Democratic Presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, has recently drew fire for suggesting that a terrorist attack on American soil between now and the 2008 Elections, would be a huge help to the GOP, stating:
"It's a horrible prospect to ask yourself, 'What if? What if?'...But, if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world." Clinton then added that, "I'm the best to deal with that(terrorism)".
I certainly can see what sounds terrible about that statement. What Clinton said is one of those things that no matter how you phrase it, it comes out sounding awful. Yet, Clinton's assessment of what could happen might not be too far off, if there was, God forbid, another terrorist attack on the United States.
The thought of a terrorist attack being used for political gain is a real issue. The GOP is a master at making themselves appear strong and instilling fear in Americans. George Bush used that fear in 2004 to be re-elected. By making John Kerry appear to be weak on terrorism, and constantly bringing up terrorism in the debates against Kerry, Bush was able to make Americans feel like he, not Kerry would keep them safe. So while it is a rather awful sounding statement, it does have merit. The Republicans are already trying to fool the American people by calling democrats "weak on national security" and proclaiming that they would "give al-Qaeda a victory". I find it quite upsetting to see fellow democrats jump on Clinton for her remarks, when they know that, sadly, she is right. She has spent years fighting Republicans. She knows how they operate and knows how to beat them. My question is why did Clinton make this statement. It is a statement that to most people, should be obvious, the GOP try to use fear to their political advantage. Trust me, the Clinton campaign is well though out, she had planned to say this statement, it wasn't a mere slip of the tongue. It'll be most interesting to see if it can be figured out why she made this statement and how the whole situation will play out.
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No, Why? Because the worst foreign terror attack on US soil happened on George Bush and the Republican watch and it happened while they were talking tough. The people realize that now. George Bush said his first responsibility was to protect the country and its people and he failed that test on 9-11 even though he new the threat from Al Queda existed. The country was safest on Clinton's administration and Bush will never be able to match Clinton's record of keeping the country safe. The country under Bill Clinton went 7 years and 9 months without a foreign terror attack on US soil. George Bush will never match that record. In fact more americans have been killed on the watch of Republican Presidents in the last 40 years than all Democratic presidents combined. The people will no longer fall for those self serving republican statemenmts.
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