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September 25, 2006
Kristol: Never underestimate the Clintons
There's been oodles of commentary and reaction to Bill Clinton's finger-waving, angry interview with Chris Wallace (see it here) over his administration's failure to deal with an emerging threat from jihadists. Bill Kristol's stands above the rest, though, because his starting point is that Bill Clinton is Bill Clinton -- conniving and calculating -- and that every word out of his mouth is measured to achieve the maximum political benefit. It's a mistake for Republicans ever, ever to assume otherwise. As Kristol points out, there are plenty of reasons Clinton might have orchestrated this episode, starting with an Oscar-worthy performance with Wallce. Would you put it past him?
UPDATE (9/26) -- John Dickerson agrees, more or less, with Kristol, saying Bubba "knew the question was coming and he took advantage of it. Forty-three days before the election, he has provided a moment to rally party activists and attack the GOP at the heart of its perceived strength on handling terrorism."
But then, Dick Morris knows the "angry, sarcastic, snarling, self-righteous, bombastic bully" better than the rest of us do...
Posted by bill at September 25, 2006 08:03 PM
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For those interested in what the Clinton Admin did in 96-2000, take a look at this Frontline documentary, and hear what Richard Clarke has to say and how John O'Neill had the ear of the Atty. General. The question was why this guy could not rise to the top when Bill was doing all that he could to fight terrorism. The episode is called "The Man Who Knew"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/view/
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at September 25, 2006 10:12 PM
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