I'd call Hill a weasel too, but that would be an insult to ferrets everywhere!
Posted on 01/25/2003 2:02:29 PM PST by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
Sen. Hillary Clinton called President Bush's homeland security plan a "myth" yesterday, charging that Americans are nearly as vulnerable to terrorism as they were before the Sept. 11 attacks.
In her most scathing challenge to the President's domestic security efforts, Clinton said the White House has done little to prevent terrorism at home beyond "reorganizing existing bureaucracies."
"Our vigilance has faded at the top, in the corridors of power in Washington ... where leaders are supposed to lead," she told a conference on homeland security at John Jay College of Criminal Justice on the West Side. "We are not prepared ... and our approach to securing our nation is haphazard at best. We have relied on a myth of homeland security - a myth written in rhetoric, inadequate resources and a new bureaucracy."
Stealing spotlight
Hoping to influence the national debate, Clinton launched her broadside just before Bush delivers the State of the Union address Tuesday. She also made a rare TV appearance, visiting CNN studios.
Democrats, stung by the GOP's midterm election sweep, have decided Bush could be vulnerable on domestic security and the economy. But Clinton's advisers said she was acting alone.
Tom Ridge, who was sworn in yesterday as the nation's first homeland security secretary, called Clinton's remarks a "very unfortunate characterization."
"It's not a myth that 170,000 people go to work every day at the borders. I suspect that everybody in the Congress sees the workforce at airports," he said. "It's not a myth that twice a day representatives of the intelligence community ... consult with one another."
Clinton singled out the lack of money for first responders - cops, firefighters and others who are charged with preventing and rushing to the scene of an attack.
She said her office surveyed 40 New York counties and municipalities and found that 70% received no federal homeland security funding, although they spent $2.6 billion from their budgets to fight terrorism.
Slap at tax cuts
"Unfortunately, the main idea to come out of the administration in recent weeks is to eliminate the tax on dividends," Clinton said. "Will ending the dividend tax ... keep a dirty bomb out of New York Harbor?"
She said the White House must act quickly because any move against Iraq will increase the terror threat: "Those who wish us ill ... will try to retaliate."
Clinton announced she is introducing a bill to appoint a federal terrorism coordinator for the New York region, tighten security along the Canadian border, improve the communication systems of first responders and track the health of victims and rescue personnel in any terror attack.
The President must be doing all the right things. If Hitlery and Bill disagree I feel -policy must be good.
Did she do this on TV already, has the witch been on CNN-already? Or will all this VRWC garbage be aired soon (pre-taped?) and this is a warning?
I'd call Hill a weasel too, but that would be an insult to ferrets everywhere!
during her husbands administration!
I believe the Ermine is a short tailed weasel. There are also Least Weasels. There are probably other as well.
The Ferret is a cousin to the weasel, but does not grow in the wild. It is evidently a breed established in captivity.
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