He had deal with the same problem that Clinton had to deal with; apathy of the American public. I remember when the Cole was bombed. A few weeks later at a Halloween party, me and 3 of my friends started to talk about it and how tragic it was and two other people asked what happened. We briefly explained to them what had happened and they said "Oh yeah, that whole boat bombing thing. Did anyone get hurt?" Not really. 17 US Sailors died, that's all. This party was at our house which was on Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. A US Army post and these were people inside the Intelligence community who worked in a Navy Intelligence installation. That same sort of reaction, at least for me, personified the reaction from this country. It's no secret that I'm no Clinton fan, but he seemed to really want to do something about it, but the momentum just wasn't there. There was no public outcry that I remember. The media just sort of covered it, but in a very sanitary, non-provocative sort of way. I remember being really upset by that. not at the media per se, but at the people of this country, that they just didn't seem to care. unfortunately, 9/11 was the wake up call that this country needed.
Even if Bush was determined to stop terrorism before 9/11 (which I don't recall him talking about it as if it were a priority), I don't think that he would have had the support to do so. Michael Corrigan Programmer Endora Digital Solutions 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 Lombard, IL 60148 630-627-5055 ext.-136 630/627-5255 Fax ----- Original Message ----- From: Maureen To: CF-Community Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 4:46 PM Subject: Re: Trent Lott, certifiable looney At 05:34 PM 3/11/02, Michael wrote: >With that said, what could Bush have done in 9 months that Clinton could >not do in 8 years to prevent what happened on 9/11? Circular logic. The statement by Lott was the Clinton "did nothing". I stated that Bush had nine months to cure any lapses, i.e. do something, the something that apparently the Republicans apparently feel Clinton didn't do. And as for what Bush could have done in 9 months, look at what has been done in the last 6, and tell me he didn't have enough time to take definitive action, or any action at all. All that was lacking was motive. ______________________________________________________________________ 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
