Posted on 05/17/2002 11:25:54 AM PDT by jriemer
I think the question was would they do it .. not if the were smart enough to pull it off ..
All I know is that I would not put ANYTHING pass the Democrats
If you're someone in the Democratic party interested in "thinning the herd" of potential rivals for 2004, you don't have to be smart - you have to be ruthless. The fact that Bush is getting roughed-up in the process is a bonus in their eyes.
Politics ain't bean-bag.
jriemer
I mean, isn't that the key word that Bob Shrum stuck in his ear?
One word: Hillary!
Only she wasn't quite as sneaky as she thought. Ari called her on her behavior today at the WH press briefing. He said that Bloomberg called the WH for info while the junior Senator from NY marched to the Senate floor demanding an explanation. Only she messed up. She listed dates that she was aware of that general warnings were given. One of those happened to be in January of 2001 while her co-president still held the executive office.
If this is a spin by somebody wanting to discredit GWB & a likely contender that's being spun as the next BJC, look no further than Hillary!
He is dumb as a bag of rocks, and the dims need a new candidate...enter hildebeest.
I still don't believe they are smart enough to pull it off, ruthless or not. Everything they have done since Bush took office has been hit-or-miss (mostly miss). They don't coordinate with each other, there have not been any coordinated effective attacks. I think they started out in the hole when they assumed Bush would be easy to take apart. They found out he wasn't and have been left in the dust ever since, particularly since 9-11. They have only beenaiming at targets of opportunity and it isn't working out for them. As November draws closer expect them to become more and more irrational in their haphazard and undeveloped attacks.
IF YOU WOULD QUIT SPENDING TIME WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER BUSH IS DOING HIS JOB.....AND SPENT IT DOING YOUR OWN.....WE'D ALL BE BETTER OFF!!!!!!
This is proof positive that Rush reads FR, for I posted this exact same thing here just yesterday!!!!
Typical shyster lawyer legal mumblings: "I don't recall, but it could have happened..." Always leave yourself a little wiggle room to slither about it.
I'm telling you, I don't know how any person with at least a half an ounce of brains could pull the lever for an ambulance-chasing bum like this.
My latest letter to Johhny Boy Edwards:
Shame on you Senator Edwards.
First you spend all of your time gallivanting off to Iowa, New Hampshire and the NY talk shows.
Then you embarrass yourself and NC on Meet the Press last weekend when you couldn't answer a single question on how you would lead America.
Finally, you unfairly and unjustly criticize our Commander-in-Chief for failing to do 'something' before 9/11. You had the same information, if you weren't asleep in your Senate Intelligence Committee meetings.
Shame on you,
TC Rider
He also passes off comments as his own that were posted by Freepers.
But I think the damage to Edwards is collateral, so to speak. The target here is Bush. The polls keep looking worse and worse and election day is getting closer and closer. The dems are desperate for something to take the shine off Bush as a successful war leader and they hope this will do it.
IMHO it won't work. As has been posted, vague warnings that airplanes could be used as a terror weapon go back years - to Clinton's first term. The intel was too vague to trigger specific action. And Clinton ignored terror for years despite Mogadishu, El Khobar, WTCI, the Africa Embassies and the Cole - with Algore and Hillary! at his side. I think people will be offended the dems are trying to make this a political issue.
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