Posted on 09/25/2001 3:25:05 PM PDT by Jean S
Acting like a man who knows he has much to answer for, ex-president Bill Clinton is seeking out anyone and everyone who will listen to explain that the World Trade Center disaster that killed 7,000 Americans wasn't his fault.
After telling Fox News Channel's Brian Kilmeade, NBC's Tom Brokaw and countless private audiences over the last two weeks that he did everything he could to nail prime suspect Osama bin Laden, Clinton has taken to accosting total strangers on the street to offer his excuses.
One such New Yorker is Saul Finkelstein, who says he was corralled by the suddenly guilt-ridden ex-prez Saturday while out for a bike ride with his sons.
For a full 15 minutes the ex-Commander-in-Chief unburdened himself to Finkelstein, who reported the episode to the Washington Post's Lloyd Grove.
"In 1998, the U.S. Navy launched a series of cruise missile attacks," Clinton insisted to the stranger. "We missed him by an hour."
He seemed to want the passerby to understand that if President Bush succeeds where he failed, it won't be because Bush tried any harder.
"The president can't say this," Clinton reportedly explained, "but it will not be that difficult to get bin Laden [today] because unlike in 1998.... the U.S. will have the cooperation of surrounding countries."
By comparison, he said, his task was more difficult because he had to "fight this guy from 1,000 miles away."
The bottom line, Finkelstein said, was that Clinton wanted him to understand that "what happened on Sept. 11 could in no way be traced to some failure on his administration's part."
Man, you ARE a newbie, aren't you.
This thread is downright gentle on the Disgraced, Impeached, Rapist, Treasonous, (ex) POTUS
formerly referred to on this forum as DIRTPOTUS.
Now he is just x42 and is considered to be as relevant, useful and valuable as a used condom floating in a septic tank.
He will never be forgiven for the damage he did to America. We will never forget that this is the guy who ate pizza and got a blow-job while discussing the deployment of troops in the Balkins. We will never forget his lies, his treason or his immorality.
If you are looking for sympathy for that pile of buzzard puke, you have come to the wrong shop.
Gee... Anyone think I am being harsh here?
There are dead guys being dug out of a Pennsylvania cornfield who did more to stand up for America than the POTUS of the nineties. They were Americans defending America. x42 sometimes made us wonder what country he considered his own.
And the next day Hillary?
And you thought the line at the DMV was long... the line forms wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-y back there ------>>>>.
Kennedy got an eternal flame on his grave, Clinton will have an eternal puddle of urine.
"He said that 'the president can't say this, but' it will not be that difficult to get bin Laden [today] because unlike in 1998 . . . the U.S. will have the cooperation of surrounding countries and 'you can't fight this guy from 1,000 miles away.' " Clinton added that getting rid of bin Laden is only a start: "If you took Sammy Sosa off the Cubs, they would still win a lot of games."..........
snort, snort, snort, snort........The visual is killing me...President Bush will succeed because he has help....noboby helped bubba. snort, snort, snort!!!
BTW, what is the Cubs record this year? Are they winning?
I'll bet Slick wishes now that he had returned just a little of that Red Chinese money for a hit on bin Laden.
The face of guilt:
Sorry, it is my belief the only regret bubba has is not being the center of attention.
He is a sociopath. He is the center of his own universe.
How could you sit still? :-) I jumped up and down all around the room! FINALLY!
Who would have ever thought that it would be a "sports" guy that asked a hard hitting question? He (Kilmeade) knocked Jennings, Rather, Couric and the rest of the gang down a notch that day. Imagine, a reporter actually doing his job, instead of licking Clinton's feet.
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