Posted on 10/04/2002 6:32:37 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton said yesterday that she was right to raise questions five months ago about a possible White House cover-up regarding what President Bush knew in advance of the 9/11 attacks, adding that she still thinks her constituents are entitled to answers.
"It's the job of a senator to ask questions on the minds of his or her constituents," Clinton said through spokesman Philippe Reines. "And nobody is more entitled to answers about what happened on 9/11 than the people of New York."
"Sen. Clinton believed, and believes to this day, that we must ask the hard questions about what happened on Sept. 11," he added.
Mrs. Clinton was reacting to reports that President Bush thought her earlier comments suggesting he had advanced knowledge of the 9/11 attacks were "irresponsible." Bush's reaction to Clinton's remarks is revealed for the first time in a new book by Washington Times reporter Bill Sammon, "Fighting Back."
In a May 16 speech on the Senate floor Mrs. Clinton had complained:
"I am simply here today on the floor of this hallowed chamber to seek answers to the questions being asked by my constituents, questions raised by one of our newspapers in New York with the headline 'Bush Knew.'...
"The president knew what? My constituents would like to know the answer to that and many other questions, not to blame the president or any other American but just to know, to learn from experience, to do all we can today to ensure that a 9/11 never happens again."
Responding to reports that Bush had received an August 2001 CIA briefing on plans by al Qaeda to hijack airliners, Clinton even went so far as to raise questions about a possible White House cover-up.
"Why (do) we know today, May 16, about the warning he received. Why did we not know this on April 16 or March 16 or February or Jan. 16 or Aug. 16 of last year?," she complained.
Hours later Sen. Clinton told reporters, "Clearly the public demands answers immediately. The people of New York deserve those answers more than anyone. I believe that getting the facts out would be the very best response to this troubling news."
Twenty-four hours after raising questions about a White House 9/11 cover-up, Mrs. Clinton told a Long Island, New York audience that national security was now her number one priority.
sounds like mckinney gave the hildebeast her conspiracy notes. Keep on, hil, you'll be wondering why you lost your senate seat. Hint: S-H-R-E-W-S are becoming the most un-becoming political voices.
What a coincidence!
Now that the precedent has been set, I wouldn't be surprised if they try to pull it with McCall.
The blame is on Your Husband;s Appointees to the FBI and Ambassator to Yemen
Mrs. Clinton certainly seems to have changed her priorities since she was the co-president. For eight years she apparently couldn't have cared less about national security.
But isn't this the same woman who claims that Dubya is too dumb to know anything at all?
Answer by All of thinking America:
Never elect a Clinton!
The intelligence on OSB and this type of attack would not materialize overnight. Contemporary stories indicate that this attack was in planning for over two years. Therefore, it is safe to assume that intelligence has been filtering in for some time. That time frame included the prior administration to President Bush's.
Sick Willey mentioned OSB as a threat by name several times and even opined that he intended to "take him out". Why didn't he? What evidence exists theat SIck Willie did anything?
The Demoncrats are using this issue to undermine our national security. They are weakening the image we have overseas of unity and they know damn well that some of the answers to these questions are sensitive and cannot be revealed without jeopardizing the quality of the data or the sources.
This isn't a game for political gain. This is for keeps. The safety and welfare of millions of our citizens rest on this issue. Remember the bastards that seek to undermine our national security by going to Iraq and by dividing the country.
Typical. No way she would allow herself to be recorded on camera saying such things. Oh no! No real record! Just the words of one of their kool-aide drinking mouth pieces. That way the words can be denied. So, this is just another trial balloon. Throw it out and see what the focus groups think.
She and her husband are the most self-absorbed, self-centered, greedy little criminals ever to hit the US political scene. The most laughable thing about the Clinton's is that say they are in the "public service" business. LOL! well, at least not as I define "public servant". With the Clintons, it's always been about how much money and power they can steal. They are not much different than the "Irish Travelers". Except, instead of pummeling children they pummel everyone that does not agree with them.
The Clinton's are bullies. The only way you deal with bullies is to punch them in the nose. So to speak.
Clear headed people see the Clintons for what they are. Psyco's that have risen to political power. The dregs and crooks of the world see them for what they are too. And they gravitate to them. And that's who the Clinton's surround themselves with. The Craig Livingstone's of the world.
Bush didn't know about 9/11 before it happened. This wretched little woman knows that. She just wants to be president. And that will never happen. Because she has a political tin ear and is mean. Very mean. And the more she opens up he mouth the more obvious it is.
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