Posted on 07/09/2002 1:06:33 PM PDT by kattracks
New York Senator Hillary Clinton blasted President Bush late Monday for waiting so long to tackle the recent wave of business scandals that have sent the stock market reeling and caused a crisis of confidence in U.S. corporations.
During a Middletown, N.Y. appearance, Mrs. Clinton complained that neither the Bush administration nor the Securities and Exchange Commission had "shown much leadership" as the corruption unfolded.
In a direct reference to the president's remarks during a Monday press conference, Clinton charged, "I don't think it is adequate to just say there are some bad people and that we're going to go after them," according to Middletown's Times Herald-Record.
"We need to go further than enforcing the laws that we've got because I don't think the laws are necessarily adequate," said Mrs. Clinton, who only recently escaped enforcement of laws prohibiting vote trading in exchange for presidential pardons.
Clinton was not asked about her own involvement in a suspicious 1980 cattle futures trading episode, which experts say also likely violated the law.
"We have got to stay ahead of all those natural impulses people have to take advantage of each other," she urged.
Mrs. Clinton delivered her remarks hours after a CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll was released showing that a majority of Americans say her husband's "moral failings in office" had encouraged business leaders to behave unethically.
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As I recall, "the corruption unfolded" during the reign of the presidents Clinton, the Arkansas Trailer Trash Twins Deluxe. ;-)
Yes. I listened to President Bush this morning and he did nail Clinton as the seed that lead to corporate crimes getting their foothold in the 90's. It was subtle yet there were four jabs/direct hits one after the other. If the transcript is posted I'll point them out. I'm sure Hillary caught them. Bush might as well have been talking directly to her as if they were both on the same page. ...No need to mention either of the Clintons or the then White House Administration of failed ethics. She got the point and so did I. I suspect many people picked up on it.
Nah. He's accountable to a higher power...and tougher than his Rat opponents. It's hurting the Rats more than it's hurting Bush. Hah!
I thought to myself: Bubba couldn't have ever given this speech... He never could have seriously put such demands on business leaders or leaders in any field (maybe rap-music stars or Democrat political leaders would be candidates for such a Clinton speech and guidance) without generating gales of laughter and astonished remarks of "Can HE be serious?"
Clearly the stock market wasn't thrilled or terribly reassured by Bush's speech today -- I don't know what they could have expected or would have wanted, I suspect that there is virtually nothing that will make this stock market feel optimistic at the moment -- but I know for sure: there is NOTHING Bill Clinton ever said or could say today in any capacity that would have had any kind of positive impact on the stock market or the economy given what we've been through after 8 years of Clinton lying, cheating and getting away with it. Leaders lead first by example -- and we all know what that example was for 8 long years. It will take a generation to repair the damage done by Clinton and his Justice Department.
Unfreakingbelievable! Taking advantage. TAKING ADVANTAGE!
Well, she oughta know better than anyone else. What about the 900 FBI billing records, trashing and firing Billy Dale and the travel office employees, firing the federal attorneys and replacing them with their own cronies, attacking Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broadderick, Monica Lewinsky, the House managers, the VRWC, etc.
The gall of this woman knows no bounds!
There is simply no way to keep visions of Clinton out of the people's heads. I love it :)
Maybe SHE has "natural impulses" like that but I certainly DON'T!
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