Joe Scarborough Sets Tone For Torture Debate - Part 1 (HQ)

Part 1: Joe Scarborough, "If the right wing had their way.... and what if we had a trial, ah trying Bill Clinton and the administration for the deaths of three thousand Americans." With co-host Mika Brzezinski, David Gregory, host of Meet The Press, and regular guest Pat Buchanan. MSNBC's Morning Joe (aired: 04/24/09).

Editorial: Any segment that begins with a clip of Senator Kit Bond (R-MI) is going to set a peculiar tone of conversation.

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[art101tv]

Kit Bond is a nasty, stupid, money-grubbing little jerk. He's a perfect example of how the Republican party was highjacked by nutbag Christian fundamentalists. The corporate media loves talking with assholes like Kit, because it bolsters their failing ratings and advertising revenues. Hey Kit: Nobody with a brain in their head believes any of the crap that comes out of your mouth.

[im4wur]

In the summer of 2001 Richard Clarke (NSA) was almost frantic in trying to warn the administration about an attack! When the Aug.6th 2001 PDB (Presidential Daily Briefing) titled: "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." was presented to Bush. George told the CIA briefer: "All right. You've covered your ass now." (and then he went fishing (on vacation for a month))

Can you imagine the outcry if Clinton had done this? - LOL- Like I said, the GOP's capacity for hypocrisy is truly astounding!

[Redfingers]

If there are criminals in the past administration, they should be prosecuted. That's the definition of justice. Partisanship has nothing to do with it. In fact, I'm convinced there are probably people in the immediate administration that should be prosecuted.

All I want to see is the evidence. Let the people make the decision as to whether they should be prosecuted and let the court render the verdict.

[pamasaurus]

It's fashionable to embrace civil liberties!!! Move over you sexy advertisements selling nothing, I'm going trendy with my civil liberties! I love that quote, it's for the post-Bush 21st century.

[dawgnpony]

The only way to stop these 'spamanators' is to repost your comment in a new thread; I can then remove the ones marked as spam and erase all sign of these malicious little buggers.

DAP

[dawgnpony]

Once again, some troll has marked your comment as spam which I find despicable! Those that attempt this form of censorship should be rooted out and given a right good spanking as their antics are indicative of a child. I suggest that you repost your comment as a new thread; eventually those losers that misidentify comments as 'spam' will be tossed off YT and I hope that their IP address is barred from creating a new account.

[im4wur]

I agree. If the GOP wasn't so busy trying to drag Clinton down (including the "Wags the Dog" BS) perhaps he could'a stayed focused on (and (as you say) had the political support necessary

to shut down bin Laden well before 9/11/01) However, since 9/11 Bush had made the bad situation much, much worse.

[Back2BackJack]

Clinton didn't do what he could have to thwart terrorism from Al-Qaeda. He also didn't have a 9/11 attack to respond to. I'm sure if he had, he would have gone much further with his own fight against terrorism.

[xhagast]

Besides opposing anything Clinton did(much like they are doing to Obama now but with a mayority in the house)I think they were in an isolationistic phase. Remember, Dubya won saying he did not want to go into the business of nation building. And immediately after he won he started getting ready to invade Iraq. 9/11 gave him the perfect excuse. With billions for the grafting in Iraq he had not trouble selling the war. To everybody but GOP generals with war experience.

[KILLAMANJARO3]

hiya xhagast... question for you? why do u think the repukes (repubs) were against clinton attacking bin laden? money? politics? bin laden may be a cia operative ( i have read this one and thought it might be a bit of a reach) in otherwords what did the repubs gain by doing this?

what i do know is bush junior is friends and business partners in a lucrative biz w/laden (@#$%$##$%$@@) bush!

[xhagast]

Agreed! What a bastard. Nobody prosecuted Clinton for "failing to recognize" the war on terror because whenever he had tried to get Osama Bin Laden the Republicans had stopped him. Bob Dole said that if he had tried to go after him in Afghanistan the Republicans would have BOILED HIM IN OIL!!!! Bastards. According to Madelaine Albright he had a perfect chance to get Bin Laden and was made to pull back. What do you bet that if he had and Al Qaida had done 9/11 he would have been blamed?