Senator (Hillary) says Bush squandered Clinton's balanced budgets

[truthpusher]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/1005/24clinton.html

Senator says Bush squandered Clinton's balanced budgets
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Associated Press
Published on: 10/23/05
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused the Bush administration of squandering the balanced budgets and fiscal responsibility that she said her husband created as president.

The New York Democrat, who has been talked about as a potential presidential candidate in 2008, also said during a speech Sunday night at an Atlanta synagogue she thinks the U.S. government should rethink its policy in Iraq.

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Clinton was equally outspoken on the economy. She told several thousand spectators that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, was able to balance the budget while at the same time creating 22 million jobs. But she said that fiscal responsibility has been lost of late.

She said, "Borrow and spend, borrow and spend, that's all we've done the last four years. This has been the only time in history that our president has taken us to war and cut taxes at the same time. It doesn't add up."

complete story: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/1005/24clinton.html

[goforit]

1. Campaigning right now is backround noise. Impeach Bush instead

sweetie.

[brentspeak]

6. She's gotta realize that she won't get the nomination

The party leadership is incompetent, but not so incompetent as to actually push for Hillary for the nomination.

[JudyM]

24. Was holding my nose and watching Blue Collar TV tonite and a joke

told was: "If ya can't say anything nice about someone ... ya must be talkin about Hillary Clinton!" It got a HUGE laugh from the live audience.

I'm crazy about her but she's just a lightning rod for the conservatives, and even middle of the road folks.

Hope we get a decent electable candidate.

[MO_Dem]

2. She's right!

I remember during the 2000 campaign, little w declared that there was plenty of money to give tax cuts, pay down the debt and still have some leftover for "contingencies". He's been proven wrong time and time again!

[texpatriot2004]

3. Yep. Chumpy wasted the surplus...bastard. n.t

[wisteria]

4. It's not like we weren't aware of this! What exactly is surprising

about her statement?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

5. Did she just come to that realization?

[TiredOfLies]

7. the rest of us figured that out

3yrs ago, what took her so long??

[enid602]

8. Clintons

Hillary and Bill have been oh so careful these last several years: at times being helpful to the administration but always following up with well-placed jabs. They've both got an axe to grind; she because of the healthcare fiasco, and he for all the legal harrassment he suffered. Hill's criticisms have become ever more biting lately. Revenge is a dish best served cold. I would not want this pair after me. More power to them.

[AlGore-08.com]

9. "The U.S. government should rethink its policy in Iraq" back in 2002!

She voted for the d*mn invasion, but now that it's very unpopular, she says the Govt should "rethink" it's Iraq policy.

Maybe she should have "rethought" it through way back in 2002, when other Dems, in and out of office, were pointing out how much of a disaster an invasion of Iraq would be. You know, back when she voted to authorize the invasion. And while she was "rethinking" that, she might want to have taken the time to "rethink" her vote for the Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind, and a host of other destructive Smirk Admin policies and nominees. (Read the speech she made at the time she voted to confirm Michael Chertoff, where she praised his professionalism and competence to the skies.)

She's not got the skills or the vision to be President. If she's the nominee we'll lose in a landslide.

[LibDemAlways]

10. On the one hand she's concerned about

the Bush Crime Family squandering balanced budgets and being fiscally irresponsible. On the other hand, she voted to give the idiot the authority to go to Iraq and squander billions.

You can't have it both ways, Hillary.

[madmark]

22. The dem congress people's vote for war authority was either incompetence

or complicity. Is there any other conclusion? And if that's the case what is here campaign slogan,"I won't be as incompetent as Bush"?

[DFWJock]

11. Keep it up

YEA Democratic Underground, keep attacking Hillary.
Ralph Nader in 2008!!

Third times the charm!!!

[AlGore-08.com]

29. Dude (or Dudette)... Hillary Clinton IS the Nader of 2008

She's polling to lose the 2008 general election by a landslide.

But hey, let's let the GOP run the country for another 8 years. I mean, how much worse could things get, right? :sarcasm:

[pinerow]

12. That's all well and good, however I did not see a "no" vote

from her when it counted...

[DFWJock]

14. Remind me

How did Kerry and Edwards vote?

[NYC Liberal]

16. Doesn't excuse her votes.

But when they voted with Bush they were wrong as well.

[billbuckhead]

19. How would it have counted? Just how?

She couldn't have stopped the invasion if even all the Dems voted against it. Dean and Clark had the fortune of not having to vote on this war.

[cassiepriam]

13. How much good could have been done with the surplus.

Infrastructure, healthcare, schools, development of alternative energy sources, re-education of american workforce to be more competitive in world marketplace. etc etc

[gratuitous]

15. I'm highly glad she said this

And I wish it would have been said earlier. I've seen so much disinformation over the last few years on those rare occasions when the budget deficit is actually discussed. "Well, Clinton left Stupidhead with a faltering economy" or "You can't blame the deficits on Stupidhead's policies, just like you can't credit Clinton for those surpluses; both of them just happened."

But every time a Republican gets into the White House, the deficit soars. Just bad timing, I guess.

Well, no it's not, and while I have many a bone to pick with Mrs. Clinton, I'll say a quiet "hallelujah" when she finally sticks up for her husband's administration as well as giving the Bushistas some well-earned grief for their disastrous policies.

[Gregorian]

17. If you voted for the war, you're out the door.

Seems like as good a time as any to say that.

Hey, at least I didn't post a Star Wars, in ascii, animation. Maybe over at FR that would go over better.

[DFWJock]

18. Yeah man!!!

Nader in '08, woo hoo!!!

[billbuckhead]

20. Sounds like Dems are wedge issuing their own party

Hillary will easily win the primaries and then what are you going to do? Vote for Nadir?

[Gregorian]

21. No. But we can dream.

I always vote the nominee. But I'll be very unhappy if I must vote against my conscience again. Sooner or later I am going to become a "wedge". I am not proud that I didn't vote for Kucinich. I thought Clark had a chance, but I ended up voting Kerry.

I forget who said that elections are won in the middle. But I personally think the middle contains too much right.

[GRLMGC]

23. THAT'S an understatement!

I mean, seriously!

[jbane]

25. Hillary scares the piss out of the Repukes.

She has credibility and the Clinton years are looking better and better as we trudge through one Bush f-up after another.

[Tight_rope]

26. She's damn right...the Mothefucker wasted all our money!

[Trajan]

27. Wow .... isnt this so 4 years ago ? ...

WTF took her so fucking long ? ... Fraid of the king's long knives ? ....

WHEN will the DEMS grow their OWN cajones and start playing the dancin music ? .... STOP TRYING TO DODGE GOP BRIC-BRAC ! ...

STOP trying to fend off invisible attacks from 'scary' GOP ghouls ...

FIGHT them .. damnit .... FIGHT THEM ! ...

[GetTheRightVote]

28. So HIllary can sound like a President, it is about time someone does

:kick: