Former Clinton Aide: Bill Told Outrageous Lies to Win Reelection and Lost the Nuclear Codes

News Pundit.net ^ | 3/15/2003 | Douglas Oliver

[ex-Texan]

Former Clinton Aide: Bill Told Outrageous Lies to Win Reelection and Lost the Nuclear Codes !

This is shocking news this morning as revealed by a "Washington Whispers" report by U. S. News reporter Paul Bedard. The news comes from former military aide Lt. Col. Robert Patterson, who carried the nuclear "football" for President Clinton from May 1996 to May 1998. It is in Patterson's new book: Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security.

The book crosses a line that no other military aide ever crossed before in condemning his former commander in chief. Click Here for a Full Excerpt.

I quote briefly from the book:

Another shortcoming was dishonesty - not just about golf and extramarital affairs but also about our national security. Such dishonesty said much about the president's priorities. On August 26, 1996, just three months into my tenure, I was accompanying the president in Toledo, Ohio, on one of his many reelection campaign events. I listened to his speech from one of the "hold" rooms offstage. Television images and sound were piped into the room by the White House Communications Agency. I heard President Clinton say, "For the first time since the dawn of the nuclear age, on this beautiful night, there is not a single nuclear missile pointed at a child in the United States of America."

I looked down at the black satchel at my side. "What?" I mumbled out loud. I turned to the military White House doctor along on the trip and asked him, "Did he just say what I think he said?" The doctor shrugged and nodded. It was patently untrue, and anyone with a remote knowledge of military and foreign affairs knew it was untrue.

* * * That autumn, I heard him deliver the line in speeches again and again and again. President Clinton made this claim more than 130 times during the 1996 reelection campaign alone.3 It left me slack-jawed that one of his major campaign themes could be such an obvious, whopping lie. * * *

Of course Clinton's political lying and vote pandering was no secret to anybody who followed news reports regularly. I did not believe the "no-missiles-threaten-us-today" lies when I heard them at the time. But he had a flair for winning the votes of working married couples. Bill Clinton could take any issue, and tie it to the concerns of working families with children. Take any issue, and add in the magic words, " for the children." Lying was just second nature to him. His lies were so smooth, so carefully crafted, and so "larger-than-life."

Amazing, because tying the "for the children" focus was so terribly crude, and so outrageously bold, that it worked time and time again to win votes.

In my humble opinion, Bill Clinton should have been impeached for losing the nuclear codes, and on that basis alone. It was a spectacular violation of our National Security Laws and a cavalier betrayal of the public trust. Clinton's political team working in the White House basement were able to turn the Constitutional process of impeachment for "high crimes and misdemeanors" on its head. They changed the political landscape of America forever with their issue avoidance argument: "It's just about sex."

It is time for people to demand that Bill Clinton just slink away from public view and hide under a rock somewhere.

[Mr_Magoo]

When you hear clinton say "NOT ONE MISSILE" is pointed at us, you have to remember what "is" is. There were a number of missiles pointed at us. A 'number of' is not one.

clintonspeak strikes again.

[A Navy Vet]

"C'mon, you destroy our credibility as intelligent conservatives when you publish this garbage. Same with the Vince Foster "murder" conspiracy. Pure garbage, just because you hate the guy, you don't have to stoop this low!"

Are you kidding, Chief? Ever hear of "Unlimited Access", by ex-FBI agent Gary Aldrich who worked as FBI laison in the White House? Or "Betrayal" by Bill Gertz who is a media expert on national defense, especially China issues? Are you aware clinton turned down Bin Laden's head on platter? I could go on and on...

China admitted they could take out Los Angeles at the same time clinton was claiming "no missles at children". And everyone knew that Russia's missles could be re-targeted in minutes. You have a lot to learn, shipmate. But thanks for your career service.

[Quix]

MAY HIS IDIOT MOUTH AND BANKRUPT 'VALUES' CAUSE

ALL HIS SUBATOMIC PARTICLES TO

uhhhhh

dissassociate each to a different galactic cluster

at the earliest will and convenience of God Almighty.

May God then cleanse each such galactic cluster of said pollution in a purifying act of extinguishing each said particle from any kind of existence whatsoever.

May there be no residue, nor memory that anything associated with said person ever existed.

If it at all pleases The Lord and by His hand, of course.

---

What a hideous excuse for a creature, much more so a creature made in God's image. God must cringe and wince at the whole idea.

At least, Lord, PLEASE remove him from the public stage ASAP!!!

Failing that, every time he opens his mouth, let no sound come out--only a cloud of flies.

If he must be allowed to speak, let his words make less sense and be harder to hear phonetically than a person with an IQ of a slug.

If we have to endure more seemingly coherent sentences from his farting out the top--then, PLEASE, let each sentence make abundantly clear that his ONLY value is his own arrogance and aggrandizement at the cost of everyone and everything else.

Let every word he utters cause disgust and revulsion to multiply geometrically in the ears, hearts and minds of all his listeners--especially in his former supporters.

Let every where he walks on the street people spit in his direction and make sounds of vomitting.

Let every group he finds himself in front of begin to disperse the minute he stands up or opens his mouth.

Let every TV camera begin to dysfunction and break down if it lingers on his mug longer than 2 microseconds.

Let him have explosive diarrhea the minute he stands to give a speech and be unable to even leave the stage before losing it all right then and there.

Let college students particularly throw verbal assualts of great truth and insult to him whenever he gets within earshot of any of them.

Let working class people throw cigarette buts, spit wads, used snuff spittle, used socks and used handkerchiefs at him whenever he gets within 15 feet of them.

May his secret service detail save their worst farts for his and her unroyal lowness; her hideous heinous--Bwitch Shrillary's presence.

May he be introduced as Bennedict Arnold and she as Mrs Bennedict Arnold routinely.

May the CNO and every Carrier Captain send them monthly invitations for a Court Marshal and keel-hauling under the biggest carrier--uniquely fore to aft--their 'honor.'

---

wow, what a nightmare. Guess I should watch better what I eat before bedtime.

Now if I can get my fingers out of my cheek.

[Quix]

Right.

And at some point there's no excuse.

Whatever the rationalization, at some point, it doesn't hold water.

So what's the real reason?

[UnChained]

RE: Vince Foster

Please don't be so dismissive. The proof that the Clintons were involved in criminal activity including crimes like murder and treason is overwhelming. The fact that Gonzales, Fisk and Starr each supposedly looked into the matter let me know what sort of opposition we are up against.

There are the Orlin Grabbs of the world who spin fictional conspiracy stories who end up obscuring the truth with a bunch of nonsense and perhaps this football story was fabricated for it's sensational appeal.

There is a MASSIVE pile of evidence that is contrary to the official Vince Foster story. Some of the evidence is that there was a lot of activity by many people to hide the truth, fabricate evidence, and use government resources to manage and redirect public opinion and thwart any real investigation.

You descibe yourself as a conservative. I have previously only heard the accusation that conservatives have an irrational hatred for Clinton come from liberals. I choose not to look at you recent appearance here as anything negative. Your credentials seem to imply that you are indeed conservative. I'll just assume that 11 years ago you were too busy working and taking care of things that matter to pay much attention to all the Whitewater related information that spread via USENET. That information started the firestorm of controversy that made the government launch the various investigations.

As an intelligent conservative myself, I was able to read the final reports of those investigations and see the obfuscations for myself. I don't know the "real" truth about the Death of Vince Foster, but I know that there is a coverup that continues.

I don't know Clinton personally. He may be the warmest , funniest and most charismatic person on the planet. I do know that he is a liar, thief, traitor, adulterer and murderer.

His presidency disillusioned me about my country.

I will never trust our leaders until I see a real investigation into Vince Foster's death.

Dobbin Burkhart

[Quix]

How so?

Are you saying the military attache was lying?

[Quix]

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

He crossed a line only satan could have led him to cross.

[Quix]

Agree. I knew it wasn't true when I heard him say it the first time.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Well you're the first guy have I've had complain about my demon seed graphic. Thanks for the comment.

Well.....I liked it.

[aruanan]

Well you're the first guy have I've had complain about my demon seed graphic. Thanks for the comment.

I liked it also!

[walden]

"I will never trust our leaders until I see a real investigation into Vince Foster's death."

Wanna know what I believe? I believe that the Clinton impeachment was a brokered deal between Democrats and Republicans-- the guy would be impeached to discredit him, but not removed because everyone felt like that would de-stabilize the country too much, and embolden our enemies, maybe putting the country at risk for something like 9/11. The other part of the deal was that Clinton's power would be neutralized-- they crippled him, in fact. Gore is no choir-boy, but Clinton is DIRTY (like selling U.S. secrets, selling out the U.S. for cash, etc.)

Anyway, that's my take on it, and truthfully, I'm not sure that the judgment to do this was such a bad idea. I just hope I live long enough for the full truth to come out (how long is that, anyway? Like, the FOIA guidelines?

[diamond6]

Clinton............Lie.......Nooooooooooo
I just don't believe it. After all, he didn't inhale.

[UnChained]

Far too clever. The operative verb is here: there is not a single nuclear missile. It all depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

Other possible variations of weasel-speak:

There are multiple missiles aimed at us and not just a "single missile"

"All of the missiles that are aimed at our children use chemical propulsion instead of nuclear propulsion. Now if I had said that there were no nuclear tipped missles ..."

[ex-Texan]

I think you are absolutely correct about a brokered Clinton impeachment. Another factor -- it would have made Al Gore president. That was another intolerable result.

[UnChained]

Anyway, that's my take on it, and truthfully, I'm not sure that the judgment to do this was such a bad idea. I just hope I live long enough for the full truth to come out (how long is that, anyway? Like, the FOIA guidelines?

I disagree. The end doesn't justify the means.

There things that are sacred.

They are worth more than preserving our image in world opinion. If truth and justice don't matter in the USA then what are we defending that's more valuable?

[lawdude]

"C'mon, I am a conservative just like you, but you really make us look foolish and stupid when you publish this trash!"

You are as conservative as billy jeff himself.

Publishing truth is PRECISELY what this country needs. We have been fed bullshit from the prior administration and we now have a LEADER who is not afraid to speak true. Learn it, live with it or leave.

[Quix]

Understand.

But I'm happy to give tons of extra grace to anyone

who had to endure hours next to either Billdo or Bwitch Shrillary.

Maybe he does primarily want to make money. I don't know. But I still don't doubt he's telling the truth.

[CyberAnt]

That was then - the dems cannot get away with it anymore.

[lawdude]

" Y'know, I REALLY hate that line, and I find it is being used repeatedly by reviewers."

Why don't these x42 apologists say the same for billie jeff's constant tirade of lies about President Bush (1 and 2). Klinton is dishonorable scum that does not deserve...!