Posted on 05/31/2003 6:07:42 PM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
Invoking unusually harsh language, Florida Governor Jeb Bush blasted ex-President Clinton on Friday as selfish and narcissistic for suggesting that the 22nd amendment be modified to allow a president to serve more than two terms.
"Bill Clinton is the most self absorbed person living in America," Gov. Bush told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity.
Asked whether he was troubled by Clinton's persistent public criticism of President Bush, the first brother leveled another broadside, telling Hannity, "President Clinton wouldn't view himself being critical of anybody because he's always thinking about himself. It's all about Bill."
Such a sharp attack on a former president would be unusual coming from a member of any first family, but it's completely unprecedented coming from a close relative of President Bush, who has vowed to bring a "new tone" to national politics and to move on from the political bickering that marked the scandal-scarred Clinton era.
But Gov. Bush's candor is sure to be welcomed by conservatives, many of whom have grown frustrated watching Bill and Hillary Clinton launch one partisan salvo after another at the White House while the president's spokesmen bite their tongues.
Gov. Bush's extraordinarily frank comments about the former president came during the following exchange:
HANNITY: I want to ask you about one question. You know, your father maintained the tradition of former presidents. When he left office, he had a lot of reasons that he could have gone out there and criticized Bill Clinton. And I remember for most of the eight years Bill Clinton was president, your father was not critical in any way, shape, matter or form. And I think he showed a lot of class by doing that.
Bill Clinton has been very critical of your brother, on the other hand. Now he's even talking about repealing the 22nd amendment - not for him, of course. . .
BUSH: [laughing] Yeah
HANNITY: . . . But for future presidents. You want to weigh into these waters or . . .
BUSH: Oh boy. I'll tell you what. All I'll say is that Bill Clinton is the most self absorbed person living in America. And the tradition of former presidents not being critical of their successors, I think, is a very good one. It's why we've had transitions since the beginning of the Republic. And almost all presidents have been very respectful of that. But President Clinton wouldn't view himself being critical of anybody because he's always thinking about himself. It's all about Bill. [End of Excerpt]
"Bill Clinton is the most self absorbed penis living in America," Gov. Bush told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity.
I guess they figured they could put up with the backlash from big media (don't worry, there'll be one) and allow just this one instance of undisciplined indulgence from an otherwise extraordinarily disciplined administration.
Don't be mean! < /sarcasm >
I am TRULY TERRIFIED of the prospect of ANY "Clintnoid" regaining Power in America!!
Our Nation is in Peril; we need "Leaders" who have a Strong Moral Vision!
The LAST THING we need is a "Moral 'Trimmer'" in charge of our "Near-Term Destiny!!"
The "Time of the Clintons" has Passed; We are Sorely in need of a Generation of "Leaders" who exhibit Moral Clarity!
Our Very Existence is being "Tested" by Forces Totally Inimical to our very existence!
We MUST HAVE Leaders who understand clearly WHY we exist as a Political Entity.
We MUST HAVE "Political Leadership" capable of "Countering" the Mindless Seductiveness of Radical Islam!
We MUST HAVE Political Leaders who understand the Principles of our Representative Democracy well enough to Demolish the seductive Arguments of "Islam!"
"Islam" is a Horrible, Mindless Trap that can enslave many of our fellow Citizens; we need a Powerful "Counter-Personality" to rebut it!
To Maintain our Independant Culture, we MUST relegate "Islam" to a "Religion" NO BETTER THAN "Chistianity, Judaism, etc.!"
In OUR culture, NO "Religion" can EVER have "Political Ascendancy" over our "Culture of Law!"
We must NEVER ALLOW ANY "Religion" to dominate our Civil Law!.
In Short, our Civil Law MUST BE the basis of our Civilization. There can be NO HIGHER LAW for our culture than our "Civil Law!"
As a Culture, we have ALL agreed to subjucate Religious Law & Custom to Civil Law!
Until the "Followers of Islam" accept the premises of Civil law, they will be the victims of Barbarism!
"Religious Law" is FAR TOO dependant on the whims of particular Religious Leaders; "You Cannot Sleep With the Daughters of Ibrahim, because They are Reserved for The Prophet!!----"
Better that there are universal Rules (NO sleeping with girls/women you're not married to...) that the ENTIRE CULTURE understands.
A "Theocracy" creates a Feudal Culture; an "Aristocracy (Theologic) & a "Peasant Class..."
Such a Culture has NO PLACE in 21st Century Earth Civilization!
If a "Religion:" Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Bhuddism, etc, CANNOT survive in a Democratic Political Culture; then it's VERY EXISTENCE MUST BE subject to Serious Question by it's Adherents; If the Culture one claims as one's Home CANNOT SUPPORT one's Religion, WHERE DO YOUR LOYALTIES LIE!!??
If "Islam" is MORE IMPORTANT THAN AMERICA, WHY are You Still Here??
Doc
Nah, it's fine with me. I find it funny that the impeached *One is out there campaigning for *his next term, after a small tweak to the current rules, always under the pure assumption that *he would win *HIS third term.
It goes both ways. I would be jazzed to see Dubya win three followed by four Jeb administrations - while watching the *Crintons sink into the obscurity they deserve. (And I know plenty of RATS read this forum. The very thought of SEVEN Bush terms may raise their blood pressure high enough that they'll probably need hospitalization...)
Yeah, guess the 22nd is 2-1 Rep/Dem by now. First 2 admins it affected were Rep, tho I doubt either could have / would have won a 3rd term for health reasons.
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