Fox reporter: Bush ‘inherited the 9/11 attacks

[underpants]

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The reporter says the 9/11 bit as the cross talk is going on but he does say it.



Today, President Bush left for Camp David for what is expected to be his last departure from the White House via Marine One. During Fox News’s coverage of the event, hosts Martha MacCallum and Wendell Goler tried to rewrite history for Bush:

GOLER: This president inherited a budget surplus, but he also inherited what he called “the trifecta of bad times.” There’s the president headed out to Marine One right now. <…> He inherited the 9/11 attacks. He inherited the recession and he inherited some tough times on Wall Street.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/16/fox-bush-inherited-9-11/

[NewJeffCT]

1. Why should they stop rewriting history?

I mean, that's their full-time job...

[underpants]

4. "Special Air Mission One"

:rofl:

I am sure they always call the outgoing POTUS flight that but for W that is so so fitting

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. From the actions of his father and crew?? Works for me. n/t

[Cobalt-60]

3. That's why I don't watch Fox News

Its the propaganda arm of the RNC.
NO one passed the high school us constitution requirement without
knowing that the Bush officially seized power in January 2001.
Bushniks constantly try to claim his administration didn't start until September.
Remember: No information originating with Fox News is worth your attention.

[boobooday]

5. They are the party of personal responsibility

That's why NOTHING is ever their fault.

[Twist_U_Up]

6. I think he meant to say....

bush is responsible for the 911 attacks and that he and his cartel are responsible for untold numbers of murdered people all across the globe.

its plausible

911 was an inside job

[Hubert Flottz]

7. Rule of thumb...

If you heard it on FOX it must be a lie.

[PaulRevere08]

8. While I don't agree that Bush "inherited" 9/11, the plans

for the attack were well underway before he took office. That is why it is so vital that we stop playing politics with the threat of terrorism.

[Name removed]

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[The Wizard]

10. Tell Karl Rove

"That is why it is so vital that we stop playing politics with the threat of terrorism."

[JHB]

12. Agreed, but who's the "we" there? And which policies are "playing politics" and which aren't?

Simply blandly stating "we can't play politics" and then not filling in the difficult details has been the Republican modus operandi for ages.

(which is doubtless part of what fueled trumad's reaction to your post.)

[PaulRevere08]

15. Hey, sorry I did not provide more details on my post.

I am just frustrated that national security get's treated like it's a party issue. I guess I could have gone on about the repug congress spending so much time distracting the Clinton administration with the sundry investigations instead of both focusing on the growing threat; but we all know that.

I resent being called a troll.

[JHB]

17. As well you should.

Sorry, my post #13 was intended more as an explanation of why someone accused you of trolling. It was not intended as further accusation.

[PaulRevere08]

16. Also, how about asking rather than insulting me.

[JHB]

19. Was this for me (JHB) or for trumad?

Because I did ask rather than insult, as far as I can tell.

[PaulRevere08]

20. Yes, it was for trumad. Sorry.

I appreciate you taking the time to ask.

[Donkeykick]

13. Hey.

Clinton gave Dubya all the information about a possible attack on the WTC; it wasn't Clinton's fault that Dubya chose to ignore that info and go golfing.:wtf: :eyes:

[JHB]

14. Well, in that sense he did "inherit" it....

...he just squandered this inheritance just like he squandered everything else in his life.

[PaulRevere08]

18. Self scrubbed.

Thought better about posting anything else today.

[underpants]

22. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[PaulRevere08]

24. Thanks. It did give a couple of my friends a laugh to hear

I was called a troll on DU. I kinda wish they were also surprised to hear I was called a "fucking idiot". :)

[Captain Hilts]

21. True. nt

[Lorien]

31. Yeah, and he was given the warnings and chose to ignore them

Clinton told him that bin Laden would be a "top priority" for his administration. Bush said that he disagreed; that he saw Iraq as his top issue. Clinton had TRIED to take bin Laden out when he knew where he was, but the Repugs in congress cynically would not authorize the strike because they said that he was "trying to distract from Lewinsky" and "attempting to leave a legacy" so YES, playing politics with the threat of terrorism is idiotic.

Where is bin Laden now? Did we "smoke him out"? Nope, he's living comfortably in Pakistan. Bush let him walk. If you want to learn more about this issue then I suggest that you watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vTFesgMkzk

[Enthusiast]

33. Bullshit! We have had an executive branch

of government that politicized every single issue for eight fucking years! Anyone that would defend a single action, or inaction, by the Bush Administration has zero credibility. It is highly likely that the Bush Administration allowed 9/11 to happen as a ruse to grab power and as justification for the Iraq War.

You, sir, are a stealth Republican!

[PaulRevere08]

34. Er, what exactly did I defend?

You sir are a fucking loon.

[The Wizard]

11. Most of us here

would prefer he piloted Kamikaze One.

[Optimistic]

23. It was Obama's fault

History will show that it was Obama who did 9/11
History will show that it was Obama who Shot Reagan
History will show that it was Obama who broke into the Watergate Hotel and brought down Nixon
History will show that it was Obama who Killed president John F Kennedy
History will show that it was Obama who Bombed Pearl Harbor
History will show that it was Obama who created the great depression
History will show that it was Obama who shot Lincoln
and Finally
History will show that it was Obama who gave Eve the apple, Not Adam.

Thank You for Listening

Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, Fox and Friends, Bill O'Rielly and John Gibson

[Deja Q]

25. Okay, then Clinton inherited the 1993 attack.

What a bunch of wankers.

[underpants]

30. Don't we all have that day entrenched in our memories?

No of course not. I was in the Army when it happened and the feeling I got was a dismissive "it was just New York" from the major media.

February 26, 1993. Clinton had been in office for 5 weeks not 8 months (or the really lame "222 days" that they peddled for a while) but you never hear that. You also hear no mention at all of the US Embassy bombing in Yemen 5 months ago. Can't mention that you know. And the Christian Militia hosted Oklahoma City bombing has been long forgotten.

They have actually been able to pin Ruby Ridge on Clinton and he was still the Governor of Arkansas for crying out loud.

[Dukkha]

26. he lost the right to claim 'inheritance'

the moment he ignored the report "Bin Laden determined to attack in the U.S."

[bulloney]

27. Ya think Faux News will give Obama the same courtesy when the economy worsens during his presidency?

Or if an attack should occur on U.S. soil under his watch?

I won't hold my breath.

[JHB]

29. You can't hold your breath when the mere suggestion is laughable n/t

[humbled_opinion]

32. No they won't

They are already gearing it up. Faux has Oliely telling us that Obama is going to CHANGE Bush terror procedures and that it is a Bad thing. The pundits will claim that Obama cannot claim that Bush War on Terror processes were not working because " we have not been attacked since 911"....

I say screw it better to change failed policy and deal with circumstances should they arise.

[JHB]

28. Other bogus "inheritances": recession and Enron

Things were a bit wobbly at the end of Clinton, thanks to the dot-com bust, but it didn't start going down until after Bush took office.

And claiming Bush "inherited" Enron is as baldfaced a lie as "Kenny who?"