Hillary: Bush War Budget Should be Withdrawn

Newsmax.com ^ | 3-21-2003 | Carl Limbacher

[Paul Atreides]

A shrill-sounding Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, attacked President Bush's Iraq war budget on Thursday, saying that the administration's plan to cut taxes while spending more on the armed forces "will not stand the test of time."

"Under any objective assessment of where we stand in the world right now, this budget should be a nonstarter. It should be withdrawn from the floor," the nation's leading Democrat complained.

Raising her voice to a near-shout, Mrs. Clinton urged, "Every one of us should be saying, 'My goodness, we have higher obligations. How can we keep faith with those young men and women who are on the front lines for us?'"

And while Clinton continues to insist that she backs the U.S. military, she argued Thursday that rising defense costs could hobble the economy for future generations of Americans.

"We are in danger of being the first generation of Americans to leave our children worse off than we were," predicted the New York Senator. "No generation of Americans has ever done that. We are about to do that."

The former first lady drew a direct connection between rising military expenditures and the prospect of a dimming economic future.

"We are about to load onto the backs of our children and those lucky enough to have grandchildren, the unknowable costs of military action that may be necessary to protect our freedom, the unknowable costs of that may be necessary to protect our freedom, the unknowable costs of ongoing security to protect us here at home."

She also contended that increased military spending would threaten a whole host of social welfare programs, such as "quality affordable health care and quality education and decent transportation, to say nothing of keeping faith with Social Security and Medicare."

"This is a very solemn moment - and it's not only solemn because of what is happening in the Persian Gulf," Clinton warned. "It is solemn because of the extraordinary commitment of this Senate leadership to take action that will not stand the test of time."

[Paul Atreides]

The Whore of Babble-On speaks.

[CheneyChick]

Raising her voice to a near-shout, Mrs. Clinton urged, "Every one of us should be saying, 'My goodness, we have higher obligations. How can we keep faith with those young men and women who are on the front lines for us?'"

You can't, HIllary, and you never could. Thank God for the Bush administration.

[an amused spectator]

Another Saddemocrat heard from...

[petuniasevan]

Hitlery, you backstabbing b!tch: do they EVER shut up on your planet?

[Rummyfan]

Man.... so many oxymorons in there......

'Senate leadership'

Hillary talking of 'higher obligations'?

Spending for transportation and education? These are not constitutional obligations of the Federal government are they?

[MEG33]

I saw the rant. I was so dumbstruck by her tone,I didn't switch the channel. I cannot understand how anyone considers her a viable candidate for president.

[stanz]

Piece of s**t.

[RS]

"A shrill-sounding Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY"

Keep it up Mr. President !
I want to see her on TV with veins popping out of her forehead !
I want smoke coming out of her ears !
I want to be able to read her blood pressure in her eyes !

The madder and crazier she gets, the more I know things are getting better !

[Paul Atreides]

She is a shrill albatross who hasn't realized that the nation has already endured on slick Clinton and doesn't want another one, even if that Clinton calls herself a Rodham.

[Sender]

The nation's leading Democrat? Oh please.

[trustandobey]

You know, if she had half a brain in her head, you know, she would Fosterize herself!

[Lee'sGhost]

"The nation's leading Democrat? Oh please."

But when you think about it, this is a good thing.

[JoeSixPack1]

What an unencumbered BIT$H!!!! We are 3 days into WAR and she wants to cut off the funding. I thought I was immune to being P.O.ed at her rants. I was wrong.

She hates this war, she hates the military, and she hates and hates and hates.

And she might have a point from her perspective. She, after all is "the" HITLERy, And seeing good men act for the good of the world probably scares her right down to her souless bod.

[tom paine 2]

I'd like to know how you can say "my goodness" shrilly. Try it.

[twigs]

I saw her too and was also dumbstruck. Her tone reminded me of the forced anger Daschle ranted about last fall--about partisanship, I think. She looked as fake as she is and she forgot her make-up; she was truly frightening looking. She wears her heart in her eyes.

[TLBSHOW]

Too bad the Hillary and democrats won't be able to celebrate with our troops or the Iraq people as liberation takes place.
Since the democats have been on the side of the killers of Iraq since day one. They will be left out and in 2004 voted out so far back it will be the stone age for them.

A wonderful story here that those of us from the right, those of us against evil will enjoy...

......

Americans very good," Ali Khemy said. "Iraq wants to be free."


Some chanted, "Ameriki! Ameriki!"


Many others in the starving town just patted their stomachs and raised their hands, begging for food.


A man identifying himself only as Abdullah welcomed the arrival of the U.S. troops: "Saddam Hussein is no good. Saddam Hussein a butcher."


An old woman shrouded in black — one of the very few women outside — knelt toward the feet of Americans, embracing an American woman.

snip

Gurfein playfully traded pats with a disabled man and turned down a dinner invitation from townspeople.


"Friend, friend," he told them in Arabic learned in the first Gulf War.

"No Saddam Hussein!" one young man in headscarf told Gurfein. "Bush!"


the iraq people thank Bush for their freedom


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&u=/ap/20030321/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_conquered_town_2&printer=1

[afz400]

She and her husband squandered the peace dividend created by Ronald Reagan on give-away programs to help get thenm re-elected, undermining the defense of the nation in the process. Now it's up to Bush to rebuild the military, much like Reagan had to do after Carter.

[MEG33]

I shudder!

[labowski]

I saw this slut on tv last night screaming about tax cuts and the war. How can anyone in the Senate give her an ounce of respect or credibility??? I guess when your counterparts are the likes of Shelia Jackson Lee, Barbara Boxer et al it doesn't look so bad, feh.....................

[RicocheT]

Hilliary's rant is part of the Senate Democrats' plan to sink any tax cuts. She has a lot of "reasons" why our tax money should stay in Washington, instead of our pockets.

Worried about military expenses, ha! Democrats are worried US citizens will have enough money to live and raise their families without being slaves of big government.