Posted on 05/07/2002 5:45:36 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:39:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON
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Administration officials say the motivation to send Clinton was to convey a message of "no hard feelings" toward his administration, and at the same time avoid sending Clinton to a higher-profile event that might stir resentment within Bush's conservative base ...
Is he trying to play both sides? Very dangerous miscalculation (pandering).
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I meant that if Gore were in office, we might be trying on our abayas and burquas and chadors pretty soon...
Honestly, I believe in our lifetime that we will see gangs of European Muslims threatening and shouting "whore" at any unblanketed woman in Paris. (Happens already in the Netherlands) Parisian women will be forcibly converted to Islam and wear the hijab instead of Yves St. Laurent and Chanel. 20% of those living in France were not born there, and roiling ghettos of angry Algerians surround Paris. . The poor, unarmed, helpless, feminized European men won't be able to look at women *then*.
Quick quiz: When was the last time that you heard of East Timor before this?
Here! Hear ! Thanks, Doug !!!!
I wouldn't classify myself as a move-on'er, I have often been disappointed in Bush for not going after the Clinton administration for their criminal behavior. Sadly, I have resigned myself to the fact that that is not going to happen, at least any time soon. Possibly, Bush is waiting to clear out all of the Clinton bureaucrats who would obstruct any investigation, and replace them with loyalists, but that is only wishful thinking on my part.
The way things stand now, Bush is the President, and he is doing things his way. Sometimes, that is good, sometimes not. This latest move, if true, is a mixed bag. It does lend some credibility to Clinton as a representative of the current government, but it also sends him to a place that is largely irrelevant to his delusions of grandeur, and gets him out of interfering with more important issues while he is gone.
Tell me this is just a rude joke!
Can a Republican president REALLY be this stupid?
He has displayed his disgust at Clinton and at Hillary Clinton and at Algore in many ways up until now - the most recent being the Hillary in the Burka joke at Saturday's Dinner. (Notice, he did not call her "Senator" Clinton!!!)
It appears the Bush team has decided that whenever possible, they will respond to the clamoring cries of the presstitutes with something that will keep them quiet on whatever issue it is they are blabbering over.
I don't agree with that plan, particularly. But that is the plan.....and President Bush and his team have done quite well so far on many issues (not all - but on many).
President Bush has said over and over again that he wants to unite the country and that he is President of all the American people.
His advisors obviously think that his conservative supporters will stay with him no matter what because of the horror of the alternative. They are playing a dangerous came with these calculations. They underestimate the conservative base, IMHO, of the Republican party. They forget that a huge option - one that helped ensure Clinton was elected in the first place - is either to stay home or to find a 3rd party candidate.
Having said all that - and hoping that some liberal in the Bush administration might be reading this thread because I think some insiders DO get a pulse from here on FR - or their staffers do - about moves the Bush administration makes - I still think this is quite a stroke of genius by the President.
East Timor? And Clinton will not be going alone - he is part of a US Delegation!!!! Which means he cannot grandstand without making the others in the delegation a bit peeved. It also means there will be people there to keep an eye on him if he makes contact with his old Riady friends or with any of the assorted bimbos who may be made available for him by his Indonesian or Chicom Friends.
Anyway - again, I do NOT LIKE the fact that President Bush is sending a rapist traitor on anything "official"....but if Clinton must be sent somewhere, East Timor is just exactly the place to send him.......to quiet the "use Clinton" critics - and the "you're vindictive" critics.
With that in mind, this latest development , while disturbing to me at first, seems to be as much a blow to Clinton's aspirations as it is an acknowledgment of his position as an ex-president
I have learned that in politics, you can't always get what you want (with apologies to Mick Jagger).
I agree that this decision is disgusting IF it turns out to be true, and is a BIG mistake. But I disagree with your conclusion. The part of his 'base' that claims they supported him, but didn't listen to what he campaigned on, and expected him to be far to the right of where he actually is, has already abandoned him.
Those of us who support him enthusiastically will be (extremely) disappointed in this decision, but it will not, on balance, take away our support because of the incredibly positive things he has done since his Inauguration. He may lose some support, but not much.
The vast majority of the people in America will neither hear about this, nor care.
I don't think it will even be a blip on the radar screen.
Agree.
America doesn't want to see Clintoon treated like some dictator from a Banana Republic. I hate Clintoon as much as you-- I really do, but it would be irresponsible of him to do this and it would be a monumental distraction guaranteed to lose the House this fall for the GOP.
Do you want Charlie Rangel to chair the House Ways and Means Committee? Do you want Nancy Pelosi as Majority Leader? How about Domestic and International Monetary Policy Subcommittee (of Banking) chair Maxine Waters and vice-chair Barney Frank? Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers and vice-chair Barney Frank? Vice-chair of the Constitution subcommittee (of Judiciary) Maxine Waters-- has she even read the document?
Only 6 seats stand in the way of that happening. This isn't a country of Tom DeLays. The country would hurt the GOP just like in 1998 and 2000.
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