How the First Clinton "Cleaned up after Bush"

[Blarch]

As the 1992 presidential race reached its final days, Bill Clinton promised that, if elected, he would appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate allegations by congressional Democrats that the U.S. government had secretly been aiding the Iraqi weapons buildup-and perhaps even its nuclear weapons effort-and then engaging in a cover-up to hide its handiwork. Repeatedly challenging President Bush for the Republican "tilt" toward Iraq in the 1980's, Clinton vowed that no political considerations would cloud the investigation. The Clinton team took the issue so seriously that vice-presidential candidate Al Gore, in a landmark speech, called the Iraq scandal "worse than Watergate."


Nearly four years and several grand juries later, however, the Clinton administration has swept its "Iraqgate" investigation under the rug. The Final Report, issued by attorney general Janet Reno on January 17, 995, and written by Reno deputy John Hogan, amounts to little more than a whitewash of the entire affair. In every case it examined, the report concluded there had been no violation of law. And in a classified addendum, subsequently rendered public, the intelligence community and the executive branch were exonerated of having "illegally armed Iraq," despite extensive evidence of intelligence community involvement unearthed by the Gonzalez investigation and the U.S. Customs Service
http://www.gulfweb.org/doc_show.cfm?ID=527


Make no mistake, When Hillary says "clean up" ...she doesn't mean "hold accountable"

[geiger]

1. I tho't it was a stupid comment for her to make just from the standpoint

that she's still talking about the past, not the future. Also, people are sick of one-liners.

[ClintonTyree]

5. But Obama wants to "work closely with them"....

so I guess we can assume that he won't be doing any digging either, right? :shrug:

It's pretty easy throwing stones at the Clintons. They've actually DONE something, for good or bad, and aren't trying to sneak in the back door on a promise of "hope". Obama's career as a politician is virtually a tabula rasa. Yeah, he's the "feel good" candidate, the guy every moon-eyed dreamer can throw their support behind, but he hasn't had the experience, again, for good or bad, to base any logical support decision upon.

I'm sure you'll attack this with multiple "links" (if it's one thing Obama supporters have, it's links ;) ) but the Clintons are a big target because they've actually been out there DOING things, not just "hoping" to do them.

[fenriswolf]

6. they have done both good and bad

frankly I'm willing to give someone else a chance.

[geiger]

7. I think Bill Clinton will go down as the greatest President this country has ever had, and

HRC will go down as the most effective, knowledgeable and accomplished Senator in our nation's history.

[ShortnFiery]

2. Yep, it's "All in The BUSH-CLINTON Family Secrets file" - cue the music of "The Godfather"

:scared: :thumbsdown: :nuke:

[geiger]

3. Also, now we need some to clean up after her and a Bush going to war in Iraq

to the tune of billions of dollars, with the blank check she helped write. Fuck her; I'm sick of the lies.

[polpilot]

4. Grear Shot George!! We're really

'cleaning up'