Posted on 06/07/2005 8:29:36 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Bill Clinton says Democrats have a "responsibility to treat the Republicans with respect" and to try to work with them on the issues -- but he also told Fox News's Greta Van Susteren, "as those cannons are fired at us, we have to stand up and fight back."
And that's just what Clinton's wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton did on Monday -- giving what the New York Times called a "starkly partisan" speech at a New York City fundraiser on her behalf.
Although her husband has spent time with -- and frequently has praised -- both President George W. Bush and former President George H.W. Bush in recent months, Sen. Clinton on Monday took a different tack.
"There has never been an administration, I don't believe in our history, more intent upon consolidating and abusing power to further their own agenda," Sen. Clinton told a "Women for Hillary" fundraiser on Monday.
"I know it's frustrating for many of you, it's frustrating for me. Why can't the Democrats do more to stop them (Republicans)?" she asked.
Sen. Clinton said she stays awake at night, "thinking about all the mistakes and the wrong direction and all the bad decisions being made in Washington.
"I can tell you this: It's very hard to stop people who have no shame about what they're doing. It is very hard to tell people that they are making decisions that will undermine our checks and balances and constitutional system of government who don't care. It is very hard to stop people who have never been acquainted with the truth."
Former President Bill Clinton has said his wife is concentrating on re-election to the Senate in 2006 -- not yet thinking about a presidential run in 2008. But many people on both sides of the aisle see a grand plan afoot.
"We cannot give them (Republicans) another two years of majority," she said on Monday. "We cannot give them another four years after that."
As reported by the New York Times, Sen. Clinton called the House of Representatives "a dictatorship of the Republican leadership," and she said some Republican leaders "honestly believe they are motivated by the truth, they are motivated by a higher calling, they are motivated by, I guess, a direct line to the heavens."
She also criticized the Washington press corps for not standing its ground: "If they're criticized by the White House, they just fall apart." Sen. Clinton said the press needs to "toughen up."
The breakfast fund-raiser, held at a New York City hotel, raised about $250,000 for Sen. Clinton's Senate re-election campaign, the newspaper said.
I hate this lesbian....you can fool some of the people some of the time BUT NOT ALL THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME.
You really gotta wonder. You have the Republicans in Washington trying to do the hard work of running the country and defeating our enemies, and you have the Democrats running around saying the "enemy" is the Republican Party. How can you take Hillary! seriously when she says Republicans think they have a direct line to God? How do you take John F'n Kerry seriously when he says he is going to come back to the US from England and impeach the President based on the bogus Downing Street Memo?
The Democrats are just not serious. That is why they cannot beat the Republicans. You can't beat something with nothing, and the Democrats are doing the best impression of "nothing" I have ever seen.
That's wishful thinking, Hillary. You'll be stopped. You'll see.
Which lesbians do you love?
"as those cannons are fired at us, we have to stand up and fight back."
mighty strong words from a coward and draft dodger...
they're standing up boys-time to load them cannons with grapeshot and cut 'em down like the scum they are!!!
This is a good laugh coming from the Democrats that controlled the House of Representatives uninterrupted for 40 years.
I remember Rush telling us about some poor Republican who had the temerity to show up for a committee meeting and being told the Democrats were deciding what they were going to do, and he wasn't needed or wanted, and to go away.
Anyone else remember Tip O'Neil lifting President Reagan's budget (unread) over his head and declaring it Dead On Arrival.
The Republicans just can't compare to the Democrats good manners and inclusiveness. /S
Because God looks after drunks, children, and the United States of America.
It's because the Republicans are evil, we hate them all, they never worked an honest day in their lives, yada yada yada, ...
NONE....actually I don't know any...
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