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HILLARY SLAMS BUSH ON BIN LADEN

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September 26, 2006 2:23 PM

ABC's Jake Tapper reports: The war of words over Osama bin Laden continues.

In remarks at the Senate Radio-TV Press Gallery just now, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, in what seemed very much like prepared remarks, said:

"I'm certain that if my husband and his national security team had been shown a classified report entitled 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States,' he would have taken it more seriously than history suggests it was taken by our current president and his National Security team."

This of course comes on the heels of Secretary of State Condi Rice (in today's New York Post) slamming former President Bill Clinton who (on Fox News Channel) slammed George W. Bush and Chris Wallace, after Wallace asked him why he hadn't done more to get Osama bin Laden.

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What's the point of adding "...in what seemed very much like prepared remarks..." to this news tidbit? Come on. Give us the news straight up, without these assertions and inferences and suppositions. Hasn't ABC already fouled itself enough recently?

Posted by: webdems | Sep 26, 2006 3:10:58 PM

Hillary{cue the Tammy Wynette music} stands by her lying, cheating man whose tantrum on Fox reveals what we knew all along-this man and his wifey are not fit for office!

Posted by: maryrose | Sep 26, 2006 3:28:39 PM

I would like all to read Gary Alridrich's UNLIMITED ACCESS. It is an FBI's account of the first 3 yrs. of the Clinton Whitehouse. It is not only embarrassing, but dangerous to consider Hillary for anything other than modeling mature fashions.

Posted by: Pat Taska | Sep 26, 2006 3:41:06 PM

If this is being touted as 'hard news', then editorializing ie. overuse of adjectives, gets you the blue line. When you go to journalism school you will learn that rule.

Posted by: bashaepecwae | Sep 26, 2006 3:41:42 PM

If Bill Clinton was not worried about what was on the blue dress and getting up in front of the world and saying " He did not have sex with that woman", maybe the country and the inteligence communities wouldn't have been so distracted and maybe would have noticed that the planes were on the way!

Posted by: Ralph Damico | Sep 26, 2006 6:49:34 PM

Pres Bush did absolutly nothing eight months before 9-11 ..His administrations faults costs us
app. 3000 lives and app. 20,000
injured what a waste of human lives for lies ..I was a Marine
and I know what it is to serve ..
not one of our leaders can say
they served with honors .. Do as
I say but not what I did ..

Posted by: Stan Klecha | Sep 26, 2006 6:55:49 PM

It's nice to see Democrats standing up to the right wing propaganda machine. I hope they keep it up!

Posted by: Teresa Tuomi | Sep 26, 2006 7:20:51 PM

Why all the focus on 9/11. This all started way before 9/11.

Posted by: Dack | Sep 26, 2006 9:15:37 PM

The right wing has nearly destroyed this country. It's time the Dems took it back. Gas prices lower? No connection to the White House? Pervayers of conservatism: Goldwater, Buckley, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld. Father of liberalism: Jesus Christ. C'mon Dems..get out and vote.

Posted by: mike | Sep 27, 2006 12:06:46 AM

Come on Democrats get your facts straight. Whilst the focus was on Clinton's defense of improper acts in the Oval Office. bin Laden was preparing his attack on America. This President has done his best to protect America and should be given support and credit. Bush will get bin Laden, rest assured.

Posted by: Peter Kottaras | Sep 27, 2006 8:22:39 AM

hey!!

Posted by: Kia Jonhson | Sep 27, 2006 1:21:33 PM

Peter K. - I disagree (check out the 9-11 Report around page 200).

I hope you're right and he does get Bin Laden. Can you imagine the disappointment if Bin Laden dies of old age or typhoid and not in a federal prison? He should be in the same jail as the blind cleric - locked up and forgotten.

Posted by: BenMurphyNYC | Sep 27, 2006 2:06:03 PM

"...in what seemed very much like prepared remarks..."

What's this? Is ABC a tool of the Administration now? Do you think we're a passel of fools?

Take a hike, fellows; what with that bogus 9-11 program, and now this, I've watched my last ABC program.

Posted by: Neal | Sep 27, 2006 5:51:53 PM

This whole argument is pointless. Both made mistakes that lead to 9/11. Clinton never did anything to deal with terrorism and Bush underestimated terror threats. We now need to focus on the future. I think we need to finish what we have started in Iraq. If we are able to succeed in Iraq, terrorism will be dealt a crippling blow. Also I would like to see both parties quit bickering and provide ideas on how to best handle the war on terror. Instead we get partisan politics. America was built by free thinkers, not followers, yet it seems everyone now just wants to follow their party and steer clear of original thought. If we stop the bickering and work together we can win in Iraq and win in the war on terror.

Posted by: grant wadsworth | Sep 28, 2006 6:03:03 AM

I don't think that they should be fighiting about it no matter what 9/11 happen there is nothing you can do to change what all ready happen

Posted by: arianna | Sep 28, 2006 9:22:31 PM

First of all who cares what happened in the oval office? Thats something for the gossip coloum. Secondly there really isnt any winning Irak, its just feeding the hate. Lets just hope the Democrats get into power to clean up the mess left by Bush and his cronies. Hillary 2008!!

Posted by: psvans | Sep 29, 2006 1:28:34 AM

Well said Neal!


"Lets just hope the Democrats get into power to clean up the mess left by Bush and his cronies. Hillary 2008!!"

What a crock! or should I say crook? She and her infidelity ridden husband got us in this mess in the first place. Maybe if she had paid more attention to her marriage instead of ineffectively "reforming health care" her husband would not have been doing the hootchy coochey in the oval office with an intern. But then again, the infidelity had been going on for a long while and any woman who stepped forward to warn the country what a jerk Clinton was got slapped down and labeled "trailer trash". Why do women overlook this fact? Do you think Hillary did not know? Bull. Give us a real Democrat who cares about his or her marriage and family and then they can care for the country. Either that or I'm going Republican. At least they have a more specific plan than calling people names...

Posted by: lisa | Oct 3, 2006 5:14:23 PM

Listen, from what I can remember about Chappaque, you do not belong there. There only use to be class there and I do not put you in that catergory. You Hillary at one time indicated that you believed your then husband president who denied having sex with a young girl. Then he turned around and lied. Shame on you. I am glad that I know longer live in NY to represent me.

Posted by: Ruth | Oct 3, 2006 5:46:53 PM

Why do people worry about other peoples marriages. Nobody wants their own marriage or problems be known to there neighbour, let alone the whole world. Im sure some of you have cheated and some of you have been cheated on but that alone doesnt measure a person. So Clinton is a people person. Like you and me. Being all-holy in words and appearence like Bush portrais is apoling. Religion and politics just dont work together, be they muslim jihaadits or evangelistic republicans.

Posted by: psvans | Oct 6, 2006 4:38:14 PM

when a person becomes a public figure there marriage becomes everyday news and information. where would we be without all the smut the clintons gave us, they lie they cheat they steal, whats the matter with you democrats !

Posted by: philip | Nov 6, 2006 7:37:43 PM

If the time Bill Clinton send the American planes to bomb Scools, churches, bridges, etc in Serbia in support of the narcoterrorists of Kosovo he would send it to bomb the TORA BORA in Afgsnistan in pursue of the Osama Bin Laden and his terrorists the Sept 11, would not happen.

Posted by: EMMANUEL | Nov 8, 2006 5:39:22 PM

This is great stuff. When are the Clinton’s going to realize that the American people are sick of there type of politics. The answer is never. When did our former president have time to make a choice concerning our National Security? The answer is never. Why? I don’t know, lets ask Monica. Now you have the former first lady making excuses for her husbands lack of action in his job. When did he have the time? When will we hear the truth from the Clinton‘s. The answer is never. Great record Mr. Clinton.

Posted by: Amused | Sep 28, 2007 10:48:02 PM

Laughable since bin Laden declared war on the US in 1998 in a very public way. As usual the Clintons are liars and hypocrits.

Posted by: Tommy G | Oct 23, 2007 11:41:05 AM

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