Like others I have mentioned on the left- I think Hillary Clinton's comments are anti-American and downright dangerous to our troops. You cannot say things like this- bashing the job that has been done, when troops are in harm's way, and especially not on the day the hand over takes place. She is, again, showing her true colors- she doesn't care about this country, she simply cares about her own power and nothing else. Hillary has been a liar from the get-go, and she's said things that have hurt the country from the start as well- surprise, surprise, nothing has changed.
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:09 a.m. EDT
Hillary Blasts Bush as 'Incompetent'
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton slammed President Bush as "incompetent" on Monday, just hours after the Bush administration successfully handed over sovereignty in Iraq to Iraqi authorities.
"I think the administration has been both wrongheaded and incompetent and should not be rewarded," Clinton told reporters, after a speech at the Panetta Institute of Public Policy in Monterey Bay, California.
In other comments picked up by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Mrs. Clinton complained:
• That the Bush administration failed to plan adequately for postwar Iraq.
• That the transfer of power in Iraq was a "positive step," but it was too soon to know whether it would defuse violence in Iraq.
• Mrs. Clinton also insisted that she wasn't thinking about a presidential run anytime soon, telling the Salinas Californian, "Oh please! I have a job right now that I'm very happy doing."
• She insisted that while Sen. Kerry is currently leading Bush in the polls, "I am not interested in being considered" as Kerry's running mate.
A poll taken by the Frank Luntz Research Group last month showed that Democrats still prefer Sen. Clinton as their party's presidential nominee, with her leading Sen. Kerry 47 to 44 percent. Another survey two weeks ago had them neck and neck.
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Also, Ed Koch on scumbag, Michael Moore.
Posted by Josh at June 29, 2004 04:27 PM | TrackBackIt makes me sick to my stomach to see how self absorbed some people can become. Many people tend to wrap themselves in their flag and refuse to hear or see anything that they feel is incriminating to them or their country. I'm not only talking about americans but a lot of people around the world. However, in this case it would seem that it is an american that has heard an opinion (that in a free country a person is SUPPOSED to be allowed to have without censorship) from one hilary clinton, and deeming this opinion "anti-american" has dismissed any of her concerns. To top it off, the american people put much media heat around her and are very angry. To me, this very much resembles exactly what happens in a dictatorship. I've noticed that the United States of America has shown more and more distinctions of a dictatorship since under the presidency of George W. Bush. You cannot let it happen.
Posted by: Cody at June 29, 2004 09:32 PMill tell you what ive told others- you ruin any and all credibility you might have when you say america looks more and more like a dictatorship under president bush, which is just ridiculous. especially since you cant name one thing that makes the US AT ALL like a dictatorship, nor anything close to it.
no one said people cant speak out- but, when youre an elected official and youre making comments that are downplaying, even worse- attacking, what our soilders have done...claiming that its all a mess, when we know its not- doing all of this just for political gain, and to attack the administration, you should be condemned for it.
it is anti-american to blame america first for every problem...to attack the work the military and the leadership has done...to constantly make comments that play directly into the terrorists hands.
Posted by: Josh Bozeman at June 29, 2004 09:57 PM[ill tell you what ive told others- you ruin any and all credibility you might have when you say america looks more and more like a dictatorship under president bush]
-Perhaps according to you, but not according to the rest of your readers.
[especially since you cant name one thing that makes the US AT ALL like a dictatorship, nor anything close to it.]
-Um, call me crazy, but didn't he just do that? By comparing the fact that people can't hold their own opinions without having to conform to the "god bless america" theme? Everything else is branded "anti-american" and ridiculed..
People should be encouraged to express their opinions in a democracy. People are discriminated and supressed for their peosonal opinions in a dictatorship.
Cody pointed that out very clearly.
"to attack the work the military and the leadership has done...to constantly make comments that play directly into the terrorists"
- What about the Germans who protested Hitler's conquest's? Were they "anti-german" for questioning the decision of their leader? If someone honestly believes the war is wrong, should they just keep their opinion to themselves beacause of the vague possibility that it might further endanger the troops? Aren't the troops supposed to be be "defending freedom"? Doesn't that include the freedom to express your opinion? These are honest, valid questions. I'd appreciate a complete response.
Posted by: lowdown at July 7, 2004 06:49 PM