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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (9488)	3/21/2004 11:48:17 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

CR, two Administration officials, Paul O'neill and now Clarke have said the same thing about the Bush gang in the White House. There is only one thing that Bush could to some extent (whether true or not is debatable) boast about and that is his leadership on the war on terrorism. What war and what terrorism. There was no threat to the US from Saddam's Iraq after Clinton bombed the heck out of Saddam for the attempted assassination of Bush Sr. Today's 60 minutes interview was a bombshell from someone who served Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton and Bush Jr. This guy is pretty non-partisan and has been liked by the Republican Presidents and Democrats. So you would think he would protect the Republicans. I liked his reply to the question about loyalty to the White House of the American people. he came out swinging on that reply. Leslie Stahl also got emotionally involved with the questioning when Clarke passionately stood by his replies and maintained that Bush does not deserve even a wee bit of credit for his leadership on the war on terrorism. Oneill two months ago, Spain two weeks ago, Clarke two hours ago. Who is next and when?

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (9488)	3/21/2004 11:49:02 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Some comments on the Clarke interview on 60 Minutes... billmon.org __________________________ Great Interview. One of my favorites: Frankly, I find it outrageous that the president is running for re-election on the grounds that he’s done such great things about terrorism,” says Clarke in Sunday's interview. “He ignored it. He ignored terrorism for months, when maybe we could have done something to stop 9/11. Maybe. We’ll never know." ____________________________________ Case closed. The witness may now leave the stand. Richard Clarke tonight -- on national tv -- basically laid out the case for the impeachment of George W. Bush. If there is any rationality or accountability left in this country, this interview will be the final death blow of the hideous Bush cancer which attacked our country in December 2000. Clark is the kryptonite that was just used to administer chemotherapy to the body politic. They lied. They are incompetent. They have harmed our national security. They must go. IMPEACH BUSH NOW. _________________________________ Wow! Another torpedo hit on the USS Bushit. Wonder if this shot will be the one that finally takes down that ignoble vessel. Hadley came across as a first class jerk. Where did the Rethuglicans find this twerp? Looks like it's going to be another banner week for Bush and Co. Do I feel the slightest twinge of sympathy for them. No way at all! _________________________ I loved Stahl's clear statement that Clarke was a Reagan appointee. Many Republicans still worship Reagan, and by extension, the people he felt were at the top in their field and completely loyal. Adds a hell of a lot more credibility to Clarke's statements that the Bushies are going to have real trouble discrediting. Watching Stahl's face, she was really shaken and trying to hide it from the camera. The simplistic little questions she threw in for balancing effect were so obviously contrived and laughable -- and I think that was deliberate. And finally, the Bush campaign commercial had to have had the absolutely worst timing imaginable; after hearing all that, the lies in the ad had to stun people into total disbelief -- not only of Bush's miserable failure in fighting terrorism, but it carried all the other talking points into the dirt with it by association. Karl Rove has Excedrin headache #4389. _________________________________ Don't think impeachment, think indictment, think many layers deep... ________________________________ Hammering wingnut true-believers is always fun, but the real benefit of the segment was its effect on moderates, independents and undecideds. Clarke's concise, look-you-in-the-eye directness is very difficult to write off. With Paul O'Neill, one could say "well, he seems kind of clueless" and avoid thinking disturbing things about the prez. However, Clarke's lucid intensity pierced into millions of homes tonight, pushing a lot of swing voters away from Bush.