One Down, Two to Go

Townhall.com ^ | May 8, 2008 | Ann Coulter

[Kaslin]

I don’t think she should throw her towel in yet

[ReleaseTheHounds]

You are forgetting 9/11. Or do you think 9/11 would not have happened if Gore had become President? If you do then you are illusional. Also if Gore had been President, not only would we have had one attack but 2 or maybe even three, before he would have woken up and realized that we were attacked.

First of all, I would have been "delusional" not "illusional"... But no, I'm not suggesting we would have avoided 9/11. Gore would have been a disaster as a president -- both the war on terror and the recession would have been worse under Gore. But he would have had the power of incumbency (sp?) going for him and the support of the mainstreams, so I would not have been surprised if he had won two terms.

But it just goes to show: the Dems did themselves no favor in propping up the corrupt Bubba -- he cost them throughout the 1990's (state legislatures, governorships and Congress) and hopefully he's costing them now. Clinton will be viewed in history as a very fortunate president -- elected during a vacation from history and he exploited it to the fullest. He benefitted from a great economy not of his making or even supporting (other than giving in to lowering the capital gains tax pressed by the GOP Congress) and he spent every penny of the Cold War dividend by slashing military budgets (and intelligence budgets) leaving us unprepared for the War On Terror that was being pursued by our enemies during the 1990s and unleashed on us formally in 2001. And that's not being delusional.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

I’ll never forgive the gutless GOP Senators who turned the impeachment proceedings into a farce. Arlen Specter’s “not proved” still turns my stomach. In many ways, the impeachment process was pressed too early thanks to all the Clinton stonewalling. The important stuff (sale of state defense technology secrets for campaign contributions) was put aside in favor of the Monica stuff and lying/perjury/suborning perjury. Those were all certainly impeachable acts but it allowed the GOP Senate “Leadership” to consider the charges unworthy of pursuing. But impeachment is a messy process — nonetheless, I celebrate the fact that William Jefferson Clinton goes into the history book as only the second impeached presidents of the United States — an honor he very much deserves.

[Kaslin]

First of all, I would have been "delusional" not "illusional"...

You are correct, my mistake>

But no, I'm not suggesting we would have avoided 9/11. Gore would have been a disaster as a president -- both the war on terror and the recession would have been worse under Gore. But he would have had the power of incumbency (sp?) going for him and the support of the mainstreams, so I would not have been surprised if he had won two terms.

Yet you admit yourself that Gore would have been a disaster, yet you asume he would have declared a war on terror. My point is he would not have and because of it, we would have been attacked at least another times besides 9/11. Also you say that the recession would have been worse under Gore, to which I completely agree with you 100 percent. Yet you assume he would have been reelected. My statement still stands. You are delusional.

Also you are forgetting about the peanut farmer from Georgia who practically brought us the terrorist attacks was a disaster was not reelected

[Kaslin]

I forgot to include that the worst President of all times is and was the peanut farmer from Georgia.

[astounded]

...”take a moment to revel in the fact that our long national nightmare is over. It turns out getting rid of the Clintons was the change we’ve been waiting for.”

Amen! If we have to stomach a President Obama (and, I hope, survive his incompetence), the silver lining remains the wooden stake being driven through the heart of the Clinton vampires. That, in itself, is a benefit.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Also you are forgetting about the peanut farmer from Georgia who practically brought us the terrorist attacks was a disaster was not reelected.

The peanut farmer was running against Ronald Reagan -- at a time when the misery index was up around 20%. Not even the American voting public would have been stupid enough to return Jimmy "Why Not the Best?" Carter to office when they had Reagan as their choice on the GOP side.

Two "delusionals" in one day (on one thread) -- for me, I think that's a record.

[devistate one four]

1st elected prez

[harpo11]

"It turns out getting rid
of the Clintons was the change
we've been waiting for."

Ann Coulter, what a marvelous jewel. This one sentence would make the best campaign slogan and bumper sticker ever! BRAVO!