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Clinton
boost spirits with sidewalk stroll
Attribution
NEW YORK - Over now familiar refrains of "that's unreal," and "I can't
believe it," and pregnant
moans of "wow," a spectacle of a different kind captured unblinking
New Yorkers this afternoon.
Out of Manhattan's Union Square came a welcome and commanding sight:
former President Bill Clinton,
surrounded by a growing mass of people.
He immediately drew a crowd, most of whom just happened to be walking
by. Others emerged from
stores and apartments. Many snapped pictures or waved flags in a spontaneous
moment of patriotism
and giddiness over a celebrity. For his part, Clinton restrained himself
from returning smiles, greeting
people instead with earnest expressions of concern.
"We need to just bolster people's spirits right
now, and support the president and the government,"
he said between handshakes. "They're going
to need some time with this."
Clinton, who was in Australia when New York and Washington, D.C., were
attacked, said he had
spent the previous 24 hours flying to New York on an Air Force plane.
He was kept informed of
developments by his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. Except
for a phone conversation
with National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, he said he has not
spoken to anyone at the White House.
Clinton was accompanied during his walk by his daughter, Chelsea, who
stood with a female friend
about her age well apart from the center of the crowd.
"We just wanted to support the people affected
the most, New Yorkers," said Chelsea Clinton,
who said that like most people she had spent the past few days watching
television, incredulous.
New Yorkers sought his solace as one after another approached him, some
in tears, showing him
copies of photos of loved ones or friends who are among the missing.
In the Clinton style,
he responded with hugs for some, and reassurances, telling one woman
who weeped on his shoulder,
"They're still finding people. Don't give
up hope."
For the 300 to 400 people who saw Clinton, his appearance was energizing.
"It was a nice lift," said
Rhon Reynolds, 30, who lives in Manhattan.
"I really needed it today.
It's been like a war zone here. Everyone's
wearing masks. I managed to cry just yesterday.
Just to see him here really helped. He represents
an era for us, the best era, a great
financial time and a time when we seemed to
have good relations with foreign governments."
Many said Clinton's short appearance both magnified and made up for
what they called President Bush's
shortcomings during this crisis. The White House announced that the
president would visit New York,
for the first time, Friday.
"So far Bush has not been a comforting presence,"
said Emily Vacchiano, 26, who lives in Manhattan.
"He has not conveyed compassion or strength.
Just the sight of Clinton cheered everyone up today."
Michael Siller, 38, also of Manhattan, said, "I
didn't vote for Clinton but at least I always felt
he was in charge. That feeling has been missing
here."
As he prepared to depart, Clinton saluted the crowd, which then broke
into a chant of "U-S-A,"
to which Clinton offered a thumbs-up before disappearing to wild cheers.
From: Tamara Baker
Subject: Thanks for pix of President Clinton in NYC
To see the people milling around him, looking
to him for strength
-- and how tired as he was (he hadn't slept in
48 hours),
and he still had some to give to them
--
Bart, know how I said that by 2004, people will
be worshipping President Clinton as a GOD?
I was off by three years.
Tamara
A Firefighter's
Story
by Dennis Smith
From: (withheld)
Subject: Re: Objections from an Environmental Engineer
<snip>
The bottom line is that if we act like terrorists
to people in the Middle East
they will respond in kind to us. I don't want
this to happen.
Mark.
Mark, I understand the Bono/John Lennon viewpoint, I really do,
but it sounds like you're saying, "They might
get mad," if we retaliate.
When I look at complicated issues, I break them down to a personal level.
If the punk kid from next door breaks into my home and kills one of
my kids,
which I think is a pretty good analogy to what happened Tuesday,
I'm not going to turn the other cheek or be reasonable about the situation.
I'd disappear the son of a bitch and then consider my second move.
I've gotten several "dove" letters, and I always write back and ask
their solution.
Then they say, "I don't know, but violence
is wrong."
Hey, tell it to Neville Chamberlain.
There are no cops we can call.
There's no court that can handle this case.
I don't want to see bin Laden put on trial.
He'll be on with Barbara Walters one night, Diane Sawyer the next,
60 Minutes the next,
then O'Reilly and Hannity and then "A very special evening with Brit
Hume."
He needs dying.
If that makes me a Cromag, then I'm a Cromag.
How the ditto-monkeys are handling themselves
All who practice Islam must die.
Please note that I am holding BartCop personally
responsible
for the atrocities committed September 11th.
During the election campaign last year and
continuing up to now, Bartcop
and other asshole, traitorous democrats have
portrayed George W Bush
as ignorant, dumb, stupid and bumbling.
This is the image of our President
that has been sent overseas by you and the
subversive liberal media.
This is the leader that these terrorists today
see as their incompetent and incapable opponent.
No wonder they think they can attack the US
without serious retaliation.
Your purposeful destruction of respect for
America is treasonous.
You are a terrorist and an enemy of America.
It is just like you crashed those planes yourself.
I sincerely hope somebody kills
you
and all of your evil democrat
brothers and sisters.
Lanny, don't you have anyone else to annoy?
There are almost 1000 web sites telling the truth about our appointed,
unelected president.
Why are you so attracted to me?
NY Times Barbara Olson obit
"Although Mrs. Olson was generally a take-no-prisoners
advocate, Mr. Olson
recalled that she recently told him
she had come to believe that the national political
debate had become too acrimonious. He
recalled that she said that during one
television appearance, she believed
those who called in comments to her and
her liberal counterpart, Bill Press,
were far too harsh."
What a load of crap.
Barbara Olson was Miss Acrimony until the minute she died.
She was unable to speak a sentence without the words, "just
like Clinton,"
even tho she knew it wasn't true. Koresh, the fact that her soulmate
Ann Coulter
had to include a shot at Hillary in her obituary proves what kind of
people they are.
I'm sure wherever Barbara is right now, she's pissed at her friend Ann
Coulter
for not including a mention of Clinton's cock in the obit, too.
Of course, that's cockeyed hyperbole,
because Ms. Olson isn't anywhere
right now.
When you die, the brain shuts off and the body begins
to decompose - and that's it.
Quotes
"If everyone on those flights had been
armed, none of this would have happened!"
-- every NRA member with an eight-inch barrel
From: (withheld)
Excellent work the last few days;
kind of glad you gave the hammer a rest
for a respectable period of time.
We're still waiting to hear who still is
and who isn't from our NY office @WTC1.
Have a lot of friends there...and nobody
in the firm's talking much right now.
Frustrating.
Open Letter to Rudy Giuliani
Dear Mr. Mayor,
Please stop acting like a statesman in this crisis.
Please stop being so effective and reassuring to the people of New
York.
Your popularity is zooming all over the nation, even with Democrats.
The comparison is killing us.
Sincerely,
Bush's handlers
Today, Bush is calling for a day of national prayer and remembrance.
Way to take decisive action, Mr. President.
I feel so much safer...
I have a story for you.
Thursday night I was watching CBS.
Dan Rather was talking to a doctor about pulling people from
the rubble.
The doctor said he was working when they found a fireman and
pulled him out.
He said they washed off his face, gave him oxygen and stuck an
IV into his arm.
He asked for a peanut-butter & jelly sandwich - ate it, then
he put his helmet back on
and walked back to the job to help dig out the others.
I have so much respect for grunt firemen, I can't express
it.
There aren't enough shots of Chinaco...
The Dark
Smoke
by David Corn at thenation.com
Excerpt:
Before rescue efforts were up and running,
the friends of that establishment were mounting an offensive.
Former Secretary of State James Baker blamed
the Church Committee, the Senate panel that investigated
CIA misdeeds in the 1970s, for what happened:
"We went on a real witch hunt with our CIA...the Church
Committee. We unilaterally disarmed in
terms of intelligence." Newt Gingrich assailed rules on intelligence
gathering that limit CIA interaction with
known terrorists, and he asserted that the intelligence budget
(about $30 billion) was "too small."
Dan Quayle urged that the President be granted
"extraordinary powers internationally and domestically"
to deal with terrorists. (Asked what he
had in mind, Quayle replied, "I'm not going to get too specific.")
Orrin Hatch complained that "we've allowed
our military to deteriorate" and that the "Russians have a
better tactical fighter than we do."
Clinton, mobbed
in New York.
From: (withheld)
BC,
In a few months or years, we'll be treated to
arrogant media whores explaining that they
propped up chicken george for the good of the
country. It's a whore tradition, to use C-Span
forums to reassure the great unwashed that they
just couldn't tell the truth for whore security reasons.
The wildly overrated Ben Bradlee has said he decided
not to report Iran Contra and not to publish all
that knew about Nixon's criminal activity, cause,
hey, they know better. Donaldson, when confronted
by a contemptuous citizen, said sure he knew
the crappy one liners he quoted as coming from RR
after he was shot were fake.
Even whores know people with tubes in their throats
can't quip.
Why lie?
FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY.
We're routinely denied information by dimwitted
whores and their masters because they see us
as children who must be led. How much of
this hideous terrorist attack will they protect us from?
How many lies, besides the obvious chicken george
as target are they feeding us?
You are no longer a comedian in a treehouse.
You are now a lifeline to the truth.
May the road rise with you.
The Freedom
From Religion Foundation
has released a statement about the September 11 terrorist attacks.
http://www.ffrf.org/news/sept11.html
Excerpt:
Religion is not the answer, it is probably the
problem. As Pascal put it:
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully
as when they do it from religious conviction."
From: fnx@earthlink.net
Funny.
After Oklahoma City, Republicans frantically
accused Bill Clinton of being involved,"
so he could pass more anti-terrorist/anti-gun
laws, thereby robbing Americans of their freedoms".
(Now it seems - huh? - that might have been a
good idea, though they're still finding ways to blame Clinton.)
So what does the (former) Senate Majority Leader
announce?
"We must curtail individual freedoms!"
Bob
If only we had a leader chosen by the voters, one who inspired confidence...
I'd like to single out two members of the media for recognition.
Ashleigh Banfield was doing on the street interviews as
the buildings were crumbling.
I thought she showed impossible grace under pressure.
I've never heard of her before the or="#000099"> Have a lot of
friends there...and nobody in the firm's talking much right now.
Frustrating.
Open Letter to Rudy Giuliani
Dear Mr. Mayor,
Please stop acting like a statesman in this crisis.
Please stop being so effective and reassuring to the people of New
York.
Your popularity is zooming all over the nation, even with Democrats.
The comparison is killing us.
Sincerely,
Bush's handlers
Today, Bush is calling for a day of national prayer and remembrance.
Way to take decisive action, Mr. President.
I feel so much safer...
I have a story for you.
Thursday night I was watching CBS.
Dan Rather was talking to a doctor about pulling people from
the rubble.
The doctor said he was working when they found a fireman and
pulled him out.
He said they washed off his face, gave him oxygen and stuck an
IV into his arm.
He asked for a peanut-butter & jelly sandwich - ate it, then
he put his helmet back on
and walked back to the job to help dig out the others.
I have so much respect for grunt firemen, I can't express
it.
There aren't enough shots of Chinaco...
The Dark
Smoke
by David Corn at thenation.com
Excerpt:
Before rescue efforts were up and running,
the friends of that establishment were mounting an offensive.
Former Secretary of State James Baker blamed
the Church Committee, the Senate panel that investigated
CIA misdeeds in the 1970s, for what happened:
"We went on a real witch hunt with our CIA...the Church
Committee. We unilaterally disarmed in
terms of intelligence." Newt Gingrich assailed rules on intelligence
gathering that limit CIA interaction with
known terrorists, and he asserted that the intelligence budget
(about $30 billion) was "too small."
Dan Quayle urged that the President be granted
"extraordinary powers internationally and domestically"
to deal with terrorists. (Asked what he
had in mind, Quayle replied, "I'm not going to get too specific.")
Orrin Hatch complained that "we've allowed
our military to deteriorate" and that the "Russians have a
better tactical fighter than we do."
Clinton, mobbed
in New York.
From: (withheld)
BC,
In a few months or years, we'll be treated to
arrogant media whores explaining that they
propped up chicken george for the good of the
country. It's a whore tradition, to use C-Span
forums to reassure the great unwashed that they
just couldn't tell the truth for whore security reasons.
The wildly overrated Ben Bradlee has said he decided
not to report Iran Contra and not to publish all
that knew about Nixon's criminal activity, cause,
hey, they know better. Donaldson, when confronted
by a contemptuous citizen, said sure he knew
the crappy one liners he quoted as coming from RR
after he was shot were fake.
Even whores know people with tubes in their throats
can't quip.
Why lie?
FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY.
We're routinely denied information by dimwitted
whores and their masters because they see us
as children who must be led. How much of
this hideous terrorist attack will they protect us from?
How many lies, besides the obvious chicken george
as target are they feeding us?
You are no longer a comedian in a treehouse.
You are now a lifeline to the truth.
May the road rise with you.
The Freedom
From Religion Foundation
has released a statement about the September 11 terrorist attacks.
http://www.ffrf.org/news/sept11.html
Excerpt:
Religion is not the answer, it is probably the
problem. As Pascal put it:
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully
as when they do it from religious conviction."
From: fnx@earthlink.net
Funny.
After Oklahoma City, Republicans frantically
accused Bill Clinton of being involved,"
so he could pass more anti-terrorist/anti-gun
laws, thereby robbing Americans of their freedoms".
(Now it seems - huh? - that might have been a
good idea, though they're still finding ways to blame Clinton.)
So what does the (former) Senate Majority Leader
announce?
"We must curtail individual freedoms!"
Bob
If only we had a leader chosen by the voters, one who inspired confidence...
I'd like to single out two members of the media for recognition.
Ashleigh Banfield was doing on the street interviews as
the buildings were crumbling.
I thought she showed impossible grace under pressure.
I've never heard of her before the WTC, but she's done a great
job the last two days.
Banfield
Bio
From the MSNBC page
Cameras then caught the collapse of both
of the twin towers, showing white smoke
billowing throughout the streets of lower
Manhattan. A shaken Ashleigh Banfield
reporting on MSNBC described debris showering
around.
"I've never seen anything like this,"a
breathless and sobbing Banfield said.
"This whole place looks like a war zone. When
the cloud came out I could feel the force of it."
The second one is Jim Stewart of CBS News.
(photo not available)
Every time Rather went to him he was full of facts, he was calm,
he was steady as a rock.
Since 90 percent of the media are complete and total panhandling
whores,
when I see some professional people doing their job, I feel compelled
to single them out.
Ashleigh Banfield and Jim Stewart - a shot of Chinaco
to you both.
If I ever get a network, you can work for me.
From: johnde@va.prestige.net
Subject: Where is Dick?
Have you seen or heard from Cheney since Tuesday
morning?
As I am writing this, CNBC is reporting that
Cheney just left
the White House in his limo headed for Camp David.
John Palmer did not, however, actually SEE Cheney.
Just the limo.
I am just asking the question since it is obvious
that Smirk needs all the help he can get.
Cheney is very busy with an national crisis on his hands.
From: EdwardBarlow@aol.com
Subject: Appropriate quote
"You do your worst, and we'll do our best."
Winston Churchill
God, we could use someone like Churchill now.
Can you believe this guy is in charge of America's safety?
From: carrell@biochem.wustl.edu
Subject: Bush "demands"
It had been reported this morning on Stern that
W&S *demanded* to go
to New York or DC, but the Secret Service told
them that was impossible.
Truth or spin?
Thanks for the good work.
Chris
Chris - total horseshit.
Believe it or not, Bush outranks all the smarter people.
The Secret Service has no choice but to follow orders.
They can strongly suggest, but the Commander in Chief goes wherever
he wants.
He's the Commander in Chief.
Talked to the human dynamo - JHS
You remember who John Mashida is?
Years ago, he was famous as the fastest-talking man in the world.
He did Fed-Ex commercials, where he spoke, like, 200 words in 30 seconds.
JHS doesn't talk that fast, but she leaves out all the
words that don't count.
She doesn't lollygag when she speaks.
If brevity is wit, she's the smartest person I've ever talked to.
When she speaks, you're like Spock in City on the Edge of Forever.
"Damn, I wish I'd had the tricorder on to
record all this information."
Anyway, she's in her new temporary home.
It's not perfect, but she's happy - it beats "the curb" by a hundred
miles.
Check this - I figured her to want to get away from it all, but she's
still in the DC area.
I asked her why, and her answer surprised me. It'll surprise
you, too.
She had a LOT to say about the New York tragedy, and she told me she
was floored watching
Newt Gingrich say nice things about Hillary's speech today.
I missed Hillary's speech and Newt's
reaction, but it's smart of Newt to play nice when we're about to go
to war.
When I told her what her good friend Ann Coulter said about Hillary
being
"the molecular opposite of a James Bond girl," she about dropped the
phone laughing.
"She said that in Olson's obituary?"
What else?
Oh, since she has an address, and I've spoken with a local computer
company
in the DC area, and that means she's days or hours away from
being online.
I've said it a half-dozen times. If she types like she talks,
this'll be more moving than the Star Trek ride at the Las Vegas Hilton.
From: erikh@dnr.state.ak.us
Subject: Absent shrubbery
Doesn't the president have to go with the SS under
attack circumstances
with the football to the secret base to launch
a retaliatory strike?
Not wishing to defend the shrub but I think that
the sop is to get the top guys
out of town and to the underground bunker so
they can launch the nukes.
I know the West Virginia facilities were made
ready for a government on the road.
E.
Erik, no.
The president always decides where he wants to go and the football
follows him.
The only exception I can think of is when Hinckley started firing,
the SS agent
pushed Reagan into the limo and screamed "Floor it."
Bush took a lot of criticism for being flat and emotionless during the
crisis.
How to solve that?
Karl Rove and Karen Hughes put him on TV and told him to cry.
See?
He's human after all...
Good work, Karl and Karen.
You've earned your paychecks today.
From: (withheld)
Let it be known that it is Powell, Rumsfeld, Cheney,
Rice et al that are talking with leaders
around the world, planning a military strategy,
appearing before the public in mature, serious
and statesman-like fashion...presumably even
George the Elder is involved.
(I heard he was in the White House with Cheney
the day of the attack!)
What's Dubya doing?
Making platitudinous speeches, saying prayers,
appearing for photo ops
in front of the charred remains and generally
keeping out of the way of the adults.
We have no president, only a figure head.
Day Two
Afternoon: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
On The Waterfront: Senator Hillary Clinton, Governor Pataki, Mayor
Giuliani
Excerpt:
We walked into a group of casual pedestrians
in front of the heliport and got pushed near the front
of the small crowd near the carmera crews.
To our total surprise we found ourselves a mere six feet
from Senator Hillary Clinton, Governor George
Pataki, and Mayor Giuliani.
The
Gays are responsible for the WTC bombing
by Jerry Falwell
Click
Here to download this non-hilarious (but short) MP3.
...the gays,
...how did we ever overlook the obvious?
From: romm@mail.visi.com
Subject: Good coverage!
First off, I want to thank you for your coverage
Tuesday.
One of the advantages of being an off-the-beaten-node
web site, I suppose.
Cnn.com and others were unavailable for hours,
and I was at work, away from a tv.
Your measured support for Bush and up-to-the
minute headlines were appreciated.
Having said that, let me disagree with you on
one aspect of your post-disaster coverage:
Bush may be a piece of excrement, but he's OUR
piece of excrement and when the shooting starts,
he should bolt for his hidey-hole as fast as
possible. He's just a figurehead, but a symbol as well,
and needs protection. More importantly,
President Cheney should be protected.
David, good question, and thanks for being polite.
I've been getting snippy mail from right-wingers saying,
"I caught you - Tuesday you said you
were glad he was safe,
then Wed and Thurs you called him a
coward for running."
Caught by a right-winger?
Oh, please!
I never wanted to see Bush in danger.
You'd think the SS would have a plan for emergencies.
Here are the facts:
Bush took off for DC shortly after getting the word.
His plane talked to the FAA and found out the 4th hijacked jet was
headed for DC,
so the made a left and went to Louisiana, when Bushed TAPED a speech.
(Besides Saddam, name someone who speaks to his country by tape...)
Then he took off for, of all places, Nebraska.
This gave the impression he was running away.
Why didn't he stay on the ground in Florida?
He could've gone to an AF base there, where they have hundreds
of planes
ready to scramble of some religious nut choses to die there.
But worse than running away from the danger, was running away from his
duty.
Bush was running from cameras, running from microphones, running from
responsibility,
running like a scared little boy who wished Uncle Dick was there to
hold his hand.
Bush should've done what Giuliani did - get on TV, answer questions,
reassure
the people that we were going to make it thru these tough times.
Giving a four-minute, panic-filled, halting speech full of stupid platitudes
made everybody, even Republicans, wish Clinton was still in charge.
All Bush offered America in her time of need was buyer's remorse.
...but then again, we didn't chose to buy this lemon, did we?
Read the Previous Issue
It had everything.
Copyright © 2001,
bartcop.com
Thanks for the
fumble, Dude.
