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Bill Clinton: John Kerry Soft on National Security
http://www.newsmax.com ^ | Sunday, July 10, 2005 | staff

Posted on 07/10/2005 9:29:30 PM PDT by bitt

Ex-President Bill Clinton criticized Sen. John Kerry on Friday, saying he lost his presidential bid last year because he was soft on national security.

Addressing Colorado's Aspen Ideas Institute, Clinton dissected Kerry's campaign with event moderator Walter Isaacson.

According to the Aspen Times, Clinton "blamed the Democratic candidate's soft stand on security" for his defeat.

He recalled that while campaigning on behalf of the Massachusetts Democrat last October, "it was clear even Kerry's supporters weren't clear on the candidate's position on national security."

"I think, in the end, he lost in a close race because of the security issue," Clinton told Isaacson.

He also said Kerry didn't do enough to reach out to rural voters, who were likely to support Bush.

"You can't win an election in this country unless you talk to people who you think aren't for you," Clinton said. "A person who wants to be president has to be at home with issues and people when he knows he's on the losing side."

Clinton was accompanied to Aspen by his wife, 2008 presidential hopeful and Kerry rival Hillary Clinton. Sen. Clinton was scheduled to address the Aspen Ideas Institute Sunday afternoon.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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To: bitt

The man is on the attack.....


81 posted on 07/11/2005 4:55:17 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P . The wild winds of fortune will carry us onward)
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To: None

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82 posted on 07/11/2005 5:03:12 AM PDT by debg
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To: bitt
"You can't win an election in this country unless you talk to people who you think aren't for you," Clinton said. "A person who wants to be president has to be at home with issues and people when he knows he's on the losing side."

Apply this to Hillry. Which group of people are least likely to vote for her, those are the ones she is plotting and planning to "seduce".
83 posted on 07/11/2005 5:05:17 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: Light Speed
ohhh, that's good...

thank you, Bill Clinton:


84 posted on 07/11/2005 5:16:39 AM PDT by bitt ('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: Keith in Iowa

LOL.


85 posted on 07/11/2005 5:23:34 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo
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To: bitt

Kitty litter!


86 posted on 07/11/2005 5:28:25 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: scott7278

I am also. And we are going to get a lot more tired and sick of it. Because the closer 08 gets, the more fawning the coverage will get. The Hillary sycophants will inundate the airwaves.


87 posted on 07/11/2005 5:29:35 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there.)
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To: bitt
SNORT. This from the man who refused to rescind EO 12333. And who refused to harm a hair on UBL's head.
88 posted on 07/11/2005 5:30:47 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Soul Seeker
I have been waiting for this battle to heat up, blue blood trust funders vs. southern mafia.

I will be rooting for the trust funders.

89 posted on 07/11/2005 5:35:41 AM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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To: bayareablues

This is not about dissing John Kerry, its all about positioning HRC as "tough on national security".

Exactly. Hillary has been screaming all week about national security. Bill is just helping to set the stage. Kerry is a "throw away" and is just being used by Bill.


90 posted on 07/11/2005 5:38:19 AM PDT by toomanygrasshoppers (Freud was wrong. It's all about "Roe v. Wade")
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To: Happy2BMe

Tidbit to that draft letter. When I first posted it with that article about Kerry; I thought he was referring to John Kerry with this line:

'One of the national organizers of the Vietnam Moratorium is a close friend of mine.'

Turns out that freeper Fedora came up with more information that indicates it was David Mixner Clinton was referring to.

David Mixner ended up being a political consultant to Clinton. Newsweek calls Mixner "the most powerful gay man in America."


91 posted on 07/11/2005 5:44:41 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: SmithL
Thank you President "don't bother me about a WTC bombing while I'm getting a monica" for sharing your views on National Security.

IMHO, if THAT President would have paid attention to national security, the WTC would not have been bombed. And I am amazed that so few Americans are willing to connect those dotted lines?

92 posted on 07/11/2005 5:46:34 AM PDT by eeriegeno
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To: bitt

I see Bill is beginning to clear the field for his wife.


93 posted on 07/11/2005 5:48:17 AM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche........ "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: eeriegeno
And I am amazed that so few Americans are willing to connect those dotted lines?

More Americans need to read Richard Miniter's book Losing Bin Laden

94 posted on 07/11/2005 5:50:00 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mikenash
"The dems are screwed if they pick Hillary, we should all be urging them to do so, who the heck will vote for her!!!!! It will be the biggest landslide victory for the GOP if the dems pick her!"

No offense, but I think we all said the very same thing about Bill, especially the second time.
95 posted on 07/11/2005 5:51:22 AM PDT by Preachin' (Georgia finally saw the light in 2000.)
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To: mware
I see Bill is beginning to clear the field for his wife.

He's welcome to try. I can't wait to hear the answers to the questions Hillie will finally be unable to avoid.

96 posted on 07/11/2005 5:51:32 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Calpernia; devolve
#91

Bill Clinton's Lies and Promises - Did He Cause 9/11/01?

97 posted on 07/11/2005 5:54:19 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (Viva La MIGRA - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
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To: Happy2BMe

>>>Bill Clinton's Lies and Promises - Did He Cause 9/11/01?

Adding:

The Clintons Terrorist Ties
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1342023/posts

Arkansas Connections: A Time-line of the Clinton Years by Sam Smith 1990 ON
http://prorev.com/connex2.htm

Clinton's Pardons List: Information From Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/clinton-s-pardons-list


98 posted on 07/11/2005 6:28:22 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: bitt

Didn't J effen K get more votes than Bubba?


99 posted on 07/11/2005 7:26:33 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Well... There you go again!)
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To: eeriegeno

It's now clear that the 1993 bombing was the opening round in WWIII, but Cinton and Reno treated it like a simple criminal matter. And the idiot jurors wouldn't even impose the death penalty for fear "they" would be mad at us.


100 posted on 07/11/2005 7:39:01 AM PDT by SmithL (There are a lot of people that hate Bush more than they hate terrorists)
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