ASHCROFT ROASTS THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION

Nealz Nuze ^ | Wednesday, April 14, 2004 | Neal Boortz

[beaureguard]

If there is one man the Bush-haters hate more than Bush, it's John Ashcroft. To the left, he might as well be the devil himself. Anyway, Attorney General John Ashcroft testified yesterday before the 9/11 Blame Commission and dropped a bombshell. And it's about time somebody said it...these "hearings" have turned into a partisan debacle, so the Bush administration is fighting back.

Ashcroft blamed the Clinton administration for leaving America open to attack, saying that the attacks of 9/11 happened because "for nearly a decade our government had blinded itself to our enemies." The Democrats on this commission and their buddies in the media want to start assigning blame, then let's put it where it belongs. Ashcroft went on to say that once in office, he moved to overturn a failed policy that was restricting American agents from killing Osama Bin Laden, allowing only capture. For eight long years, that was the Democratic approach...treating terrorism as a law enforcement problem. "Even if they could have penetrated Bin Laden's training camps, they would have needed a battery of lawyers" to take action, he said. This hits the nail right on the head folks. The media is roasting the Bush administration over some vague memo before 9/11 when the Clinton administration had Bin Laden in their sites on several occasions? Spare me.

If these people want to pin the 9/11 attacks on somebody, they're talking to the wrong administration.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

When dems hate Ashcroft, I love to remind them that he would only be a senator had they not elected a dead guy.

[Two-Bits]

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[sauropod]

I know someone that swears up and down that Ashcroft engineered the plane crash that killed Mel Carnahan.

My jaw dropped over that one. I offered him some Renyolds Wrap.

[wingster]

"For eight long years, that was the Democratic approach...treating terrorism as a law enforcement problem. "Even if they could have penetrated Bin Laden's training camps, they would have needed a battery of lawyers" to take action, he said. This hits the nail right on the head folks."

YUP! Ashcroft was great! This does hit the nail right on the head. That's why the UN is a collosal failure in this too. They, libs that is, think that you just send the "bad guys" a notice to "clearn up their yard,...or else..." and they're gonna go jumpin' thru hoops and rings to oblige.

It's an sheer and utter lack of wisdom! It is about time someone started firing back. I bet that made Ben Veniste, Roemer, and Kerrey feel all warm and fuzzy inside. ;)

[familyofman]

Most news services & stories have Ashcroft being the 'roastee', not 'roastor'. The stories and commission have not ben very kind to him - from the reports I've seen.

[shhrubbery!]

Ashcroft rocks. He would've made a great president.

[JoeSixPack1]

Ashcroft not only hit a home run, he cleared the bases with a grandslam that laid the blame directly on Gorelick!

The reality will take a while to fester as the media contemplates ignoring or following up on the exposure and declassification of the directive. It's great stuff for fans of the blame game on either side but more importantly, it shifts the reality and perception of the whole commission to the era of x42i's incompetence and inaction.

[rj45mis]

"When dems hate Ashcroft, I love to remind them that he would only be a senator had they not elected a dead guy."

How well I remember that day. It seems that Mr. Ashcroft's opponent recruited legions of other dems from down below to vote that year.

[The Mayor]

I don't think any of them have been strong enough against clinkton. gore sold out airport security for campaign donations. klinktons sold us out to everyone..

[rj45mis]

"Most news services & stories have Ashcroft being the 'roastee', not 'roastor'. The stories and commission have not ben very kind to him - from the reports I've seen."

You got that right. You'd think that Ashcroft was char- broiled by the commission if you believe the news accounts. Also, Drudge has a link from MSNBC that appears to implicate Bush for the failure to stop 9/11 from happening.

[soozla]

The difference between Ashcroft and Reno yesterday was BLINDINGLY apparent!!!! If anyone had any doubt how totally clueless she was as AG, I think that was put to rest!!

[Wombat101]

Bottom line: Your government is broken, it has been for a very long time, and no one cares until it's too late. Apparently, most of us can go through life quite happily as long as the Post Office works and the IRS doesn't. It's only when something catastrophic happens, like 9/11, and the FBI/CIA/NSA/DIA, etc fail horribly, THEN everyone wants the government to be all-powerful, omniscient and capable of warping time and space.

This commission is a farce: it is staffed by those who have a hand in the very policies that stymied, hamstrung, obstructed and prevented the intelligence and law-enforcement agencies from doing their jobs. It is staffed by people who wrote policy for the very agencies it's investigating and criticizng.

The government is in shambles -- the system would still work if it wasn't stuffed to the rafters with lawyers, con-men, opportunists, liars, idiots, party hacks and the hangers-on they bring with them.

But somehow this is George W. Bush's fault. Grow up America, we created this mess and we have to clean it up. We do that by demanding accountability, not just for terrorism, but for every dotted i and crossed t. And then we follow it up at the voting booth.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"Most news services & stories have Ashcroft being the 'roastee', not 'roastor'. The stories and commission have not ben very kind to him - from the reports I've seen."

You got that right. You'd think that Ashcroft was char- broiled by the commission if you believe the news accounts. Also, Drudge has a link from MSNBC that appears to implicate Bush for the failure to stop 9/11 from happening.

These procedures, which go beyond what is legally required,

Duly noted.

will prevent any risk of creating an unwarranted appearance

Covering your hindquarters is important . . . if all it cost was four airliners, the twin towers, a wing of the Pentagon, and three thousand lives I guess it was worth it! </sarcasm>

that FISA is being used to avoid procedural safeguards which would apply in a criminal investigation.

By declassifying and releasing the Gorelick directive quoted above, Ashcroft renamed the "September 11" Commission into the "Cover-up Commission." The "Kean Commission" is now the "Gorelick Commission." It is about to disappear utterly from the news; it has been outted and is now entirely useless as a propaganda vehicle.

[Big Giant Head]

When dems hate Ashcroft, I love to remind them that he would only be a senator had they not elected a dead guy.

You forgot to use the word 'fraudulently' in your sentence. It goes between the words 'not' and 'elected'.

[Sender]

I read posts all the time from people who think Ashcroft and Rove caused Paul Wellstone's plane crash too. Do they really believe this stuff?

[independentmind]

What I can't figure out is why Gorelick thought she could get away with her posturing on the 911 commission if the Bush Administration had such clear evidence that she was partly responsible for the intelligences failures leading to 911.

[joesnuffy]

Yeah...he really gave them verbal hell....

Too bad he didnt go after them for the dozens of murders and drug smuggling run out of Mena and Bogota...while Clinton was Arkansas Atty Gen and Gov.

Not to mention treason and China

Of course there is a very good reason why the Clinton's are still free and doin' their thang..... and so many are dead....