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Clinton, bin Laden, Wag The Dog and Fox News
self | 9/24/2006 | Technomage

Posted on 09/24/2006 9:03:18 AM PDT by technomage

After reading parts of the FoxNews Sunday transcript of the interview between Wallace and Clinton, something stuck out to me.

Clinton keeps claiming that 'right wing conservatives' were constantly complaining that he was too obsessed with bin Laden. I have mentioned previous that I have no memories of that happening. What I do remember is conservatives in general complaining about his obsession with Monica.

But, getting back to that claim that conservatives were complaining that Clinton was too obsessed with bin Laden.

After watching the rant, oops, interview, Clinton slipped up. He showed his cards by uttering three little words: wag the dog.

It was like a light bulb going off in my head.

Now it made sense. Clinton is once again 'mixing' historical events to conform to what he wants the world to remember.

Conservatives did use the wag the dog reference numerous times, not in reference to bin Laden, but in reference to Clinton's massive bombardment of Serbia, which had absolutely nothing to do with bin Laden.

Clinton, in the interview basically says, and I paraphrase:

conservatives were complaining that I was obsessed with bin Laden, you know the wag the dog references.

THAT is the statement that shows that either Clinton is having memory problems and mixing up events, or is lying.

All the wag the dog references in the 90's had nothing to do with bin Laden, but had everything to do with Serbia and Milosevic, as far as my meager memory serves. I may be wrong, and I may be unaware of statements to the contrary but as far as I can remember, all those references were regarding Milosevic and Serbia.

Claiming that 'right wing conservatives' were complaining that Clinton was obsessed with bin Laden is an outright lie. But to try and prove it by using the wag the dog reference was a stupid move on his part and illuminated his lack of facts to back it up. And in my view, invalidated the rest of the rant, er interview.


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To: technomage
All the wag the dog references in the 90's had nothing to do with bin Laden, but had everything to do with Serbia and Milosevic, as far as my meager memory serves. I may be wrong, and I may be unaware of statements to the contrary but as far as I can remember, all those references were regarding Milosevic and Serbia.

Excellent memory, and strange that nobody on the show recalled that. Perhaps you should e-mail Chris Wallace and point it out.

21 posted on 09/24/2006 9:20:48 AM PDT by Rocko ("I tried. I tried and failed." -- The impeached and disbarred Bill Clinton.)
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To: technomage

I vote for the "is lying" part. He's doing his best to confuse the public about the REAL history of what went on. Trying to preserve what little legacy he's got left!


22 posted on 09/24/2006 9:21:56 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: hnj_00
the 9/11 commission report...both state that he didn't do squat

From the Report....

President Clinton, in a February 2002 speech to the Long Island Association, said that the United States did not accept a Sudanese offer and take Bin Ladin because there was no indictment. President Clinton speech to the Long Island Association, Feb. 15, 2002 (videotape of speech). But the President told us that he had “misspoken” and was, wrongly, recounting a number of press stories he had read.After reviewing this matter in preparation for his Commission meeting, President Clinton told us that Sudan never offered to turn Bin Ladin over to the United States.President Clinton meeting (Apr.8, 2004). Berger told us that he saw no chance that Sudan would have handed Bin Ladin over and also noted that in 1996, the U.S. government still did not know of any al Qaeda attacks on U.S. citizens. Samuel Berger interview (Jan. 14, 2004).
23 posted on 09/24/2006 9:22:12 AM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: Dutch Boy
watched a documentary with Clarke blaming GWB for not responding to the Cole attack. I seem to remember that the Cole happened on Clinton's watch.

Clinton did the same thing during the Wallace interview.

24 posted on 09/24/2006 9:22:24 AM PDT by Rocko ("I tried. I tried and failed." -- The impeached and disbarred Bill Clinton.)
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To: Founding Father

I think it was the author/ socialite Dorothy Parker who made this remark--a propot of a person in the entertainment biz--that surely applies to BJC: "Everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie, including 'a' and 'the.'"


25 posted on 09/24/2006 9:22:29 AM PDT by Remole
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To: technomage
Clinton keeps claiming that 'right wing conservatives' were constantly complaining that he was too obsessed with bin Laden

I'd like to see film footage where an actual Conservative ranted about this I don't think i have ever seen ANY Conservative claim this ! I know i heard plenty of them including myself scream about him being a lieing bastard about many things but bin laden was never one of them at least about him obsessing he used bin laden for excuses but never because he was chasing him but to cover up him chasing a skirt !

26 posted on 09/24/2006 9:22:52 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (In everyday life there is more than meets the eye to reach the depths of truth we must DRAGTHEWATERS)
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To: technomage

Wag the Dog arose because of the fact that Clinton bombed the aspirin factory the night before scheduled impeachment vote. The other bombing was in response Iraq's attempt on Geo. H.W. Bush's life when B41 was in Kuwait for a victory lap.


27 posted on 09/24/2006 9:23:12 AM PDT by magoo70804
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To: onedoug
Waht is wrong with this...man?

A lot of things, including not wearing long enough socks.

28 posted on 09/24/2006 9:23:40 AM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: socal_parrot
Pray we don't suffer under another Clinton co-presidency in the future.
29 posted on 09/24/2006 9:25:27 AM PDT by Rocko ("I tried. I tried and failed." -- The impeached and disbarred Bill Clinton.)
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To: technomage
"Has my memory of these events failed me??"

You forgot your "/sarc" tag...

30 posted on 09/24/2006 9:26:11 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: Rocko
Perhaps you should e-mail Chris Wallace and point it out.

GREAT idea!

FNS@foxnews.com

31 posted on 09/24/2006 9:26:33 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Dutch Boy
He also lied when he said that he hasn't criticized President Bush. Everyone knows he does it at least once a month. Also, Bush would never go on TV and blame the liberals for his problems eve though he would be right if he did. He takes responsibility like a real man.
32 posted on 09/24/2006 9:27:55 AM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: technomage
Your memory is spot on. The lying degenerate sinkEmperor is trying to write the historical memory of his legacy. He is a liar and is always deceiving ... only when he is deceiving and getting dupes to swallow his koolaid is this degenerate man 'alive' otherwise he is a dead soul, a rotten tree from which thousands of sour acorns have fallen, the axis of acorns marshaled to balm sinkEmperor's egomaniac lust for worship.
33 posted on 09/24/2006 9:28:07 AM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: Rocko

Are these guys delusional or liars? Liars don't really believe what they say but delusional people truely believe their distortions.

Clinton, Clarke, Gore, Kerry, Dean and others are approaching a delusional state. They are sounding a lot like David Koresh and Jim Jones in their paranoia of the right.


34 posted on 09/24/2006 9:28:33 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Churchillspirit

LOL! That is too funny!


35 posted on 09/24/2006 9:29:25 AM PDT by fishergirl (Choose your vices carefully, then be loyal to them.)
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To: Dutch Boy

I don't know, but I don't like to see any of them in power.


36 posted on 09/24/2006 9:31:06 AM PDT by Rocko ("I tried. I tried and failed." -- The impeached and disbarred Bill Clinton.)
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To: technomage
My memory is that he was criticized for blowing up an "aspirin" factory. His timing and lack of further action is what concerned us "right wingers"!
37 posted on 09/24/2006 9:31:25 AM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: technomage

I think if you do some Googling around you'll find the aspirin factory in Sudan and the two tents and a camel taken out in Afghanistan were also part and parcel of "wagging the dog".


38 posted on 09/24/2006 9:31:32 AM PDT by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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To: Rocko

Please prefer not to bring that piece of scum into the conservation by using Pat Buchanan's name.
Why people listen to Buchanan is a complete mystery to me.
Anti America and, anti Israel seems to be all he wants too talk about lately.
Hard for me to believe he was once part of the GOP speech writers.


39 posted on 09/24/2006 9:31:37 AM PDT by buck61
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To: technomage

No you are absolutely correct. I too recall that the original Wag the Dog was the Predator in Chief’s desire to deflect the Monica - Broderick – Willey – Jones – Foster – White Water scandals to name just a few (did I miss any?) by bombing Serbia and taking the media’s attention away from his scandal riddle administration and personally deviant ways by attacking a country who’s affairs and were not in our national interests but would replace his problems and tonight’s big story.

Bin Laden wasn’t even a household name at the time.

This is just Bill’s sorry attempt to reinvent history.


40 posted on 09/24/2006 9:32:04 AM PDT by Caramelgal (Michael Steele doesn’t hate puppies – for the record, Michael Steele loves puppies!)
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