Cuomo: Bush Ties to Bin Ladens Compromised War on Terror

NewsMax ^ | 1/21/04 | Limbacher

[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."

[Howlin]

[alnick]

And one more thing, if Cuomo had had his way, there would have been many, many more deaths, not to mention CHILDREN in PRISON, untold numbers of people yet to be tortured, for DECADES TO COME!!!!

[Howlin]

I hope you're right, BS. I hope you're right.

[alnick]

Maybe Cuomo has Mad Dean Disease?

Speaking of Mad Dean Disease, did you hear Leno say that the cows in Iowa are afraid of contracting Mad Dean Disease?

Yeaaaaaaaaarrrgh!

[BigSkyFreeper]

From one New Yorker To Another:

[Dolphy]

Do you remember President Bush, before he took office, referring to the downturn in the economy? Clinton went mad, yelling about what it would do to consumer confidence and all of his minions lined up and agreed. Yet now these same minions come out, knowing full well that the only thing that can hurt us in Iraq is the loss of resolve, to try to break our collective will. I really think it's detestable and not one of us should forget.

[BigSkyFreeper]

The Godfather.... I was just thinking that, very appropriate

[arasina]

[kcvl]

Jan 18, 2004


Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, has a forthcoming book looking on how Lincoln might address the issues of today. As Cuomo sees it, the Constitution did not set that high a standard, but Lincoln raised the bar and presidents of both parties have continued to do so in one way or another.

``We are still what Lincoln called an unfinished work,'' he said in an interview. And each election is about moving closer to ``that more noble view of ourselves.''

[DoctorMichael]

STFU

[livius]

LOL! NO, I hadn't heard that. But I bet they are - it makes Mad Cow look like a summer cold.

[cyncooper]

Whatta maroon.

I'm sorry, but what he said here was not stupid. It was incredibly vicious and the implications are staggering.

Of course this is the outgrowth of the dem smear that "Bush Knew" yet did not prevent the attacks of 9/11.

These are scurrilous and sickening charges that require more than a dismissive wave of the hand. There is an audience out there that eats this stuff up. Cuomo is beneath contempt.

[OldFriend]

Cuomo went on a rant during the last presidential campaign. Damned Dubya for speaking spanish, just because he has a mexican wife........he had confused Jeb's Colomba with Laura.....and of course, no difference at all between Cuba and Mexico as far as Cuomo is concerned.

Cuomo is notoriously bad tempered, evil, and mean spirited.

[cyncooper]

I am not laughing.

[Amelia]

You know, we may not like it, and we may disagree, but this is what the Dems are saying, and there are a lot of people out there who believe this stuff.

[wimpycat]

The way I see it, the people who would "eat this up", were never going to vote for Bush anyway. The "my daddy used to work with Bin Laden's brother's cousin's uncle, so I'll give ol' Osama a break", accusation won't fly with anyone with an ounce of sense.

[Alberta's Child]

Loser: (n.) -- A life-long professional politician who loses a statewide race to a dopey, third-rate jackass like George Pataki.

[woodyinscc]

I wonder what he thought of Clinton's relationship with the Riady's?

[alnick]

It was posted on this earlier thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1062324/posts

Jay Leno.... Good news for Howard Dean’s wife; it looks like she’s going to get the privacy she wanted. .... Did you see that speech Howard Dean gave last night? I heard that the cows in Iowa are now afraid of getting mad dean disease. I’m not an expert in politics, but i think it’s a bad sign when your speech ends with your aides shooting you with a tranquilizer gun. .... I tell you something fascinating -- John Kerry’s victory over Howard Dean has completely changed the presidential race around. Now instead of the rich white guy from Yale who lives in the White House facing off against the rich white guy from Yale who lives in Vermont, he may have to face the rich white guy from Yale who lives in Massachusetts. It’s a whole different game. .... John Kerry said in his speech last night that this is the beginning of the end of the Bush administration. I agree, hey, it might take 5 years, but it will be the end of the Bush administration. .... Of course the big surprise -- John Edwards came in second. Edwards was quite eloquent. He said, "We have two Americans, one for the rich, one for the poor. Two countries with two tax systems, two school systems and two medical systems." Today President Bush said, "Why don’t you become president of the crappy one?" .... Dick Gephardt dropped out of the presidential race today. He said apparently the country isn’t ready for a really, really white president. .... Senator Joe Lieberman skipped Iowa and is devoting all his energies on losing in New Hampshire. .... How about Dennis Kucinich? He finished behind Martha Stewart.

[Alberta's Child]

Mario Cuomo bump.