Well, there is the proverbial "rub" with Clinton, isn't it? Give him an inch and he'll take over the planet.
Bring Bill back? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! For the love of all things great and small, GO AWAY ALREADY!
Jonathan Alter is way off base! Bush has selected the BEST VP possible IMO and he has assembled one of the BEST cabinets in recent history. I say let THEM take us through this crisis. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians will surely get things fouled up.
It was very evident from his speech last night that Bush and Co. have a goal, they have a plan, they've been working successfully with our allies. I say let them THEM continue and Pffffttt! to Jonathan Alter. What a maroooon!
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Clinton's Legacy: A Vulnerable America
-The number of "suicides" for people linked to this and other Clinton-related cases--
-Women in the Clinton Era: Abuse,Intimidation and Smears--
-The Anti-Hillary Homepage by MrBungle--
-Hillary Clinton-What America Needs to Know--
-Sen. Hillary Clinton--NewsMax.com Hot Topics--
Hillary! and Arafat's wife-
What a Whiny-butt!! He must be feeling bad that THIS administration doesn't pretend to care what the media thinks, forget about past Presidents. Johnnie-boy's got his nose all out of joint because Dubya is getting terrific advice from his own staff.
History is being written as we speak and this fool thinks he should be standing in front of the pack. History WILL record, however, how he and his ilk did their level best to destroy this country from within.
Did Benedict Arnold come out of retirement to advise the U.S. during the war of 1812?
A liability is still a liability, never mind the $10 million contract for memoirs. Clinton might be useful if we declare war on aspirin factories, but IMHO he should stay retired. If we HAVE TO take him at all, I would put him in a locked office with no radio, no TV, and no telephone, with a sign on the door that says "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
I suppose we could use Carter to build temporary housing for our troops (I hear he swings a mean hammer), but he's more known for his foreign policy blunders than successes (Iranian hostage crisis and the aborted rescue attempt).
One of the clearest reasons why is Clinton's history of using the American military as his personal toys. The 60 missles that Clinton lobbed at bin Laden, blowing up four tents and a camel, was certainly worthless. It may have been much worse that worthless. It may have emboldened bin Laden to believe that the US would never mount any effective response to terrorism, no matter what.
This President Bush does need to follow his father's example from 1991. His father obtained approval from Congress, as the Constitution requires, before a shot was fired. Now, in 2001, the same thing should be done. (House Joint Resolution 63, which is an official declaration of war, is currently bottled up in the House at the behest of leadreship.)
Come to think of it, Bill Clinton IS useful in one way. He is a bad example. Whatever Clinton did concerning terrorists and use of the military (and in other areas as well), President Bush should avoid like the plague.
But I don't think that's exactly what Alter, a confirmed Clinton suck-up, had in mind when he said Clinton could be "useful." Alter should hide under a rock for the duration of the war. Newsweek should apologize to the American people for publishing this drivel. But he won't, and they won't.
The (More er Less) Honorable Billybob,
cyberCongressman from Western Carolina
Click here for Billybob's latest, "The Engineering (and Law) of War."
Gerald Ford was a real idiot - he truly couldn't walk and chew gum at the same time - the liberals were right about him. Its ironic they are suggesting now we defer to him for advice.
Jimmy Carter, a fundamentally decent man, would have made a good minister. As a President he was a catastrophe - remember Tehran? Whenever he opens his mouth to say something political, he demonstrates his mond hasn't improved with age.
Bill Clinton? BILL CLINTON?? Foreign Policy advice? The ASPIRIN PLANT BOMBER? The warlord who directed the Somalia adventure???
The only President living who could give good advice, is, unfortunately, stricken with a mental illness which eh acquired WELL AFTER LEAVING OFFICE.
Unless these idiots figure out a way to commune with the dead, like Lincoln, Washington, Teddy Roosevelt or Nixon, they should keep their mouths shut.
They are only embarrashing themselves with these public displays of ignorance.
This is not a suggestion out of a “Saturday Night Live” cartoon. It’s a throwback to “The Wise Men” who advised Lyndon Johnson during the Vietnam War...
And we all know what a splendid job those "wise men" did (gag).
