Republicans sang a different tune when Bill Clinton was President. Quotes.

[helderheid]

Republicans sang a different tune when Bill Clinton was President.

Res Publica has gathered together a handy list of quotes, made
by Republicans during the Kosovo campaign. Any Democrat who cannot
recite these from memory, forwards and backwards, has no business
representing his party to the media. None whatever.
---Mary O'Grady


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

" 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)

"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)

"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)

"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

"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)

[bryant69]

1. These are good quotes

And important to remember.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[abluelady]

2. It's Called Talking Out of Two Sides of their Mouths

I wish the talking heads out there would repeat some of your quotes each day.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. It's called being huge hypocrites.

And they know they are and they also know that no Democrat will call them on it, so they continue to spew their hypocrisy

[LisaM]

3. I saw a clip of Novak from Capitol Gang

from 1997 or 1998, saying that Clinton tried to bomb bin Laden as a distraction, and this Osama bin Laden was no one and that we would never hear of him again!

[helderheid]

6. oh good Lord!!

Perhaps this would be a good LTTE

[zanne]

4. Thanks, helderheid!

I always enjoy reading these delightful little Republican quotes from the Clinton era. I wish they could be repeated in the news media; espcially in opinion pieces.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

5. They think they can trump all those quotes with one sentence

And this sentence makes me wanna ram a bowling ball down the throat of any stupid Republican jingoistic maggott who utters it:

"9/11 Changed Everything"

[bluedog]

7. others on recess appointments

our own Du'er found these.thanks to soup


What Does Orrin Hatch Have to Say About Recess Appointments?

FROM THE CNN ARCHIVES (1997):

"If a recess appointment, then I have to say, it's a finger in the eye of the Senate," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, told FOX on Sunday. "I think you'd find there would be an awful lot of repercussions from that."

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/12/14/lee /


from BuzzFlash.com

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When Will Clinton
Be Held Accountable?

"It's a slap in the face of Catholics everywhere," said Sen. Trent Lott, in response to President Clinton's recess appointment of the openly gay James C. Hormel as Ambassador to Luxembourg.
http://www.populist.com/99.7.walker.html

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Some Republican Senators have complained that President Clinton failed to adhere to this policy in December of 1999 by reappointing Sarah Fox to the National labor Relations Board even though her name had not been included on a list of potential recess appointees. In response, Senators Inhofe (R-OK) and Craig (R-ID) have threatened to block all future judicial nominations made by Clinton this year.
http://www.thisnation.com/question/010.html

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Questioning the Constitutionality of Recess Appointments to the Federal Judiciary
Howard J. Bashman, Mon Mar 12, 2001

On December 27, 2000, William Jefferson Clinton became the first President in two decades to use the power available under Article II of the U.S. Constitution to make a recess appointment to the federal judiciary. President Clinton's recess appointment of Roger Gregory to fill a longstanding judicial vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit proved newsworthy because Gregory became the first African-American judge on that court. The Fourth Circuit, which consists of Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, has the largest African-American population of any circuit in the nation.

Although President Clinton's last-minute pardons have generated a great deal of controversy, his decision to make a recess appointment to the federal judiciary in his last month in office may rekindle the debate over the constitutionality of that practice. For the reasons that follow, I have concluded that recess appointments to the federal judiciary are unconstitutional. Recess appointees therefore should not be permitted to exercise the judicial power of the United States conferred under Article III of the U.S. Constitution.>snip<

>Once the controversy over President Clinton's last-minute pardons subsides, the battle over the constitutionality of federal judicial recess appointments is ready to begin anew.
http://www.bipc.com/news.cfm?mode=article&article_id=49...

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When President Clinton used recess appointments to fill vacant slots in important positions, there was an outcry from Senate Republicans who claimed that recess appointments were an "affront" to the Constitution and "subverted" the confirmation process.

Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott

>Then Senate Majority Leader Lott condemned the recess appointment of James Hormel as Ambassador to Luxemborg as a "subversion of the confirmation process." (June 9, 1999, The Washington Post)

Minority Whip Don Nickles

>"It's unfortunate, and, again, he's really defying the Constitution . . . There's a reason why you have advise and consent. There's a reason why you have confirmation." (December 31, 2000, UPI)

>"If he really sticks his finger in the eye of the Senate as far as the confirmation process, he may not get another person confirmed . . . We don't have to confirm anybody next year." (November 5, 1999, The Washington Times)

Senator James Inhofe

>"President Clinton has shown contempt for Congress and the Constitution . . . He has treated the Senate confirmation process as little more than a nuisance which he can circumvent whenever he wants to impose his will on the country." (June 10, 1999, Roll Call)

>" I will place a `hold' on every judicial nominee that reaches the Senate calendar for the remainder of the Clinton presidency." (December 22, 1999, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

Senator Mitch McConnell

>"This would be a declaration of war halfway through the 105th Congress . . . If he tries, it will cost him. It could be appointments. It could be legislative cooperation. The opportunities are wide open for any fertile mind to contemplate." (December 9, 1997, The Washington Times)

Senator Bob Smith

>"I view this as the president saying, In your face, Senate; you can have your `advise and consent.'" (June 5, 1999, The Los Angeles Times)

>"Clinton's decision to nominate Mr. Hormel while we are in recess is an affront to the Senate and to the Constitution." (June 7, 1999, The Hotline)
http://www.hypocrites.com/article2826.html

[dogday]

9. It is up to our leaders to put a face on this

and show to the people the kind of games the republicans play.

[PurgedVoter]

10. This is great, can you give date and source for all?

If we can get the date and source for all of these, we can use these solidly. This way we can avoid appearing like the republicans who make up and then repeat quotes.