Sins of Commission -Behind the effort to blame Bush for September 11

The Wall Street Journal-Opinion Journal ^ | 3/22/04

[MNJohnnie]

So as expected, the 9-11 Comission is part of the DNC directed smear Bush machine. No wonder they have been so desperate to have their time extended into the midst of the 2004 election campaign. No wonder the 9-11 Comission has pretty much IGNORED the 8 years of the Clinton Admisistration to focus on the 8 MONTHS Bush was in office prior to 9-11! What a bunch of slezy scum the Democrats are. Wailing about 9-11 being politized while THEY are buzy politizing it. Guess I will have to go donate a few hundred more to W. Campaign. The current crop of Democrat leaders cannot be allowed ANY where near the levers of political power!

[muawiyah]

The DNC doesn't care what is discovered about 9-11. They already know the answer ~ they commissioned it!

[DustyMoment]

"9-11 Comission=Democrat directed smear Bush machine"

And, this is a surprise to whom?

[pettifogger]

It's too much to hope, as this WSJ editorial posits, that the Commission will stand down prior to the election. That said, I hope the political wing of the Bush administration is not merely patting itself on the back for last week's successes (driven largely by Kerry's ineptitude). It had better be prepared with the big guns to follow the "leaks" from the testimony before this commission. To borrow a phrase from Carville, "This is WAHR!"

[Ichneumon]

On the one hand, the critics want to blame the Bush Administration for failing to prevent 9/11, but on the other they assail it for acting "pre-emptively" on a needless war in Iraq. Well, which do they really believe?

Bears repeating.

[freeperfromnj]

It's too much to hope, as this WSJ editorial posits, that the Commission will stand down prior to the election.

We the people have to demand that they do. This is a political hit job against the President. There ought to be some law against launching and profiteering from a book as you are about to testify in a crucial hearing such as this - especially in an election year. This Commission has been exposed and should be disassembled. They have zero credibility.

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

Who appointed the memebers?

[bayourod]

"Abdul Rahman Yasin, the one conspirator from the 1993 WTC bombing still at large, had fled to Iraq and was harbored by Saddam Hussein for years."

And OBL would be operating out of Iraq now if Bush had not changed regimes.

[alloysteel]

The Democrats are STILL trying to revise the legacy of the regime of the "Former Occupant of the Oval Office, 1993-2001". They might as well be building a palace out of pig droppings.

[BigSkyFreeper]

This commission reeked from the moment it was set forth.

[OldFriend]

Will the final report list the democrats who, for eight long years, criticized the first President Bush for not going all the way to Baghdad?

[palmer]

I agree that the timing is suspect with Clarke pushing his book, but he is in a position to criticize since it was his job to deliver the terrorism threat information to the incoming Bush administration. Fact is, they ignored it. Instead they were focussed on "state sponsored" terrorism, missile defense, and other defense priorities. Those were valid then, but with 20/20 hindsight it is easy to second guess them.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Who appointed the memebers?

Actually, Bush appointed the members. The Democrats cried foul.

[Jim Noble]

There ought to be some law against launching and profiteering from a book as you are about to testify in a crucial hearing such as this - especially in an election year

No laws against books.

Try again, your heart's in the right place.

[Calpernia]

Bush did? Do you have a link?

[freeperfromnj]

In business and in law, conflicts of interest apply. It is so obvious that this politically motivated. Why didn't we hear him speak out in over two years?

[Calpernia]

http://www.9-11commission.gov/

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks.

You are right, he signed off on it. But I would love to know how it was created.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Maybe he didn't. I can't recall, but I do remember Bush appointed members to the commission to lead the investigation.

[section9]

Get lost, clueless asshat.

Clarke's bailiwick was cyberterrorism.

His description of that first meeting with Rice is comical. Here it was, barely months after the Cole bombing, and the Clinton clowns are coming in and acting as if the news that bin Laden was a threat was tablets down from Sinai. Rice had been briefing Bush on bin Laden during the campaign.

Everyone knew UBL was a threat. You will recall that Bush declared that UBL would have to be dealt with after the Cole bombing during the campaign, didn't you?

(...sound of crickets...)

I didn't think so.

Look, I know that you clowns are trying to cover your asses for a decade of criminal negligence and lost chances, but it ain't gonna sell. Democrats treated terrorism as a crime problem. The Bush Administration had a plan to go to war in Afghanistan as early as September 4th, 2001. That's the difference between us, and you.

Republicans go to war against terrorists. Democrats are busy swearing out subpoenas.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[BigSkyFreeper]

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