Maybe Clinton was passive 'cause Monica depleted his "precious bodily fluids". (Remember "Dr. Strangelove"?)
and you had to mention Lott - another fine example of American politics in action <sigh> -Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Trent Lott, certifiable looney > > > Sunday, March 10, 2002 8:52 p.m. EST > > Lott Blames Lewinsky Affair for 9-11 Vulnerability > > Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., suggested Sunday > that ex-President Clinton didn't do enough to counter the terrorist > threat against the U.S. because he was too busy having sex > with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. > > Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Lott made the connection > while complaining about a campaign ad run by North Carolina Senate > candidate Erskine Bowles, who was Clinton's chief of staff > during the Lewinsky affair. The ad features Bowles and Lott > side by side, > smiling at each other. > > "It's very curious to me. Here he is - the former chief of > staff to President Bill Clinton. [The ad] doesn't show him with Bill > Clinton. It shows him with the [then] Republican Majority > Leader of the Senate." > > Lott continued: > "My question would be, you know, as chief of staff to > President Clinton, where was he when Monica Lewinsky was in > the Oval Office? > Where was he when they should have been doing more on the war > on terrorism?" > Lott is the highest elected official to publicly draw a link > between Clinton's preoccupation with seeking sex from underlings and > his failure to pay more attention to national security concerns. > > Former senior Clinton adviser Dick Morris has contended that > Clinton met with Lewinsky more often than he did with his own CIA > director. > In September, Morris told NewsMax.com that the Lewinsky > affair rendered the ex-president unwilling to take the kind > of political > risk that any serious effort to eliminate Osama bin Laden > would have entailed. > > "My sense is that the affair made him passive and > risk-averse," Morris said just weeks after the 9-11 attacks. > "As a result, I think he was less inclined to interfere with > the military or to order long-term involvement." > > Lott stressed to "Fox News Sunday" that, instead of backing > Bowles, he enthusiatically supports his opponent, Republican Elizabeth > Dole. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
