You've guessed wrong, sir. I am a Libertarian. I hope you don't work as a
circus hustler trying to guess a persons' weight!


"Dean G." > wrote in message
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> Hell_Toupee wrote:
>> How can you blame Bush for 9/11 and an inherited recession? Not that I'm
>> blaming Clinton for the recession, because it's all of us not listening
>> to
>> Greenspan. But Clinton DID get the security agencies to not share
>> information. That was in the 9/11 report.
>>
>
> Also noted was the fact that while Clinton held almost weekly meetings
> with his anti-terrorism task force, Bush's taks force, headed by Dick
> Cheney had their first meeting on September 4, 2001, more than eight
> months after the start of Bush's administration. He also stopped the
> Predator surveillance of bin Laden in the spring of 2001.
>
> On Sept. 10, Diane Feinstein, a member of the Senate Intelligence
> Committee
> briefed on July 5th, asked Dick Cheney's chief of staff Scooter Libby
> when
> the administration would start focusing on these terror threats which
> had
> so pre-occupied CIA's Tenet, the most severe in decades - she was told
> it
> would have to wait another six months.
>
> If you close your eyes long enough, your enemies will take advantage of
> it. Bush and the Christian Right were more concerned with fighting
> pornography and medical marijuana than they ever were about terrorism
> until 9/11. After 9/11, they did start to focus on terrorism, but after
> such an event, anyone would have. Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20.
>
> As for the recession, there was a tech bubble, and the effects would
> have been shorter and lighter if 9/11 hadn't occured. The current
> situation wouldn't be as bad if we were not engaged in a pointless war
> in Iraq, completely unrelated to 9/11. Oil prices would be lower, and
> we would be saving more than $100 billion per year. Add to this a
> record of deficit spending that has set new records, a feat which will
> have an impact on inflation and interest rates for years to come, and
> you have to give some of the "credit" to George W. Bush.
>
> But you're obviously a Republican, so despite Republican control of all
> three branches of the government, it must all be Clinton's or the
> Democrat's fault. It must be, because despite their shrill rhetoric
> about personal responsibility, Republicans are going to try to dodge
> responsibility for their actions, much like their leadership dodged
> Veitnam, all while they loudly supported the Veitnam War. Do I sense a
> pattern here ?
>
> How can I blame Bush ? It is very easy. I hold a person responsible for
> their actions, or lack thereof. Of course, Republican's still can't
> understand how anyone could hold Ken Lay responsible for Enron. He was
> only the CEO. Obviously people in charge get credit for the possitive
> things, but we can't expect them to take resposibility for their
> errors, can we ? YES, We can, and I do. Bush is the President, many of
> the decisions were his, or at least signed off by him. He gets the
> credit and the responsibility.
>
> Dean G.
>