Posted on 01/31/2007 4:15:14 PM PST by neverdem
The bell has just rung on the 2008 presidential sweepstakes and already more entries have crowded into the gates than the American grandstand can count, much less account for. That's all to the good, as the only winners over the past two decades have been named either Bush or Clinton. Still, since nothing less than the fate of the nation seems to be at stake, it is imperative that all candidates be measured...
--snip--
Deeply frustrated by nine seasons of blockading by Clinton lawyers and Democratic congressmen, Mr. Barrett issued a statement saying, "An accurate title for the report would be, 'What We Were Prevented from Investigating.' " What, indeed. In an online column written before he signed on as President Bush's press secretary, Tony Snow reported that by all accounts the redacted pages contained enough damning evidence to sink Mrs. Clinton's presidential ship.
--snip--
I can personally vouch for the Clinton-IRS strategy. In 2002, after I had learned of Mr. Clinton's intrusion into the case I had reported to the IRS, I informed Mrs. Clinton of the facts I'd uncovered. Soon enough the IRS came calling with unwarranted tax demands and threats of criminal investigation. I replied accusing the IRS of conspiring with the Clintons and the media conglomerate to perpetrate "institutionalized terrorism." The agency, finally grasping the irony that it was seeking to punish its own whistleblower, quickly backed off.
--snip--
Now that the senator from New York has announced "I'm in to win," voters should demand that their representatives release the mystery pages so that they may examine Mrs. Clinton red in tooth. Otherwise, Americans run the risk of going to the polls in 2008 seeking the rebirth of a nation only to discover that they have merely traded the devil for a witch.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Ping
All it takes is one member of Congress, correct?
Hillary will kill anyone who release the full report.
The Fort Marcy Park special.
Arkancide.
this paragraph of the article struck me as being closest to the whole truth:
Alas, there are several unholy answers to that riddle. The first is the cynical theory that we don't really live in a democracy but in a series of autocracies changed at fixed intervals. Thus the inevitable corollary: At the top, power-brokers stick together. It further must be clear to the Republican brain trust that the party is on course to take an even worse drubbing in 2008 than it did in 2006, so they're surely counting future cards. And if they have to suffer a Democrat in the White House, who better than Mrs. Clinton, poster girl for moral ambiguity? In that event, it follows, the sequestered pages of the Barrett Report would surely give the Republicans a dandy wild card when upcoming hands are dealt on Capitol Hill. Bluntly put, they'd have Mrs. Clinton at least halfway in their pocket.
Nope....... All it takes is one GUTSY member of Congress.....and therein lies the problem.
PING
So what does this mean? They'll let her skate into the WH and then just dangle this over her head when they want something?
That's the way I read the article. Certainly, there must be one Congress person willing to produce the missing pages.
Just try to find one.
That is so damn true. I would love to get rid of every one of them, just to get 1 person in there with a set of cajones
Contacting my two Georgia Senators right now.
that seems to be the standard M.O. in DC.....look at the Sandy Burger deal and almost everything else.
Is that right? One?
Why can't WE, the PEOPLE, DEMAND that the missing pages be made public? Ooops, lost my mind for a minute......forget that I said anything.
Why not candidate Hunter?
Why not candidate(s) Hunter, Tancredo or Paul?
"Contacting my two Georgia Senators right now."
Me, too!
I live in New York and I'll be calling mine tomorrow.....there I go again....forget it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.