Posted on 09/23/2006 12:39:05 PM PDT by Exton1
Give a one sentence description of the Clinton Legacy. Mine is:
Clinton’s Legacy will be, I lied about using my power to get sexual pleasure from an intern, and redefining that a BJ is not sex.
Clinton "tried," people died.
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"In August 1998, three days after Clinton admitted to the nation that he did in fact have "sex with that woman," he bombed Afghanistan and Sudan, doing about as much damage as another Clinton fusillade did to a blue Gap dress."
Seconded.
“I shirked anything that might hurt my polls, and too bad about it blowing up on the next guy’s watch.”
Proof positive. RIP crew members of the Cole. Thank you Mr. Clinton.
"If, as it now appears, this was an act of terrorism, it was a despicable and cowardly act. We will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable".
Hard to sum it up in one word....
A coward (and a serial rapist) elevated to the highest office in the land - made promises of greatness while renting out the Lincoln bedroom to our enemies like it was a Motel 6.
He said he would pursue the terrorists, but went after Branch Dividians instead. He said terrorism (OKC) wouldn't stand on his watch, but he went out for a burger and a BJ instead.
I suppose one sentence would be:
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
Bull’s eye.
Of course this depends on the meaning of the word “sentence”, if you mean a statement that is concluded with a period as the punctuation mark is the definition then I will attempt to fulfill that criteria but since there is no defining legal authority as to were that period should occur then I must conclude that there is no limit to what I can say before that delimiter must be placed which obviously allows me to obfuscate, misdirect, and generally dance around the original point of the request which is sort of what Clinton did for eight years in the White House by talking endlessly but never actually doing anything about protecting the country which has led most of us to the conclusion that was a smarmy liar who used his power for his own personal satisfaction at the expense of the welfare of the average citizen and what surprises me the most about this statement is the fact that my grammar checker hasn’t flagged me for a run-on sentence which of course means to me whoever wrote the program I am using for this was probably educated in a system overseen by the Clinton administration.
To Ann, the fact that the dress was from The Gap is what's offensive.
LIP SERVICE!
A Silly Man For A Silly Time
Proof positive that you can piss on peoples' heads while telling them that it's raining and they'll believe you. The fact that a good chunk of the nation believed clinton's BS is un-freaking-believable.
WHITE HOUSE TASK LIST -- DECEMBER 13, 1994
1. ISSUES
a. Foster document handling (Nemetz)
b. Travel Office (Cerf)
c. White House/Treasury contacts (revisited; report) (JCS)
d. Obstruction of justice (DOJ handling of criminal referrals; Jay Stephens; RTC whistleblower reprisals)
e. Use of White House resources for response efforts (Nolan)
f. Foster suicide (Nemetz)
g. Espy (ethics; expanded Smaltz inquiry re Tyson's, Hatch Act) (Mills/Nolan)
h. Cisneros
I. Brown
j. Hubbell
k. Ickes/union representation
l. Stephanopoulos/NationsBank
m. State Department--passport files
n. Archives--abuse of personnel system
o. Legal Defense Fund (Mills)
p. Health Care Task Force (Neuwirth)
q. White House operations (drugs, passes, helicopters) (Mills/Nolan)
r. Residence renovations (Neuwirth) s. Presidential immunity (Sloan)
t. White House Arkansans (Thomasson, Nash, Rasco)
u. PIC surplus
v. Improper electioneering (SBA)
w. GSA (Roger Johnson)
x. Value Partners (Neuwirth)
y. Presidential campaign (FEC audit)
z. Commodities (Kendall)
aa. Gubernatorial campaigns (Lindsey, Wright)--record keeping (Kendall)
ab. Gubernatorial campaigns)--MGSL (Kendall)
ac. Whitewater/MGSL (Kendall)
ad. Other MGSL/McDougal (Kendall)
ae. Rose Law Firm (HRC work for MGSL; Frost Case, FSLIC representation) (Kendall)
af. David Hale/Susan McDougal/SBA (Kendall)
ag. Tucker
ah. Lasater (bond deals; cocaine; Roger Clinton)
ai. Use of loans to achieve legislative initiatives
aj. ADFA (political favors; Larry Nichols)
ak. Mena Airport
al. troopers
am. women (Kendall/Bennett)
2. PRELIMINARIES
a. Identify key republican objectives and routes for achieving them--e.g.
I. sustain shadow on WJC character
ii. hype HRC threat to white men, traditional women
b. Identify guiding principles for responses--e.g.
I. nothing to hide____
ii. stick to the facts____
iii. get it right the first time____
iv. keep it simple____
v. resist harassment____
vi. govern America
c. Executive privilege research
I. OLC state of the play____
ii. comments by republicans re assertion____
iii. protocol
iv. strategy/principles for asserting
d. Research re entitlement of Congress to HRC/WJC transcripts of depositions given to Fiske
e. Research re congressional subpoena power
I. reach (HRC/WJC)____
ii. precedents____
iii. committee rules____
iv. procedures
f. Research re limitations on legislative power to investigate
I. legislative purpose____
ii. overreaching precedents
g. Learn new Hill committee jurisdiction, membership
h. Courtesy visits to Hill--member and staff level (e.g., Frank,Sarbanes, leadership; Harris, Meek, etc.)
I. Consultations
j. Offensive structure
I. FEC legal research____
ii. W&C
iii. DNC/DCCC/DSCC____
iv. surrogates
k. Representation of Administration officials by private counsel
I. compensation
l. Research re proper role of OWHC with respect to pre- inaugural issues with an aim toward articulating principles for determining who should be
principal spokesperson on a particular issue and the extent to which each (private counsel/OHWC) should participate.
3. FOSTER DOCUMENTS HANDLING
a. Independent counsel inquiry
(1) identify options with respect to issuance of report--
(a) precedents
(2) inquire about status and timing
(3) HRC/WJC depositions____>
ii. status check with counsel for individuals
b. Congressional hearings
I. identify likely committees(Senate Banking; House Banking, Gov Ops,
Judiciary)
(1) identify friends--key Members and staff
(2) identify leadership
(3) identify key republicans ____
ii. congressional visits____
(1) Daschle
(2) Sarbanes & other Banking
(3) house
iii. prepare background materials
(1) assemble public record
(2) talking points and fact memoranda
iv. determine how to handle representation of individual White House staff
(1) outside counsel
(2) attorney fees
(3) assertion of privileges
c. Press strategy
d. Surrogate role ____
I. Hamilton ____
ii. identify others
e. Offensive research
f. Issue specific tasks
I. security/Livingstone issues
(1) debrief Joel ____
(2) review Livingstone file ____
(3) consult with Randy Turk ____
(4) interview Livingstone
(5) fact memo
ii. inconclusiveness re Williams removal of documents
(1) confer with Ed Dennis ____
(2) debrief Joel re security officer
(3) assemble public reports of document removal on 7/20 and statements attributed to White House officials
iii. chain of custody re transfer of Clinton personal files
(1) complete interviews ____
(a) Carolyn Huber ____
(b) Linda Tripp ____
(c) Deborah Gorhan ____
(d) Bob Barnett ____
(e) Syvia Mathews
(2) fact memo _____
(3) assemble public record
(4) determine strategy re release of White H2O Devel Corp. file
* iv. search of Foster office
(1) assemble public record ____
(a) including any relevant testimony at Senate hearing on Foster suicide in July 1994
(2) fact memo
(a) obligation to seal the office immediately
(b) obligation to cooperate with law enforcement authorities vs protection of privileged material
(c) basis for protecting disclosure to Congress of privileged material in VF office
(3) legal research
(I) basis for resisting identification/production of all documents in VF office and Bernie's safe v. Delay in surfacing suicide note
(1) complete interviews____
(a) Gergen ____
(b) Burton
(2) assemble material in public record
(3) fact memo
(4) legal research____
(a) obligations to disclose a note to law enforcement authorities ____
(I) if not obviously a suicide note ____
(ii) timeliness requirements
4. FOSTER SUICIDE
a. Chris Ruddy/Center for Western Journalism
b. Causes for suicide
c. Monitor Senate report; coordinate with Hamilton
d. Develop press response
5. OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
a. Delay in addressing criminal referrals; DOJ role (D.C. and Paula Casey)
I. determine usual process
ii. develop chronology/fact memo with key
(1) Charles Banks____
(2) Paula Casey ____
(3) (track Lewis correspondence released by Leach)
iii. identify Committee interest (D'Amato; House)
iv. assemble public record
b. RTC/Kansas City investigation (suspension of Jean Lewis, Richard Iorio etc.; April Breslaw; pre-1993 activity)
I. develop chronology of known facts and key documents
ii. interview Breslaw
iii. identify Committee interest (Leach; Senate)
iv. examine last day of House hearings for offensive help
c. Jay Stephens retention
I. track public record
ii. identify efforts to give IC civil jurisdiction
iii. identify Committee interest (D'Amato; House)
6. WHITE HOUSE/TREASURY CONTACTS
a. Senate Report
I. review/comment on Report
ii. keep in touch with Minority Report developments
iii. prepare press strategy iv. identify surrogates
b. White House investigation of White House/Treasury contacts (receipt of information about RTC investigation; work product; redactions)
I. prepare file memorandum describing use of unredacted transcripts
ii. determine continuing Bond interest
c. Truthfulness of White House and other Administration witnesses (referral of testimony to Starr--Ickes, Stephanopoulos)
I. consult with lawyers ____
ii. identify areas of vulnerability
iii. research on perjury iv. press response
d. Heads-up policy
I. surrogates____
ii. uniform application____
iii. Treasury status
iv. press strategy for release of Committee report v. work up background paper on precedents
e. Recusal policies/OGE/Executive Orders
I. press strategy for release of Committee report
ii. background paper
iii. consult with OGE
iv. consider Executive Order or other response to Committee
f. Contacts policy (Executive Order)
I. press strategy for release of Committee report
ii. background paper
iii. consult with OGE
iv. consider Executive order or other response to Committee
g. Rikki Tigert
I. determine her first likely congressional appearance in the new congress
ii. assemble public record
iii. interview Gergen, Tigert and Klein re communications on the subject of recusal
(1) determine response to allegations of ``pressure''
(2) determine response to allegation that Klein misled the committee
iv. determine press strategy/talking points
7. SMALTZ INVESTIGATION
a. Espy--ethics (Mills)
b. Beyond Espy ethics (Hatch Act, Tyson's)
I. determine charter, scope of inquiry ____
ii. determine press strategy
iii. identify congressional interest ______
iv. assemble public record
v. fact gathering
8. WHITE HOUSE WHITEWATER RESPONSE EFFORT
a. Legal research
I. the appropriate role of White House staff with respect to issues arising pre-inauguration (see above)
b. Fact development (scope of effort, etc.)
c. Determine press strategy/develop talking points
d. Assemble public record i. Lindsey involvement pre-1994
I. Lindsey involvement pre-1994
ii. Ickes' Ward Room undertaking (1/94)
iii. Polesta damage control effort
9. CISNEROS
a. Gather facts
b. Establish contact with counsel
c. Determine press strategy/develop talking points
d. Identify source of congressional interest
e. Assemble binder with summary and key documents
10. BROWN
a. Establish contact with counsel
b. Determine press strategy/develop talking points
c. Identify source of congressional interest
d. Assemble binder with summary and key documents
11. HUBBELL
a. Monitor cooperation ____
b. Determine press strategy/develop talking points
12. ICKES (union representation)
a. Monitor _____
b. Assemble binder with summary and key documents
13. STEPHANOPOULOS (nationsbank)
a. Monitor_____
b. Assemble binder with summary and key documents
14. STATE DEPARTMENT (passport files)
a. Identify issue_____
b. Determine congressional interest _____
c. Assemble binder with summary and key documents
15. ARCHIVES (abuse of personnel system)
a. Identify issue_____
b. Determine congressional interest_____
c. Assemble binder with summary and key documents
16. SBA (improper electioneering)
a. Identify issue_____
b. Determine congressional interest _____
c. Assemble binder with summary and key documents
17. GSA (Roger Johnson)
a. Identify issue_____
b. Determine congressional interest _____
c. Assemble binder with summary and key documents
18. FEC Audit
a. Determine congressional interest _____
b. Assemble binder with summary and key documents _____
19. FIC surplus
a. Identify issue_____
b. Determine congressional interest _____
c. Assemble binder with summary and key documents
20. MGSL-related
a. Whitewater Investment
I. assemble public record
ii. review documents, including work of accountants and tax returns; Lyons reports
iii. develop fact memo and chronology ______
iv. press strategy
b. MGSL
i. assemble public record_____
ii. review W&C documents _____
iii. develop fact memo and chronology_____
iv. fact memo
(1) why MGSL failed; relationship of campaign contributions to failure
(2) Rose Law Firm work (HRC 1985)
(a) conflicts
(b) enabled MGSL to stay open longer than it should have v. surrogate strategy
c. Rose Law Firm
I. fact memo
(1) status of conflicts inquiry
(2) Frost case
(3) Rose services to FSLIC related to Lasater brokerage firm (HRC 2 hours in 1987, signed pleadings for VF)
(4) billing practices ________
ii. assemble public record _____
iii. determine press strategy
d. David Hale
21. OTHER PRE-INAUGURAL
a. Gubernatorial Campaigns
i. identify issues
(1) whether expenditures and loans were properly reported under state law
(a) Lindsey role_____
(b) Betsey Wright
(2) role of the Bank of Cherry Valley
(3) Starr looking at 1984, 1986, 1990
ii. interview Kendall; review Kendall documents
iii. interview Snyder/Lindsey
iv. fact memo v. press strategy
b. Negative Associations
I. Jim Guy Tucker
ii. David Hale (SBA)
iii. Jim McDougal
iv. Dan Lasater (bond deals, cocaine, Roger Clinton)
c. Mena Airport
I. identify issue_____
ii. determine congressional interest______
iii. assemble binder with summary and key documents
d. ADFA
i. identify issue (political favors)_____
ii. determine congressional interest _____
iii. assemble binder with summary and key documents
e. Use by Governor Clinton of loans to further legislative initiatives
i. identify issue _____
ii. determine congressional interests _____
iii. assemble binder with summary and key documents
f. Commodities
i. determine congressional interest _____
ii. assemble binder with summary and key documents
g. Paula Jones
i. assemble binder with summary and key documents
h. Troopers
i. identify issue (job for silence, other)
ii. determine congressional interest _____
iii. assemble binder with summary and key documents
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