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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: lysie
61
posted on
01/21/2004 5:17:18 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: 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!!!!
62
posted on
01/21/2004 5:17:44 PM PST
by
alnick
(The American people would rather reach for the stars than reach for excuses why we shouldn't.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
I hope you're right, BS. I hope you're right.
63
posted on
01/21/2004 5:17:54 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: livius
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!
64
posted on
01/21/2004 5:20:16 PM PST
by
alnick
(The American people would rather reach for the stars than reach for excuses why we shouldn't.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
From one New Yorker To Another:
65
posted on
01/21/2004 5:21:05 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(All Our Base Are Belong To Dubya)
To: Howlin
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.
66
posted on
01/21/2004 5:21:08 PM PST
by
Dolphy
To: Howlin
The Godfather.... I was just thinking that, very appropriate
67
posted on
01/21/2004 5:22:22 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(All Our Base Are Belong To Dubya)
To: Howlin
68
posted on
01/21/2004 5:23:17 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: Dolphy
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.''
69
posted on
01/21/2004 5:23:47 PM PST
by
kcvl
STFU
70
posted on
01/21/2004 5:24:02 PM PST
by
DoctorMichael
(Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
To: alnick
LOL! NO, I hadn't heard that. But I bet they are - it makes Mad Cow look like a summer cold.
71
posted on
01/21/2004 5:26:34 PM PST
by
livius
To: jwfiv
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.
72
posted on
01/21/2004 5:27:32 PM PST
by
cyncooper
("We call evil by its name")
To: Howlin
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.
73
posted on
01/21/2004 5:27:45 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: JmyBryan
I am not laughing.
74
posted on
01/21/2004 5:27:58 PM PST
by
cyncooper
("We call evil by its name")
To: Howlin
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.
75
posted on
01/21/2004 5:30:32 PM PST
by
Amelia
To: cyncooper
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.
76
posted on
01/21/2004 5:34:32 PM PST
by
wimpycat
("Black holes are where God divided by zero.")
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Loser: (n.) -- A life-long professional politician who loses a statewide race to a dopey, third-rate jackass like George Pataki.
77
posted on
01/21/2004 5:35:16 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(Alberta -- the TRUE North strong and free.)
To: Howlin
I wonder what he thought of Clinton's relationship with the Riady's?
To: livius
It was posted on this earlier thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1062324/posts Jay Leno.... Good news for Howard Deans wife; it looks like shes 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. Im not an expert in politics, but i think its a bad sign when your speech ends with your aides shooting you with a tranquilizer gun. .... I tell you something fascinating -- John Kerrys 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. Its 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 dont you become president of the crappy one?" .... Dick Gephardt dropped out of the presidential race today. He said apparently the country isnt 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.
79
posted on
01/21/2004 5:38:35 PM PST
by
alnick
(The American people would rather reach for the stars than reach for excuses why we shouldn't.)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Mario Cuomo bump.
80
posted on
01/21/2004 5:39:27 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(Alberta -- the TRUE North strong and free.)
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