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Clinton: Secrecy Sparked Shooting Reaction
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Posted on 02/19/2006 9:18:43 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Clinton: Secrecy Sparked Shooting Reaction

23 minutes ago

Former President Clinton said Sunday the Bush administration's "enormous penchant for secrecy" sparked the strong reaction to Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting mishap.

"We have people quite often who are shot in quail incidents, so I didn't feel the need to get into the pile-on," Clinton said Sunday on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Cheney has been criticized for not disclosing the shooting on Feb. 11 of Texas lawyer Harry Whittington until the following day.

"I think the White House should have said something about it sooner," Clinton said. "I think that it's gotten a little more light than it would have because the administration has an enormous penchant for secrecy for not telling anybody anything about anything."

The shooting had little impact on public opinion about the job done by Cheney, which was already low. A Time magazine poll found 29 percent of those surveyed approve of the job done by Cheney, close to the 32 percent approval for the vice president in November.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: armchairnobodies; cheney; harrywhittington; x42
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To: Maceman
"sociopathic chutzpah"

You got that right....mind boggling for sure! The aggravation for me is when Clinton makes comments like this, and no reporter, or anchor, or late night comic, or talking head, or editor, will crucify him, or at least ridicule him, for his monumental "sociopathic chutzpah".

21 posted on 02/19/2006 9:32:21 AM PST by YaYa123
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To: DejaJude
Well Mr. Clinton. At least our VP didn't shoot his "GUN" while on duty in the oval office!!!!!!!!!
22 posted on 02/19/2006 9:32:41 AM PST by oldenuff2no
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To: Sub-Driver

This administration knows how to keep quiet whereas Bill Clinton always had an alibi at any given moment.


23 posted on 02/19/2006 9:33:21 AM PST by joylyn
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To: Sub-Driver

Takes one to know one...or project on one, actually.


24 posted on 02/19/2006 9:34:35 AM PST by arasina (So there.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Bush administration's "enormous penchant for secrecy"

No Bill, what you chacterize as secrecy is just the administration's cautious and measured approach to releasing information to the jackals in the liberal media who have an "enormous penchant" for distorting news.

25 posted on 02/19/2006 9:36:47 AM PST by Starboard (Liberal superiorists hate the system that allows average people to make more money than they do.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Once again Komrade Klinton plays his unique part in the attempt of the left to portray the Bush administration as "secretive", "suspicious", "murky", "untrustworthy". It is so transparent a ploy. The democrats have ABSOLUTLY no message except..."You can't trust them, so vote for us, who cares if we have no ideas." (Of course we know they have ideas,ie. socialism) They always accuse the Right of doing exactly what they are guilty of...it's getting boring.
26 posted on 02/19/2006 9:36:49 AM PST by FreeLuna
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To: Sub-Driver
The average IQ of a Democrat must be lower than even I thought.

This month the talking point is "Republican administration secrecy".

Last month it was "Republicans spying on the peoples".

Next month is will probably be yet another idiotic thing that they will all repeat, one after another, while looking straight and sternly into the cameras, as if they are inventing the DNC phrase for the first time.


Were they not so pathitic, it would be funny.






27 posted on 02/19/2006 9:38:35 AM PST by G.Mason (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: Incorrigible
When the Clinton's shoot their lawyer, he stays dead.

Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark! One of the best comments I've read here in weeks.

28 posted on 02/19/2006 9:40:03 AM PST by Hardastarboard (HEY - Billy Joe! You ARE an American Idiot!)
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To: Sub-Driver
Bubba's comments about the Bush Administration's "secrecy" is rich...

But will "adopted" Bush son Billy Clinton be disinvited for Sunday dinner today?

29 posted on 02/19/2006 9:42:36 AM PST by F16Fighter
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To: F16Fighter
But will "adopted" Bush son Billy Clinton be disinvited for Sunday dinner today?
H.W. is protecting the ex-president's club by bolstering Clinton in public. Unfortunately, this is being used to advance the Hillary '08 agenda. Bill is a sociopath...Hillary is a psychopath. The Bush family would do well to stay away from both of them.

 

30 posted on 02/19/2006 9:46:55 AM PST by peyton randolph (As long is it does me no harm, I don't care if one worships Elmer Fudd.)
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To: Sub-Driver

HEY!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Willy!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,STFU!


31 posted on 02/19/2006 9:48:45 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Sub-Driver
Right Bill.

This administration is very secretive, unlike yours.

Willard hypocrisy mocking ---off----

32 posted on 02/19/2006 9:49:43 AM PST by Condor51 (Better to fight for something than live for nothing - Gen. George S. Patton)
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To: Sub-Driver

All I have to say is "Remember Vince Foster". Talk about secrecy. Sheesh.


33 posted on 02/19/2006 9:50:55 AM PST by Rapscallion (Democrats: Supporting the conquest of America since VietNam.)
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To: peyton randolph
"H.W. is protecting the ex-president's club by bolstering Clinton in public. Unfortunately, this is being used to advance the Hillary '08 agenda. Bill is a sociopath...Hillary is a psychopath. The Bush family would do well to stay away from both of them."

Correctamundo on ALL counts, but the elitist skull and bones' allegiance is to...themselves.

Btw, imagine Reagan palling around with Jimmy Carter??

How much respect would we have lost for the Gipper?

34 posted on 02/19/2006 9:52:34 AM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Incorrigible

"When the Clinton's shoot their lawyer, he stays dead."
ROFLMAO...


35 posted on 02/19/2006 9:53:18 AM PST by EASYACES (Ignorance is curable, but stupidity is forever)
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To: YaYa123
You got that right....mind boggling for sure! The aggravation for me is when Clinton makes comments like this, and no reporter, or anchor, or late night comic, or talking head, or editor, will crucify him, or at least ridicule him, for his monumental "sociopathic chutzpah".

Exactly! How he has the nerve to even speak out on this is beyond me. If we had an honest D.C. press corps, this would have stopped a long time ago as they would have outed both Clintons instead of wearing kneepads for both.

36 posted on 02/19/2006 9:53:34 AM PST by PhiKapMom (Throw out OK's Governor DoLittle in 2006! Allen in 2008!)
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To: FreeLuna

OMG..I can't believe any Clinton would have the nerve to critique the "secrecy" of any other Administration. Of course, this wouldn't even be possible if not for the collaboration with the MSM. After all, these are the same people who sat quietly by as "they" witnessed one of the most outrageous purges in American history.
There has never been a more secretive administration than that which Hillary belonged. From the DA Massacre, which replaced all the US Attorneys, to the purges of Inspector Generals and department heads, Bill Clinton created one of the most impenetrable walls of protection that any president had ever erected. Heck, they ruined a mans reputation and career (Billy Dale) simply because Hillary wanted one of her trusted friends at the Travel Office.

From billing records to FBI files to campaign finance fraud to Richardson and IRS abuse (another Hillary confidante) to every frickin' scandal-"gate" under the sun, the Clintons were immersed in secrets and corruption. You had an AG who was routinely threatened with Contempt of Congress because she refused to turn over relevant documents that Congress was investigating. Whether it was numerous witnesses who "just couldn't recall" or those 100+ who fled the country to avoid testifying...this was the most secret and corrupt administration in history.

I truly believe that Monica-gate became the media's scandal dejour simply because it took these other more serious issues of the front page...and they thought they could easily beat it. It is disgusting to watch the media and libs try and routinely create scandals from benign incidents under Bush, while they deliberately ignored and marginalized those much more serious incidents under Clinton.


37 posted on 02/19/2006 9:56:46 AM PST by cwb (Liberalism is the opiate of the *asses)
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To: Sub-Driver

Well, we knew that "Culture of corruption" must have been the #1 term to emerge from focus group testing. Now we know that the #2 phrase was "enormous penchant for secrecy". Unfortunately for the Democrats this one won't fly either.


38 posted on 02/19/2006 9:57:01 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Sub-Driver
We all know he is working for the witch..Both are the same,dangerous..
39 posted on 02/19/2006 9:58:32 AM PST by Beth528
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To: Sub-Driver

The only strong reaction was from the press....most of America went on with their lives


40 posted on 02/19/2006 10:00:13 AM PST by Kimmers
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