Hugh Hewitt MEGA PING!
ELECT MORE SOCIALIST BASTARDS LIKE DA$$HOLE, CLINTOON, GEPHARDLESS, LEAKY LEAHY, BIDEN, DODD AND KENNEDY, THIS NOVEMBER!
Call it the Ten Reasons to Strengthen Our Defense! (Elect Republicans)
"...Bush didn't anticipate how quickly a country as spoiled as ours could will 9-11 into the memory hole..Bush didn't foresee the cravenness of the commenting class, or the capacity of Tom Daschle to be both Iago and Cassius at the same time. Bush couldn't imagine a Patrick Leahy lying or (and forgive him here, no one could see this coming) a Hillary Clinton demanding answers from the White House.
Bush did not know that a Senate that could not understand what the meaning of "is" is, could never understand what the meaning of "war" was.
In short and in summary, President Bush was wholly unprepared for the decadence of D.C. as he found it in 2001.
But then again, so was I, and so apparently are the vast, vast majority of the American people. President Bush has found it prudent to disguise his disgust, but there is no reason why the electorate should. The reckoning is in November, and there is little that Dowd, Fineman et al can do about that." - Hugh Hewitt
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Bush didn't know that the country's "leading" newspaper would not think twice about headlining a columnist who questioned his courage, as Maureen Dowd did when, in writing about the use of a photo from 9-11 for fundraising she penned: "Fortunately for the Republicans, it's a photo and not a video. Otherwise we might hear the president nervously inquiring of his adult supervisor,From http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/september11/01.html:
'Hey, Dick, is it safe to come home yet?'"
President George W. Bush confers with Vice President Dick Cheney from Air Force One during his flight to Andrews Air Force Base Sept. 11, 2001."
I hope this is true. I would like nothing better than to sweep the Democrats into the trashbin of history. But I'm afraid there are too many people with no interest at all in what is going on and will vote only on what they hear in soundbites and headlines and the Dems know it. I think that is why they are continually bringing up ridiculous arguments and accusations. They know that come November only the soundbites and headlines will be remembered. The GOP must begin pushing the truth now. Waiting until a month or two before the elections will be too late, they will be overwhelmed by the soundbites. Now is the time to publicly challenge the inane and downright ridiculous charges being made.
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"...Bush couldn't imagine a Patrick Leahy lying or (and forgive him here, no one could see this coming) a Hillary Clinton demanding answers from the White House..."From http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/05/18/wh.hillary/:
White House accuses Sen. Clinton of fueling political divisionsAnd, since CNN chose to mangle Ari's quote, HERE is the full text of what he said, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/05/20020517-6.html:May 18, 2002 Posted: 7:38 AM EDT (1138 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- White House press secretary Ari Fleischer accused Sen. Hillary Clinton Friday of working to divide Americans along party lines.
The former first lady responded by saying she is simply "seeking answers and information" about recent revelations that President Bush was alerted prior to September 11 of possible terrorist attacks.
The row between the White House and the Democrat from New York began Thursday when Clinton appeared on the Senate floor and held up a copy of the New York Post with the headline of "Bush Knew."
"The president knew what?" she asked. "My constituents would like to know the answer to that and many other questions, not to blame the president or any other American, just to know."
Fleischer responded in his daily news briefing.
"I have to say, with disappointment, that Mrs. Clinton, having seen that same headline, did not call the White House, did not ask if it was accurate or not," he said.
"Instead, she immediately went to the floor of the Senate, and I'm sorry to say that she followed that headline and divided..."
May 17, 2002Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer
"...MR. FLEISCHER: I think Democrats and Republicans and everybody around the world is saddened and disappointed that we were unable to prevent an attack that took place in our country. Nobody can dispute that, Keith. But as the President said today, that if he had specific information that terrorists were planning to use those airplanes to attack our country, he would have taken the same action that any Democrat or Republican in the White House would have taken. Those are the facts.
Q If I could follow up on what Helen said --
MR. FLEISCHER: Keith, and then we'll --
Q I get a follow-up.
Q Do you know what he thinks, too?
Q You're indicating that you're welcoming an investigation. Yet the President today talked about this being a town of second-guessers. Vice President Cheney last night apparently said that some Democratic criticism was thoroughly irresponsible in a time of war, and we're going to be in a time of war for quite some time. Aren't you simultaneously trying to chill an investigation at the same time you say that you welcome it?
MR. FLEISCHER: Absolutely not. But there are relevant points to be made about the professional manner in which the investigation should be conducted. And on that point, I want to bring something to your attention that illustrates some of the language and the statements that were used or the suggestions by members of Congress yesterday that the administration might possibly have had information that it did not use or the President did not use.
And this is something -- there have been several responsible -- many responsible things said by Democrats. Senator Bob Graham of the Intelligence Committee, Senator Lieberman, Senator Feinstein. Senator Feinstein, in July of 2001, on CNN, on Wolf Blitzer's program, said, and I quote -- "Intelligence staff have told me that there is a major probability of a terrorist incident within the next three months." She continued, "The Vice President, when he spoke to the Democrat Caucus, mentioned that the administration was going to be working on the issue of homeland defense around that particular issue -- the point being the administration, prior to September 11th, as shared with the Democrats, was already moving on the homeland security front.
But the point I'm making vis-a-vis the statements by these Democrats yesterday that the President may not have acted on information that he had -- clearly, if Senator Feinstein, a Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, was aware of this, the question arises, what did the Democrats know and why weren't they talking to each other?
Q Who said these things? Who are you talking about on the Hill? Who acted in a manner, as Vice President Cheney said last night, "unworthy of national leaders in a time of war"? Who are you talking about?
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, I think that anybody who made insinuations or suggestions that this President had information that could have prevented the attacks and did not act on them is asking questions in such a way as to create an impression that the President could have and should have done something that he didn't do.
Q -- who did that?
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, I think it's fair to say that individuals in the Democrat leadership -- and let me also bring your attention to something that should be reflected on when it comes to the politics of this. And you can draw contrasts by how leaders act and leaders respond to something like this. When there was a suggestion that Bush knew about this in print, Bush knew about 9/11, Mayor Bloomberg of New York said that suggestion was ridiculous. He contacted the White House, he listened, heard what information the White House had. He called it ridiculous. He united New York City, and he led.
I have to say, with disappointment, that Mrs. Clinton, having seen that same headline, did not call the White House, did not ask if it was accurate or not. Instead, she immediately went to the floor of the Senate, and I'm sorry to say that she followed that headline and divided..."
