RICE BOILS OVER AT BUBBA RIPS 'FLATLY FALSE' CLAIM ON BUSH'S BID TO GET BIN LADEN

New York Post ^ | 0-25-06

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September 25, 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday accused Bill Clinton of making "flatly false" claims that the Bush administration didn't lift a finger to stop terrorism before the 9/11 attacks. Rice hammered Clinton, who leveled his charges in a contentious weekend interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News Channel, for his claims that the Bush administration "did not try" to kill Osama bin Laden in the eight months they controlled the White House before the Sept. 11 attacks.

"The notion somehow for eight months the Bush administration sat there and didn't do that is just flatly false - and I think the 9/11 commission understood that," Rice said during a wide-ranging meeting with Post editors and reporters.

"What we did in the eight months was at least as aggressive as what the Clinton

[onyx]

Woo-Hoo! Condi speaks out!

[taxesareforever]

"What we did in the eight months was at least as aggressive as what the Clinton

Should have finished this statement with "did in eight years".

[AZLiberty]

The money quote:

Transitioning to the global war on terror, an animated Rice questioned, "When are we going to stop blaming ourselves for the rise of terrorism?"

[GOP Poet]

You tell him Condi! You tell him. This is one woman who ain't puttin' up with Clintoon's bullsh--.

[Stallone]

My War On Terror Includes Democrats

[Nathan Zachary]

"What we did in the eight months was at least as aggressive as what the Clinton[admin did]"

Well, that isn't saying much. Clinton did nothing.

[Aussiebabe]

Wow, why can't she be President!

[Steve Van Doorn]

The more I know about her the more I like her.

[Stallone]

My War On Terror Includes Liberal Media

[Stallone]

My War On Terror Includes I*R*A*N

[nopardons]

Way to go, Condi! :-)

[nutmeg]

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[Names Ash Housewares]

"Wow, why can't she be President!"


She would have my vote. However Governors tend to win, so the odds may be against her. VP might be a better place for her for now.

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She also said Clinton's claims that Richard Clarke - the White House anti-terror guru hyped by Clinton as the country's "best guy" - had been demoted by Bush were bogus. "Richard Clarke was the counterterrorism czar when 9/11 happened. And he left when he did not become deputy director of homeland security, some several months later," she said.

SLAM!

[BigSkyFreeper]

GO! CONDI! GO!

[RedCell]

You GO girl!

[GOP Poet]

Well, that isn't saying much. Clinton did nothing.

Now Nathan Zachary, that is not true. Didn't he shoot off like one missile or something? (Okay, I just can't help the next comment. Anyone with any holiness close your eyes, less you be offended.) . . . But I do believe he shot a lot more at MISS LEWINSKI.

[AliVeritas]

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[SuziQ]

Asked about recently leaked internal U.S. intelligence estimates that claimed the Iraq war was fueling terrorist recruiting, Rice said: "Now that we're fighting back, of course they are fighting back, too."

Precisely!!