Political Punch

It's curious that, when all else fails, Clinton's detractors always fall back on his personal life, which was clearly flawed. However, Clinton's personal indiscretions didn't lead to FEMA being totally ineptly led by a crony who couldn't respond to the Katrina crisis. The indiscretions didn't lead to a war in Iraq in which our leaders chose not to properly support the troops on the ground with appropriate numbers and supplies. Secretary Rumsfeld's lean and mean style of war is lean on results and mean to the troops who are risking their lives every day. The indiscretions didn't lead to a loss of focus on the Taliban and al-Qaeda that cost our troops the ability to finish off the primary enemy while turning the world's attention to non-existent weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. That lie, by an entire administration, was far more damaging than anything Clinton ever said about Lewinsky, and it cost this nation the service of a true patriot in Colin Powell.

Monica, flag burning, gay marriage, religion in schools are all emotional issues that are used by extremists on both sides of the political spectrum to distract from the issues that concern the majority in the middle. So long as the extremists on both sides yell the loudest and get the most media coverage, their issues tend to dominate the process. Maybe this year the focus will change as more politicians think the people in the middle are actually paying attention.

Clinton's remarks reflect his hubris. He was totally unaware of the rising threat this nation faced from the Islamo-Facist movement during his terms in office. When he did have the chance to sanction Bin-laden he failed because of his fear of the political it might cause him personally. Mr. Clinton is focused on one thing now: trying to promote his own "legacy" with his own spin. If it weren't so entertaining it might be sad.

Excuse me but I recall when Clinton was in office and attempted to bomb Bin Laden, the Republicans were running all over the news media screaming he was trying to deflect attention from the Lewinsky investigation! Maybe if you guys had not spent millions of dollars investigating him from the Day he announced he was running for office until the day he left and even after more attention could have been spent on more pressing issues.
Clinton is right, this administration uses 9-11 and terror like it's an agenda item on their "to-do list", "Oh today we must have a terror plot foiled, even though it happened months ago? Yea, because then we can run all over the country and tell everyone how we are better at protecting them then those gay loving, abortion loving, arab loving democrats".
If they are better at protecting us then why are our borders still wide open, why no inspection of ports, why wasn't Bin Laden the priority,or better yet why did Bush/Cheney etal try and sell off our ports in a sweet deal with the Middle East?? MONEY that's why. Money, Power and Greed, that's the motto of this administration and the Republican party, the other mantra is HATE, spew hate, invoke hate, legislate hate, you name it.
If you don't carry your bible around and wear cowboy boots and hate gays, democrates, arabs, and the media, (except when it's benefiting you) then you must be for the terriorist, for flag burning, for supporting the civil war in Iraq. You must be evil and un patriotic. Sad commentary on a party that claims to be THE MORAL MAJORITY! What exactly is it they are Morally superior on??
As far as Liberman goes, he reminds me of the guy you fire and he keeps coming in every day because he wants to keep being paid and likes the job. He just doesn't have a clue. Him and Rove and Cheney need to get a room together! I can only hope that Bill Clinton will be advising the Democratic party on pulling their heads out of their BUTTS and start acting like they have a clue what's going on in this country. Alot of them have unfortunately forgotten who they work for, just like the Repubs, we need to remind every one of them in November! Thanks Sue F

Bill Clinton is right. No Democrat is to blame for the policies and procedures going on in Iraq or Afghanistan. No democrat would allow Bin Laden to run free. No democrat would allow the Taliban to return to Afghanistan. No democrat would make our soldiers fight in a CIVIL WAR.

Joe Lieberman is acting like a spoiled brat. He lost - get over it. I'm sad that I ever voted for the man.

I agree with Lieberman's conclusions regarding his loss in one limited respect: the democratic party has swung discernably to the left. Likewise, the republican party has swung to the right. Moderates have little if any representation. All the more reason for Lieberman to forge ahead with his campaign. Gives the moderates a choice.

As an aside, I'm not sure what the possible basis could be for calling Lieberman a "progressive." Clinton, yes, Gore, yes, but Lieberman?

bill has NO room to talk as he had 8 years to set up 9/11 thru his policies of looking the other way (or up womens skirts as the case may be)

Incisive interview with former President Clinton, who, as usual, always has an interesting perspective on current events. He makes a worthwhile argument in his points about the Repubs' record on national security, but I'm not convinced other Dems will pick up on it and use it to their advantage. It seems the Dems have problems trying to convey strong, coherent ideas and themes to define themselves in their campaigns. Whether it's due to attention-deficit disorder or something else, the Dems have often simply reacted to Repubs' charges of who they are and what they stand for instead of saying so themselves. Maybe more candidates will define themselves by their own words and actions!

saw your interview with Clinton this morning on GMA. Nice. I agree with your commentary, very surprisingly direct remarks about Lieberman, but I have to agree. He's doing nothing but what Nader did to the Democrats, which is partly why this mess in office right now. What we need is unity and not dissent in the Democratic party.
And as for your luggage, maybe someday you'll see stock photography of luggage piled up at an airport and you'll spot little Samsonite at the top of the pile and you'll realize this lost luggage episode was not all in vain. Your little gray guy is a star!

Former President Clinton has no room to talk. If he had taken care of Bin Laden when he had the chance, while he was President, we probably wouldn't be in this situation today.