galadrium
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:32 PM
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Debunk this GOP BS... Osama handed to Clinton on "silver platter" |
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This always comes up in the right-wing media, what exactly happened with this story? I am sure that this has been discussed at length before, sorry I missed it.
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:37 PM
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1. It has been debunked many times. Richard Clarke debunked it |
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:40 PM
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Just like the Saddam-Al Queda link has been debunked Cheney still uses it.
The "Bu$h inherited a recession" has been debunked yet they still spew that garbage too.
Those pesky little facts always seem to get in their way!
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:41 PM
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3. Al Franken covered it too |
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On page 113 in my book. " The entire case comes from a guy named Mansoor Ijaz, a Pakistani-American who claims to have transmitted the offer as a middleman bewten the U.S. and Sudan. I got the story on Ijaz from former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger . . .
Berger only had to meet once with Ijaz to determine that he was an unreliable frelancer, pursuing his own financial interests." Bryant Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Tue Jun-15-04 05:50 PM
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10. I've offered to deliver Osama Bin Laden on a silver platter ... |
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So far, the administration hasn't taken me up on it.
So that means they don't want Osama Bin Laden and passed up a golden opportunity.
Of course, I have no way of capturing Osama Bin Laden. This is the problem.
BTW, Mansoor Ijaz works for Fox News now. That tells you who's behind this doublespeak propaganda!!!!!
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:41 PM
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I think...and don't quote me..... |
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...that it was a Sudanese businessman, who didn't have the authority of the Sudanese government to do anything, that said he had all this info on OBL. (Here's the don't quote me part)... if I remember correctly, the guy was Mansoor Ijaz, who is now Fox's 'terrorism expert'.
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:44 PM
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6. Mansoor Ijaz = Opportunistic shitbag... |
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Wed Jun-16-04 09:54 PM
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16. and Faux news contributer. |
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:41 PM
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4. Here's a god article... |
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I'm not sure where the "silver platter" quote comes from, but here's a good Snopes.com article that helps debunk the "Clinton did nothing" myths... http://www.snopes.com/rumors/clinton.htm:bounce:
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Tue Jun-15-04 05:53 PM
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11. Hannity spews this lie all the time. |
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Somebody should send this to Podesta to use in his feud with the Slant Head.
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Tue Jun-15-04 06:02 PM
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I just printed the Snopes page out for ammunition when the loony e-mails start arriving. Something tells me that loony e-mail season is going to be particularly bad this year.
By the way, perfectly rational, intelligent people sometimes get taken in by these e-mails. I know a couple of people who were almost taken in by the "Ollie North warned us about Osama" e-mail.
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:47 PM
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Ah... the memories. When Clinton tried to take out Osama the condemnation from the right wing came fast and furious.
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:49 PM
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Damned if he did, damned if he didn't. The only thing he could have done was turn Repub... then they would have liked him.
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Tue Jun-15-04 03:58 PM
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9. Read While America Slept. |
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Posner says that the Clinton Administration did try to do something they just didn't do enough.
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Tue Jun-15-04 05:54 PM
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12. Hey, I've offered OBL to Bush at LEAST 8 times, and he hasn't taken |
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me up on it...
the hubris....
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Tue Jun-15-04 05:57 PM
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13. No, Osama handed to BUSH on silver platter! |
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When the Afgan saturation bombing campaign was going on, Pakistan stated that they would turn over OBL if the campaign were stopped. Bush said No deal, no strings attached or nothing. Anyone remember this, or can provide a link?
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Tue Jun-15-04 06:11 PM
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15. This has been debunked so many times, so thourougly |
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It's almost laughable it keeps coming up.
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Wed Jun-16-04 10:00 PM
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Does it really matter if we catch OBL? Will the violence stop? Will 9-11 have been prevented? Will AQ suddenly die?
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