Rice Forcefully Rebuts Clarke Testimony (Releases E-mail...)

CNN ^ | 3/25/04 | John King

[Coop]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- National security adviser Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that administration records -- including former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke's own words and actions -- prove false his "scurrilous allegation that somehow the president of the United States was not attentive to the terrorist threat."

[Coop]

Go, Condi!

I have to say, this attack by Clarke (and jumped on by the Dems) has been one of the most bumbling, amateurish attempts I've ever seen.

Anyone catching a whiff of desperation??

[syriacus]

Anyone catching a whiff of desperation??

Forked tongues are notoriously stinky.

If Clarke were truly heroic, would he have endangered the American public by lying to them?

• On the one hand...
  Clarke portrays himself as a hero fighting the "do-nothing" Bush administration, bravely trying to save the lives of his fellow Americans.

• On the other hand
  Clarke portrays himself as a wimp, who is unwilling to level with those same Americans he said he wished to protect.

  When a pre-9/11 tape was produced on which Clarke told reporters that the Bush Administration was intensifying its fight against al Qaeda, Clarke tried to dismiss it, by saying that it was his job to lie for the administration.

Clarke reminds me of Kerry.

Kerry supposedly did not like killing the Vietnamese.
But
Kerry was unwilling to stop killing the Vietnamese ("committing war crimes") until he could use his highly visible protestations as a steppingstone to his goal of becoming President.

[cripplecreek]

"I have to say, this attack by Clarke (and jumped on by the Dems) has been one of the most bumbling, amateurish attempts I've ever seen."


I absolutely agree.


I expect that equally mature and measured comments about Rice are soon to follow. Expect terms like "house negro" and "sell out" to follow.

[Dog]

Yes.

Someone reported on another thread Harold Ford seems to be backing away now. Imus went after the commission also today.

The jig is up.

Coop this is a Terry McC DNC operation....he can't shot straight to save his life.

[madprof98]

Clarke's testimony made HUGE BANNER headlines in this morning's Atlanta paper, along with a gigantic picture of him. The accompanying article came from the Washington Post. A search of Google news tells me that that article and another, even more biased, from Newsday are being repeated across the country. I very seriously doubt any such publicity will be given to this or any other truthful rebuttal.

Will people buy the lies? Strikes me that they might.

[FlipWilson]

I agree. For once, I hope that the partisan media does not let go of a story. The more the details of this one come out, the more it appears as a naked political attack. It further exposes the Dems and the partisan media. It also brings the subject of terrorism to the forefront. . .right where John Kerry doesn't need it.

[Dog]

What if this is designed to get Rice....

[Defender2]

My Gut Feeling is Something Truly Very, Very Sinister about Clarke. Something Very Wrong With Him(Clarke). Wish I could pin it down. Something very evil there.

[cynicom]

Bush should have "forcefully" fired clarke when he took office. And Tenet. How many more are there that Bush kept on?

[zook]

What did Ford say?

[Coop]

What if this is designed to get Rice....

If so, it will fail miserably. I forgot to include the accompanying photo:

Anyone think she's gonna let this garbage fly?

[TomGuy]

Someone got to Clarke. [I wouldn't necessarily say it was Hillary's team, but then I probably don't have to say that anyway.]

Hillary and Clarke both have the same publisher. Is if a far stretch to assume that 'someone' offered Clarke a financial guarantee, if he book were slanted in a certain direction?

There is more to Clarke's book and the circumstances surrounding it, its author, its contents, its supporters, than has come to light, yet.

[Dog]

Was complaining about Fox releasing the back ground info said it wasn't fair.

[Coop]

Clarke's testimony made HUGE BANNER headlines in this morning's Atlanta paper, along with a gigantic picture of him. The accompanying article came from the Washington Post. A search of Google news tells me that that article and another, even more biased, from Newsday are being repeated across the country. I very seriously doubt any such publicity will be given to this or any other truthful rebuttal.

This rebuttal is featured prominently on CNN - not exactly a friend of the Bush Administration.

But I know what you mean. Today's headlines in the Wash Times and ComPost both mentioned only Clarke's testimony, not his complete skewering by Dr. Rice and the release of the Aug 02 tape. [giggle]

[PackerBoy]

They should do a "Martha Stewart" on Clarke. Have the FBO investigate his claims and then later charge him with lying to the government in connection with an official investigation.

[Coop]

It also brings the subject of terrorism to the forefront... right where John Kerry doesn't need it.

Exactly, my friend! I imagine the main Kerry campaign players went from initial chuckling to cursing inside of 24 hours.

[guitfiddlist]

An addendum is being added to the Hitler/Goebbels philosophy of lies and propaganda. The revised DNC philosophy is: "Not only lie BIG, but LOUDLY too."

[ex-Texan]

*BUMP*!

[sheltonmac]

National security adviser Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that administration records -- including former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke's own words and actions -- prove false his "scurrilous allegation that somehow the president of the United States was not attentive to the terrorist threat."

Condi Rice? The same National Security Adviser who in May of 2002 said, "I don't think anybody could have predicted that these people would ... try to use an airplane as a missile"? That Condi Rice?

[sarasota]

"Will people buy the lies". Depends on what the definition of "people" is.