You have to just love any article which will piss off both the “Bush lied” and the “Hitlery” crowds:
PRESIDENT BUSH has a surprising defender of his contention that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction–Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York. “The intelligence from Bush 1 to Clinton to Bush 2 was consistent” in concluding Saddam had chemical and biological weapons and was trying to develop a nuclear capability, Clinton said this morning. And Saddam’s expulsion of weapons inspectors and “the behavior” of his regime “pointed to a continuing effort” to produce WMD, she added.
The senator said she did her own “due diligence” by attending classified briefings on Capitol Hill and at the White House and Pentagon and also by consulting national security officials from the Clinton administration whom she trusts. “To a person, they all agreed with the consensus of the intelligence” that Saddam had WMD.
Clinton isn’t normally a defender of the Bush administration. And on other issues, especially Bush’s handling of postwar Iraq, she was highly critical. But she agreed, with qualifications, that preemptive military action may be necessary in certain cases, as Bush has argued was the case with Iraq.
She also had this to say about rumors regarding the Clintons and Wes:
That is an absurd feat of imagination, I guess. We have been supportive to all of the candidates running in any way that they have requested information…from either Bill or me, advice that they would solicit. We are not supporting or endorsing any candidate…I think someone very formidable is going to come out of this process….”
I can’t find the whole transcript from the breakfast.
Moe Lane
Say what you like about those two, but the Clintons -do- demonstrate no small skill in the practical facets of their chosen career paths.
Kathy K
She’s been pretty much of a hawk since 9/11/01. You may say what you want of the Clintons but they are not part of the loony left that seems to have taken over so much of the Democratic party.
Emperor Misha I
The Hildebeest is part of whatever she thinks will get her cankled self in office.
If Satan looked like a front-runner, she’d endorse him for the Donk nomination.
Susan
I just finished a great book, a Hillary parody: “Kiss the First Lady Goodnight” (Port Town 2003) A former NJ Senator/ex First Lady named Susan Billingsly is found murdered in a Fort Lauderdale pet store. Her ex-husband, now a talk show host, is one of many suspects. A hoot!