Posted on 12/30/2007 5:43:19 AM PST by OCCASparky
NASHUA, N.H. -- Former president Bill Clinton yesterday delivered in stark terms a version of his wife's central campaign message: that her experience in Washington better prepares her to "deal with the unexpected."
Addressing more than 100 supporters at a VFW hall here Saturday, Clinton used the strongest language he has so far in the campaign to describe the threats facing the nation, making an oblique reference to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and saying that the "most important thing of all" in selecting a nominee is the question of who could best manage unforeseen catastrophes.
"You have to have a leader who is strong and commanding and convincing enough . . . to deal with the unexpected," he said. "There is a better than 50 percent chance that sometime in the first year or 18 months of the next presidency, something will happen that is not being discussed in this campaign. President Bush never talked about Osama bin Laden and didn't foresee Hurricane Katrina. And if you're not ready for that, then everything else you do can be undermined. You need a president that you trust to deal with something that we will not discuss in this campaign. . . . And I think, on this score, she's the best of all."
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LOL! Mr Clinton Osama Bin Laden did not begin his existence on 911 and if you had any vision of the unexpected Osama Bin Laden would have been neutralized before President Bush decided to run for President. I do not recall Hillary Clinton, you or anyone else foreseeing the damage Hurricane Katrina would bring to New Orleans.
More Bill Clinton rewriting history. America has had enough of these 2 zeroes.
WHAT ..?? BUSH DIDN’T FORSEE KATRINA ..??
So .. the president is supposed to be clairvoyant ..??
What a ridiculous FRAUD Bubba is .. along with his FRAUD of a wife.
VFW Hall ? I’m surprised he was allowed inside.
Has Bubba ordered any cigars recently?
Oh, man. Lee Harvey Oswald, where are you when we need you??
Don’t forget, hillary has Eleanor Roosevelt to “guide” her.
Does she still have sessions with her?
1. The cackle.
2. You and your dog.
3. Fort Macy park for you.
4. That's old news.
5. I don't recall.
6 - 100 (add at your leasure)
Great—one more reason never to let Bubba back into the White House even as a visitor—the man who turned the word “humidor” into a VERB.
Doesnt he know who belongs to the VFW?
I remember thinking at the time why would Nixon resort to dirty tricks to win an election that he was going to win anyway? As it turned out, he didn’t know about the Watergate caper before it happened. His crime was in covering it up when he did find out about it. - Knowing the Democrat Party, is anyone naive enough to think they didn’t have a dirty tricks patrol on steroids in play even as far back as Watergate? I suppose in a sense one might think Nixon had his own in self-defense.
I totally agree.
When I read “Witness” by Whittaker Chambers , I saw a different side of Nixon;one of courage.And I think for the way he tried to expose communists, he won the enduring loathing of the press.
It’s true that Nixon’s early career was marked by dedicated anti-communism. It’s also true that his late career was marred by dedicated socialism (wage and price controls).
As to whether he knew or didn’t know about Watergate, he certainly allowed that goon squad free reign and certainly trusted some very bad apples (speaking in terms of their common sense, if not necessarily their intentions) with his political career.
Another Clinton barf alert ping!
I'll say he's got a point about her having a few surprises in Washington. Although, if I were him, I wouldn't run around bragging about it.
You are so right! I have read that people in Clinton’s Whitehouse who worked with her say that she is “extremely vindictive, has a vicious temper, and should even be called evil.”
You are so right! I have read that people in Clinton’s Whitehouse who worked with her say that she is “extremely vindictive, has a vicious temper, and should even be called evil.” They both have horrible tempers and do pay back those who go against them. We don’t need the Clintons back in power again, EVER!
Sorry, I posted twice.
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