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To Nothing New wrote on Jun 28, 2007 3:04 AM:

" If you are going to place the blame for the 9/11 attack on Bill Clinton because George W. had only been in office about 9 months then you also have to put the blame for the 1993 bombing of the WTC on George H.W. Bush. Bill Clinton had only been president for about 38 days. "

Nothing New wrote on Jun 27, 2007 9:46 PM:

" Sorry I'm so slow to respond! In order - yes GW was Pres on 9/11, but the Dems (my former party) fought his appointments and he had barely assembled his cabinet by late summer. Mrs. Clinton was directly responsible because she was "Co-President" (remember, 2 for 1 when you elect Bill!). And they turned down (twice) Sudan's offer to turn over Bin Laden to the US. And finally, I'm not even "right wing". I was a liberal before 9/11, but I see that my former party has abandoned the defense of the country I love. I don't even recognize the Democratic party any more. "

Are u Serious? wrote on Jun 27, 2007 11:05 AM:

" Are you dems serioussly going to sit there and defend Clinton??? The US was hit with NINE TERRORIST ATTATCKS during the CLINTON Administraition (granted 1 was Okla city and a domestic terrorist) and all he did was shoot cruise missiles at a couple of terrorist training camps!!! Yes America was more respected and a "better" place when he was president. We were more respected because we were doing business w/ communist countries (selling long range nukes to china) and the economy was good so life seemed "better", but was it really? No he laid ground work for what was to come by turning his back on the problem. Bush may not have done evrything correct, but at LEAST HE TRIED! "

Giuliani's campaign not going anywhere wrote on Jun 27, 2007 10:33 AM:

" Former Mayor Giuliani's campaign is going nowhere mighty fast, if this is any indication. Does he have any other qualifications for office, other than being mayor of NYC on 9/11? Can you believe we're even talking about a FORMER MAYOR running for PRESIDENT? What's this country coming to? "

Jennifer wrote on Jun 27, 2007 10:16 AM:

" This sounds like South Park with "Blame the Canadians." If anything ever goes wrong in this country, someone will always blame Clinton. I wasn't a huge fan, but I also know this country was better respected and in better shape while he was president. "

American wrote on Jun 27, 2007 9:44 AM:

" TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK, VOTE RON PAUL IN 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

Re: ISU Alum wrote on Jun 27, 2007 8:40 AM:

" First off, I'm no huge supporter of Clinton and never have been, however, even if he did kill Bin Laden, I highly doubt that would have stopped what happened on 9/11. Those terrorists were already training for this "mission" and many were already here. But, I agree with you, he should have killed him anyway. "

Well, wrote on Jun 27, 2007 8:37 AM:

" that's a good way to get moderate Democrats to vote for ya Rudy! "

Ron Paul in '08 wrote on Jun 27, 2007 8:36 AM:

" The rest of the candidates (democrats and republicans) are pushing us further towards a socialist society. As an American I would like to see rights returned to the people and see government control reduced. Only the rich have priviledge in our current system and anyone who calls Ron Paul a nut is ignorant and partly responsible for the degredation of Life, liberty, and justice. The rich take responsibility for nothing and the poor is left to take responsibility for everything. When the rich get in trouble they buy their way out and the poor just lose everything they have. Flame on fools. "

T wrote on Jun 27, 2007 8:25 AM:

" Lets face it both parties have their heads in the sand. Im sure if the truth be known we had all the warning signs. They all ignored them just like they did prior to Dec 7, 41 "

ISU Alum wrote on Jun 27, 2007 8:21 AM:

" It is a known fact that Clinton had at least 2 chances to dispose of Osama Bin Laden and his carde of high ranking senior officials via Afghan rebels and CIA operatives. Way to go Bill. "

To Nothing New wrote on Jun 27, 2007 8:18 AM:

" That is pure nonsense and right wing nutcase babble. W did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for the 9 months before the attacks. Clinton at least tried to take out some camps. In hindsight, probably didn't do enough, but W should have taken off where Clinton left "

To Nothing New wrote on Jun 27, 2007 8:06 AM:

" Why would you say that Mrs. Clinton was "directly responsible" (really? did she fly one of the planes?) for 9/11? Hillary Clinton wasn't an elected official at that point, so I'm not sure why you think she could have been responsible for anything. But go on trying to blame the Clintons for all the nation's ills; it's the only thing conservatives have to offer anymore. "

J. R. O. wrote on Jun 27, 2007 7:49 AM:

" Fact is, had the U.S. ever owned the gonads to dump Israel, the military-security state they still call "America" would never have developed. Let them toss the blame-game around like a beach ball, but no one is fooling me. "

to:??? wrote on Jun 27, 2007 7:22 AM:

" Ron Paul is a NUT JOB! "

hillary wrote on Jun 27, 2007 7:05 AM:

" Im praying for everyone in this situation "

To:Next Decade wrote on Jun 27, 2007 7:04 AM:

" Yeah, Like Iraq has made us much safer. Keep spinning your political machine. "

The Happy Cynic wrote on Jun 27, 2007 6:42 AM:

" Boy, the responses here give me an easier target than any straw man I could set up for myself. Blaming Clinton for 9/11 is the reddest of herrings, as he actually had a plan to deal with Al-Qaeda when he left office, one that Gore would have continued had he been elected. Instead we got GWB who shoved concerns about Al-Qaeda into the background and held Iraq as the number one threat instead. No wonder he didn't do anything in response to that security briefing in August 2001. Heck, even after 9/11, he only made a token gesture towards getting Osama bin Laden before he pulled a large number of U.S. forces out of Afghanistan to once again concentrate on his primary target, Iraq. Of course, I'm not saying Clinton's approach to fighting Al-Qaeda was perfect, but I do seem to remember conservatives being critical of the efforts he did make, accusing him of trying to deflect attention away from the Monicagate witchhunt. As it turns out, he was doing exactly what he said he was doing: taking care of his presidential duties despite the scandal. Imagine that. "

BN Cynic wrote on Jun 27, 2007 6:40 AM:

" He's going to win a lot of followers. Conservatives love to say bu... bu... bu... Clinton!!! They'll be blaming Clinton on their death bed. Clinton was by no means perfect, but move on! Your boy has had plenty of oppportunity to correct the perceived mistakes (like NAFTA), but has he? No. I suspect that Giuliani will be no different. "

To Next Decade wrote on Jun 27, 2007 5:50 AM:

" And if I vote Republican, I'll still be dealing with this, but worse. "

HA! Giuliani's a loser... wrote on Jun 27, 2007 3:31 AM:

" He has to blame someone, I guess - typical of the Repubs. Just like our Prez and Vice Prez. They are already setting the stage for Cheney to step down. A couple of weeks ago, he was supposed to get a new battery for his pacemaker, it was a one-day procedure, nothing to worry about or miss work over, BUT now all of a sudden, it's a major deal scheduled for this summer. Setting the stage again just like they always do. I'd vote for Jesse Jackson before I would vote for a Repub this time. After the last time, I learned my lesson about voting for any of them. They have put this country to shame. "

To Nothing New wrote on Jun 27, 2007 2:00 AM:

" Let me remind you that George W. Bush was the President on 9/11. "

Next Decade wrote on Jun 26, 2007 10:52 PM:

" If you vote for a democratic candidate in this election, you will be dealing with this problem until at least 2020. "

To:??? wrote on Jun 26, 2007 10:04 PM:

" I agree. We need a patriot act so much to take the rights if the actual citizens. But, why not just give citizenship to millions of undocumented illegal aliens. "

Nothing New! wrote on Jun 26, 2007 9:20 PM:

" The Clinton administration always considered terrorism a "law enforcement" issue, and without question, that approach was directly responsible for 9/11 and the aftermath. It's not even debatable. This shouldn't even be a story at this point, because it should be common knowledge. Mr. & Mrs. Clinton are directly responsible for the deaths of the innocents in NY. "

??? wrote on Jun 26, 2007 8:39 PM:

" Give me a break. Is this the only thing the ghoulish Giuliani can talk about? Isn't it time we started seeing through these warmongers and scare tactics. I can't tell any difference between any of the candidates; except for Ron Paul. He seems to be the only one that makes any sense on the serious issues. This war on terror will pull us even closer to a North American Union, (let‘s see if the immigration bill miraculously passes without public support). Isn't it nice to define and indefinable enemy, one that we can never really beat but will always be there? This so called war that junctures good versus evil is just a scare tactic. "

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