''We Have to Get Bush''

American Prowler ^ | 5/20/02 | The Prowler

[alnick]

I'm not sure that the 1999 report really tars Bush. Maybe it does, but I can't help but think about all the little time bombs that Clinton left for Bush and about his withholding the keys and not cooperating with the transition. It's not too much of a stretch to think that Clinton and his people may have withheld some vital information from Bush.

[Political Junkie Too]

Daschle:This is an evil man and will do any thing for power Between him and Clintons they have killed the democrat party

Don't forget McAuliffe's complicity in that.

-PJ

[r9etb]

Points taken. But what I want to know is: Are clearances issued WITHOUT proper backround checks being done?

Well, IIRC Monica Lewinski had a Top Secret clearance. 'Nuff said?

And it's highly likely that many staffers without clearances nevertheless have access to the data.

This incident gives the Executive Branch an opportunity to engage in a little mischief with Daschle's folks: security audits, background checks, leak investigations, and a requirement for proper security procedures are just a few of the entirely defensible moves that Bush can make to cramp the D's style.

And Daschle would be a fool to complain....

[Irish Eyes]

Democrats old habits die hard don't they ????

[Harrison Bergeron]

"Cheney told Tim Russert, the week following the attack that there was plenty of warning, but no specific details that would have prevented the attacks."

And this is the statement that came back to bite him via the Friday 17 May AP wire release. Whether there is culpability directly in the Whitehouse is in doubt, but a case is building that the CIA and FBI ignored warnings that hijacked airliner missiles were a very real potential threat.

[alnick]

You sound like you think that the Bush WH did nothing about the AQ threat. Have you forgotten that Bush had already put together a plan to do away with AQ before the 9/11 attack? The only other possible thing that they could have done would have been to insist on racial profiling at airports, which I do believe was a mistake on Bush's part. In fact, he's still making that mistake.

He would have taken a political hit over that, but it would still have been the right thing to do.

[Eva]

No, that warning came in 1995, under the Clinton administration, and mentioned again in '98 in a psychological terrorist profiling. It was never brought to the attention of the Bush administration. Maybe if Clinton had taken the threats seriously and passed the information on to Bush, you would have a case. But that never happened. The full responsibility lies with the Clintons and Gore.

[FryingPan101]

Love it. Thanks, MnM!

[Constitution Day]

I'll spare you the obvious Rosie O'Donnel joke.

Obvious, but always good for a chuckle!

CD

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Drudge, 11/01/2001:

[Constitution Day]

That is truly horrifying.

Almost as much so as... dare I say... President Hillary!

[KSCITYBOY]

Daschle gets re-elected because he brings a lot of federal money into a state with a very small population. Almost everyone in SD is going to benefit from federal highway dollars and farm subsidies.

[TankerKC]

[texasbluebell]

...but I can't help but think about all the little time bombs that Clinton left for Bush and about his withholding the keys and not cooperating with the transition. It's not too much of a stretch to think that Clinton and his people may have withheld some vital information from Bush.

Excellent point. It was rumored at the time that the 'toons were doing just that. I certainly wouldn't put it past them!

[Harrison Bergeron]

"You sound like you think that the Bush WH did nothing about the AQ threat."

And you sound like you're trying to paint me with that stupid "Bush-hater" brush to avoid accepting valid criticism of the current administration. I matters not what the Bush or Clinton admins did or didn't do w/r/t al Quaeda prior to 9/11. The buck stops in the Oval Office. All of the intelligence failings of the FBI and CIA - past and present - will fall at GWB's feet, whether we think it's justified or not. It's his job, it's that simple. That 90% of the spinning in the press is being done by the RATS is to Bush's credit.

And the AP newswire that came out on Friday 17 May did reveal that the intelligence community was at least provided with a written psych profile describing a US hijacking threat by ME terrorists. The only reason that this isn't resonating is because it happened on Clinton's watch, but Bush owns the FBI and CIA now - somebody better be standing in the middle of a big carpet in the White House answering some mighty tough questions.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Daschle and Gebhardt are doing the work of SATAN.It is the only way the dishonest can trash the honest.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Baylor invited Janet Reno to address student and alums last fall. Even though my daughter graduated from there, I would tell the President to choose a different Texas college for his library. Baylor has demonstrated a lack of judgement by:

• Inviting Reno to speak
• Consulting the Clinton Library for advice

Therefore: they should lose the honor!

Bush could take his library to UT, SMU, Rice, Texas Tech -- any number of other places, unless Baylor GROVELS for their indiscretions and apologizes profusely! Keep in mind that UT already hosts Lyndon Johnson's library.

[alnick]

No, I don't know whether you hate Bush or not. I am pointing out that Bush did do something. I am suspicious of anyone's motives who gloss over the fact that he did. And as far as where the buck stops for 9/11: Squarely at Osama Bin Laden's feet. The attitude that we're going to tar and feather a president, any president, because the buck stops with him, whether he had any way to have any inkling of a problem or not, is wrong. If he did something wrong, he did something wrong. If he is a good president and you have sewer rats trying to bring him down so that they can regain power, you don't help the sewer rats by pinning blame on him for something that couldn't be stopped.

As I said before, other than racial profiling, what could have been done? Close down all of the airlines? Tell the American people not to fly? Or go after the people who are planning to attack us. Bush picked the only reasonable solution of the three. He did something, and it was significant. The attack happened before it could be put into action, but he did act on the information.

[Harrison Bergeron]

"The attitude that we're going to tar and feather a president, any president, because the buck stops with him, whether he had any way to have any inkling of a problem or not, is wrong. "

We agree. But that won't stop the tarring and feathering. It will go on in the press and will commence in earnest amongst the people the very second the next lethal terrorist attack hits the United States. After that, the administration will need to fear that if they don't profile ME immigrants, the citizenry will, with gusto.

[alnick]

Yes, I agree with that.