Better tell this all to the principled Bill Kristol.
As Senate Republicans pounced on the spy case as evidence that the administration' policy of engaging China turned a blind eye to national security, a top Republican analyst, William Kristol, accused congressional Republicans of hypocrisy.
"Republicans have largely supported the president and Sandy Berger on engagement and trade above all else in China," Kristol said Monday, referring to the president's national security adviser, Samuel Berger. "Ultimately, it looks like, hey, something hit the headlines and let's take advantage of it."
It's a little early to be shooting Gore down, though, there could be another candidate at this point. Gore's pretty uninspiring anyway. Anyway, when, exactly, did these nuclear secrets cross over? How was Clinton supposed to pull them back? And who was President when Aldrich Ames was living it up? Who was President when Tianamen Square rocked the boat not one little bit? |
