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KarlMarx said:So my senator accuses the Bush administration of a "culture of corruption"?
Isn't that somewhat like the pot calling the kettle black?
http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_016200030.html
yes, travelgate, filegate, whitewater, "i don't recall", cattle futures, vince foster, monica, and lord knows what else.Avatar4321 said:One thing is certain. Mrs. Clinton knows alot about corruption.
KarlMarx said:So my senator accuses the Bush administration of a "culture of corruption"?
Isn't that somewhat like the pot calling the kettle black?
http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_016200030.html
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sparked a Martin Luther King Day political firestorm yesterday by describing the GOP-controlled Congress as a "plantation" during a speech before an African-American congregation in Harlem.
"When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation, and you know what I'm talking about," Clinton (D-N.Y.) told an audience at the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ during an event sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
"It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard," she added to thunderous applause.
It was a rare bout of bombast for the Democratic presidential frontrunner, who often dodges far less combustible topics when pressed by reporters.
Clinton's comparison - likening Republicans to slaveholders - prompted a furious reaction from the congressional GOP, which has been beset by lobbying scandals recently and the indictment of Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Texas) last year.
"It's always wrong to play the race card for political gain by using a loaded word like plantation," said Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), who has enjoyed a cordial relationship with the Clintons. "It is particularly wrong to do so on Martin Luther King Day."
A spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee said, "On a day when Americans are focused on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Hillary Clinton is focused on the legacy of Hillary Clinton."
Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines defended her comments, saying Congress was "a top-down system that is fundamentally at odds with how the people's House should operate."
In her speech, Clinton also took a swipe at the Bush White House, predicting, "This administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country."
Clinton's performance may have made the gathering of fellow Democrats in attendance wince, but it pleased the event's host.
The senator's remarks echoed "what a lot of us have been saying a long time about the Bush administration," Sharpton said.
Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, a potential candidate for governor, left the event before Clinton arrived, his campaign spokeswoman Kim Devlin said, adding that he was unavailable for comment.
This isn't the first time the former first lady's utterances have provoked an uproar. In 1992, during a "60 Minutes" interview about her husband's infidelity, when he was running for president, Clinton said, "I'm not sitting here as some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette." Wynette complained and Clinton apologized.
A few weeks after the interview, Clinton defended her decision to practice law after the birth of her daughter, saying, "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas." She also apologized for those remarks.
In the same campaign, Bill Clinton criticized rapper Sista Souljah for using racially inflammatory language in the wake of the Los Angeles riots.
KarlMarx said:So my senator accuses the Bush administration of a "culture of corruption"?
Isn't that somewhat like the pot calling the kettle black?
http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_016200030.html
KarlMarx said:yes, travelgate, filegate, whitewater, "i don't recall", cattle futures, vince foster, monica, and lord knows what else.
Hmm... Clinton/Kerry '08... That's something to think about. Or could it be Kerry/Clinton? SHe would be breaking the country in a little easier if she started out as VP before running as Pres. Scary ticket. :fifty:archangel said:Wolfie Blitzkrieg(Blitzer) asked Senator John Kerry if he agreed with Hillary and Al about their assessments of the Bush Administration...with a straight (?)face he said "YES"...I can see it now...Clinton/Kerry for President 2008...Time to get the big guns out and destroy these idiots once and for all! Calling all vets...keep your powder dry!
mom4 said:Hmm... Clinton/Kerry '08... That's something to think about. Or could it be Kerry/Clinton? SHe would be breaking the country in a little easier if she started out as VP before running as Pres. Scary ticket. :fifty:
Bonnie said:Kerry/Clinton could very well be what they have planned. Terrifying!!
mom4 said:Hmm... Clinton/Kerry '08... That's something to think about. Or could it be Kerry/Clinton? SHe would be breaking the country in a little easier if she started out as VP before running as Pres. Scary ticket. :fifty:
mom4 said:Hmm... Clinton/Kerry '08... That's something to think about. Or could it be Kerry/Clinton? SHe would be breaking the country in a little easier if she started out as VP before running as Pres. Scary ticket. :fifty:
musicman said:One of my favorites - and one that made it's way down the memory hole very quickly - was the "compliance coal" story. Compliance coal is a type of coal that burns so cleanly, it meets tough EPA standards without any additional treatment. In the middle 1990's, enough of this substance was found in an area of Utah to meet America's needs well into this century. Of course, this presented a problem to America's number one supplier of clean-burning coal, Indonesia. President Clinton to the rescue! Almost immediately after receiving a VERY hefty campaign donation from the Indonesian government, The Slick One declared the offending area of Utah a federally protected wetlands.
Better known, but just as forgotten: the missile technology that found it's way to China - hot on the heels of a campaign donation.
Snapshots, by which we can remember the Clinton Administration's regard for:
domestic policy - Waco burning;
American ideals - a terrified Elian Gonzalez staring down the barrel of a rifle; and
strong, coherent national defense - the Twin Towers collapsing.
Keep talking, Hillary.
LuvRPgrl said:Her husband, aka Clinton, was disbarred, impeached and commited perjury, AND waved his finger at the American people while telling a bold faced LIE.
Adam's Apple said:And he did it again--this time with his middle finger--on his last day in office when he issued his infamous pardons. That was just before he and Hillary took off with stolen White House property in their possession. :clap1:
