1998 LOTT CRITICISM OF CLINTON -- The Rest of the Story

several sources | 3-22-03 | dfu

[doug from upland]

Charley Rangel, a senior member of Congress and, Lord help us, a committee chairman if the RATS ever get back into power, has made it clear that he "supports the troops" but not the president. The greatest anger and hatred for our president comes from Rangel's fellow members of the American-hating Black Caucus.

Defenders of Rangel will cite that Trent Lott, our weak-kneed former Senate Leader, was critical of Bill Clinton when he was dropping missiles on Iraq in 1998.

For those who forgot, the missiles were dropped on the eve of impeachment. Lott opposed the air assault on suspected Iraqi chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons sites (i.e. an aspirin factory), because he thought the attacks were ineffective. It was not enough action against Hussein.

And now for what the left wants everyone to really forget. For months Lott had criticized the Clinton administration for failing to take more aggressive steps to topple Saddam Hussein. Under pressure from Congress, Clinton enacted the Iraq Liberation Act in October, 1998, which earmarked $8 million to support Iraqi political opposition. In a letter to Clinton, the Senate Republicans complained that he had only spent $58,000 of that money.

“I will support serious and sustained action but will oppose action that does not accomplish our larger strategic goal,” Lott said.

There is the rest of the story. We now have troops on the ground in harm's way. The America and Bush haters are out in the street. Like Ellen RATner, they want the war to go badly. The Rangel refusal to support the president and the Lott criticism are only equivalent in the Bizarro world of the political left.

Thank goodness we have a commander in chief who doesn't loathe the military, who understands the nature of evil, who doesn't want to lower our strength and submit to the U.N., who does not have an intern service him under the desk while on the phone discussing the lives of servicemen, who doesn't try to use the Sailors and Soldiers Civil Relief Act to avoid facing a sexual harassment trial, and who is loved and respected by those in the military.

[Faith]

I heard Rangel interviewed on radio today in the midst of the New York City protest. I found his comments despicable.

[smith288]

I will remmeber that when some 50 yr old hippy I work with opens his big fat mouth one more time about "All about oil" crap he thinks is new.

Im not supposed to hate people, but im damn close to it with this guy....

[harpo11]

"Under pressure from Congress, Clinton enacted the Iraq Liberation Act in October, 1998, which earmarked $8 million to support Iraqi political opposition. In a letter to Clinton, the Senate Republicans complained that he had only spent $58,000 of that money."

$58K for Clinton's efforts to remove his Impeachment from the news. Pretty cheap marketing.

[Huber]

Can you spell disingenuous?

[DD938]

Charlie Rangle is a pimp.

[doug from upland]

re: all about oil

Operation
Iraqi
Liberation

If it were about oil, we would take over Canada and Mexico. If it were about oil, we would have marched to Baghdad in Gulf I and taken their oil. If it were about oil, we would have stayed in Kuwait and taken their oil. If it were about oil, we would have removed the sanctions.

[green team 1999]

i hope Rangel continue to open his mouth,destroying what is left of the democratic party.

and mr.Lott was right about iraq back then and now.

[smith288]

Operation
Iraqi
Liberation

It IS about oil!!! LOL!

To be technical, OIF.... But I think the MIL should have used yours

[sinkspur]

Trent Lott's a racist. He's been condemned and shunned by Free Republic.

I'm surprised you'd quote a man who is so despised here, since he, and he alone, was responsible for Clinton not being convicted in his impeachment trial.</sarcasm.

[doug from upland]

I can't take credit. Operation Iraqi Liberation comes from another FReeper.

[doug from upland]

Trent Lott had the votes in committee to call witnesses. He caved. Maybe the RATS would have never convicted anyway, but America needed to see Juanita Broaddrick and others on live TV in front of the Senate. Had they done that and people everywhere understood he was a rapist, he might still not have been convicted, but maybe he would have gone away. He is still doing damage. Yes, that was Lott's decision so I blame him.

I don't think he is a racist. I think he is spineless.

[doug from upland]

By the way, I quoted Lott because I have recently heard RATS comparing his criticism of Clinton to the despicable criticism of Rangel. They are not the same.

[sinkspur]

America needed to see Juanita Broaddrick and others on live TV in front of the Senate.

Yea. A screaming Monica Lewinski, mewling over how horrible the Republicans are to be persecuting her, would have had a hell of an impact on the American public.

It would not have been a good thing. In addition, nobody knows if Juanita Broddrick would have consented to be grilled by Greg Craig and company on national television.

Lott was gauging the politics of the situation, and I think he gauged it correctly.

But, hey. I know my opinion is in the minority around here, and that Trent Lott is hated almost as much as Clinton is.

The treatment of Trent Lott after his unremarkable remarks at Strom Thurmond's party by Free Republic was one of the most shameful things I've ever seen and made me embarrasssed to be associated with this site.

I've gotten over it, but I'll never forget it.

[Huber]

No, but the use of the term "outsourcing" is misleading. What the article describes is "international outsourcing" or "offshoring". Outsourcing in its purely domestic form is simply an issue of core competencies, risk management and ability to manage an extended enterprise. When you take it internationally you do potentially open up a can of worms, the long term consequence of which remain theoretical and are not yet fully understood.

Of course, the best strategy to retain domestic productive capacity is to offshore the NEA in its entirety!

[yooper]

dmac: no need to explain yourself to sinkspur; it won't do no good no how...

[Huber]

Sorry to all - cursor slip. Please ignore last post on this!

[yooper]

Why don't you stick to the topic at hand and stop trying to incite discord about past democrat scandal. We're at war. I actually read a few posts of yours last night without getting pissed; revisit them and take one for the team until this is all over. Then you can go back to your former ways and we can all have fun again....

[sinkspur]

Why don't you stick to the topic at hand and stop trying to incite discord about past democrat scandal.

The thread is about Trent Lott. I didn't bring up "democrat scandal." The originator of this thread did.

We're at war.

There are plenty of threads about the war. If you want to talk about the war, go to one of those.

I'm not your kid; don't give me orders.

[doug from upland]

No, I didn't want Monica up there screaming about the evil Republicans. I wanted his victims up there. I wanted Kathleen Willey to talk about how he assaulted her in the White House and that the lives of her kids were threatened a week before her testimony in the Jones case. I would have liked to see Sally Perdue testify about how a shotgun shell was left on her car's front seat and how a thug threatened to break her legs. I would have like to hear Gennifer Flowers talk about threats against her and the break in of her house. Those would have been somewhat interesting.