Posted on 07/20/2002 6:34:59 PM PDT by kattracks
President Bush's decision to order his Justice Department not to prosecute Bill Clinton and Al Gore despite stark evidence of criminality is coming back to haunt him, with the Democratic duo taking turns this weekend bashing him on the economy before enthusiastic crowds.
Headlining a fund-raiser in Oregon Friday night, ex-President Clinton accused President Bush of badly mishandling the economy, complaining that Republicans have squandered the prosperity he worked so hard to achieve while forcing poor and middle-income people to shoulder an unfair burden by granting tax breaks to the rich.
"The Republicans took us from the biggest surplus in history back to a deficit," Clinton railed before a cheering audience of 850 who gathered to support two statewide candidates.
One of the candidates, Rep. Darlene Hooley, introduced the ex-president saying, "Are you better off two years ago under Bill Clinton than you are today?" the Associated Press said.
A few hours later on Saturday, Vice President Al Gore delivered a similar message to a Tennessee audience, some of which seemed coordinated with the Clinton speech.
The Bush administration has "lied about the future liabilities they have put on our shoulders as taxpayers," Gore complained, before adding, "I don't care what anybody says. I think Bill Clinton and I did a damn good job."
Like his former boss, Gore cited mounting red ink in the federal budget and predicted that a coming economic downturn would lead to "bigger deficits than when the first Bush was there."
Gore called on the Bush administration to "completely scrap its economic plan and its team on Monday ... start over from scratch and start rebuilding this economy," the AP said.
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And especially at a time when the country is at war, and preparing for more.
Nothing matters to the clinton/gore slime, other than the power they crave.
Well, I guess a few White House interns and other assorted bimbos were better off under Bill Clinton, but the rest of us sure weren't!!!
And, guess what, I AM better off than I was two years ago...I have a better job, my kids' school has improved since they stopped all the Clintonoid PC crap, my credit card and HELOC interest rates have gone down, and my house has appreciated by over $100,000. All that, plus I don't have to cover my kids' ears when the news readers are talking about the President of the United States!!!
Dems R Losers.
This can't go on much longer. The worst is long since over; the Dow is not going to go to zero. Things will long since have stabilized, and probably risen, by November, allowing the sheeple to forget about it.
GWB caving on ICC,
He has not caved on ICC. He just let them change the language a little so the EUnuchs could save face. Our citizens and soldiers remain 100% as protected from the ICC as Bush promised they would be.
GWB wobbling on many other issues,
Too vague for me to respond.
The War on Terrorism seemingly turning into a PC War,
I've said it before and I'll say it again: The fact that airport screeners are only searching white guys and 85-year-old women is only because they're doing it in front of the public. The FBI, CIA and NSI aren't playing that game. No matter what they might be saying to the media, they're looking for pissed-off, ultra-religious young Arab males with unsavory connections. And I don't think Bush is going to invade Canada instead of Iraq.
GWB is facing serious problems not only in 2002 election but also in the 2004 election. If GWB can't show some serious improvement, especially in the economy/stocks by 2002, he could easily find himself faced with a Democratically controlled Capitol Hill (both chambers).
If there's another major terrorist attack and/or we invade Iraq before Election day, the Congressional Elections are in the bag for us. The RATS will not be able to resist putting their foots in their mouths in either case, making constant unpatriotic, special-interest-group-loving statements, and just generally acting in a fifth column sort of way that will drive most voters running and screaming to the GOP side. And like I said above, the stock market's going to be old news by November. Also, the economy itself is improving quite well and quite rapidly. It's just the stock market that's an aberration. That will have to correct itself sooner rather than later. Remember, we still have four months. And it's completely useless to even think about 2004 at this point. How many of us on Jan 20, 2001 expected anything but four years of intense partisan infighting with the public split almost 50-50 and incredibly angry about almost everything? Instead we ended up with Bush's approval ratings over 90% within nine months and a total implosion of every tactic the RATS have tried against him thus far. ANYTHING can happen.
And by 2004 we very well could see a President Al or more likely a President Hillary.
Again, something I've said a million times and will say again: Why do so many Freepers see President Hillary as a mandate from God, a metaphysical inevitability? She's nothing without the powers of the White House to protect her but a power-mad bitch. She could never ever win most states; the only reason she even won New York is because it has a ton of hardcore RAT voters, welcomes carpetbaggers and because Giuliani dropped out and ended up being replaced by a guy who looked about 22, often acted like it, and campaigned as if he'd inherited his entire advisory team from the Dole '96 fiasco. None of that's going to happen to her on a presidential campaign level.
Right on. However, his new tone is the right tone. It is a decent tone. It is a good tone.
A political strategist smarter than me must have a clue as what to do. I don't. What to do?
Answer sharply? Appear above and and don't answer? What to do?
Lady, my blood pressure is WAY up to see these traitors dare to call President Bush and his Administration "liars"! Those b*astards invented the word "liar"...oh, I better stop...I dearly want to forget about using asterisks in cuss words! All I know is we cannot let this stand! Battle plans must be prepared.
You can count on that occuring. And let's not forget Tiny Tom and Slick Dick. They also have designs on The White House.
Clinton and Gore left such a mess, which the media didn't report, being too busy spinning and marching to Slick's lies, as if they were music.
That seems to be your desire.
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