I hate that word.
Tina07 is right. The fact is, that in light of the on-going disputed election in Florida, the Clintons instructed their various political appointees to not cooperate with the Bush transisiton teams, something that normally starts the day after the election. In this instance, any cooperation that did finally occur, started almost 2 months late. This was particularly true about any "sensitive" information.
The Bush people were in office only 233 days before the 9/11 attack. During that time, almost all previous policies of the previous administration (including the previous budget) were left in place pending review (this happens to ALL incoming administrations). Tons (literally) of reports had to be reviewed ... all while the newer people were still learning how the telephone systems worked and meeting their subordinates. Little of an operational nature takes place in such an environment.
Many of us here on Freerepublic were not pleased with Bush's decisions to leave many of the Clinton appointees in office including George Tenet at the CIA and Louis Freeh at the FBI. We are still not enamored of Bush's position on our borders or illegal aliens... so you will not find "worship" of Bush here... nor do we equate support of Clinton with "otherworldly conspiracy theories about 9/11" but we do see that many of those on the opposing side subscribe to both. What you will not find here is an unthinking, illogical acceptance of the MSM and the left's willingness to lay the blame for 9/11 at George Bush;'s feet.
Quite frankly, many here see George W. Bush's attempts to govern from the middle as a serious problem as well as a betrayal of his conservative Republican base. We see him, time and again, offer the Democrats olive branches only to have them sieze them to beat him over the head with them. Time and again, he has kept his end of political and legislative agreements only to have the Democrats abrogate and violate those agreements for their partisan advantage.
You will find that we did indeed criticize WJ Clinton for the many unethical and self-serving acts that he did while President of the US... however, when we criticized him, we had facts and evidence to back up that criticism... and those criticisms were based on thought, not feelings.
You will win no friends here by accusing Freepers of being members of a Cult or even hinting at it. Ad hominem arguement will get you no where except reported to the moderators. If you disagree... do so... but do not denigrate those on this forum who disagree with you.
Few people took Islamic Fascism seriously before 9-11. Pointing fingers is pointless, but whitewashing Clinton's record is wrong.
Beautifully said!