Jay Rockefeller angers Daschle, Howard Dean Staff stunned at Clinton.

AmericanProwler ^ | 07/25/03 | The Prowler

[Pikamax]

Jay and the Anti-Americans

By The Prowler Published 7/25/2003 12:04:00 AM

LOOK WHO'S TALKING The Senate Democratic Caucus was up in arms earlier this week, complaining to reporters on Capitol Hill that Sen. Jay Rockefeller was not the source they should be going to for comments about the just-released 9/11 Report and the purported White House "misuse" of intelligence data to buttress arguments for taking down Saddam.

Senators Tom Daschle and Harry Reid, the Senate's Democratic leader and whip respectively, were both bad-mouthing Rockefeller, and let it be known in a meeting of all Democratic press secretaries that they, along with Sen.Bob Graham, were to be the only conduits for official Senate Democratic statements on either issue.

"This is the first time this White House has made a misstep we can capitalize on, and Rockefeller is out there soft-peddling the stuff like it is no big deal," says a Senate leadership staffer. "If Bush emerges from this unscathed, Rockefeller deserves a lot of the blame from our end."

Daschle and Reid had both told party caucus members that the past ten days have given them the best chance at wounding the White House. They asked for a coordinated communications effort, in line with their House counterparts and the Democratic National Committee. But then Rockefeller, who serves as ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, went off the reservation and told reporters that before there was any serious finger-pointing, the committee had to take in all the information. That was not the spin Daschle and company wanted.

Rockefeller's comments, however, were nothing next to those from former President Bill Clinton's on Tuesday's "Larry King Live," which left the Democrats on Capitol Hill almost speechless. Clinton, who said he had bombed Iraq in 1998, in part because of the threat of Saddam's nuclear program, took virtually all the air out of the Democrats' plans to continue attacking the White House's handling of uranium purchase intelligence used in the State of the Union Address.

"He had to have done it for Hillary. They are up to something," says a Howie Dean presidential campaign staffer in New Hampshire. "We can't believe our party's leader would stab us in the back unless there was something more to it. Maybe he's setting us all up for something else. Or he thinks by clearing the field of a national security topic, it will be easier for Hillary to enter the race and focus on domestic policy. Whatever, we can't believe he did it."

As for Rockefeller, a leadership staffer for Republicans said the word on the Hill was that Rockefeller was aware of what his party was trying to do to the White House, but chafed at taking orders from Daschle and Reid, particularly when the senator from West Virginia was basically told to steer all interview requests to higher-ups in the party.

[Henchster]

"He had to have done it for Hillary. They are up to something," says a Howie Dean presidential campaign staffer in New Hampshire. "We can't believe our party's leader would stab us in the back unless there was something more to it. Maybe he's setting us all up for something else. Or he thinks by clearing the field of a national security topic, it will be easier for Hillary to enter the race and focus on domestic policy. Whatever, we can't believe he did it."

Jeez, these Dems are dumber than a box of rocks. Doesn't EVERYBODY know that the Clintons ONLY do things that benefit the Clintons?

She's running in '04 folks, there's no doubt about it.

[goodnesswins]

HMmmmmmm.....crack...crack...crack....the Dem's are cracking up....

[hobbes1]

Rockefeller's comments, however, were nothing next to those from former President Bill Clinton's on Tuesday's "Larry King Live," which left the Democrats on Capitol Hill almost speechless. Clinton, who said he had bombed Iraq in 1998, in part because of the threat of Saddam's nuclear program, took virtually all the air out of the Democrats' plans to continue attacking the White House's handling of uranium purchase intelligence used in the State of the Union Address.

"He had to have done it for Hillary. They are up to something," says a Howie Dean presidential campaign staffer in New Hampshire. "We can't believe our party's leader would stab us in the back unless there was something more to it. Maybe he's setting us all up for something else. Or he thinks by clearing the field of a national security topic, it will be easier for Hillary to enter the race and focus on domestic policy.

Toldjaso.

[NeoCaveman]

You think they wouldn't be shocked that the Klinton's only do things for the Klintons.

Hey new angle: Dean the Green! to take away the Hildebeast's base.

[b4its2late]

"He had to have done it for Hillary. They are up to something," says a Howie Dean presidential campaign staffer in New Hampshire.

So, maybe a couple of democrat staffers aren't as dumb as they look......

[Noumenon]

I love when they eat their own.

[thegreatbeast]

Here's a good one, "...steer all interview requests to higher-ups in the party." Imagine! A senator admitting that anybody is above him or her? Daschle and Reid scratched on this one!

[jimtorr]

Daschle and Reid had both told party caucus members that the past ten days have given them the best chance at wounding the White House.

Oh boy, now they are actually admitting in semi-public that they are only doing this to cause Bush political damage.

[hobbes1]

IF they only had the good sense to follow my postings it would hav ebeen perfectly clear...LOL

[bayourod]

Maybe that yahoo from Texas was right when he said at the 1980 Democratic convention that "The Republicans are the party of the Rockefellers, and the Democrats are the party of the little fellers."

[NeoCaveman]

IF they only had the good sense to follow my postings it would hav ebeen perfectly clear...LOL

They did not wish to see because they had their craniums up their Clymers. Very common among Democrats.

[Orion78]

"He had to have done it for Hillary. They are up to something," says a Howie Dean presidential campaign staffer in New Hampshire. "We can't believe our party's leader would stab us in the back unless there was something more to it. Maybe he's setting us all up for something else. Or he thinks by clearing the field of a national security topic, it will be easier for Hillary to enter the race and focus on domestic policy. Whatever, we can't believe he did it."

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To: OrthodoxPresbyterian

He could be trying to burn the other democrats to clear the way for his wife...

176 posted on 07/22/2003 10:31 PM PDT by Orion78 (FREE IRAN!)

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[Post Toasties]

Daschole etal are 'shocked' because x42 'stabbed them in the back'? They never learn, do they?

LOL!

[Sacajaweau]

This is the Greatest damn article. They stab Bubba, they announce that they're gonna take Bush down via rhetoric.

If you look at what Clinton said "real careful", he was telling them that Hillary was dumb and they were dumber for kissing her butt. REVENGE!!

[hobbes1]

They did not wish to see because they had their craniums up their Clymers.

I like the way Jonah G. said it..

the way some ....think they can use their head for a colonoscopy and then crab-walk around expecting all the world to think their new hats make them look smart.

[george wythe]

"We can't believe our party's leader would stab us in the back

Schadenfreude.

Hillary will never do that?

[chiefqc]

If (WHEN) Bush emerges from this unscathed, Rockefeller deserves a lot of the blame from our (REAR) end (CLUELESS LEADERSHIP)."

Excuse me, but the only blame lies at the feet of the worst leadership that the dumb-o-crats could possibly have headed by tiny traitor tommie dashole.

His leadership is driven by his small size and his over inflated ego. If his brain were not blinded by his ego, perhaps they would be in better shape.

When the dumb-o-crats get beaten, and they will, it will be the result of their leadership, no programs, lying and whining. The result will be the replacement of their current leadership, or their leadership not seaking reelection.

But in the mean time, we can sit back and watch them crash and burn.

[NeoCaveman]

ROTFLMAO, that's why Jonah works for Nat.Review and I don't.

[William McKinley]

It will be very sweet if, come 2004, not only is Bush re-elected, but Reid and Daschle are both defeated.

And it is doable.