VERBATIM QUOTES From Republicans

[kpete]

Verbatim Quotes from Republicans when Clinton was Prez.
posted by demzwin 04/25/2007 07:58:08 AM EST

Republicans who thought fighting in other countries was not our place to clean up the world's messes!

I find it odd the Republicans had a different message when Clinton was President:
KY's Senior Senator Mitch McConnell said during a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"Domestic terrorism is not a cause we have to fight or a project we need to fund. We are not interested in capturing bin Laden. Even though he has been offered to us. We are not the world's policemen. It's not our job to clean up other countries messes or arrest it's bad guys."


VERBATIM QUOTES FROM WHEN CLINTON WAS COMMITTING TROOPS TO BOSNIA:

"You can support the troops but not the president."--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years."--Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?"--Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99

"The President . . . is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy."--Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)"

American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy."--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy."
--Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of George W Bush

"I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning . . I didn't think we had done enough in the diplomatic area."--Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)

"I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our over-extended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today"--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."-- Governor George W. Bush (R)-TX

http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2007/4/25/7588/86433/Diary/Verbatim-Quotes-from-Republicans-when-Clinton-was-Prez-

[JohnnyLib2]

1. Brings back the famous statement from the Nixon WH:

"that's inoperative."

Great list. Thanks.

[Bitwit1234]

2. Sent his two quotes to bush via email.

[alstephenson]

3. I've seen these quotes before. Well worth reviving!

Thanks for posting.

[LanternWaste]

4. And that ever-solid bastion of consistency, Sam Johnson...

And that ever-solid bastion of consistency, Sam Johnson

"The President has tied our hands, gone against the wishes of the American people, and this is the last best way I know how to show my respect for our American servicemen and women. They are helpless, following orders. But we, we are in a position to stop this terrible mistake before it happens.

I know how those soldiers are feeling. I was in the military for 29 years, and I recognize that we used to say `Let's go to war. Let's go fight that war, it is the only one we have got.' And that is what some of them are doing. However, I was told by Senator Hutchison that the guys down in Fort Hood did not say that. They said `Why are we going there? Can't you stop us?' She said she would try.

Thirty years ago when I was sent to Vietnam in a similar situation, Vietnam started out as a peace type mission, no defined goal, no exit strategy, no idea whose side we were on, and a created incident to gain support of the Congress. A peacekeeping mission? Come on. Does this not sound just like a carbon copy? I think it is.

What is going to happen when our guys get over there, and if the rules of engagement apply, and they get shot at, and we start shooting back, what are their people going to say when we start killing them, killing Bosnians, killing Croatians, killing Serbs? We will do it, and we will get chastised for it.

Let me just ask one more thing for the guys over here voting against it: What are you going to do when one of our women soldiers get captured? "

[donkeyotay]

5. Whatever happened to Tom Delay? Justice delayed?

Last I heard the inquiry had wound up in California, connected with Carol Lam's investigations? I wonder how those are going. Abramoff was "singing" but apparently without words. It just seems like there's been somekindof prosecutorial logjam - corruption goes in, but the indictments and convictions don't come out. Oh well, I guess it's all for national security and we don't need to know.

[VP505]

6. What a silly post

all that stuff was when Clinton was in office, it doesn't apply NOW. :sarcasm: