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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nicholas Thompson who wrote (24216)	3/28/2008 6:27:21 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224748

I'm not drinking the DNCoolaid. Go ahead--nominate Barach Hussein Obama--US voters will never elect a pres & 1st lady who don't love the country with all their heart. That's the primary qualification, and the Obamas' have received a "fair" rating on their performance appraisals as Americans. No one who listened to bullfrog Wright's insanity for 20yrs, without one protest, deserves to be POTUS.

To: Nicholas Thompson who wrote (24216)	3/28/2008 7:27:04 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224748

Nominate Erik Rush for Pres, he has the right stuff as an American and far better judgment than BO: youtube.com

To: Nicholas Thompson who wrote (24216)	3/28/2008 9:44:07 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224748

Lying About Terror By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY \| Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:30 PM PT Election '08: One of Hillary Clinton's many lies is the one about her role in President Bill Clinton's granting of clemency to terrorists to aid her political fortunes and those of his vice president. Mrs. Clinton has been caught in a tangled web of deception about her experiences as first lady and her role and influence in the White House of William Jefferson Clinton. But there was one decision she did significantly influence, though she now denies it. Campaigning in Corpus Christi, Texas, shortly before the March 4 primary that kept Hillary's candidacy alive, if on life support, husband Bill was asked a question about his decision on Aug. 11, 1999, to grant clemency to 16 members of a hard-core Puerto Rican terrorist group, the Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN). A New York police officer calls for help for a victim of the 1975 bombing of the Fraunces Tavern, believed to be the work of terror group FALN. He said that the pardons were "based on the stuff I was given by the staff." But as former Clinton guru Dick Morris relates, both the FBI and the Justice Department opposed the pardons of these terrorists. So it had to be his White House political staff, and one individual in particular — Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hillary has claimed to have had "no involvement in or prior knowledge of the decision." Yet as the New Republic noted at the time: "Two days before the president announced the clemency deal, New York City Councilman Jose Rivera personally presented Hillary with a packet on clemency, including a letter asking her to 'speak to the president and ask him to consider granting executive clemency' to the prisoners." Apparently she did. Before this pardon, President Clinton had denied clemency in 3,039 out of 3,042 cases. Why this one, if he was serious about fighting terrorism? Between 1974 and 1983, FALN terrorists had been involved in more than 130 bombings in the United States, including the bombing of the historic Fraunces Tavern in New York City on Jan. 24, 1975, that killed four people and injured 150 others. "These terrorists never even asked for a pardon" according to Morris. "But because Hillary wanted to ingratiate herself with the Hispanic population in New York during her first Senate race, they were suddenly granted a commutation of their sentences." Joe Connor, son of one of the innocent people killed at the Frances Tavern by the Clinton-pardoned terrorists, agrees. "The Clinton family traded the release of terrorists for votes," he said, "votes that were promised to be delivered by New York politicians to Hillary for Senate and Gore for president. That was clear." As recounted in a Nov. 10, 1999, story in the Washington Post, this politically motivated pardon of terrorists was indeed also designed to help Al Gore's 2000 presidential bid. A White House memo written on March 6, 1999, by Jeffrey L. Farrow, co-chairman of the White House's interagency working group on Puerto Rico, said: "The VP's Puerto Rico position would be helped" if the terrorists were granted clemency. The memo noted that clemency was also a priority for three congressional Democrats with large Puerto Rican constituencies. Hollywood mogul David Geffen once said of the Clintons: "Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it's troubling." When it involves national security and terrorism, it's also dangerous. Hillary would never get her inaugural address past the fact-checkers. Hillary Clinton — ready to lie on Day One.