Posted on 09/13/2006 3:51:27 PM PDT by HastertFan
For IMMEDIATE Release
Hyde Comments on Democratic Attack on the President’s Foreign Policy
(WASHINGTON) - U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL), Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations, released the following statement after Democratic lawmakers and former Carter and Clinton administration officials criticized President Bush’s policies in the Middle East:
It strains the limit of humor to hear the foreign policy elite of the Democratic Party attempt to blame George W. Bush for enabling Iran to become a global menace. For it was a Democratic President, Jimmy Carter, who presided over the seizure of power in Tehran by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, with a mixture of ineptitude and admiration. And it was Carter’s National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, who oversaw this disastrous foreign policy.
Instead of the improved relations the Carter Administration predicted, the Iranians seized our diplomats, who were forced to endure 444 days of captivity. They were only released after the Carter Administration negotiated a considerable ransom, when Ronald Reagan was about to be inaugurated.
When the next Democratic Administration took office, the pattern continued. Secretary of State Albright appeared at a pro-Iranian banquet to apologize for past American behavior, proposing "better relations." But the Iranians, who declared us their mortal enemies upon seizing power, would have none of it. Indeed, as the world knows all too well, the secret Iranian nuclear program was in full force during the Clinton years, as was Iranian support for Hezbollah and al-Qaeda terrorists.
Under the Bush Administration, in contrast, the world community is now mobilized to put an end to the Iranian nuclear program, and this country is finally on record in support of the Iranian people's legitimate desire to be free. The Democrats sought an accommodation with the Iranian tyrants, while President Bush is moving to spread freedom. When it comes to foreign policy, at least the Democrats have the virtue of consistency. Unfortunately, they have been consistently wrong for as long as I can remember.
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Unfortunately, many of the hardcore libs today either have amnesia or have not been born yet during the Carter administration.
The reason that the democrats are so intransigent is they try to cover up the horrible errors of Carter and Clinton. America is suffering from the Carter and Clinton errors and we will do so for years to come as we get back on the road to righteousness as an ideal for the world, rather than a victim of evil.
Good for Chairman Hyde for giving condemnation where condemnation is due.
Carter WAS our worst President....until Blow-Job Clinton came along.
The GOPers are punching hard. First Bush, then Rummy, then Cheney, then Boehner, now Hyde.
Keep up the onslaught. The bastards more than deserve it.
Bravo Chairman Hyde!
Is it possible that testosterone has finally been injected into the GOP? There has been a lack of gonads for eons. About time the GOP went on offense instead of playing idiotic defense with these anti-American POS.
In his 1982 presidential memoir, Carter cited as his biggest mistake "allowing Ronald Reagan to become President of the United States."
Carter is the worst thing to happen to this country and in my opinion, bears a good portion of the blame for September 11, 2001.
Great, but is it getting any exposure in the media - in other words, are the people hearing this or do you have to "hunt" for it?
I think he may very well have been our worst President...a total opportunist in the wake of Watergate.
And America's biggest mistake was allowing Peanut to become president.
Carter the peanut head did not allow Regan to become president, the American people allow Regan to become president.
And, I might add, the best president during my life time.
A little tell it like it is....... If only the Repubs would do more of it I think the public would get behind them thus giving the democrats a real pause to reflect on what they are doing. jmo.
Then why is he quitting at this crucial time? His district may go over to the Dems this November.
No he won't. The MSM won't report it since it points to Carter's ineptitude.
Reagan thankfully turned much of this around, but Clinton, using the end of the Cold War as his excuse, again gutted and all but finished off our intel services. "Peace Dividend"... yadda yadda yadda.
Yes, this is so "good".
Where, in the DBM, will it be seen? NOWHERE
If Nancy Pelosi farts, it's all over the press for everyone to smell.
Our message will never get out until the DBM is dead
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"The GOPers are punching hard. First Bush, then Rummy, then Cheney, then Boehner, now Hyde."
Hearing Hastert and Frist would be nice, but neither is particularly effective with the mike.
They could at least memorize talking points, get airtime, and recite. Reid and Pelosi manage to.
"Not fair!" "Republican are going too far." "Sadly, some Republicans are launching negative attacks."
They have been lately on the Senate Floor ... a refreshing change
The RNC's communication skills are pathetic.
I agree. I am hoping that we are beginning to see a definite change in approach. Lots of Pubbies speaking out and that is a good thing. I also think people will come around if they have things explained...and reminding anyone my age of Carter (ptooey) should do the trick. Lots of people kind of put his horrible years out of mind, but a reminder of his incompetence and malice should bring all of those 70's memories back!
Damn.
I knwo the GOP usually hits hard only the few months before an election. But for the Reps, this is practically going nuclear. Then Boehner's statements that Dems would rather protect terrorists then Americans on top?
I mean, I like it. Really like it. But where did these Republicans come from? They are saying stuff we'd say. Rush would say. And not apologizing for it.
It is more than about time they brought Carter into this though, and started to trace the timeline of events for the American people that think this started 9-11. Uh-uh. This has always been a problem, but it was carter that really fumbled the ball and its spiraled ever since.
Yes, one of my biggest mistakes was allowing Jimmy Carter to become President. I also regret allowing Huricane Katrina to form.
My biggest mistake was allowing Mount Vesuvius to erupt and destroy the city of Pompeii. Things have just gone downhill from there.
Gotta take a lot of drugs to suppress those memories.
Reid is as dull as a wet cardboard box and Pelosi is as scary as a ripe Halloween pumpkin. None of that matters to the media who largely pimps the daily action line from the DNC.
BTTT
Just about everyone slick willie chose for his cabinet was someone buried in the state department by carter. Clearly the most inept, anti american bureaucrats on the face of the earth. And just look up his good friend Anthony Lake on google and see what this evil man was all about.
--Is it possible that testosterone has finally been injected into the GOP?--
Isn't Hyde retiring in January? What a bloody shame that would be.
The Democrats' opinions are often deliberate lies designed to confuse voters and destabilize consensus government. The Soviet Union's Communist Party used the same propaganda tactic around the world.
The Democrats are the enemy within. A vote for any Democrat is a vote for the enemy.
LOL. Hastert can be good, when he is so inclined. Frist is hopeless.
I love it when one of ours bitch slaps the RATS!
Actually, Carter will be Larry King's guest tonight...betcha his anti-BUSH views don't get challenged at all...
I remember a show, 7-8 years back with Zbig crowing that they'd suckered the Sov's into invading Afghanistan. He was actually chortling about it.
Well, Afghanistan bred the Mujahadeen and the Muj bred Osama and history bred the rest.
Thanks Jimmy, Zbig and Christopher, for both Iran and Al-Queda! Boneheads, all of them! Inept, incompetent and traitors.
We're still cleaning up their mess 25 years later. We'll be cleaning up BJ's mess longer than that even.
Jimmy Carter got a Nobel Peace prize by propping up vicious tyrannical dictatorships.
It was Ayatollah Khomeini who coined the phrase "paper tiger", and said of Jimmy Carter, "His presidency resembles that of a chicken running around with it's head cut off".
Jimmy Carter led the worst presidency ever in my lifetime, Clinton exascerbated it, and President Bush is cleaning up their mess that they kicked down the road.
Clintoon had to gut our intelligence, just in case his kgb file came to light. My opinion is that he was paid by the kgb when in England. Who else could have paid for and arranged his trip to Moscow when he was a "poor kid on scholarship"...
At that time the kgb controlled who entered their country totally.
Could I add Kennedy to your list? Today a NY women called Rush and took umbrage ast his mention of Kennedy in the same sentence as Bush as statesmen. Frankly, I think Kennedy belongs right in there with Clinton with his womanizing, election stealing, botched CIA op at Bay of Pigs, and ties to organized crime.
Let 'em burn him at the stake on the news shows. All this recent GOP testosterone is about rousing the base for November. And it will probably work. And besides, it's true. Now if they keep it up AFTER November I'll be impressed (and surprised)
Am I the only one (who also considers himself somewhat politically astute and one who is interested in current events and tries to keep up with what is happening--after all, why would I spend so much time here lol) who is learning about this for the first time?
Ransom?
Does anyone of you knowledgeable Freepers have any additional information on this matter?
Am I the only one (who also considers himself somewhat politically astute and one who is interested in current events and tries to keep up with what is happening--after all, why would I spend so much time here lol) who is learning about this for the first time?
Ransom?
Does anyone of you knowledgeable Freepers have any additional information on this matter?
I think that the term "Paper Tiger" was first used by Mao Ze Dong. In 1966, a buddy of mine named his dog "Paper Tiger" in Japan.
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