[Hugh Akston]

LUCKY THOUGH he was, Bill Clinton never had his shot at greatness. [snip]

But he never got the opportunity George W. Bush was given this Tuesday: the historic chance to lead.

Yeah, Bush is real lucky right now.

Matthews ought to be ashamed.

But, I bet you Clinton feels this. I bet he saw what happened and thought to himself, "why could I have not been so lucky?"

He could lower the jobless rate,

He did nothing to do this.

balance the budget,

He did not even attempt to do this until after Republicans took over the House and forced it upon him.

console us after the Oklahoma City bombing.

He felt our pain, he bit his lip, he wagged his finger, he sold pardons, sold secrets, wasted tons of cash on travelling the world, left our economy in disrepair, left our military and intelligence communities in even worse disrepair.

But he never got the opportunity George W. Bush was given this Tuesday: the historic chance to lead.

[LurkerNoMore!]

The sick thing is that Clinton is probably angry something like this didn't happen during his 'reign'.

[thucydides]

Clinton did have his opportunity to lead. The most important long range financial issue of our times, the conversion of social security from a pay as you go Ponzi scheme to a true savings program for individuals, he ignored so Democrats could run for office by frightening senior citizens. Welfare reform he signed in desperation, facing a veto override. On national security he talked big, but did absolutely nothing about Khobar and USS Cole. Clinton was a frivolous and inconsequential president, who left a mess behind for others to clean up. And this is not even to mention his deep corruption.

[ken5050]

Did you read Thomas Friedman's column in today's NY Times?..Boy, this guy, normally an idiot, got religion in a hurry.....BTW..what Matthew's doesn't say yet, though everyone is probably thinking it, is thaty the political calculus for 2002 is completely changed......

[Darkshadow]

From the Onion,

Clinton Vaguely Disappointed By Lack Of Assassination Attempts

      CHAPPAQUA, NY— Reflecting on his presidency Monday, Bill Clinton expressed a "strange sense of disappointment" over the lack of dramatic attempts on his life.

      "All the great ones had someone take a crack at them," Clinton said. "Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Kennedy—even Reagan. An assassination attempt would have really elevated my status in the pantheon of presidents."

      "Is this how I'm going to be remembered? As the president who wasn't worth a couple pot shots?" Clinton asked. "For God's sake, even Ford had Squeaky Fromme."

      Clinton said an assassination attempt would have given the nation an opportunity to rally around its wounded leader.

      "I would have inspired every American with my strength and bravery," Clinton said. "Giving the American people a heroic thumbs-up despite my side wound as they loaded me into the ambulance, attempting to walk before my doctors really wanted me to, passing legislation and signing executive orders from my hospital bed in Annapolis... I would have been terrific."

      "The Reagan shooting, that made his presidency," Clinton said. "I still remember watching the coverage of it on TV back in Little Rock, thinking to myself, 'Man, that guy is playing this perfectly. Someday, I'm going to assure a shaken American people that it will take more than a bullet to stop me from leading this great nation.'"

      Those close to Clinton are beginning to worry about his preoccupation.

      "He'd never tell you this himself, but when it didn't happen in his last few months in office, he was inconsolable," former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta said. "He just kept staring out the windows, first at that little hill behind the Oval Office, then at the hedge in the Rose Garden, as if willing a lone gunman to appear. Saddest thing you ever saw."

      Podesta said Clinton had high hopes for a Nov. 14, 2000, visit to San Diego, a Republican-dominated city with a high number of ex-Marines. In addition to making three public speeches and waving to several large crowds in open areas, Clinton entered and exited numerous limousines and buildings during the trip. Not once, however, was the president ever in any danger.

      "At one point, we walked out of a hotel and were greeted by a throng of people," Podesta said. "With TV cameras rolling, Bill rolls up his shirtsleeves and starts working his way through the crowd, shaking everybody's hands. After a few minutes, he leans over to me and says, 'Right now would be perfect.'"

      Clinton Secretary of State Warren Christopher said he often tried to assure the president that he didn't need to be shot to be loved.

      "I tried to tell him it's no big deal, that plenty of the great presidents never got shot at," Christopher said. "Like Washington. Besides, no one remembers Charles Guiteau shooting James Garfield. Or McKinley getting plugged by that Hungarian guy in Buffalo. But he just looks at me with these sad eyes."

      Continued Christopher: "Then I reminded the president of Francisco Duran, the Army vet who took shots at the White House in 1994. All he could say was, 'Whoopee, someone shot at the White House while I was nowhere in the vicinity. That's really gonna secure my place in history.'"

[Emily RN]

He felt our pain, he bit his lip, he wagged his finger, he sold pardons, sold secrets, wasted tons of cash on travelling the world, left our economy in disrepair, left our military and intelligence communities in even worse disrepair.

But he never got the opportunity George W. Bush was given this Tuesday: the historic chance to lead.

Thank God Clinton never got the chance!!!
God knew he wasn't leadership material and our country would have been truly and utterly destroyed!!!