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Home Front: Politix
Clinton charges Bush is irresponsible on Iraq
2007-01-30
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., toughening her tone during a second day of campaigning in Iowa, accused President Bush of trying to pass the problems in Iraq on to the next president and described his actions as "the height of irresponsibility."

"The president has said this is going to be left to his successor. He has said that on more than one occasion," Clinton said during a town-hall meeting Sunday morning. "I really resent it. This was his decision to go to war." Her comment quickly reverberated at the White House, where a spokesman issued a statement denouncing Clinton for a "partisan attack that sends the wrong message to our troops, our enemies and the Iraqi people."
Posted by:Fred

#16  Didn't LBJ pass on 'his' war and Nixon ended it (and of course the Democrats then reneged on our support of S. Vietnam).

I admit I am not that clear on that history....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2007-01-30 22:46  

#15  i suspect if Bush passes on Iraq in the same shape Clinton passed Kosovo on to Bush, we'd all be very pleased.

Oh yeah - Kosovo is in great shape.
Posted by: Pappy   2007-01-30 21:03  

#14  Yup, sure do. What a difference five years makes, eh?
Posted by: Dave D.   2007-01-30 17:51  

#13  Anyone remember when this bitch got booed off the stage in New York after 9-11?
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-01-30 17:42  

#12  i suspect if Bush passes on Iraq in the same shape Clinton passed Kosovo on to Bush, we'd all be very pleased.

Personally I think, at a deeper level, it would be good to pass on Iraq to the Dems (not in TOO bad a shape mind you) Cause it would force Hilary, Holbrooke, et al to really test themselves. It would make the war no longer just Bush's war. It would departisanize some of the rhetoric. (OTOH some folks here going all crazy on the ROE could be counted on to get that much worse if Hilary was running the war, and it wasnt going any better than now)

But I can understand her frustration. The war was the last thing she needed - her past in the DLC, her connections with the pro-Israel community, and, just maybe, her convictions, all made it very difficult for her to oppose the war at the beginning. Yet it put her in a bad way with half the dem party. Her only hope was that it would be over by now. And it isnt, and the support for it within the Dem party has shrunk. She simply cant win on it. And on top of that, some of the reason is that its been executed horribly, and yet that still hurts her as an early supporter. Now McCain is just as frustrated with the horrible execution, but McCain doesnt have to win a Democratic Primary. Hilary does.

Posted by: liberalhawk   2007-01-30 17:40  

#11  Resent away, Hilly.

Does "Kosovo" ring a bell?
Posted by: mojo   2007-01-30 17:31  

#10  I don't see how this is HIllary's concern. She's unlikely to be the next prez unless she hitches her wagon to Gore and confuses the masses with a Clinton/Gore ticket again.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-01-30 15:27  

#9  hillary the shill needs to be retired, preferably covered in hot tar, chicken feathers, and whatever it is she's deathly allergic to. This woman is pure evil in a Gucci suit. I wouldn't vote for her if the other candidate was OBL himself.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-01-30 14:29  

#8  I somehow just can't get past a president hanging on to the whitehouse curtains, eyes rolled back in his head getting a "BJ" while the terrorists are plotting evil things for us. This image detracts from any notion of responsibility that WJC might have had. Maybe I'm just jaded.
Posted by: Hupeash Flung4618   2007-01-30 09:11  

#7  You mean like Harry Truman turning over the Korean War to Ike? Donks would never do that now would they?

This was his decision to go to war.
Not like you'd would have voted for it? Oh wait...never mind.

Sort of like "Mr. Lincoln's War", that other Donk mantra.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-01-30 08:59  

#6  This duplicate posting from yesterday was pretty much beaten to death then.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2007-01-30 08:48  

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Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-01-30 08:48  

#4  If only GB would raise the minimum wage to 15.00 dollar bucks an hour, nail the gas users with a 2 buckahol a gallon tax, clean the damn streets, kill Rosie and insure the return of the Cod. Then I could get to work on whats wrong with America, which of course is everything but the Children, except your Children, which is part of what wrong with America. I'll send them out with the Cod fleet.

/IceQueen of the Chilrruns Defesne League against angry Cod.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-01-30 08:43  

#3  "The president has said this is going to be left to his successor. He has said that on more than one occasion," Clinton said during a town-hall meeting Sunday morning. "I really resent it. This was his decision to go to war."

She "resents" it.

I wonder if it ever even occurred to George Bush to "resent" the fact that Bill Clinton "left" Osama bin Laden for him to deal with. I doubt it.

Anyone stupid enough to vote for this self-centered, evil bitch deserves to be tarred and feathered.
Posted by: Dave D.   2007-01-30 07:06  

#2  Her and Bill (the co-presidency) passed the problem on to Bush. Then they bitched when he actually did something about it. Now she's bitching because he doesn't think he will be there to finish the job.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2007-01-30 03:26  

#1  Didn't the Dems see DRUDGEREPORT > MORE NUKE CLOUDS PLANNED FOR "24"!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-01-30 00:29  

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