Clinton Rips Bush on 90's Fraud(Hurl!)

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[Suzie_Cue]

Clinton Rips Bush on 90's Fraud

Sun Jul 28, 3:48 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Clinton ( news - web sites) says the bull market of the 1990s bred corporate corruption but that President Bush ( news - web sites)'s laying blame on his predecessor twists the truth.

"There was corporate malfeasance both before he took office and after," Clinton told a Washington television reporter. "The difference is I actually tried to do something about it, and their party stopped it" in Congress.

"And one of the people who stopped our attempt to stop Enron accounting was made chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ( news - web sites)," Clinton said. "That is a fact; an indisputable fact."

White House spokesman Scott Stanzel would not respond Sunday to Clinton's specific comments but said: "There is a long-held tradition of former presidents acting in the national interests, not their own partisan interests. That long-held tradition has served the nation well, and President Bush is looking forward, not backward."

Clinton's interview was aired Friday on WJLA-TV Channel 7.

Bush was asked at a July 8 news conference whether Clinton had contributed to corporate excesses of the 1990s that have shaken the stock markets and slowed the nation's economic recovery. "No," Bush said. Asked later about controversies surrounding his new SEC commissioner, Bush said: "I think Harvey Pitt was put in place to clean up a mess."

Other White House officials have criticized the Clinton administration for letting underhanded corporate practices flourish.

Clinton also noted that Bush had blamed his effort to push Israel and the Palestinians into an overall settlement for violence that began in September 2000 and has become steadily worse.

"These people ran on responsibility, but as soon as you scratch them they go straight to blame," Clinton said in the interview. "Now you know, I didn't blame his father for Somalia ... I didn't do that.

"And I think that's not a real mark of leadership, and it's the wrong thing to do. But in this case, it's factually wrong."

Clinton said he began warning in 1998 about a gathering problem with corporate accounting practices, and when his SEC "tried to stop the Enron accounting practice of accountants being the consultants, the other party stopped us. And their main lobbyist was Harvey Pitt."

On the Middle East, Clinton said: "We had seven years of progress toward peace in the Middle East, and they tried to blame me for trouble in the Middle East. That's just what they do. Republicans have always done that. But it's bad form, and it's bad for America, and they should stop it."

The interview was taped after Clinton attended an observance to commemorate the 10th anniversary of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

[Suzie_Cue]

"Now you know, I didn't blame his father for Somalia ... I didn't do that.

Was that supposed to be a shot? From slick Willie?......Ya thimk? (not a typo)

[sauropod]

It was Mr. Aspin (of His Slickness's administration) that denied the armor to protect the Rangers in Mogadishu.

His Slickness is vile. He will inhabit the innermost circle of Hell!!!

[Political Junkie Too]

"These people ran on responsibility, but as soon as you scratch them they go straight to blame," Clinton said in the interview.

And you ran on being "the most ethical administration" ever.

-PJ

[RoseofTexas]

"The difference is I actually tried to do something about it, and their party stopped it" in Congress.

"And one of the people who stopped our attempt to stop Enron accounting was made chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ( news - web sites)," Clinton said. "That is a fact; an indisputable fact."

LET'S JUST HOPE THE PUBBIES HAVE GROWN BIG ONES!! Forget being MR. NICE GUY go for the THROAT!! MAN, bubba sure does have BIG B err..BOXER SHORTS!!

[Trueblackman]

Well I have received your message and agree 100%!!! No more Mr. Niceguy.

[ChadGore]

Re: Clinton said. "That is a fact; an indisputable fact."

"I did not have sexual relations . . . " <==== More FACTS ?

[pittsburgh gop guy]

Two words: NO CLASS!

[section9]

"These people ran on responsibility, but as soon as you scratch them they go straight to blame," Clinton said in the interview. "Now you know, I didn't blame his father for Somalia ... I didn't do that.

Ah, but you would have if you could have, you mendacious little c#*ks%@k&r. But you can't, because you know that it's just another one of your lies. And as Christopher Hitchens rightly said of you, there's "...no one left to lie to."

By the time he took office, the food aid mission to Somalia was winding down. It officially ended along about April of 1993, iirc. Then a bunch of UN people got ambushed by Mohammed Farah Aidid's "technicals", and Clinton sent in the Rangers without the armor to back them up. The daylight ambush of the Rangers in October of that year was the inevitable result. He did this. That's why the father of a Medal of Honor winner refused to shake his hand at the awards ceremony.

Bill Clinton cannot escape his past. As an historian, I know this to be an ironclad truth. In his autobiography, Bill Clinton may be his own best hero. In the pages of history, however, Clinton will get an altogether different treatment.

A more narcissitic, selfish little man has never held the Presidency, at least to my knowledge.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[cousair]

I thought former office holders (ex presidents) were supposed to be non expressive after leaving office, at least most of them are!! This Clinton creep and his side kick, Hillary, are so discusting it is hard to even write about his antics. The press still loves him and that puts them in the same garbage truck with the Clintons.

[RightOnline]

Well, my fellow FReepers, we've all been telling the world for years that Clinton was a disgusting, low-life, class-less piece of walking excrement.

Every time he opens his mouth these days, he merely confirms our words and warnings.

[section9]

Oh, and one last thing while I am on a rant. The White House response was perfect. They refused to get into a food fight with Bubba. Rather, they used aikido and "bent as a reed in the wind". Pointing out that they would rather not engage in partisan rhetoric, the White House deftly informed the public that they would rather look forward than backward.

The gentle scolding of Bluto was spot-on. It's like pulling the fangs out of an attacking mountain lion with one deft stroke.

Very well done on the White House's part. It is to their credit that they recognize that all Billy wants is a fight so he can act as the champion of his party. When Bluto doesn't get to fight, he doesn't get to play the self-pitying victim or the "Comeback Kid". What the White House did was akin to capturing Saddam Hussein with a squad of female Military Police. No Martyrdom for Billy!

The humiliation of it all!

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[NEPA]

I thought former office holders (ex presidents) were supposed to be non expressive after leaving office, at least most of them are!!

True, and there was a point in the 2000 campaign when Bush 41 got angry about something Clinton said and admitted it was getting hard for him to maintain the traditional non critical silence past presidents afford to the current office holder.

Carter also violated the rule around May of '01.

I'm starting to wonder if Bubba and the 'Rats are getting nervous about something we don't know yet.

[Allegra]

Oh, how I wish that vile creep would just shut up and go away. I may as well wish to win the lottery while I'm at it.

[just me]

"There was corporate malfeasance both before he took office and after," Clinton told a Washington television reporter. "The difference is I actually tried to do something about it, and their party stopped it" in Congress."

Where is his proof?

[sell_propaganda]

Can Congress protect investors?
James Chanos, head of a leading New York short-selling firm, testified to a House committee last February that the 1995 Securities Litigation Reform Act, which shields companies from certain stockholder lawsuits, “has probably harmed more investors than any other piece of recent legislation. That statute, in my opinion, has emboldened dishonest managements to lie with impunity, by relieving them of concern that those to whom they lie will have legal recourse.”
Urged on by computer, biotech and other firms, Congress enacted the law by bipartisan margins in both houses, over-riding President Clinton’s veto.

[Ragin1]

I'm pretty up to snuff about what happened in Somalia, good job btw, what I would like to hear more about,

"And one of the people who stopped our attempt to stop Enron accounting was made chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ( news - web sites)," Clinton said. "That is a fact; an indisputable fact."

Anybody?

[river rat]

Really, only one word is necessary to say everything necessary about Clinton: @$%^^#$^$!
Jim would bust me if I used the orignal text.
Semper Fi

[KLT]

You can clearly see that the stewardess was holding his arm and his hand is between her legs. He pulled it back quickly when he spotted the camera... you can see his eyes looking up. (she's biting an apple Bubba just gave her.) The liberal press covered this up.
This is part of a film... I have the clip. Next to that photo, he was photographed gawking at a woman's boobs.

BTW= The stewardess he was groping in that photo later went on to a high paying Whitehouse job for which she was totally unqualified... kind of like Monica. She and her friend had sex with Bubba at 35,000 feet. Satan is very satisfied with the job his b@stard son has done.

Thanks Matamoros!

Good Riddens Bill Clinton...You're just jealous!

[KLT]

Ping Y'All

[KLT]