Clinton Haunted by Failure to Get bin Laden

NewsMax.com ^ | Tuesday Sept. 25, 2001; 5:24 p.m. EDT | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[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."

[Paul Atreides]

Obubba Been Laiden should be more concerned about his failure as a human being.

[The Other Harry]

"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."

And maybe also because Bush won't be distaracted by taking polls, chasing interns, and defending himself in impeachment proceedings.

[mancini]

Is this for real? How pathetic he is.

[Hodar]

You know, it really hard to take definitive action with an intern's face stuck in your trousers.

[tophat9000]

Sorry Billy the whole country knows you were more interested in getting hummers then bin Laden

[Jean S]

Check out Lloyd Grove's column from today's Washington Post:

House 'Intelligence'?

[Real Cynic No More]

What *&%$ing difference does it make?

[AmericaUnited]

Clinton is lying through his teeth. He stated on another channel, the same day that the info they had was considered too old by several weeks and that is why they held off.

[AmericaUnited]

held off.=missed

[paul51]

Did he have his pants on when you saw him?

[ArcLight]

I think this is the most positive thing I've read about Clinton in the past year or so. It suggests the poor fellow really does have a conscience after all. I'll add him to my prayer list.

[clintonh8r]

I don't suppose there's any chance he's suicidal, is there?

[In mourning for six years]

Does he, perhaps, protest too much?

[mancini]

clinton sounds like someone who is losing his mind . . . we can only hope he never finds it.

[Pharmboy]

A fitting legacy for this piece of trash...and he knows it will be his most lasting legacy. And it's killing him.

[Lexington Green]

Never send a sleazy lawyer to do a soldier's job.

[Hoosier Patriot]

How pathetic he is.

Right you are, sort of. In my estimation, the word pathetic isn't adequate enough to describe what he is.

Methinks his guilty conscience is getting to him.</strike out>

Oops, I forgot. He has no conscience.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Speak loudly and carry a bent twig.

Clinton's final gift?

DEC.18, 2000-ELECTORAL COLLEGE elects GEORGE W. BUSH.

DEC.20, 2000-CLINTON ADMINISTRATION gives Afghanistan 30 day ULTIMATUM..until-

JAN.20, 2001...INAUGERATION DAY for PRESIDENT BUSH.

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I heard Rush say that xxx42 waylaid a prominent liberal lawyer who was riding his bike with his son. ImPotus spent 15 minutes telling this lawyer how hard he worked for the American people to fight terrorism, then later sent an e-mail with more spin. I guess the lawyer blabbed because Rush read it from a news source. Give him enough rope..

[Mark17]

I think this is the most positive thing I've read about Clinton in the past year or so. It suggests the poor fellow really does have a conscience after all. I'll add him to my prayer list.

The poor fellow does not have a conscience. He is lying again. There are two countries that Bill Clinton wants to see destroyed. One is Israel, the other, is the USA. Deep down inside, he probably supports these terrorists. They, and he, are looking to destroy America. He has no conscience.