Bush Bashed by Clinton-Gore Tag Team

NewsMax.com ^ | 7/20/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

President Bush's decision to order his Justice Department not to prosecute Bill Clinton and Al Gore despite stark evidence of criminality is coming back to haunt him, with the Democratic duo taking turns this weekend bashing him on the economy before enthusiastic crowds.

Headlining a fund-raiser in Oregon Friday night, ex-President Clinton accused President Bush of badly mishandling the economy, complaining that Republicans have squandered the prosperity he worked so hard to achieve while forcing poor and middle-income people to shoulder an unfair burden by granting tax breaks to the rich.

"The Republicans took us from the biggest surplus in history back to a deficit," Clinton railed before a cheering audience of 850 who gathered to support two statewide candidates.

One of the candidates, Rep. Darlene Hooley, introduced the ex-president saying, "Are you better off two years ago under Bill Clinton than you are today?" the Associated Press said.

A few hours later on Saturday, Vice President Al Gore delivered a similar message to a Tennessee audience, some of which seemed coordinated with the Clinton speech.

The Bush administration has "lied about the future liabilities they have put on our shoulders as taxpayers," Gore complained, before adding, "I don't care what anybody says. I think Bill Clinton and I did a damn good job."

Like his former boss, Gore cited mounting red ink in the federal budget and predicted that a coming economic downturn would lead to "bigger deficits than when the first Bush was there."

Gore called on the Bush administration to "completely scrap its economic plan and its team on Monday ... start over from scratch and start rebuilding this economy," the AP said.

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[Wait4Truth]

Do you feel the intense anger that I feel?

[kattracks]

Absolutely!

The damage done to this country by the clinton Gore administration will be felt for years to come.

TRAITORS!!!

[Bump in the night]

"The Republicans took us from the biggest surplus in history back to a deficit," Clinton railed

ROFLMAO!!!!!! Can you say, SPIN???

[LibWhacker]

President Bush's decision to order his Justice Department not to prosecute Bill Clinton and Al Gore despite stark evidence of criminality is coming back to haunt him . . .

Well, it's not too late. Come on, Dubya, go after these scum!

[blackbart.223]

"Are you better off two years ago under Bill Clinton than you are today?"

We are much better off today as we don't have a pervert(Clinton), and a retard(Gore), sitting in The White House.

[TomGuy]

With the Stock Market tanking, GWB caving on ICC, GWB wobbling on many other issues, The War on Terrorism seemingly turning into a PC War, GWB is facing serious problems not only in 2002 election but also in the 2004 election. If GWB can't show some serious improvement, especially in the economy/stocks by 2002, he could easily find himself faced with a Democratically controlled Capitol Hill (both chambers). And by 2004 we very well could see a President Al or more likely a President Hillary. GWB is in serious political trouble.

[Paul Atreides]

Bush is going to "new tone" himself into being a one-term president. You don't scour a filthy toilet with a Kleenex.

[Timesink]

Has there been a case in recent modern political history where the most recent ex-Prez and ex-VP so loudly and constantly attacked the current President and VP? Whatever happened to the gentlemens' rule that ex-presidents more or less kept their mouths shut about their successors with only rare exceptions?

Oh, that's right, Clinton and Gore aren't gentlemen.

[kattracks]

We have 3000+ innocent people, and their families, who are NOT better off because clinton/Gore did NOTHING to strike back at the terrorists who targeted this country more than once on their watch.

[blackbart.223]

"And by 2004 we very well could see a President Al or more likely a President Hillary. GWB is in serious political trouble."

Now that's a repulsive thought! I hope it doesn't happen.

[Paul Atreides]

Bush got off on the wrong foot when he poo-pooed the previous administration's trashing of the White House.

[InvisibleChurch]

i think 'spit' is a more appropriate word

[Libloather]

Pretty much that politics of personal destruction stuff - eh? There's a new tone in town - and his name is Dubya...

[Paul Atreides]

It will be interesting to see an emboldened Hillary blow Al out of the water in '04. As much as I hate to think of Hillary running, it would be poetic justice for him to get a knife in the back from the Clintons.

[SoCar]

When I read crap like this my blood pressure goes through the roof.

[blackbart.223]

"We have 3000+ innocent people, and their families, who are NOT better off because clinton/Gore did NOTHING to strike back at the terrorists who targeted this country more than once on their watch.

Agreed!

[swheats]

I have faith to believe that when Bush and the Repubs act it will be decisive. Clinton and his sidekick won't know what 'em.

Not once did we see Bush stressing during the fiasco in Florida. I'm willing to sit back and wait. Bush's patience has been his virtue. And he's won every time.

[Wait4Truth]

He's not in serious trouble with me - in fact, he's in no trouble with me at all. I respect him more than I can say.

[cubreporter]

There he goes again!