Harry Smith Taken Aback as CBS Analyst Blames Clinton for bin Laden Failures

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[bvw]

Pugnacity meets impunity.

[Fatuncle]

"Pugnacity meets impunity."

And, not having used a condom, can it be held responsible for the result?

[HowardLSmith.ô¿ô]

Thank You this is as good as the Wallace/Clinton face off!!!

[bvw]

What's the plural of potato? For a teacher in a Trenton NJ elementary school, evidently it is "potatoes". For that is what she had wrote as the correct answer on the back of the spelling lesson card she gave Vice President Quayle.

Who is responsible in that case?

[TomGuy]

Scheuer has been on several talk-radio and cable news programs with the same story.

Clinton made a big mistake by whining about Path to 911. Now, this Wallace interview and his blow-up there just emphasize how little Clinton did as President.

Clinton should learn when to keep his mouth shut, but he craves center stage -- even if the situation is negative. He thinks his charm will sway people to his position (lie). But it isn't working so well any more.

[reagan_fanatic]

"And, and, and with this also further revelation that, in fact, the war in Iraq has only exacerbated the terrorist situation"

And doing nothing, the liberal's first choice, would have emboldened terrorists worldwide who would come to the same conclusion that they came to during the Toon's administration: that the United States was a paper tiger and unable or unwilling to fight back against those who attack it. We suffered dearly for the weakness Clinton showed - it was time to fight back. Thank You, President Bush.

Damned Liberal pukes.

[JaguarXKE]

From where did Smith pull his closing statement?

Will I get banned if I say it? From his

AS*!

[Republican Red]

From NRO Corner: http://corner.nationalreview.com/

Re: Michael Scheuer [Jonah Goldberg]

From a reader:

Keep in mind that he hates Richard Clarke

Just to refresh your recolletion, Scheuer was the CIA HQ Chief of the "Bin Laden" desk. He viewed Clarke as an amatuer poseur who really knew nothing of significance about counter-terrorism, and was simply an obstacle at the White House who gave Sandy Berger cover from making hard decisions.

Scheuer has always been highly critical of Clarke's book as revisionist history — taking for himself many of the accolades that really belonged to the work and intuition of John O'Neill. So, to see Clinton glom onto Clarke's book as a basis to defend his performance was just too much for Scheuer to take, especially given the way O'Neill was thrown under the bus by the Clinton Administration in Yemen.

[montag813]

I am amazed Smith even had Schuer on in the first place. He is consistent in his blame on Clinton. You will see him less and less in the future, unfortunately. FoxNews had the actor Vince Curatola on today, who plays "Johnny Sack" on the Sopranos. He and his wife were close friends of John O'Neill, the FBI guy and Bin Laden expert, God rest his soul. Curatola said whever he and O'Neill would be out for a drink, or dinner, O'Neill would rail on about how "I tell them to get bin Laden, but HE won't listen", or
"I can't get HIM to do a damned thing about Bin Laden", etc. Curatola said in every single case the "HE" O'Neill was angry about was BILL CLINTON. Needless to say the Hillary staffer on the panel was not pleased, and tried toi quickly divert the conversation to Richard Clarke.

[Edit35]

He got mad on purpose

I've listened to both sides of the 'Clinton got mad on purpose' argument and after watching the video many times, I do not think this was planned at all.

Oh, I think Clinton had planned to make some stronger points about HIS "obsession" to kill bin Ladin, but I really believe that he let his inner insecurity take over his mouth.

He seemed to almost rise out of his inner space when he turned purple. And I think Clinton knows instinctively that political independants in the US almost never accept a politician leaning over and pointing a finger menacingly inches from a reporters face, especially one so unassuming and polite as Chris Wallace. Maybe someone like Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh, but not Chris Wallace.

Also consider that Clinton's 'manager' or press-agent or whatever he is was just off camera trying desparately to get Fox to stop the interview, or at least to change the subject to Clinton's effort to raise money for charity.

Bottom Line: I think Clinton went bonkers, and on the whole, will wish he never brought up the subject of his administration's (non) effort to stop terror.

[bray]

Surprised a Black Screen didn't pop up?? Harry may not get invited to HilaryCare's next party!

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