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| Hillary: I Know About Being Commander-in-Chief |
| 2004-05-23 |
| Thinking -- who was President and who gutted our armed forces? New York Sen. Hillary Clinton said Sunday that House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi was right to say that President Bush "has on his shoulders the death of many more [U.S.] troops" because of his military misjudgments, explaining, "I know a little bit about" being Commander-in-Chief. "Any Commander-in-Chief bears that responsibility," she told "Fox News Sunday." "It’s an awesome, unbelievably overwhelming responsibility. I know a little bit about that." Clinton also seconded Pelosi’s charge that Bush was incompetent, defending her own comments to NBC last week that the president had demonstrated "a pattern and practice of misjudgments that add up to incompetence and lack of credibility." "I have to say, I’ve been very disappointed at many of the decisions along the way implementing the judgment of the administration," she told Fox. Sen. Clinton said that U.S. troop cutbacks had left the U.S. unable to deal simultaneously with the Iraq war and its global defense commitments. "We have to face the fact that we need a larger active duty military," she told Fox. "We cannot continue to stretch our troops, both active duty, Guard and Reserve, to the breaking point, which is what we’re doing now." During her husband’s administration, U.S. troop strength was cut back from 18 active duty divisions to ten. Sen. Clinton painted a grim picture of U.S. prospects in Iraq, saying, "We have lot of trouble - everybody knows that. My hope is that we can work our way out of the trouble we’re in." |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #12 Well, all Madame Hillary and her fellow concerned Democrats have to do to fix the "end-strength problem" is to put their money where their mouths are (well, maybe not there) and fund a larger force. I haven't seen any bills proposed by these blowhards to increase military endstrengths and provide adequate funding to support them. I don't think that I'll hold my breath waiting. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-05-23 10:55:04 PM |
| #11 LOL Matt! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-05-23 9:05:48 PM |
| #10 The Demos are getting desperate.They know they are stuck w/charisma challenged Kerry.Their man has proven incapable of offering a vision for America or even a bold plan of some kind-healthcare,education,anything.So the Demos are stuck w/running against Bush,not for something.So far,all of their attacks have failed.War w/Iraq wrong-American people support it.Bush lied getting us into war-terrorists found in Iraq,chemical weapon used.Bush was responsible for 9/11-American people blame terrorists for 9/11.Bush's economic policies are ruining US-economy is growing by leaps and bounds.Bush is responsible for high gas prices-people are blaming OPEC.Bush was responsible for prison abuse-w/no coverup and Bush expressing outrage,American people gave him a pass(media also overplayed its hand). Now the attack is Bush has the right idea(imagine Demo mentally crossing fingers)but is incompetent at carrying them out.The Demos are saying,we don't know why,but you are rejecting our policies,so we will carry out the Bush policies,but we will do them better,because Bush is too stupid,too stubborn,too incompetent to succeed,so you need to vote for the Democratic nominee because he's not Bush. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-05-23 8:48:04 PM |
| #9 She's gone from claiming credit for "Mr. Clinton's military" in the initial success, to claiming inadequacy. I've got to get a new irony-meter with a wider range. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-05-23 7:36:27 PM |
| #8 Where is this "we're in trouble" meme coming from? The only place we're in trouble is on the home front, with Bush not responding to the torrent of complainers and jeopardizing the election by looking weak. We're making mash Tater, no one's heard a peep from Fallujah, etc... What's the nominal justification for this stuff? Letting Brahimi too far off his leash is a concern, but surely the complainers want things to go even more in that direction. (As for Hillary, does she also "know a little bit" about rape?) |
| Posted by: someone 2004-05-23 6:56:30 PM |
| #7 a) that she'd get a lot of press b) that she'd bring money to the state c) that she might maybe unseat the Republican governor d) that her occasionally-faithful husband would locate in the city (see a & b above) e) Thinking? That's hard work, man ... all that linear white male oppressive exploitation of the natural intuition we'd all get from crystals if the fascist right wing fundamentalists weren't broadcasting so loudly on that brainwave channel .... Sigh. |
| Posted by: NYer, alas 2004-05-23 6:38:40 PM |
#6 "I know a little bit about" being Commander-in-Chief.Damned little, I'd say. Just like the Philanderer-in-Chief you're "married" to. "Any Commander-in-Chief bears ... responsibility"Except your worthless, adulterous husband - at least according to you and him. Every time this moonbat opens her mouth, she gets worse. What the hell was New York thinking? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-23 6:30:11 PM |
| #5 You know what I get whenever I try to write this Pumpkin Head looking Charlatan, other wise known as Bill Clinton's woman that swallows?!? This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. Senator_Clinton@clinton.senate.gov Can you believe this bitch!! She and she is a US Senator!! |
| Posted by: Long Hair Republican 2004-05-23 6:28:24 PM |
| #4 It's true, though. She knows a little about being Commander-in-Chief. Just like she knows a little about having a faithful husband, and being a real human being instead of a witch from outer space. |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-05-23 6:08:04 PM |
| #3 "Sen. Clinton painted a grim picture of U.S. prospects..." Which she probably derived from the grim looks on the faces of the troops when she visited them. "Sarge, do I have to eat with the fat lady again? She took my ice cream last time." "Shut up, Johnson. Look, do it this once and I'll put you in for a Purple Heart." |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-05-23 5:56:14 PM |
| #2 What OldSpook said. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-05-23 5:29:22 PM |
| #1 "We have to face the fact that we need a larger active duty military," she told Fox. Well, where the hell were you when your adulterous husband chopped our military in half (And why did you throw all the "savings" into social programs instead of just reducing taxes and the size of the government)? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-05-23 4:45:55 PM |