Posted on 09/26/2006 4:26:19 AM PDT by excludethis
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 administration did in the preceding years,"
Rice added. The secretary of state also sharply disputed Clinton's claim that he "left a comprehensive anti-terror strategy" for the incoming Bush team during the presidential transition in 2001. "We were not left a comprehensive strategy to fight al Qaeda," Rice responded during the hourlong session.
"I would just suggest that you go back and read the 9/11 commission report on the efforts of the Bush administration in the eight months - things like working to get an armed Predator [drone] that actually turned out to be extraordinarily important," Rice added.
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.
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Wish Condi had come out YESTERDAY when everyone was watching this story.
Great article. The quotes from Richard Clark prove that Clinton was lying through his wagging finger (again).
Other than it being Slick Willy, his body language repeatedly said "LIAR" to me......
Glad someone is finally speaking out.
It boils down to one thing...Bill Clinton has always been a liar!
Can't trust a dang thing he says!
The story is dated yesterday. I admit no time is given.
There was a *song from the 1960's or '70's(?) that had the word "LIAR" repeated in the lyrics. Every time I see, think, or hear Klintoon that lyric pops into my head.
(*Sorry but I don't remember the song title or group.)
"flatly false"
She's too kind!
This was posted earlier if you want to see that thread, it's at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708393/posts
The group was Three Dog Night (somehow appropriate for Clinton).
And such legs she gives it!
We'll see if Bubba takes the bait and rips Condi.
W and his father have given Clinton more respect than any serial rapist deserved. It is about time this administration regarded Clinton as the criminal that his lifetime of behavior has shown him to be.
How did Chris Wallace keep from punching Clinton in the mouth?
I dont argue very often, it serves no purpose,but when a man get in my face and starts jabbing me with his finger he better be ready to go to fist city.
To see this type of performance from a former President over being asked a simple question was astounding.
What I would like to see is Hillary asked a few tough questions. I would like to see her before a hostile interviewer. This crap of making deals before interviews to get softball questions the respondent has had time to prepare for is Bull.
The Castaway's "Liar, Liar"
Chorus : Liar, liar, pants on fire
Your nose is longer than a telephone wire
Ask me, baby, why I'm sad
You've been out all night, know you've been bad
Don't tell me different, know it's a lie
Come kill me, honey, see how I cry
Why must you hurt me, do what you do
Listen here, girl, can't you see I love you
Make a little effort, try to be true
I'll be happy, not so blue
Chorus
If you keep on tellin' me those lies
Still goin' out with other guys
There'll come a day I'll be gone
Take my advice, won't be long
When that day comes, won't be mad
Be free of you, but I'll still be sad
In spite of your cheatin', still love you so
I'll be unhappy if I let you go
Chorus
Excellent, Condi! She did an outstanding job of telling the truth for each of Slick's lies, one by one. I love it when BOTH sides of the stories are shown: the Clintons' side and the true side.
Awww, geeze Louise... Please don't ruin my memories of Three Dog Night by linking them to that.... that... that former president.
I agree. First I thought it was staged to rally the troops but then when I read he was shouting at his own people after the interview I think he really did just lose it. I also think he really does believe his own lies and has spent his lifetime rationalizing anything he does to cover his basic insecurity. The man is a mere bully who just gets mean when something happens that doesn't feel good.
wow. these are the big guns (trained on the little ones).
Game.Set.Match, Condi.
I'm convinced the reason he's lashing out is because he's come to the realization that there's nothing he can do to save his legacy.
deja vu ping
When doesn't it?
There are times I feel I am the only one who thinks this. It just drives me out of my friggin tree that this guy raped a woman, got away with it and then everybody in the driveby media goes gaga over him.
Do you not understand the idea of America was founded so you CAN argue towards a purpose. You might be referring to "contradiction" which, I'll agree serves no purpose.
I just do not understand why people do not want to "ARGUE" politics, when our whole founding was based on being able to without killing each other. That's what make America great! Like my tagline says,...Live with it!!
Chris Wallace asked the same question that has been asked of President Bush many times. Apparently you don't ask hard questions of the Clintons and the hard questions have never been asked of them just soft ball, warm and fuzzy little whiffs that are little more than window dressing. This is the dawning of the Clinton burn out, their pizza presidency was a farce – both are unstable and as we saw, frighteningly dangerous.
Good for Condi!
Agreed. The contrast on how Bush handles hostile questions compared to Bubba's childish outburst is striking.
She'd walk all over him, metaphorically speaking. :)
How I'd love to see her in a debate with him. He'd be toast within minutes.
I hardily agree......The Toon is just a joke on late Night TV...
Someone needs to compile a list of Bubba's accusations and create a list of the facts, in a chart lined up next to each other, and use that as a campaign tool this November...and in 2008 if needed.
I'd love to see him try to stick his finger in her face. She'd belt him.
Good question, Ms. Rice.
However, "we" (on the right) are not doing that. "They" (on the left) are.
And the terrorists are lapping it up.
I knew this day would eventually come.
LOL! I'd pay -- a lot -- to see that. :)
He's closing in on Howard Dean in the toon factor.
That's not very comforting.
That's the liar song that I remember singing in the 60s (when I was a kid).
I hope he keeps opening his big mouth because those he so closely relies on to hide the truth will start turning away from him.
That question bears repeating. How bad is it going to get before the world acknowledges these people are truly dangerous and MUST be stopped?
It's always about "Clinton" and for these intellegent people of his administration/DBM to keep doing his bidding is just unwise.
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