The Oh, So Serious President Clinton and his National Security Team...
I'll pass. I'm eating.
Only a proctologist would be able to watch that interview with any sort of detachment. Clymers - in stereo!
LOL... somebody's hot for this.
I saw it. He had the same, or worse, demeanor as when he pointed his finger at millions of Americans and said he did not have sex with that woman. What a petty, pathetic and shameful spectacle for an ex-president.
I miss the days when former Presidents posessed enough dignity to stay in the background..........oh, that's right, only former Republican Presidents do that.......my mistake.
I'm sooooo looking forward to the impeached one reminding Americans what it means when he wags his finger in our faces. The fact that there is an election right around the corner will make it that much more enjoyable to watch.
Tune in - if you want to see what a rat looks like when cornered.
Thanks for the thread Howlin....
Wonder if Russert will dare to ask him anything on "Meet the Press"? My guess is, he'll ask Clinton in a non-confrontational way that allows Bill to look good.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton, angrily defending his efforts to capture Osama bin Laden, accused the Bush administration of doing far less to stop the al Qaeda leader before the September 11 attacks.
In a heated interview to be aired on Sunday on "Fox News Sunday," the former Democratic president defended the steps he took after al Qaeda's attack on the USS Cole in 2000 and faulted "right-wingers" for their criticism of his efforts to capture Osama bin Laden.
"But at least I tried. That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now," Clinton said when asked whether he had failed to fully anticipate bin Laden's danger. "They had eight months to try, they did not try. I tried. So I tried and failed."
The September 11 attacks occurred almost eight months after President George W. Bush succeeded Clinton in January 2001.
"I authorized the CIA to get groups together to try to kill him," Clinton said. He added he had drawn up plans to go into Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and launch an attack against bin Laden after the attack on the Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden.
"Now if you want to criticize me for one thing, you can criticize me for this: after the Cole, I had battle plans drawn to go into Afghanistan, overthrow the Taliban and launch a full-scale attack search for bin Laden. But we needed basing rights in Uzbekistan -- which we got after 9/11," Clinton said.
The former president complained at the time the CIA and FBI refused to certify bin Laden was responsible for the USS Cole attack.
"While I was there, they refused to certify. So that meant I would have had to send a few hundred special forces in helicopters, refuel at night," he said.
Earlier this month, Clinton dismissed as "indisputably wrong" a U.S. television show that suggested her was too distracted by the Monica Lewinsky scandal to confront the Islamic militant threat that culminated in the September 11 attacks.
Thanks for starting this thread. I will miss the first airing in my time zone this morning, because I'm going to church. But I'll read the thread, as I watch the 2nd airing late this afternoon.
Thanks to all of you brave souls who can watch it. I was screaming at the clips yesterday, and don't think I can bear to see any more.
ping for later
Isn't it CHRIS Wallace? ;^)
Outrageous that Republicans are not allowing him to save lives, lots of lives...lots of young blonde lives, lots of young, blonde with family problems, good butts and loose morals lives...
Just a damn shame.