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Bill Clinton: John Kerry Soft on National Security
http://www.newsmax.com ^ | Sunday, July 10, 2005 | staff

Posted on 07/10/2005 9:29:30 PM PDT by bitt

Ex-President Bill Clinton criticized Sen. John Kerry on Friday, saying he lost his presidential bid last year because he was soft on national security.

Addressing Colorado's Aspen Ideas Institute, Clinton dissected Kerry's campaign with event moderator Walter Isaacson.

According to the Aspen Times, Clinton "blamed the Democratic candidate's soft stand on security" for his defeat.

He recalled that while campaigning on behalf of the Massachusetts Democrat last October, "it was clear even Kerry's supporters weren't clear on the candidate's position on national security."

"I think, in the end, he lost in a close race because of the security issue," Clinton told Isaacson.

He also said Kerry didn't do enough to reach out to rural voters, who were likely to support Bush.

"You can't win an election in this country unless you talk to people who you think aren't for you," Clinton said. "A person who wants to be president has to be at home with issues and people when he knows he's on the losing side."

Clinton was accompanied to Aspen by his wife, 2008 presidential hopeful and Kerry rival Hillary Clinton. Sen. Clinton was scheduled to address the Aspen Ideas Institute Sunday afternoon.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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To: PhilDragoo; Grampa Dave
We need a leader in the war on terror--not a Clinton.

You're so right. Grampa Dave coined the following phrase for the war on terror, which bears repeating often.

W W IV/The Final Crusade

I'll be off the board from the 12th-18th. Happy hunting.

101 posted on 07/11/2005 8:51:19 AM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do, but we're gonna getcha)
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To: bitt
Still disgusted at the audacity Bill Clintoon.
102 posted on 07/11/2005 10:27:37 AM PDT by Pagey (Whether Hillary Clintons' attacks on America are a success or a failure depends upon YOU TOO!)
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To: MJY1288

Now THAT was good!


103 posted on 07/11/2005 10:59:41 AM PDT by libs_kma (USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
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To: Pagey

And Hillary reminded her audience that after the 1993 Tower Bombing in NY, and when he got out from beneath his desk, her hubby took immediate steps to protect the state of New York from future attacks by hiring lawyers to build a case against the bombers.


104 posted on 07/11/2005 11:03:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: Happy2BMe; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; potlatch; ntnychik; Interesting Times; Grampa Dave; Chieftain; ..


Yellow-Kook alert!

 I smell cake! 

 Yellowcake? 




  
     

105 posted on 07/11/2005 12:55:22 PM PDT by devolve (-------------------------------------------------)
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To: KosmicKitty

jf'n got a LOT more votes than bubba -

thanks to Soros, the president of Progressive Insurance, etc...

lies and slander and a socialist agenda = manipulation of the masses.


106 posted on 07/11/2005 3:19:12 PM PDT by bitt ('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: frankiep
He did have a position on defense

He sits on de fence and Monica stands between his legs.

107 posted on 07/11/2005 3:28:02 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: Sacajaweau; Carl/NewsMax


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The CLINTONS used the arresting of the Blind Muslim Cleric Mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing as an example of their not being soft on Terrorism during the 1990's, when they were.

Even though it was the CLINTONS who refused 3 Offers from the Sudan during the 1990's to turn OSAMA bin LADEN over to U.S. Custody before he could hit us hard here at home after they had left the White House.

Even though it was actually RICK RESCORLA, and his lifelong Terrorism Expert friend DAN HILL, who actually tracked down that Blind Cleric's Brooklyn Temple as the hotbed of Anti-American fervor that it was.

England's New KING ARTHUR:

911 Lifesaving Hero RICK RESCORLA

http://www.RickRescorla.com

http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361

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108 posted on 07/11/2005 5:58:10 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: bitt

Bill Clinton is an expert on being soft on National Security!


109 posted on 07/11/2005 6:02:28 PM PDT by airborne
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To: bitt

He is campaigning for Hillary who is suddenly Ms. Defense! He should talk about being soft on security. These people are evil.


110 posted on 07/11/2005 6:04:09 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: ladyinred

hey, lady - where you bin?


111 posted on 07/11/2005 6:35:09 PM PDT by bitt ('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: PhilDragoo
"You can't win an election in this country unless you talk to people who you think aren't for you,"

Hillary must have done all her talking behind the scenes, as I recall she didn't answer questions on camera and only appeared on 'scripted' shows. Somehow it worked for her!

112 posted on 07/11/2005 8:37:44 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch
She hid behind her Secret Service detail while her "etiquette squads" beat up protestors.

Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald.

113 posted on 07/11/2005 8:42:16 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: PhilDragoo

We can only pray that the general populace learns what we know about her!


114 posted on 07/11/2005 8:58:49 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: bitt

And immediately following, hillary will say that Bush isn't fighting the war on terror properly, and that with 20/20 hindsight, she can fight the war better than Bush.


115 posted on 07/11/2005 9:06:51 PM PDT by ampat
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To: bitt; PhilDragoo; ALOHA RONNIE



116 posted on 07/11/2005 10:53:23 PM PDT by Light Speed
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To: bitt

It takes one to know one.


117 posted on 07/11/2005 10:57:28 PM PDT by Brimack34
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To: Light Speed; bitt; Grampa Dave; devolve; Smartass; potlatch; ntnychik; ALOHA RONNIE; SAMWolf; ...
SUDAN OFFERED HIM OBL

BUT BILL BLEW IT

118 posted on 07/12/2005 2:43:42 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: PhilDragoo



"Har'toum....a great and terrible thing.....on my beloved....it is the hour of prayer"

119 posted on 07/12/2005 4:10:11 PM PDT by Light Speed
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To: PhilDragoo; pookie18; Echo Talon; Boazo; Bassfire

#118 - fabulous!


120 posted on 07/12/2005 4:22:18 PM PDT by bitt ('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
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