Why doesn't Bill Clinton get credit for keeping us safe after the failed attack on the WTC?

[jenmito]

Maybe he should've just TAKEN credit by constantly mentioning it-how they tried to kill thousands of Americans and failed! If he had, maybe Bush wouldn't have looked so great for keeping us safe AFTER the biggest attack on our soil happened on HIS watch!

HE starts the clock on 9/12/01 as if he didn't get advice from Clinton to take al Qaeda seriously (as the biggest threat to us) and as if he didn't ignore the Aug. 6th PDB titled, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike Within U.S."

But you know if we get hit on OBAMA'S watch, he'll get all the blame, of course.

[Genevieve]

1. It's so sick, I agree. .nt

[PM Martin]

2. Clinton also stopped the Millenium attacks.

[jenmito]

3. That's right. He stopped a REAL attempted attack-not a phony one. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. No, Clinton didn't do that.

A border patrol officer at the Port Angeles WA ferry dock did that. :)

Secure the ports of entry to the US. Seems a lot easier than starting useless wars on the other side of the planet, doesn't it?

[wyldwolf]

20. Sure he did

A border patrol officer at the Port Angeles WA ferry dock did that.

Diana Dean, after the border patrol was put on high alert by the Clinton Administration for several months. :)

[PM Martin]

25. Correct!

[babylonsister]

4. 9/11 was this evil cabal's excuse for everything they did. So, they

must keep the lie alive.

Clinton didn't need to capitalize on it like this bunch does.

[jenmito]

8. I know. Maybe Dem. strategists should've constantly reminded people how

Bill Clinton kept us safe, though, and how 9/11 did NOT happen on HIS watch.

[wyldwolf]

23. I recall Carville and Begala saying that repeatedly on Crossfire... and..

... I seem to remember Howard Dean saying it once to Tim Russert.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Because he's a Democrat.

Democrats hate America; they are wimps and appeasers of terrorists. Didn't you get the memo?

[jenmito]

10. I know...

but if he would've played it differently, maybe Dems. wouldn't have gotten that rap in the first place.

[Jamastiene]

6. Because he's a Democrat. n/t

[RoyGBiv]

7. Because he got his dick sucked ...

There. I said it.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

9. Bush didn't keep us safe, 9/11 happened on his watch.

[jenmito]

13. I know. That's what I said.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

16. And keep saying it, don't let them forget.

[jenmito]

19. I will. I wish Dems. on TV would, though.

[Sebastian Doyle]

11. THE ONLY THING BILL KLINTOON KEPT SAFE WAS HIS CIGARS !!11!!!!!1111111!1

AND WE ALL KNOW HOW HE DID THAT !1!!11!!!11!!1 :crazy:

[sandspur]

14. Bill got a lot of crap from the Repubs when he went after Bin Laden

claimed he was manufacturing a war.

[jenmito]

15. "Wag the dog." n/t

[karynnj]

17. Actually he - did - he was credited by Democrats for 8 years of peace and prosperity

That was said very often.

[jenmito]

18. That's true. But it's never connected to al Qaeda or used to stress how

Bush failed us by not taking al Qaeda as seriously as Clinton did.

[karynnj]

26. true - but it says the same thing in a more acceptable way

More importantly - it is more believed and more comprehensive.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. Penises are more important than reality.

Fines double for uber-successful Democratic presidents who dare to turn around Republican shitty economies and promote PEACE.

[Warren Stupidity]

22. Because that attack failed and the perps were arrested.

To take credit for keeping us safe the attack has to be successful and the perps have to go free. Isn't that obvious?

[ThisThreadIsSatire]

24. People forget...

the first WTC attack was in 1993...

R.I.P. Wilfredo Mercado, my associate and one of the six victims, who was 37 and left behind a wife and 4 young children...

Instead of giving Clinton credit that there were no more attacks on his watch (and this attack was about 1 month into his term, not 9,) people want to blame him for 9/11...

As Mother Teresa may (or may not) have said: WHAT A BUNCH OF PRICKS!