Posted on 09/26/2006 10:20:40 AM PDT by standingfirm
From behind the benign façade and the tranquilizing smile, the real Bill Clinton emerged Sunday during Chris Wallaces interview on Fox News Channel. There he was on live television, the man those who have worked for him have come to know the angry, sarcastic, snarling, self-righteous, bombastic bully, roused to a fever pitch. The truer the accusation, the greater the feigned indignation. Clinton jabbed his finger in Wallaces face, poking his knee, and invading the commentators space.
But beyond noting the ex-presidents non-presidential style, it is important to answer his distortions and misrepresentations. His self-justifications constitute a mangling of the truth which only someone who once quibbled about what the definition of is is could perform.
Clinton told Wallace, There is not a living soul in the world who thought that Osama bin Laden had anything to do with Black Hawk Down. Nobody said there was. The point of citing Somalia in the run up to 9-11 is that bin Laden told Fortune Magazine in a 1999 interview that the precipitous American pullout after Black Hawk Down convinced him that Americans would not stand up to armed resistance.
Clinton said conservatives were all trying to get me to withdraw from Somalia in 1993 the next day after the attack which killed American soldiers. But the real question was whether Clinton would honor the militarys request to be allowed to stay and avenge the attack, a request he denied. The debate was not between immediate withdrawal and a six-month delay. (Then-first lady, now-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) favored the first option, by the way). The fight was
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Yeah, that was my first thought: whoa, the Missus is warming up her frying pan arm right now!
I (unfortunately) caught some of O'Reilly on the radio last night and he was lamenting how it wasn't him who got the interview with the Bent One.
Phooey. He would have sucked up to the Toon big-time, not even close to Wallace's reaction.
He'll be surrounded by his Secret Service detail for the rest of his days...there won't be anything to see, I'm afraid.
C;mon, when they moved into the White HOuse in 1993, they set up in separate wings. At the time, they claimed it was because Bubba's "work" hours were so long.
frying pan or lamp, either way.
All of that is true, but people here forget that some 50 million Americans would follow "their" Bill
anywhere he leads them.
Oops, I am sorry I read that wrong.... I need to put on my reading glasses.
Secure? Of course never because his own legacy is actually perverse leadership.
Sociopathic Sexual Predator is more descriptive.
This character is Mr.COVERUP! The families of the TWA 800 victims would certainly lke to "talk" to this perp! So would I!
Having an ashtray thrown at your head or even lamps will tend to have that cause/effect.
If only Osama wore a blue dress.
>>>All of that is true, but people here forget that some 50 million Americans would follow "their" Bill
anywhere he leads them.>>>
And those same people would call us 'sheeple'.
Let's see...how can we squeeze "impeached ex-president" in there...?
Save me a seat...
This Liberal myth keeps getting repeated and General Tommy Franks explained this pretty well in his book !
Soccer Moms to Security Moms who aren't necessarily left or right; they just want to know that the government will do its job of protecting our country and vote for those who will do so.
Probably still would - if the price was right... reminds me of Oscar Wilde's conversation with a society matron.. "just what do you think I am".... "Madam, we've already established that.. now, it's just a matter of price.."
O'reilly was praising clinton last night. I think he was sucking up trying to land an interview. He did the same ass-kissing act for kerry in 04, trying to get kerry on his show. When kerry blew him off, O turned on him to some extent.
..on his show last night, he was defending Clinton.
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