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To: m1911
Yeah, there is hardly a more Left Wing site than American Politics but it still makes a reasonable point (and that's why I posted it).
There is, in my belief, enough blame to go around from Democrats to Republicans, from Reagan to Clinton and both Bushes. All have contributed ot the mess that now needs to be cleaned up.
7 posted on 09/21/2001 8:28:42 AM PDT by Bouncer
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To: Bouncer
Please let us not start on another round of "they're all the same".

They're not.

Clinton was not only "an unusually good liar" he was also a crook, a coward and a traitor. When faced with the terror bombing of our embassies, he blustered and promised and blew over $20 million in cruise missiles for ZIP in results, timed so as to distract from his problems with keeping his pants zipped and being caught in bald-faced lies.

They're not all the same.

9 posted on 09/21/2001 8:45:11 AM PDT by jimt
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To: Bouncer
I love the laying of blame on airline security while crying to protect our rights. There is only one dangerous weapon in the world, and it will never change. It cannot (currently) be scanned for and if it ever can, I will fight against the use of that scanner. That weapon is the will to kill. The next time, they won't use knives, they'll bring large guys who can snap necks, or necklaces they can use to strangle, or something else I shudder to even imagine.

BTW, I understand what you are trying to do, and I don't even mind. But the humor in this article being titled "Stop the Spin" is just a little much for me.

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Both political parties have supported autocratic regimes, including Kuwait, rather than giving preference to nations willing to institute democratic reforms.

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The Clinton White House provided the leadership in insisting on funds to combat terrorism. Indeed, to promote bipartisanship, Clinton brought Republicans into his Administration, Louis Freeh to head the FBI and William Cohen to head the Defense Department.

He was left in place over the last 5 years perhaps because he belonged to the same church as the (Republican) FBI Director.

Two of the most vocal proponents of the "blame Clinton faction of the Republican Party have been Orrin Hatch and Dana Rohrabacher.

George Bush and John McCain were the number 1 and number 2 recipients of the largesse of the air transport industry in 2000 and 16 out the top 20 recipients were Republicans.
(BTW, I love blaming the airline Industry for this. It makes so much sense, as you can see the wonders it's done for their profits...)

The Congress, under Republican control, steadfastly blocked US intervention in the Balkans and, after intervention, undermined US peacekeeping.

Republicans have committed evil deeds in preventing the resolution of the Palestinian crisis in Israel, perhaps the worst of which was George Bush advisor Richard Perle urging Israeli delegation to walk out during the 2000 presidential election for the [19].

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This effort has disserved our country, verging at times on outright disloyalty.

That act, so profoundly disloyal to the United States, was but one of many examples of collusion between the far right of this country and religiously intolerant, i.e., anti-Muslim elements in Israel. But the problem is far broader than the right-wing of this country.

Legal analyst Jonathan Turley says, rightly, that war is something that states engage in and that declaring war on bin Laden merely magnifies him [26].

This effort -- to undo Constitutional protections and strip the American people of legal safeguards to their rights -- is well underway.

Yes, it is. It started right after the signing of the Articles of Confederation and has proceeded in fits and starts since then. Regarding the declaration of war, it is unnecessary. It was made so by the Hero of the Glorious Revolution, FDR. Check March 9, 1933, beginning of the American Empire. We have been under emergency powers since, and no one even talks about it. I'm paranoid about the gov't, and until I looked it up on findlaw.com, even I didn't believe it.

12 posted on 09/21/2001 9:01:26 AM PDT by m1911
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