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Peggy Noonan: Just Friends (Bush Sr's newfound affection for Bill Clinton is just creepy)
The Wall Street Journal ^
| Thursday, August 18, 2005
| Peggy Noonan
Posted on 08/19/2005 4:41:00 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: Guenevere
Damning with faint praise may seem a mite too much for your Peg?
Thought "grifterish" was the "raisin -in-the -cake"!
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:14:52 AM PDT
by
CBart95
To: MudSlide
re: Maybe when she said Son she said the other three words under her breath.)))
LOL...that would have been like Bar...
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:17:04 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: CBart95
#21...Sorry,I don't understand your point?
I know what a grifter is, but not your use of it?
...and I've never heard of 'raisin in the cake'....????
To: presidio9
In our conversation someone called the growing chumminess "creepy" For "creepiness" nothing will ever touch the Matlin/Carville combo.
Folks, the typical FReeper froths at the mouth like Pavlov's dog at the mention of the dreaded word Democrat.
But there are only two political camps in 21st century America .... politicians and suckers.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:25:34 AM PDT
by
iconoclast
(Wastin' away again in hearts-and-minds'ville.)
To: Miss Marple
I agree with you. I actually think that one thing an ex-president can do is act like a statesman, and I think the elder Bush and Klinton are just doing that. Contrast that with that scumbag Jimmy Carter, saying vicious things about Bush, meeting with Micheal Moore, hating America, and visiting every anti-American dictator around the world like Castro, North Korea, and that lunatic in Venezuela.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:27:12 AM PDT
by
KC_Conspirator
(This space outsourced to India)
To: ovrtaxt; presidio9
WHY DID BILL CLINTON IGNORE TERRORISM?
Was it simply the constraints of his liberal mindset, or was it something even more threatening to our national security?
- Peggy has it exactly right.
Did Bush 41 forget what he said in '92?
Shame. He should know better.
Washington mutual protection racket
writ large.
In real time.
In our homes.
It IS sickening.
Doesn't Bush 41
know he's lending legitimacy
to that dangerous grotesquerie
hovering like a vulture
above
the rotting carcass,
(the body politic)?
We must clean house.
Get rid of the careerists.
All of them.
Post 9/11,
we no longer have the luxury
to coddle self-interest,
whether clinton pathological
or Bush benign. -
- THE CLINTONS--AMERICA'S BIGGEST BLUNDER
Hear Bush 41 Warn Us--October 19, 1992*
hear *Thanx to Cloud William for text and audio
LEHRER: President Bush, your closing statement, sir. PRESIDENT BUSH: Three weeks from now--two weeks from tomorrow, America goes to the polls and you're going to have to decide who you want to lead this country ... On foreign affairs, some think it's irrelevant. I believe it's not. We're living in an interconnected world...And if a crisis comes up, ask who has the judgment and the experience and, yes, the character to make the right decision? And, lastly, the other night on character Governor Clinton said it's not the character of the president but the character of the presidency. I couldn't disagree more. Horace Greeley said the only thing that endures is character. And I think it was Justice Black who talked about great nations, like great men, must keep their word. And so the question is, who will safeguard this nation, who will safeguard our people and our children? I need your support, I ask for your support. And may God bless the United States of America. (Applause)
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- FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU! FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME!
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:28:51 AM PDT
by
Mia T
(Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
To: mtbopfuyn
George Bush's legacy, "Read my lips, no new taxes" and Souter to the Supreme Court.
To: presidio9
You would be friends too, if Clinton had the FBI file on you. Especially, if you had something to hide.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:50:36 AM PDT
by
auggy
( http://www.wtv-zone.com/Mary/THISWILLMAKEYOUPROUD.HTML)
To: olde north church
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:54:09 AM PDT
by
rcocean
(Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
To: Liberty Valance
LOL. Peggy has always creeped me out with that voice and that hair flipping. It is just plain weird to talk and flip hair like she does.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:55:45 AM PDT
by
cajungirl
(no)
To: presidio9
by every account I have read, bill clinton is VERY charismatic in person, so this is not too surprising.
If hillary wins in 2008, we are on track for 24-28 years of presidents from the same 2 immediate families.
To: mtbopfuyn
I am sure that the Bush/Clinton friendship was the key that got Sandy What's-in-my-Sox from paying the penalty for severe criminal violations.
"Georgie, boy."
"Yes, mom."
"Do me a favor and lay off Bill's friend, Sandy?"
"Sure mom."
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:58:05 AM PDT
by
sine_nomine
(Protect the weakest of the weak - the unborn babies.)
To: rcocean
Who Me? Perhaps you should read the history of my posts before you start moving your fingers.
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posted on
08/19/2005 7:08:46 AM PDT
by
olde north church
(Man enough to pay for my own sins.)
To: mtbopfuyn
In War: Resolution
In Defeat: Defiance
In Victory: Magnanimity
In Peace: Good Will
I always loved this epigram from Winston Churchill. The Clintons are much more our friend that the evil of Imperialistic Islam which opposes us all and wants us dead.
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posted on
08/19/2005 7:21:15 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(IF YOU'RE NOT CATCHING FLAK, YOU'RE NOT OVER THE TARGET...)
To: Miss Marple
And Barbara Bush's comment on calling him "son" smacked of sarcasm, to me. Did she, pray tell, ever say "Bless his heart..."?
It is amazing to me that so many people have never seen a Southern-to-English Dictionary.
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posted on
08/19/2005 7:27:48 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(IF YOU'RE NOT CATCHING FLAK, YOU'RE NOT OVER THE TARGET...)
To: browardchad
That makes one wonder. That leaves some Republicans, and I have to assume more than a few Democrats, scratching their heads when they see Newt smiling with Hillary, and John McCain giggling with Hillary. It leaves you wondering: Why are these people laughing?Ask not whom the political class laughs at, they laugh at us.
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posted on
08/19/2005 7:30:12 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(The constitution is not in exile, it's in a nice safe deposit box in the Cayman Islands - Lileks)
To: presidio9; All
I wish people would get a grip. The senior President Bush is from the old school .. of diplo-speak, being friendly with your adversaries.
That said .. please also remember that even though Bill Clinton was impeached - he's still a former president. I firmly believe this is about THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY - and not anything personal. In fact, we need to leave anything personal out of it. It's a restoration of the status of THE OFFICE.
Bill Clinton has sullied THE OFFICE - therefore, the Sr. Bush is trying to remove the smear from THE OFFICE - not the person of Clinton. Actually, I think this is a good thing. Clinton needs to learn some manners - and Clinton needs to learn what his obligations are regarding THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY.
I know, I know .. it's hard to separate the two (personal and office) - but we would be less frustrated with Bill and George HW's relationship if we would try to understand the real goal - restoration of respect for the office and not Clinton's personal reputation.
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posted on
08/19/2005 7:30:28 AM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(America has the greatest military on the face of the earth.)
To: WoofDog123
If hillary wins in 2008, we are on track for 24-28 years of presidents from the same 2 immediate families.At least the oligarchy is a benevolent one. All hail the oligarchy....
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posted on
08/19/2005 7:31:28 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(The constitution is not in exile, it's in a nice safe deposit box in the Cayman Islands - Lileks)
To: CyberAnt
And who knows what "intel" one might gain from its all about me clinton.
Just hope they keep the lovely Bush daughters far far away from the old pervert.
To: Just mythoughts
You want "intel" from Clinton ..??
Why? He only talked to the CIA chief twice in 7 years.
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posted on
08/19/2005 10:36:51 AM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(America has the greatest military on the face of the earth.)
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