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The "Attack Bush" Hysteria (Ann Coulter 'positive ALERT')
FrontPage Magazine ^ | 3/25/04 | Ann Coulter

Posted on 03/25/2004 4:52:30 AM PST by harpu

Are you sitting down? Another ex-government official who was fired or demoted by Bush has written a book that ... is critical of Bush! Eureka! The latest offering is Richard Clarke's new CBS-Viacom book, "Against All Enemies," which gets only a 35 on "rate a record" because the words don't make sense and you can't dance to it.

As long as we're investigating everything, how about investigating why some loser no one has ever heard of is getting so much press coverage for yet another "tell-all" book attacking the Bush administration?

When an FBI agent with close, regular contact with President Clinton wrote his book, he was virtually blacklisted from the mainstream media. Upon the release of Gary Aldrich's book "Unlimited Access" in 1996, White House adviser George Stephanopoulos immediately called TV producers demanding that they give Aldrich no airtime. In terms of TV exposure, Aldrich's book might well have been titled "No Access Whatsoever."

"Larry King Live" and NBC's "Dateline" abruptly canceled their scheduled interviews with Aldrich. Aldrich was mentioned on fewer than a dozen TV shows during the entire year of his book's release – many with headlines like this one on CNN: "Even Conservatives Back Away From Aldrich's Book." That's almost as much TV as Lewinsky mouthpiece William Ginsburg did before breakfast on an average day. (Let's take a moment here to imagine the indignity of being known as "Monica Lewinsky's mouthpiece.")

But a "tell-all" book that attacks the Bush administration gets the author interviewed on CBS' "60 Minutes" (two segments), CNN's "American Morning" and ABC's "Good Morning America" with an "analysis" by George Stephanopoulos, no less. In the first few days of its release, Clarke's book was hyped on more than 200 TV shows.

In contrast to Aldrich's book, which was vindicated with a whoop just a few years later when the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, many of Clarke's allegations were disproved within days of the book's release. Clarke claims, for example, that in early 2001, when he told President Bush's National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice about al-Qaida, her "facial expression gave me the impression that she had never heard the term before." (If only she used botox like Sen. Kerry!)

Sean Hannity has been playing a radio interview that Dr. Rice gave to David Newman on WJR in Detroit back in October 2000, in which she discusses al-Qaida in great detail. This was months before chair-warmer Clarke claims her "facial expression" indicated she had never heard of the terrorist organization.

But in deference to our liberal friends, let's leave aside the facts for now. Just months before Clarke was interpreting Dr. Rice's "facial expression," al-Qaida had bombed the USS Cole. Two years before that, al-Qaida bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. In fact, al-Qaida or their allies had been responsible for a half dozen attacks on U.S. interests since Clinton had become president. (Paper-pusher Clarke was doing one heck of a job, wasn't he?) In the year 2000 alone, Lexis-Nexis lists 280 items mentioning al-Qaida.

By the end of 2000, anyone who read the paper had heard of al-Qaida. It is literally insane to imagine that Condoleezza Rice had not. For Pete's sake, even the New York Times knew about al-Qaida.

Rice had been a political science professor at Stanford University, a member of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, and a senior fellow of the Institute for International Studies. She had written three books and numerous articles on foreign policy. She worked for the first Bush administration in a variety of national security positions.

All this was while Clarke was presiding over six unanswered al-Qaida attacks on American interests and fretting about the looming Y2K emergency. But chair-warmer Clarke claims that on the basis of Rice's "facial expression" he could tell she was not familiar with the term "al-Qaida."

Isn't that just like a liberal? The chair-warmer describes Bush as a cowboy and Rumsfeld as his gunslinger – but the black chick is a dummy. Maybe even as dumb as Clarence Thomas! Perhaps someday liberals could map out the relative intelligence of various black government officials for us.

Did Clarke have the vaguest notion of Rice's background and education? Or did he think Dr. Rice was cleaning the Old Executive Office Building at night before the president chose her – not him – to be national security adviser? If a Republican ever claimed the "facial expression" on Maxine Waters – a woman whose face is no stranger to confusion or befuddlement – left the "impression" that she didn't understand quantum physics, he'd be in prison for committing a hate crime.

As we know from Dr. Rice's radio interview describing the threat of al-Qaida back in October 2000, she certainly didn't need to be told about al-Qaida by a government time-server. No doubt Dr. Rice was staring at Clarke in astonishment as he imparted this great insight: Keep an eye on al-Qaida! We've done nothing, but you should do something about it. Tag – you're it. That look of perplexity Clarke saw was Condi thinking to herself: "Hmmm, did I demote this guy far enough?"


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1 posted on 03/25/2004 4:52:30 AM PST by harpu
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To: harpu
You know the rules!
2 posted on 03/25/2004 4:58:53 AM PST by Crazieman
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To: harpu
Ann has got to stop pulling her punches! LOL!
3 posted on 03/25/2004 4:59:01 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (You can see it coming like a train on a track.)
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To: harpu
When will people understand the difference?

A. Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice

B. Jocelyn Elders, Theresa McKinney

The democrats rely on the stupidity of the masses, both in their leaders and voters.
4 posted on 03/25/2004 4:59:10 AM PST by gortklattu
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To: harpu
"Maxine Waters – a woman whose face is no stranger to confusion or befuddlement:

One of the gems in this piece.
5 posted on 03/25/2004 4:59:31 AM PST by Bahbah
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To: harpu
Ann Rules!!!!!!!
6 posted on 03/25/2004 5:01:32 AM PST by bogdanPolska12
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To: harpu
In strict accordance with the FreeRepublic by laws,
paragraph 4, section 7, stating that, and I quote:
"any mention of our beloved Ann Coulter
must include her image", I offer the following
pictures for your exclusive viewing pleasure.






Carville really IS gollum.

7 posted on 03/25/2004 5:02:27 AM PST by ChadGore (kwitchyurbellyakin or bailthehellout!)
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To: Crazieman
"You know the rules!" Ah yes, as a newbie, I do understand "the rules of Coulter!"
8 posted on 03/25/2004 5:02:29 AM PST by harpu
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To: harpu
If a Republican ever claimed the "facial expression" on Maxine Waters – a woman whose face is no stranger to confusion or befuddlement – left the "impression" that she didn't understand quantum physics, he'd be in prison for committing a hate crim

LMAO!

9 posted on 03/25/2004 5:02:42 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: harpu
She is brilliant, she is brilliant, she is brilliant. And in addition to that, she is brilliant. There is no way we are worthy. No way.
10 posted on 03/25/2004 5:04:51 AM PST by speedy
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To: harpu
Beautiful mind. Ann punches out another Brick in the Wall of propaganda. Outstanding post. Thanks.
11 posted on 03/25/2004 5:06:31 AM PST by PGalt
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To: harpu
As long as you have been a member in good standing and you don't abide by the Ann Coulter posting rules. tch tch tch.

WE WANT PICS!

12 posted on 03/25/2004 5:08:57 AM PST by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: harpu
"No doubt Dr. Rice was staring at Clarke in astonishment as he imparted this great insight: Keep an eye on al-Qaida! We've done nothing, but you should do something about it."

Ann hits another one out of the park!
13 posted on 03/25/2004 5:10:21 AM PST by proud American in Canada
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To: harpu
That look of perplexity Clarke saw was Condi thinking to herself: "Hmmm, did I demote this guy far enough?"

Bullseye!

14 posted on 03/25/2004 5:11:11 AM PST by Gritty ("Clinton’s failure to get bin Laden is one of the most serious failures in US history-Monsoor Ijaz)
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To: harpu
Well if the Clinton WH can get Alrich banned with a phone call then Bush ought to DEMAND 60 minutes give Cheney and Rice as much time as they gave BLOWHARD

And the WH ought to make an issue out the no airing of Aldrich's claims as well as Paterson's DELECITION OF DUTY
15 posted on 03/25/2004 5:12:02 AM PST by uncbob
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To: harpu
This ain't the last we'll see of attacks against Bush. The Dems haven't been sitting on their hands since they lost in 2000.

Look for more "bombshells" all the way to November.

16 posted on 03/25/2004 5:12:22 AM PST by FReepaholic (Never Forget: www.september-11-videos.com)
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To: harpu
LOL--this was good, but I think Ann's holding back...
17 posted on 03/25/2004 5:13:55 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: harpu
Ann Coulter should be required reading for everyone...especially Democrats!

I want to say something I havne't seen elsewhere: I think these hearings are a strong argument for not changing administrations during this dangerous time, and I think Americans will "get it", without being told.

Thanks to these hearings,we know how long transitions take, how long for important people to get onboard, and how long issues take to be resolved, a new president coming into office could be dangerous...very dangerous...to our national security! We need to keep Bush right where he is.....and unintentionally, Richard Clarke proved that yesterday.

btw....Clarke is a lying weasel. CNN anchor Bill Hemmer, just told viewers that last night, Clarke told Larry King that if Condy Rice had done her job, 9-11 could have been prevented. But under oath yesterday, Clarke said that no matter what the Bush administration did in the 9 months preceding 9-ll, it still would have happened.

18 posted on 03/25/2004 5:16:06 AM PST by YaYa123 (@Richard Drama Queen Clarke...Despicable!com)
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To: harpu
Clarke's flip-flop can be easily explained.

Someone obviously gave him a heads-up that HE would be the fall guy if events proved the Clinton Administration's negligence in protecting our country. Thus the book. He is simply protecting himself against what he knows the Clinton crooks, with the help of the complicit media, can and will do to him.

19 posted on 03/25/2004 5:18:38 AM PST by wayoverontheright
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To: ClearCase_guy
I do have a criticism of Ann. (ducking)

She herself was the person who popularized the phrase "sarcastic quotation marks."

Yet, she still uses the word "liberal" to describe the left wing fascists of this country without using said sarcastic quotation marks.

I'll have to write her a note.
20 posted on 03/25/2004 5:18:41 AM PST by MrB
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