Posted on 01/01/2002 10:35:26 AM PST by Jean S
As much as I would love to believe that he has lost his power, I believe that he has enough power to still be dangerous for this country.
If I remember one of the Free Republic posts, the destruction of this landmark came surreptiously while preservationist were in court trying to stop the demoliton. Clinton was quoted as saying something to the effect .."that it didn't matter since it wasn't important."
The before and after pictures and the quote ARE his legacy and we need to remind Black America how their first black president reated them.
Especially now, that it is reported that Wubya is garnering more Black support.
Message to Democrats: Let the Clintons go! Let them hang and swing in the wind, as they have done to everyone around them!
We agree where it counts, the things under rocks that make people say "yuck" say "yuck" when they see clintoon!!
Here's his proudest moment, trying to get out of a question about rape from Sam Donaldson in the Rose Garden.
March 19, 1999 Press Conference.
Sam?
QUESTION: Mr. President, when Juanita Broaddrick leveled her charges against you of rape in a nationally televised interview, your attorney David Kendall issued a statement denying them. But shouldn't you speak directly on this matter and reassure the public?
And if they are not true, can you tell us what your relationship with Ms. Broaddrick was, if any?
CLINTON: Well, five weeks ago today, five weeks ago today, I stood in the rose garden after the Senate voted and I told you that I thought I owed it to the American people to give them 100 percent of my time and to focus on their business, and that I would leave to others to decide whether they would follow that lead.
CLINTON: And that is why I have decided as soon as that vote was over that I would allow all future questions to be answered by my attorneys, and I think I made the right decision. I hope you can understand it. I think the American people do understand it and support it. And I think it was the right decision.
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE [WON'T YOU]) simply DENY IT, SIR?
CLINTON: There's been a statement made by my attorney. He speaks for me, and I think he spoke quite clearly.
Go ahead, Scott.
QUESTION: Mr. President, it seems you're on the verge of committing U.S. forces to combat without a clear definition of your threshold for doing so....
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Attorney KENDALL'S STATEMENT:
"Any allegation that the President [Carter?] assaulted Ms. Broaddrick more than 20 years ago is absolutely false. Beyond that, we are not going to comment."
______________________________________________________ WH web site (has Press Conference archives):
http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/1999/3/22/4.text.1
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Gore on Juanita Broaddrick: transcript.
The following conversation occurred between Mr. Al Gore and New Hampshire citizen, Katherine Prudhomme (a former Democrat and at the time a McCain supporter) at a town meeting in Derry, NH on Dec. 14, 1999. It is reproduced without the numerous um’s and ah’s inserted by the Vice President in the exchange.
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Q: When Juanita Broaddrick made the claim, which I found to be quite credible, that she was raped by Bill Clinton, did that change your opinion about him being one of the best presidents in history? And do you believe Juanita Broaddrick’s claim? And what did you tell your son about this?
Gore: (nervous chuckle) Well, I don’t know what to make of her claim, because I don’t know how to evaluate that story, I really don’t.
Q: Did you see the interview?
Gore: No, I didn’t see the interview. No. Uh-uh.
Q: I’m very surprised you didn’t watch the interview.
Gore: Well, which show was it on?
Q: ABC, I believe [actually it was NBC].
Gore: I didn’t see it. There have been so many personal allegations and such a non-stop series of attacks, I guess I’m like a lot of people in that I think that enough is enough. I do not know how to evaluate each on of these individual stories. I just don’t know. I would never violate the privacy of my communication with one of my children, a member of my family, as for that part of your question. But,…
Q: SO, YOU DON’T BELIEVE JUANITA BROADDRICK’S CLAIM?
Gore: NO; I DIDN’T SAY THAT. I said I don’t know how to evaluate that, and I didn’t see the interview. But I must say something else to you about this. Why don’t you just stand back up; I’d like to look you in the eye. I think that whatever MISTAKES [Bill Clinton] made in his personal life are in the minds of most Americans must be balanced against what he has done for his public life as president. My philosophy, since you asked about my religious faith, I’m taught in my religious tradition to hate the sin and love the sinner. I’m taught that ALL OF US ARE HEIR TO MISTAKES, that flesh is heir to. And I think that, in judging his performance as a president, I think that most people are anxious to stop talking about all the personal attacks against him. And trying to sort out all of the allegations, and want to, instead, MOVE ON, and focus on the future. Now, I’ll say this to you, he is my friend, and that friendship is important, and IF YOU’VE EVER HAD A FRIEND WHO HAS MADE A SERIOUS MISTAKE and then repaired the friendship and MOVED ON, then you know what that relationship has been like for me. Secondly, I felt the same disappointment and anger at him during the period when all this was going on that most people did. You may have felt a different kind of emotion, I don’t know. I sense that maybe you did. I certainly felt what most Americans did. Third, I have been involved in a lot of battles where he and I have fought together on behalf of the American people, and I think we’ve made a good, positive difference for this country. Number four, I’m running for president on my own. I want to take my own values of faith and family to the presidency, and I want you to evaluate me on the basis of who I am and what you believe I can do for this country as president. Thank you.
This conversation was reprinted in The Weekly Standard, Dec. 27, 1999, p. 2.
http://weeklystandard.com/
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Bottom line: Rape = mistake
Aside from Bill's head, the only place where Clinton obsession thrives is FR...LIVE IN THE NOW!
Small minds are preoccupied with other people.
Average minds are preoccupied with happenings.
Great minds are preoccupied with ideas.
P.S. The intellectual cud contained in this article doubtless places it's author in the first category.
My point...it's a great big, beautiful world out there...what's done is done...LIVE IN THE NOW!
The Dems've been "living in the past" for years. They regularly attempt to rewrite history (Reagan) and revisit the past (Nixon).
These are just facts, not 'cud.'
Sober up.
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