Posted on 05/17/2002 7:47:31 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
My friends, I want you to listen to my brilliant Hour One challenge to the Republicans in Congress. The Democrats are demanding top-secret documents prepared for the president on Osama bin Laden and Middle Eastern men training at our flight schools.
Ari Fleischer says the White House is working with congressional committees investigating the matter. Cheney warned against playing politics, and Condolleezza Rice gave a briefing. All that's fine, but if congressional Republicans do not repeatedly and loudly demand likewise for Sandy Berger, Madeleine Albright - and, yes, Bill Clinton - to get to the bottom of their failure to act on the Sudanese government's offer to hand over Osama bin Laden, then they're not worth supporting.
I am very serious about this. If the White House is going to contribute, it's up to House Republicans to borrow, beg or grow a spine and conduct themselves the way the Democrats would in these sorts of circumstances. If congressional Republicans don't assert themselves, Daschle Democrats are going to roll right over them in this investigation and it's going to turn out to be nothing more than a Robert Bork-type hearing.
This is not about blame or "gotcha." It's about facts. In the current See, I Told You So, I remind you that of my warning that foreign policy would be then-Governor Clinton's downfall - and now stories are coming out about exactly this sort of thing happening related to September the 11th. CNN reports that the United States was warned in 1995 of a plot to hijack airplanes and attack buildings, and sent a similar warning on September 11th...of 1999. Fight it, guys - now.
On the other hand, we have Bush pandering to Mexico and its caudillo/guerilla socialist kleptocratic political culture in an extremely dubious atempt to win Hispanic votes.
The following will serve as an illustration of how a certain politician adored by many conservatives is just another generic DC punter playing around with words, depending upon his audience to define his political identity:
The following are excerpts from a March 23, 2002 Washington Times piece by Bill Sammon.The following are excerpts from a March 23, 2002 Washington Times piece by Bill Sammon.
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"MONTERREY, Mexico: ----- ------- yesterday said Americans are duty-bound to 'share our wealth' with poor nations and promised a 50 percent increase in foreign aid, but 'We should give more of our aid in the form of grants, rather than loans that can never be repaid,' he said. 'We should invest in better health and build on our efforts to fight AIDS, which threatens to undermine whole societies.'
"In addition to the moral, economic and strategic imperatives of increasing foreign aid, ----- ------- said, it could also help in the war against terrorism.
"'We will challenge the poverty and hopelessness and lack of education and failed governments that too often allow conditions that terrorists can seize and try to turn to their advantage.'"
Here's a small political quiz. Who is quoted above?
a) George McGovern
b) Bill Clinton
c) Al Gore
d) Al Sharpton
e) Jesse Jackson
f ) Ted Kennedy
g) George W. Bush
Hint: He's very popular here at Free Republic.
I think "Joe-average" citizen is way beyond sharpening his pitchfork about now. The treasonous behaviour of the Democrats has to be ended once and for all. November will be telling of the rage of the American public towards their actions. We can only hope that the VOTER FRAUD machine they've got going won't compensate for American rage at the polls.
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But Bush is too stupid to understand it. He's still living in Texas where all he needed to do was speak broken Spanish to a few locals and they would slobber on themselves. That will end with increase in numbers and political power.
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You are attempting to divert the discussion into my FEELINGS of animosity. This isn't about feelings. This is about stone cold logical analysis which you are attempting to get me to lay aside.
They were asking the senate republicans to simply hand the presidency over to Algor, and that's the problem. We need, immediately, a law saying that nobody profits from evil deeds; if a president is impeached, his stinkin veep goes out the door with him, and the presidency is handed over to the oldest US senator of the president's political party on condition that he may not ever run for president again, and the next election is on an equal basis as far as incumbancy.
Not at all, I just stated a fact that is evident. If you believe I've diverted the attention, I think you are guilty as well. Your statement below shows that your intentions are to demoralize those who believe in President Bush by labelling Bush supporters as "worshipers of the man".
For the life of me I can't see why some of you insist on worshipping this man.
It is imperative that President Bush wage war now at home and not allow any more of the previous administration to slide on their crimes that are exposed. Many of us who voted for President Bush knew what he was getting into and we also have patience for each step that must take place to accomplish it.
Jeffords made a strategic move, shutting down the Republican agenda. We must win in November to have success to prosecute after investigations have been completed. We had years of investigations but no one to finish the task.
Speaking of a dim bulb with never an intelligent phrase on his lips. "Well..."; Mr. Reagan; one of the most vapid men to ever capture the presidency; whose IQ was close to that of a half a glass of water.
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Prove it.
You can dish it out but you can't take it, can you? The only reason that I wrote that disparaging remark about Reagan is to skewer your hero the way you skewer other peoples hero; that being our President at the moment.
Debate your points reasonably and you'll get a reasonable response.
I'm willing to wait, I've got nothing but time, until November to see who's the victor, and what our options are. Have you been paying attention the last few days? The democrats have, with the media's complicity made outrageous claims against the Bush administration over a "memo". That has caused a minor distraction for some unknown reason. Speculaton is that to lower Bush's approval rating.
We've had this discussion before and my opinion or attitude has not changed. For prosecutions to stand there has to be witnesses from the Democrat party to come forward and to stay alive. The democrats have the "bait and switch" maneuver to a science. I've watched them in the last few days bring out the headline of Bush knowing before of 9/11 and did nothing. Now they have switched their tactics and blaming the Republicans and Bush's Admin of mistating, pointing fingers and all out misrepresenting what the democrats reported.
We'll just have to see what happens in the days to come. I stand behind this President and will continue to pray that no weapon formed against him shall prosper. Not just for his sake but for ours, that we may find ways and methods to counteract those in our Country who desire to destroy from within.
One thing I've come to realize is that, I don't like getting my news of what the President said from news reports. The grapevine mentality has the drawback of missing relevant information to make my final judgement from.
No question of that. Yet what I'm referring to is the fact that for one thing - Bush is highly intelligent. However, he is not as brilliant as maybe a Clinton. Yet Bush has the qualities that make a great leader where only intelligence will not do it. Clinton has intelligence yet he uses it to promote himself, he is basically corrupt and uses that intelligence in getting involved in corruptness.
Bush has strong moral character, is a religious man, is a wonderful uniter with the ability to bring out the best in those that work with him. He is not ego-driven to the point he will not surround himself with the very top people, he is not geared to making himself look good. He is very confident, has a simple view of right and wrong and wonderful instincts. He is grounded in the views of the middle America segment - not the Washington crowd.
Without these qualities he would not have become the strong leader he is, he would not have stepped forward like he did, he would not have been surrounded by the greatest possible team as we battle with terrorists.
These qualities were not appreciated until we saw how they worked in his favor and the confidence and trust that he has been able to build.
I'm not expecting anything from Chester (I got one canned reply to 18 e-mails), but I always get a timely response from Nickels. He's either a really great guy, or he has the most dedicated staff on the Hill. I like these folks. It seems like I always get a reply from SuSieR (how appropriate.)
Republicans, listen, and listen hard: YOU HAVE YOUR BASE BEHIND YOU 110%, NOW GO TO BATTLE MODE, AND KICK THEIR A$$!
It's time to take this thing apart and put it back together the right way........pun intended!
By the way, if SuSieR is lurking out there, tell your boss I trust him. As for yourself, if I wasn't the happiest man on earth, and had the greatest woman to make me that way...I'd be coming to Washington and we'd have some supper.
Still, just Timy
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