Why do I bring this up? Take a look at a few of these quotes put together by The Psychotic Patriot and see if that doesn't make your blood boil enough to kick the whole lot of them out. The Psychotic Patriot: Let Us Recall What They Said....
Some examples?
"These international war crimes were led by Gen. Wesley Clark...who clicked his shiny heels for the commander-in-grief, Bill Clinton." Michael Savage
"I cannot support a failed foreign policy...There are no clarified rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory." Tom Delay(R-TX)"
Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is." Gov. George W. Bush(R-TX)
"You think Vietnam was bad? Vietnam was nothing next to Kosovo." Tony Snow, Fox News, 3/24/99
And you should keep some things in mind when people tell you they're glad we now have a president who's tough on other countries, tough on terrorists, one who knows there's more to being President of the United States of America than talk; not like Bill Clinton. So there's this from Driftglass. But I'll pull an exerpt:
Jack Kemp "On the horrors of unbridled Executive Power: “What Clinton did to Yugoslavia was bad enough, but what he did to the United States Constitution was even worse. He stole from Congress its constitutional power to decide when and if America goes to war. He stole from the Senate its treaty-ratification power by agreeing -- without Senate approval -- to change the mission prescribed in the NATO treaty from defensive to offensive."
I would encourage you to read these other blogs, as I only pulled out representative samples to make a point. Also, I realize I'm picking on Republicans here this time; but as I've said in previous installments of Representative Govt (June Archives), I find the Democrats just as guilty most of the time. "I voted for it before I voted against it," for example. And I'm sure my conservative friends could give many other examples. Yes, I have conservative friends. This particular post is an effort to show the hypocrisy between two periods of time to make a point.
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2 comments:
Good Stuff Zebster. Our politicians are of the pot calling kettle black variety. The "Patriots" running current show, of course, have selective memories and have way of rewriting, restating, etc...I like excerpt about Clinton essentially ignoring the Constitution...I think current Saviors of the World, basically do as they chose, then fight the legal battles later. History is not going to be kind to the adminstration. ugh.
It is really hard to be in the US these days. There are no politicians representing the real people of the country. They are all up to fighting for their own agendas and to hell with the rest of us. Both the Republicans and Democrats have let us down while most of the Independents and Libertarians are all talk and no real ideas on how to implement them.
This whole being tough on terrorist, so-called evil nations, crime, drugs, etc have always served to backfire on the public at large. Unfortunately these decisions have led to international insecurity...Thanks Bush!
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