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Clinton couldn't even admit to smoking that joint.

And he still hasn't admitted that had he reacted at all after the first WTC bombing, that there's a good possibility that Osama would be dead and 9/11 wouldn't have happened at all. I mean we had Osama right between the sights repeatedly.

Anyone who thinks the terrorists plotted that attack in the 9 months that Bush was president needs a neurological examination. So why blame him for it. I watched it on t.v. and still, to this day cannot believe what happened. Nor am able to concieve that using planes as bombs was even an option. I'm semi-normal and terrorists are not, you can not know exactly what they are going to do.
~J
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I was with him on "Osama - Dead or Alive", though I have to say he dropped that one pretty quick.  If he didn't mean it, I wish he had not said it.  Seems he wasn't serious about that one.

For someone who avoided combat duty in Vietnam, I thought the "Bring 'em on" quote was ridiculous.  Here he is safe at home daring people to attack our Troops.  I think that was regrettable, and a bit offensive.

As for Bill Clinton, you're off the mark.

He was wrong about Rwanda and said so.  He admitted that mistake.  He eventually admitted to cheating on his wife too, although I know few men who would have rushed to offer that bit of truth unless forced to do it.

He admitted that he lied about sex, but your guy lied in order to take us into war (and still hasn't admitted it).  

As for Al Qaeda, you overstate the case against Clinton.  While neither he nor Bush can fairly be blamed for 9/11, it is clear that Clinton was very much aware of the threat of terrorism and spoke frequently about the problem, describing it as a new and major threat.  He stepped up our counter-terrorism efforts and when his administration handed-off to the incoming Bush team, they made it clear that this would be the major issue in the years to come.  All of this was related in the 9/11 Commission report and in Richard Clarke's book "Against All Enemies".  

In any case, blaming the old guy is a strategy you can use in the first months after you take on a new job, but if you are still talking about your predecessor after four years, it is pathetic.

Neil

Mark,

The 'Bring 'em On' quote was the one that bothered me the most.  I had a dear friend in Mosul, Iraq at the time and I thought the last thing we need is the president egging these people on.  So it was nice to hear him reflect on these statements and maybe learn a little from those mistakes.  

What I don't get, though, is why the constant refrences to Bill Clinton?  I see this time and time again on conservative blogs.  I was just as critical of Bill Clinton as I am of George Bush, but Clinton isn't president anymore.  

dave,
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