Bill Clinton Clashes With Fox Newsman

**min0 lee** · 09-25-2006, 08:40 PM

CBS News) NEW YORK In a combative interview on "Fox News Sunday," former President Bill Clinton defended his handling of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden, saying he tried to have bin Laden killed and was attacked for his efforts by the same people who now criticize him for not doing enough.

"That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now," Clinton said in the interview. "They ridiculed me for trying. They had eight months to try, they did not try."

Clinton accused host Chris Wallace of a "conservative hit job" and asked: "I want to know how many people in the Bush administration you asked, 'Why didn't you do anything about the Cole?' I want to know how many people you asked, 'Why did you fire Dick Clarke?"'

He was referring to the USS Cole, attacked by terrorists in Yemen in 2000, and former White House anti-terrorism chief Richard A. Clarke.

Wallace said Sunday he was surprised by Clinton's "conspiratorial view" of "a very non-confrontational question, 'Did you do enough to connect the dots and go after al Qaeda?"'

"All I did was ask him a question, and I think it was a legitimate news question. I was surprised that he would conjure up that this was a hit job," Wallace said in a telephone interview.

Clinton said he "worked hard" to try to kill bin Laden.

"I authorized a finding for the CIA to kill him," Clinton said. "We contracted with people to kill him. I got closer to killing him than anybody since."

He told Wallace, "And you got that little smirk on your face and you think you're so clever, but I had responsibility for trying to protect this country. I tried and I failed to get bin Laden. I regret it, but I did try and I did everything I thought I responsibly could."

The interview was taped Friday during Clinton's three-day Global Initiative conference.

**Dbrickashaw** · 09-25-2006, 08:46 PM

Chris Wallace and Conservative don't go together.

**min0 lee** · 09-25-2006, 08:47 PM

That was interesting seeing Clinton call him out.

**fletcher6490** · 09-25-2006, 08:49 PM

Clinton is the man.

Bush can go FUCK HIMSELF. I CAN'T WAIT TILL THAT FUCKHEAD BURNS IN HELL(even though I don't believe in hell because i'm an agnostic).

On a side note; I just ate like 10 meatballs and damn were they good.

**BigDyl** · 09-25-2006, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by fletcher6490

Clinton is the man.

Bush can go FUCK HIMSELF. I CAN'T WAIT TILL THAT FUCKHEAD BURNS IN HELL(even though I don't believe in hell because i'm an agnostic).

On a side note; I just ate like 10 meatballs and damn were they good.

I'm not a Clinton fan, but you can't do worse than Bush.

On a side note I just skeeted.

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by fletcher6490

Clinton is the man.

Bush can go FUCK HIMSELF. I CAN'T WAIT TILL THAT FUCKHEAD BURNS IN HELL(even though I don't believe in hell because i'm an agnostic).

Bush is a dumbass, but Cliton was also a fuckup.

Taking it in the ass from the Muslims:

Signing off on the laws like the DMCA:

Having the Chinese fund part of his campaign and then putting their interests ahead of Americans:

An investigation where almost a dozen of the witnesses die:

Building up a financial bubble that burst in the first couple of months of 2000 that caused a recession:

and on and on and on...

**BigDyl** · 09-25-2006, 09:09 PM

Daily Show just had a funny skit on this...

Basically it showed how the news focused on Clinton being "Enraged."

No mainstream news source focused on the information he was giving, only the mood he was in.

**BigDyl** · 09-25-2006, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

Bush is a dumbass, but Cliton was also a fuckup.

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Having the Chinese fund part of his campaign and then putting their interests ahead of Americans:

:rof: like Bush gives an damn about an american...

post your sources next time... like anncoulterfansite.com

Bush basically destroying everything imaginable...

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by BigDyl

Daily Show just had a funny skit on this...

Basically it showed how the news focused on Clinton being "Enraged."

No mainstream news source focused on the information he was giving, only the mood he was in.

Have you seen the video? Clinton lost it. All the guy did was ask if critics had a point that Clinton had failed to respond properly during the terrorist attacks that occurred during his term. Clinton started yelling, getting the interviewers face and hitting the paper that the interviewer was holding.

Apparently it's a sore spot for Clinton. Which it should be.

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by BigDyl

:rof: like Bush gives an damn about an american...

At least he puts American corporations at the front, and not foreign governments.

**BigDyl** · 09-25-2006, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

Have you seen the video? Clinton lost it. All the guy did was ask if critics had a point that Clinton had failed to respond properly during the terrorist attacks that occurred during his term. Clinton started yelling, getting the interviewers face and hitting the paper that the interviewer was holding.

Apparently it's a sore spot for Clinton. Which it should be.

I'd be mad too if conservatives were throwing propaganda at me, and asking loaded questions. Infact I think Clinton should have arm barred someone.

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:18 PM

Plus, you skipped on the part of Clinton being a major fuck up too.

**min0 lee** · 09-25-2006, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

At least he puts American corporations at the front, and not foreign governments.

But these same corporations are leaving the US to Mexico and Canada.

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by BigDyl

I'd be mad too if conservatives were throwing propaganda at me, and asking loaded questions. Infact I think Clinton should have arm barred someone.

"Loaded question?" It was simple and straight-forward. If it we're true, all Clinton needed to do was list the facts that would refute it. He didn't because there are no facts that support that.

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

But these same corporations are leaving the US to Mexico and Canada.

The vast majority of jobs in this country are not contained in the major corporations. They're held in small to medium companies that are not outsourcing jobs.

**BigDyl** · 09-25-2006, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

But these same corporations are leaving the US to Mexico and Canada.

ROFL, and the corporations are equivalent to foreign governments. Infact, you might as well consider tham that.

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by BigDyl

ROFL, and the corporations are equivalent to foreign governments. Infact, you might as well consider tham that.

You reach so hard to prove a "fact" that isn't there.

**min0 lee** · 09-25-2006, 09:22 PM

This interview was supposed to be about three-day Global Initiative conference in which he helped raise money for a worthy cause, Wallace brings up this crap.
The strike occured while Bush was in office...bottom line, they were warned about it and they ignored it.

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

This interview was supposed to be about three-day Global Initiative conference in which he helped raise money for a worthy cause, Wallace brings up this crap.

Right, and no interviewer ever does this.

I mean, it's never happened to GWB, Bush Sr., Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, etc...

Originally Posted by min0 lee

The strike occurred while Bush was in office...bottom line, they were warned about it and they ignored it.

This is so full of crap. The Bin Laden report was one of many reports. The only way it stands out is in retrospect. What a total croc.

Plus, that still doesn't change the fact that it was Clinton's inaction that emboldened the Muslims enough to try it.

**BigDyl** · 09-25-2006, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

Right, and no interviewer ever does this.

I mean, it's never happened to GWB, Bush Sr., Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, etc...

This is so full of crap. The Bin Laden report was one of many reports. The only way it stands out is in retrospect. What a total croc.

Plus, that still doesn't change the fact that it was Clinton's inaction that emboldened the Muslims enough to try it.

All of the bad things have happened under the Bush admin. There is no way around it son.

**TJ Cline** · 09-25-2006, 09:29 PM

Bill Clinton is the shit, next election I'm writing his name in.

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by BigDyl

All of the bad things have happened under the Bush admin. There is no way around it son.

Right, the fiscal bubble that burst in 2000 was done under Bush's watch and so was the all the years of doing shit to stop the Muslims.

You really, truly, are an idiot. No joke. Even if the facts were in your favor, you simply like the mental ability to put it together without sounding like a moron.

**The Monkey Man** · 09-25-2006, 09:32 PM

Vote Libertarian!

**KelJu** · 09-25-2006, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

Vote Libertarian!

I concur!

**min0 lee** · 09-25-2006, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

Right, the fiscal bubble that burst in 2000 was done under Bush's watch and so was the all the years of doing shit to stop the Muslims.

You really, truly, are an idiot. No joke. Even if the facts were in your favor, you simply like the mental ability to put it together without sounding like a moron.

Is this the same bubble that Bush Sr. blew and and Clinton popped?

**DOMS** · 09-25-2006, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Is this the same bubble that Bush Sr. blew and and Clinton popped?

No. The bubble of 2000 started about 1994 or so. There are public financial records that you can look up.

Nice try to push it off on someone else. Wait...no, it wasn't that good.

**TJ Cline** · 09-25-2006, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

Vote Libertarian!

Worst party ever.

**BigDyl** · 09-25-2006, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

No. The bubble of 2000 started about 1994 or so. There are public financial records that you can look up.

Nice try to push it off on someone else. Wait...no, it wasn't that good.

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**KelJu** · 09-25-2006, 09:47 PM

Wallace started some shit, and Clinton finished it. Everything that Clinton said was probably true, or at least truer than any of the shit coming out of the Bush administration right now.
It’s too bad that Clinton couldn't keep his dick out of the Whitehouse clerks long enough to do his job.
I don't like Clinton, but I like him a whole lot more than bush. I think that is the general consensus of most people in IM.

**min0 lee** · 09-25-2006, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

Nice try to push it off on someone else. Wait...no, it wasn't that good.

Ditto.

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