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CLINTON'S LEGACY
Andrewsullivan.com ^ | 11/30/01 | Andrew Sullivan

Posted on 11/30/2001 11:20:31 PM PST by Croooow

CLINTON’S LEGACY: Spin this one, Gene Lyons! According to Drudge, Vanity Fair is preparing an investigative piece on the catastrophic failure of the Clinton State Department to snag bin Laden and learn vast amounts of information about al Qaeda in 1996 - occasioned by a remarkable offer to cooperate from the Sudanese government. I’ve mentioned this point several times before - and had the usual hysterical response from Clintonistas that I’m a "hater," etc, etc. (How many Clinton-"haters" edited a magazine that pioneered Clinton’s rise as a candidate? How many enthusiastically endorsed him in 1992? How many urged not to vote for conviction in impeachment? How many wrote a screed against Kenneth Starr at the height of the impeachment battle? How many consistently supported his right to a private sexual life? I did all of the above. My disgust at Clinton comes from nothing more than close empirical observation of his public malfeasance, corruption and lies for eight long years.) The truth is that the Clinton administration was worse than incompetent when it came to preventing international terrorism: its policies were dangerously naïve, ineffective and counter-productive. As usual, none of the main players will ever concede error. Which is why the press will have to work even harder to nail their culpability and remind us more forcefully of the damage the 42d president did.


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andrewsullivanlist; clintonscandals
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1 posted on 11/30/2001 11:20:31 PM PST by Croooow
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To: Croooow; *Andrew Sullivan list
Bump
2 posted on 11/30/2001 11:25:23 PM PST by Free the USA
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To: Croooow
Just wait the Clinton aplogists are going to come out of the woodwork.
3 posted on 12/01/2001 12:03:39 AM PST by camrad
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To: Croooow; *clintonscandals
Indexing.... God willing, this will be read by a lot of people over the holidays.

The Holiday *Best* of Bill Clinton & his Friends!

4 posted on 12/01/2001 1:41:59 AM PST by backhoe
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To: Croooow

THE CULPABILITY OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON

5 posted on 12/01/2001 4:04:52 AM PST by Shenandoah
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To: Croooow
In some sick way I wish Bill Clinton was President again, ONLY SO WE CAN IMPEACH HIM AGAIN!!!!
6 posted on 12/01/2001 4:09:14 AM PST by NY Cajun
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To: Croooow
A little nostalga for Mister Clinton. Kind of a little Vietnam anti-war like rift on his legency.

Hey, hey, ho, ho....
Pants around his ankles while Osama got away....

Hey, hey, ho, ho....
How many terroists you pardon today?


7 posted on 12/01/2001 4:11:01 AM PST by Doctor Raoul
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To: Croooow
I don't know how EITHER of these two can appear in public. They BOTH redefine "hubris." THIS -- besides the 4,000 dead -- is the bastard's "legacy:"

Clintoon's book will be published by Alfred Knopf Publishing.

“Knopf” is 13th Century German for “ incredibly stupid buyer of other peoples’ garbage.” Knopf is a very old publishing house best known for such early best-selling classics as

“How to Enjoy The Inquisition” by Father Torquemada
“You Get My Point?” by Vlad the Impaler
“Guillotine Maintenance and Repair” by Citizen Robespierre

Two of their more recent offerings are “PeeWee Herman’s Movie Guide” and “Gary Condit’s Guide to Picking Up Chicks.”

All available in a dumpster or landfill near you!

8 posted on 12/01/2001 4:12:59 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: Doctor Raoul
ROTFLMAO..

Now that I am finished laughing...It is reprehensible that our country had to suffer the attack it did because of this piece of Whale Feces.

9 posted on 12/01/2001 4:14:22 AM PST by Neets
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To: Doctor Raoul
Brilliant little chants there, Doctor. Cool. Old draft dodgers never die, young Rangers do. Drunken old-maid AGs never fry, but kids and Christians do.
10 posted on 12/01/2001 7:07:06 AM PST by jwfiv
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To: OneidaM; McGavin999; Pokey78; Miss Marple; Amelia; mountaineer; Teacup
Good news!
11 posted on 12/03/2001 7:56:49 AM PST by Howlin
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To: Alamo-Girl
FYI bump
12 posted on 12/03/2001 8:03:56 AM PST by Syncro
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To: Doctor Raoul; Howlin
Doctor Raoul, HA! HA! HA! That's a good one.

Howlin, well that sure is good news. I hope the truth about this scub bag comes out before I get any older, LOL. I'd like to see him and and his bitch wife in jail.

13 posted on 12/03/2001 9:03:16 AM PST by Teacup
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To: Howlin; Teacup; Croooow
Although I've learned never to underestimate Slick's ability to evade consequences for his acts, I sure hope this is the bit of news which, upon hitting the fan, causes even his biggest sycophants to wake up and smell the aforementioned excrement.
14 posted on 12/03/2001 9:14:09 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: Croooow
My contribution to the Clinton legacy:

clin-ton (clint’ n) [after Bill Clinton, late 20th century disbarred U.S. president whose administration is remembered primarily for impeachment, corruption and scandals.
Commonly referred to as:
DIRTPOTUSDisbarred Impeached Rapist Treasonous President Of The United States]
and as ’Clinton bin Lyin’

    --n.   1. Any lewd advance towards a person of the opposite gender, usually involving touching …*The boss did a clinton on his defenseless secretary*     2. Any instance of speech or conduct involving calculated deception …*The press conference on Kosovo was a real clinton*     3. Clintonitis A virus enduring all immune-system countermeasures of rejection …*Clintonitis is like a case of a sexually transmitted disease that just won't go away. The full extent of the pernicious aliment politicus Clintonitis, long unmentionable in mixed company, has intruded in full disgusting conspicuousness upon the national consciousness. *      4. clintonoid To adhere to, defend and support blindly, regardless of evidence, to speak with guile and malice; possessing the worst attributes of the First Felon ….* The clintonoid presstitutes, Brokaw, Jennings, Rather, Rivera, continued to spike all news detrimental to the administration.*      --vt.  1. To grope a person of the opposite gender in an unwelcome, unwanted manner …*He tried to clinton the man’s wife*     2. To communicate in a manner which clouds the truth by omitting essential information, or by playing with the meaning of words, or by other such deceptive means …*He clintoned his answer so much that nobody understood it*     3. To shamelessly promote a falsehood as the truth…*"Ken Starr – out of control," clintoned the media. President Bush’s Economy was the worst in the last 50 years was largely clintoned by the mainstream press *      --vi.  1. To act in a boorish manner while self- righteously maintaining the appearance of dignity …*He continued to clinton while the polls held up*      --adj.  1.Characterized by sleaziness or deceptiveness, lacking moral guidance …*It was a classic clintonian response* or *America’s downfall was due to the clintonization of society*     2. To foster divisiveness among races, creeds, genders, generations, classes, occupations, political parties…*The clintonized warring factions were not willing to enter peace talks*
See also: Apologies (Africa, Central America, Europe, South America), Arkancide, Arkcident, ‘Bill of Rights’ abrogation, "better put some ice on that", bimbos, bin Laedan support, Black churches burning, blue dress presidoo, Boy/Eagle Scouts, bureaucratic snafus, Cabinet investigations/indictments, Chinese Wars, cigar tricks, Clinton fatigue, ClintonLIEbrary, Clintonspeak, compartmentalize, Constitutional Crisis, demonization of opponents, DiCaprio interviews, disbarment, "Doing the work for the American people" = fundraising, draft dodging, Dreamworks’ scandals, Elian seizure/drugging/deportation, e-mails (100,000-1,000,000zip disks), equivocate, enablers & apologists, "even presidents have personal lives.", Executive Orders, Federal Land Grabs, fighting impeachment he had "saved the Constitution.", foreign boondoggle trips (Africa >$55 MIL, China >$78MIL. India >$58MIL), foreign deployments, ‘getting a Lewinsky’, gun confiscation, Hollywood money/influence, Homosexuals in military, Ignoring terrorists, Illegal (Campaign Funds, FBI files, travel office), impeachment, inactions against terroists(Kholabar Towers, Somolia, US Embassies, USS COLE, World Trade Towers), inappropriate, indefensible, ‘is’ is, Las Alamos files/fires, Leavenworth, lies, Limited English Proficiency (LEPers), Lincoln bedroom rentals, lost civil liberties, lost legacy, martial law, medical records stonewalling, military nonreenlistments, military unpreparedness, missile technology transfers, "mistakes were made", mother/grandmother conflicts, NATO aggression (Clinton’s Wars), obfuscate, obstruction of justice, oral sex, Oval Office pantry, Oval Office sink, perjury, ‘plunge’ protection team, politics of personal destruction, presidoo, presidential kneepads, ‘presstitutes’, prevaricate, scumbag, secret police, social engineering (abortion, guns, tobacco), Soviet Union resurrection, spin, stonewall, Taiwan abandonment, "they’re mean to me", treason, UN Sovereignty Rebellion, "vulgarizes everything he touches", ‘Wag-the-Dog (Monica bombs, Afghanistan, Iraq (Impeachment bombings), Kosovo, Pakistan, Serbia, Sudan), Waco, Western Forest fire-fighting money diverted, White House ‘coffees’, White House pastors, White House ‘porn downloads’, WhiteWater, women (Gennifer, Christine, Dolly, Eleanor, Elizabeth Ward, Juanita, Linda, Monica, Paula, Sharon , Susan, etcetera...etcetera...etcetera...).


15 posted on 12/03/2001 9:16:32 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen
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To: Croooow
Vanity Fair recently did an article on Clinton's hatred and lousy running of the military too. Someone there has finally gotten the hint about this man, and the damage he had done to this country!
16 posted on 12/03/2001 9:17:17 AM PST by ladyinred
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To: Croooow
Why worry about Clinton's legacy...we should be worrying about the damage done from even further back that made Clinton possible in the first place...FDR, for example, and even Lincoln.
17 posted on 12/03/2001 9:19:46 AM PST by wildconservatism
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To: Stand Watch Listen
Funny, I thought the list would be MUCH longer ;-)

Nice job....

18 posted on 12/03/2001 9:28:12 AM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Croooow
The Clinton years can be summed up in three "good" words:

Good gosh!
Good grief!
Good riddance!

19 posted on 12/03/2001 9:36:50 AM PST by wai-ming
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To: Syncro
Thanks for the heads up!
20 posted on 12/03/2001 9:43:43 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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