighting terrorists. The Democrats have seizures over FISA, the Patriot Act, GITMO, and killing the enemy. Their idea of fighting the GWOT is cut and run, but Hillary Rodham Clinton wants us to believe that she’s “the best of the Democrats” to deal with terrorism.
Hillary’s pronouncement is strikingly similar to Madeline Albright’s idiotic “October surprise” comment:
“Do you suppose that the Bush administration has Osama bin Laden hidden away somewhere and will bring him out before the election?'”
The real horrible prospect is another Democrat in the White House or worse yet, a contemptible ass who opines that another terrorist attack would be a boost for her opponents.
Hey sandy:
Newsflash, sweetpea: I was a working class Soldier for over 30 years.
You are as dumb as you sound. Since you brought up the standard Dem “culture war” party line:
Like it or not, the world economy is determined by many factors outside the control of any one particular leader. The strength or weakness of one currency against another, the fluctuation of Nasdaq and Dow Jones because of erratic trading, international relations, and so on, contribute to the overall economy. The least that we can do is to look out for our own best interest. I would not tolerate some of the current trade practices. If we are to pay exhorbitant import tariffs to countries like Japan, (who in 2003 increased its import tariff on US beef from 35.5 % to 50%) we need to respond in kind. Free trade should be determined by supply, demand, and fair price for the import. Trade wars are not pleasant, but for our own economic survival, we need to take a tough stance against the outrageous trade deficit.
Your stupidity on the issue of rich vs poor is a clear indication of someone who doesn’t know their ass from their elbow. You want an example of rich bastards? The Dems sell you a defective bill of goods every time they tell you (*wink* *wink*,*nudge* *nudge*) they really care about the poor. LOL! The Kennedys, John Kerry, et al, reside in some pretty swanky homes and their bank accounts aren’t exactly in the red.
Did it ever occur to you that alot of wealthy business people got that way through hard work, smarts, and perseverence? Of course not, because the only concept you can wrap your little communist mind around is the stupid Karl Marx theory of equal distribution of assets; whether you’ve earned it or not. That’s called WELFARE you nutroot, and I’m tired of my taxes going for shit like that.
Bubba’s blow job notwithstanding, the perjury was just the tip of the eight-year crime spree, and if you pulled your head out of your ass long enough to read about some of the other felonies including Chinagate, Filegate, and Travelgate, you might get that clue you desperately need.
As for Osama: Clinton called off the potential assassinations against Bin Laden so many times, it’s a wonder he doesn’t get a Christmas card from the fucker.
Bush never attended the wedding of Bin laden’s son in Kandahar. I went online and saw the attendees. They video taped it as a matter of fact. Bin Laden was there, as were several other of his relatives, but Bush and Laura were no where in sight. Your fuzzy recollection is as wacked out as the rest of your “opinions”. Clinton shook hands with Communist Chinese arms merchants, and got campaign contributions to boot. Incidently, the classified technology he gave them was used to improve their ballistic missile capabilities, which they also passed along to the North Koreans. That, my dear, is TREASON.
Why did we go after Saddam Hussein? U.N. Resolution 1441, for starters. You oughta read it sometime. He thumbed his nose at the U.N. for 12 years and continued to develop WMD in direct violation of the resolutions. He was a viable threat, a megalomaniac, and a loose cannon. If you think that we could have merely focused on Afghanistan (I’m sure you’re pissed about that too), without Hussein eventually getting involved, just like Syria and Iran are now, you are even more stupid than you let on.
Soldiers die in war, sweetpea. And I can’t think of a better reason than being on the vanguard between freedom and Islamofascists who want to transform the entire planet (that includes you) into a Caliphate.
I was in Iraq twice, and I’m glad we’re erradicating the bastards on their turf. Brave Soldiers–people far better than you–are putting their lives on the line to protect bildgecrapping asswipes like yourself, who run their mouths but have never done anything meaningful or socially relevant, in their entire miserable lives.
The least you can do is act like you’re worth the sacrifice.
Your last paragraph is chock full of tin-foil hat conspiracy theories. Another newsflash: 9/11 was not an inside job, and anyone who believes that shit is an idiot by default. That includes you.
Oh and by the way: Fuck you.
you people are the ignorant ones to think that all these problems were caused by democrats.The UnitedStates is going to hell in a hand basket because of Bush and the rest of those money hungry bastards in Washington.You must be some rich ass person thats not suffering from all the mistakes Bush has made where as us Working Class citizens have to struggle everyday just to eat,pay bills,and keep gas in our cars(Which the only reason the gas is so high is because an oil heir runs the USA). Are you people blind. I have a question for you men have you ever got a blow job?? sure you have. Did any of you have an ole lady when you did that,probably did. Clinton only done what every man does he just got caught. Big deal. He’s only a man.. Gas wasn’t so damn high when he was in office he was for the people not against them..Amoung other things. Why did Bush go after Saddaum? not because he bombed us because his wanted revenge for his father. Men are dying everyday while the people in D.C continue to get richer. what about Osama? i havent seen any pictures of Clinton and Osama. An article in time magazine has a picture of George and Laura at osama’s sons wedding (i thought he was the enemy) having a great time!! Why was the only plane to leave on Sept. 11th carrying middle easterners? cant you figure that one out come on all flights were grounded no one in no one no one out.. maybe you people need to watch this video Loose Change and just see all the things the Government trys to keep hidden from us taxpayers.. its all a crock of shit. Bush would only love to have a scandal happen why hes in office so attention would be on that not on him.. I could just about place a bet on the fact that we will get attacked again and it will probably happen during election so bush can keep his ass in the white house longer mark my words.. people are not as dumb as they think … apparently not as dumb as you people either u must all be republicans get richer poor gets poorer fuck you people!!!
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