Clinton Flack to Rush: Shut Up About Bin Laden Deal and Broaddrick Rape

NewsMax.com ^ | 3/07/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart angrily defended his old boss yesterday against a 1978 rape allegation and charges that he blew a deal for Osama bin Laden's arrest, after talk radio host Rush Limbaugh suggested the ex-president should be asked about the two scandals during upcoming appearances on CBS's "60 Minutes."

"Bill Clinton won't talk about the stuff the American people really want to know. He's not going to address Juanita Broaddrick or giving the North Koreans two nuclear reactors to play with or rejecting three offers to take custody of bin Laden," Limbaugh said yesterday.

Bristling over the remarks, Lockhart told the Washington Post that the nation's top rated radio talker should "keep his mouth shut."

The ex-press secretary then described Clinton's reported million-dollar "60 Minutes" contract as "just one way to continue being part of the public service system."

Clinton has never denied a rape allegation by Arkansas businesswoman Juanita Broaddrick, who told the Wall Street Journal in Feb. 1999 that he brutally assaulted her in a Little Rock hotel room while he was Arkansas attorney general.

He was asked about Broaddrick's charges just once, in March 1999, and told ABC News reporter Sam Donaldson, "There's been a statement made by my attorney. He speaks for me. I think he spoke quite clearly."

No reporter has ever asked the ex-president about his Feb. 2002 confession that he personally turned down a deal for Osama bin Laden's extradition to the U.S. in 1996.

"We'd been hearing that the Sudanese wanted America to start meeting with them again," Clinton told New York's Long Island Association. "They released him. At the time, 1996, he had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America."

Hear the bombshell bin Laden admission that Clinton won't discuss on "60 Minutes."

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[Tailback]

Rush better stay away from flying in small planes.

[1Old Pro]

Hey Joe Lockhart.....PUT SOME ICE ON IT.

[MozartLover]

"Who is this Clinton Fella? I know who Rush is but I am not so sure of this Clinton guy or this Lockhart dude? and what is 60 minutes?"

Bill Clinton is the ex-boyfriend of handbag designer Monica Lewinski. Lockhart, I believe, is a character in the 2nd "Harry Potter" novel; and 60 minutes is apparently some kind of reality show..........you know, like "American Idol" and "Joe Millionaire"? Only not as intellectually stimulating.

[chs68]

"Bristling over the remarks, Lockhart told the Washington Post that the nation's top rated radio talker should "keep his mouth shut.""

You know, this sounds an awful lot like what the French President said about those countries in Central and Eastern Europe who voiced their support for US actions in Iraq.

It seems as though the cowards and Clinton's apologists can't stand to hear what others have to say.

"Just keep your mouth shut."

My, how thoughtful of you, Joe.

[pankot]

Lockhead is a bloated, pustulous, Klintonoid who wouldn't know the truth if it bit him on the arse.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

1st amendment lawsuit? Where's the ACLU???

[Sacajaweau]

About 3 weeks back, Billie Bob Clinton was interviewed and asked if he had any regrets. He answered, "In hindsight, after 9-11, I wish I had gotten Bin Laden".

[trebb]

Gee, France tells small European countries that side with America to "keep their mouth shut", now the Klinton camp says it about Rush. Why is that not surprising?

[uncbob]

Rush says he is now going to dedicate the first part of his program to respond to what Clinton says on Sunday nights. He is going to start devoting the first part of his Monday show to countering what they say.

Good thing cause that dolt Dole won't take Clinton on

[Spook86]

Check out an earlier thread on FR...CBS wanted to pair Clinton against Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, or another conservative who has a pulse and can actually express himself.

According to sources in both the CBS News and Entertainment Divisions, Clinton would only sign the deal if he was paired with Dole, and CBS willingly caved.

As I advocated earlier, I recommend anyone watching 60 Minutes tune out after the last story segment. That way, ratings for the last quarter-hour tank, and the program's overall average drops as well. If the "tuneout" is large enough, CBS will pull the plug on ol' Slick. Sunday night is the most watched night of television in the U.S. Even liberal CBS won't keep Clinton if viewers abandon the last 15 minutes of 60 Minutes...

[grumple]

What's the matter Bill...can't speak for yourself? Gotta send your worn out lying, irrelevant, non-important, ex-spokesperson minions out to speak for yourseflf???

[Helen]

Remember how Rush made a lot of noise about Freepers just prior to starting his web site? IMO, Lockhart just took a lesson from Rush to drum up an audience for the impeached-exprez, using Rush to do it. They've got to do something, because CBS and 60 Minutes don't have much of an audience.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Sort of interesting to see what a

(1) accused rapist, (2) admitted perjuror, (3) impeached former president, (4) person who settled a sexual assault case for $850,000, (5) held in contempt by a Federal judge, and (6) disbarred lawyer

is worth according to CBS: $1 million for 10 1-minute segments. Amazing. What kind of deal should George H.W. Bush have gotten? Not enough felonies in his resume?

[chiefqc]

That all depends on what you mean by "is" is.

[ClearCase_guy]

I like that. Rush can do a fine job of it. However, I'm also hoping that Bob Dole tires of the gig and steps down. CBS could replace Bob with, say ... Ann Coulter?

How fast would Bill Clinton run from that confrontation?

[chiefqc]

The best idea I can think of is:

If old,ugly,lying crusty want to know where perverted, lying,bent willie is, then they can have ajoining jail cells.

[Kenny Bunk]

Remember this Hewitt guy?

He's the Clymer who arranged the Hill'n'Bill show in which they denied the Jennifer Flowers "allegation" on TV, in the face of the electorate. In other words, he arranged the first Big Lie of a campaign of lies.

Hewitt is part of the Mike Wallace crowd who left Canada, came to America with changed names, and have been kicking our asses from the left ever since.

Remember the hatchet job Mike Wallace did on Luddy in re the Vince Foster Case? That was pure Hewitt taking orders from Clinton.

The man is a left-wing media scumbag. What the Hell is Old Bob Dole doing with these people? Maybe he should stop the Viagra for a week or two and get some blood back to his head. He can't need the money that badly.

[Kenny Bunk]

Better make that Ruddy. The Hewitt Gang makes me so goddam steamed I can't type straight. You know how long these guys have been at it ... 50 years!

[ironman]

Howard Kurtz: "Limbaugh, who says he almost never engages in fundraising, was quick to slam Clinton on his radio show. "The stuff people really want to hear Bill Clinton address will not even be brought up -- Juanita Broaddrick (who accused him of a 1978 sexual assault), North Korea, contempt-of-court citations. . . . This is just more of the Bill Clinton rehabilitation legacy tour," Limbaugh said.

Former Clinton spokesman Joe Lockhart said that Limbaugh should "keep his mouth shut" and that the debates are "just one way to continue being part of the public service system," in addition to Clinton's global work on AIDS and other issues."

[sweetliberty]

"Lockheart told Rush to shut his mouth."

Maybe when the Clintons keep theirs' shut and go away....of course we all know that's NEVER going to happen.