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Cuomo: Bush Ties to Bin Ladens Compromised War on Terror
NewsMax ^
| 1/21/04
| Limbacher
Posted on 01/21/2004 3:41:57 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo charged Wednesday that President Bush made Saddam Hussein the U.S.'s number one target in the war on terror in part because his family had business dealings with relatives of Osama bin Laden. On hand to discuss the 2004 presidential election at a 21 Club breakfast with a panel of guests that included "60 Minutes" correspondent Leslie Stahl, radio host Monica Crowley, Democratic consultant Robert Zimmerman and commentator Bay Buchanan, Cuomo excoriated Bush for mishandling both the economy and the war on terror, complaining at one point:
"Who's winning the war on terrorism? The whole world is mad at us."
Then, addressing Bush in absentia, the former New York governor railed:
"You killed 60,000 Iraqis - most of them innocent - to start that war in Iraq. You lost 1,000 American men and women to start that war in Iraq - when the real war on terrorism was against Osama bin Laden, something that you knew well, whose family you had dealt with in Saudi Arabia."
Sounding eager to rejoin the political battle, the retired Democratic Party elder statesman continued to blast Bush:
"You left that battle and left al Qaeda there to fight a tyrant who was a pushover for us. And you're going to tell me you think the war on terror was a good thing?"
Asked to explain his claim that President Bush had dealings with the bin Ladens, Cuomo cited a New York Times report that noted that both Bush's father and members of bin Laden's family belonged to the Carlyle Group, a global investment company.
"The story astonished me," Cuomo said. "There's no question that Osama bin Laden's family was invested in Carlyle, Carlyle was invested in Mideast oil and everybody knows it. And so was the first president Bush."
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bds; bush43; cuomo; jackdaniels; mariocuomo; mentalconstipation; obl; overplayedhand; terrorism; tinfoil
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To: jwfiv
What the HELL is wrong is wrong with these Dems? Day in, day out, it's just flabbergasting....
Can you imagine what their convention is gonna be like in August? They simply cannot control themselves. More beer for us.
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:07:47 PM PST
by
Jhensy
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
When was Mario lobotomized?
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:08:05 PM PST
by
verity
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Mario is a dummo and a jerko with no brainos.what a dip stixo
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:13:58 PM PST
by
solo gringo
(Always Ranting Always Rite)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Mario is a dummo and a jerko with no brainos.what a dip stixo
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:16:39 PM PST
by
solo gringo
(Always Ranting Always Rite)
To: Jhensy
I think the Dimokratzki convention will be the Wellstone 'Memorial' redux...as will most of their campaign events.
They have nothing substantial or genuine to offer, so their only recourse is to lie, disort the Administration's record, and the news, and then call names.
Clark came out today calling the President 'unpatriotic'.
The Dims have been crying for two years "How dare you question our patriotism"...while I've never heard a single Republican officeholder do that.
They, however, do exactly that re: the GOP...Ashfcroft and Dubya in particular...screaming, bellering, slobbering at the top of their lungs.
Such fools
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:19:16 PM PST
by
jwfiv
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I guess they honestly think President Bush is evil incarnate. What is Cuomo talking about when he says "You killed 60,000 Iraqis..."? And what was CBS's LESLIE STAHL doing joining the meeting? I almost believe they'd vote for Saddam Hussein if they could. Kerry you, Cuomo!
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:20:44 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: arasina
I just re-read the article and realized Leslie Stahl was one of the panelists. My stupid error. I bet she agrees with Cuomo, though. ;o)
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:24:07 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
You killed 60,000 Iraqis -
most of them innocent I see, so the Iraqi army and the vaunted Republican Guard who looted and pillaged the Kurds, Kuwait, parts of Iran, and thousands upon thousands at home are now 'innocent'. Words acceptable in polite and public circles fail me...
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:25:26 PM PST
by
BlueNgold
(Feed the Tree .....)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
We in the red states owe Cuomo big. He drove many corporations out of New York to our saner environments. Thanks, jackass.
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:27:35 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
We in NY may never recover from the Cuomo years. Amazing that someone so unaccomplished is so pompous.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Yet more lies from the left. Do they have no shame?
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:29:20 PM PST
by
mhking
To: arasina
I don't think any fair minded folks were invited to partake in the "beating".
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:30:04 PM PST
by
auboy
(Put a smile on your face. Make some time each morning to count your blessings.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
He is a first class POS!!
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:40:38 PM PST
by
quesera
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Something very ugly has happened in America. We're at war and most of the leaders of one party are going around throwing totally irresponsible rhetorical fire bombs, without caring if they have any validity. There are so many explanations for this, but the press has to be up there as villain #1. How many times have these democrats gotten away with this nonsense with no one calling them to account? Calling them to account? If you've ever watched a Daschle, Kenedy or Cuomo news conference, the reporters actually instigate these outrageous statements.
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:44:52 PM PST
by
Williams
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
The disintegration of the Democratic Party is reaching apocalyptic proportions. Furthermore, these are not special effects you are witnessing, but the real thing. Pretty soon, the political landscape for the 'Rats is going to look like Nurse Ratched vs. the Inmates; and Nurse Ratched has more than enough tranquilizer to go around.
To: OldFriend; 1Mike; 3catsanadog; ~Vor~; ~Kim4VRWC's~; A CA Guy; A Citizen Reporter; abner; ...
Yes, there are, but we'd be banned.
Alert: read this and file it away for future reference.
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:51:53 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: auboy
Monica Crowley's fair minded. Or, as a Fox News contributor, I guess I'd call her fair-and-balanced minded. :o)
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:52:49 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: arasina
The democrats are the enemy within.
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posted on
01/21/2004 4:54:09 PM PST
by
onyx
(Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
To: sinkspur
What mind?
To: Howlin
Words fail me.
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