Richard Clarke, Meet Linda Tripp
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>Whiny left-wing pink-o loser. >Capitalist Pig
Errrr. Is asshole just understood or shouldn’t you have included that in the basic description of Thumper? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >We Republicans do everything above board. Read the savage condemnation of > >Richard Clarke by Senate Majority leader Bill Frist on the floor of the >US > >Senate: >http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Detail&Speech_i… >onth=3&Year=2004 > >Capitalist Pig > Partisan hack. > Thumper > >> Richard Clarke, Meet Linda Tripp > >> March 29th, 2004 > >> http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=3440 > >> Democrats, it would seem, have developed a sudden new sense of > >> protectiveness for those who tell tales out of school. Anyone who > >> remembers the name Linda Tripp cannot help but be amused at the > >> Democrats rushing forward to decry the "trashing" of Richard Clarke. > >> Where were these same Democrats when Linda Tripp was vilified on a > >> daily basis? > >> It is worth taking a few moments to consider the two cases in a > >> comparative light. > >> Alleged Offense > >> Clarke broke with over two hundred years of tradition, and revealed > >> the national security deliberations of professional non-political > >> career civil service advisers to the President and his chief aides. In > >> doing so, he ensured that future Presidents will never be able to rely > >> on their staff to respect the confidentiality previous Presidents of > >> both parties have enjoyed. Certain views or potential courses of > >> action may unexpressed, as a result of the threat of future publicity > >> from a tell-tale aide. Clarke also reportedly contradicted previous > >> (so far secret) testimony and background briefings he previously > >> provided. Claims in his book have also been found to be at variance > >> with the facts. > >> Tripp was asked by Monica Lewinsky to perjure herself, so as to > >> protect their former boss, Bill Clinton, from the discovery of his > >> sexual dalliance with a young woman entrusted to his care as an > >> intern. To avoid being set up as a fall-guy, Tripp prudently tape > >> recorded telephone calls from Lewinsky, who had attempted to suborn > >> perjury. She thus "betrayed" the "friendship" of someone who wanted > >> her to commit a felony to benefit the "friend." > >> Nature of Criticism > >> Clarke’s writings and testimony before the 9/11 Commission have been > >> subjected to comparison with his previous writings and testimony, some > >> of which have been, or have been proposed to be, newly declassified or > >> released. Clarke’s motivation in writing his book has been questioned, > >> in that his publisher has launched one of the most successful and > >> highly-coordinated publicity campaigns in publishing history, > >> encompassing moving the timing of publication to match his 9/11 > >> Commission testimony, and tying-in sister company CBS’s premier > >> showcase venue, Sixty Minutes. Clarke stands to earn a million dollars > >> or more. He has, in response, promised to donate an unspecified > >> "portion" of his earnings to the families of 9/11 victims and military > >> survivors of the Afghan campaign. The most partisan critics of Clarke > >> have gone so far as to call him a backstabber, betrayer, and disloyal. > >> Linda Tripp was also called a backstabber, betrayer, and disloyal. Her > >> tape recordings spoke for themselves, and were uncontradicted. Tripp > >> was accused of wanting to profit from a book, allegedly being "in it > >> for the money," although no book was ever proposed, written, or > >> published. Additionally, Tripp’s morality, weight, and personal > >> appearance were savagely ridiculed. John Goodman, a portly male actor, > >> donned a dress and mocked her appearance and her very femininity on > >> Saturday Night Live, on a regular basis. > >> Consequences > >> Clarke has dominated the past week’s news, and his charges have been > >> respectfully reported by nearly all of the major media. Only some of > >> the media have subjected his charges to comparison with his earlier > >> testimony and backgrounder views. There have been no reports of > >> Clarke’s pension or retirement benefits being challenged. The size of > >> Clarke’s advance from his publisher and his potential profits from his > >> book have only today been revealed in a leak to Drudge. Clarke’s close > >> connection to John Kerry’s foreign policy advisor (the two men jointly > >> teach a course at Harvard’s Kennedy School) has been barely noted, and > >> is not the subject of daily commentary in most of the press. > >> No ridicule of Clarke’s appearance, weight, or masculinity has so far > >> come to our attention. If Saturday Night Live has plans to hire > >> Roseanne Barr or some other fat comedienne to mock Clarke’s weight, > >> appearance, and masculinity, no publicity has yet been generated for > >> the comedic festivities. > >> Linda Tripp was fired from her job with the federal government. Later, > >> following litigation, a large settlement was paid to her, > >> acknowledging that her firing had been improper. Unable to move about > >> in public without cruel taunting, she subjected herself to a weight > >> loss regimen and plastic surgery, to drastically change her > >> appearance. The costs of this were reportedly borne by sympathizers, > >> probably motivated by their animus toward Bill Clinton. Linda Tripp > >> subsequently developed, and then recovered from, cancer. > >> Presidential aide James Carville added to his fame and reputation by > >> relentlessly demonizing Linda Tripp. So far, no Republican equivalent > >> of James Carville attack-dog tactics has appeared. > >> For some small things, we can be grateful. > >> Thomas Lifson
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Whiny left-wing pink-o loser. Capitalist Pig
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->We Republicans do everything above board. Read the savage condemnation of >Richard Clarke by Senate Majority leader Bill Frist on the floor of the US >Senate: >http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Detail&Speech_i… onth=3&Year=2004 >Capitalist Pig > Partisan hack. > Thumper >> Richard Clarke, Meet Linda Tripp >> March 29th, 2004 >> http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=3440 >> Democrats, it would seem, have developed a sudden new sense of >> protectiveness for those who tell tales out of school. Anyone who >> remembers the name Linda Tripp cannot help but be amused at the >> Democrats rushing forward to decry the "trashing" of Richard Clarke. >> Where were these same Democrats when Linda Tripp was vilified on a >> daily basis? >> It is worth taking a few moments to consider the two cases in a >> comparative light. >> Alleged Offense >> Clarke broke with over two hundred years of tradition, and revealed >> the national security deliberations of professional non-political >> career civil service advisers to the President and his chief aides. In >> doing so, he ensured that future Presidents will never be able to rely >> on their staff to respect the confidentiality previous Presidents of >> both parties have enjoyed. Certain views or potential courses of >> action may unexpressed, as a result of the threat of future publicity >> from a tell-tale aide. Clarke also reportedly contradicted previous >> (so far secret) testimony and background briefings he previously >> provided. Claims in his book have also been found to be at variance >> with the facts. >> Tripp was asked by Monica Lewinsky to perjure herself, so as to >> protect their former boss, Bill Clinton, from the discovery of his >> sexual dalliance with a young woman entrusted to his care as an >> intern. To avoid being set up as a fall-guy, Tripp prudently tape >> recorded telephone calls from Lewinsky, who had attempted to suborn >> perjury. She thus "betrayed" the "friendship" of someone who wanted >> her to commit a felony to benefit the "friend." >> Nature of Criticism >> Clarke’s writings and testimony before the 9/11 Commission have been >> subjected to comparison with his previous writings and testimony, some >> of which have been, or have been proposed to be, newly declassified or >> released. Clarke’s motivation in writing his book has been questioned, >> in that his publisher has launched one of the most successful and >> highly-coordinated publicity campaigns in publishing history, >> encompassing moving the timing of publication to match his 9/11 >> Commission testimony, and tying-in sister company CBS’s premier >> showcase venue, Sixty Minutes. Clarke stands to earn a million dollars >> or more. He has, in response, promised to donate an unspecified >> "portion" of his earnings to the families of 9/11 victims and military >> survivors of the Afghan campaign. The most partisan critics of Clarke >> have gone so far as to call him a backstabber, betrayer, and disloyal. >> Linda Tripp was also called a backstabber, betrayer, and disloyal. Her >> tape recordings spoke for themselves, and were uncontradicted. Tripp >> was accused of wanting to profit from a book, allegedly being "in it >> for the money," although no book was ever proposed, written, or >> published. Additionally, Tripp’s morality, weight, and personal >> appearance were savagely ridiculed. John Goodman, a portly male actor, >> donned a dress and mocked her appearance and her very femininity on >> Saturday Night Live, on a regular basis. >> Consequences >> Clarke has dominated the past week’s news, and his charges have been >> respectfully reported by nearly all of the major media. Only some of >> the media have subjected his charges to comparison with his earlier >> testimony and backgrounder views. There have been no reports of >> Clarke’s pension or retirement benefits being challenged. The size of >> Clarke’s advance from his publisher and his potential profits from his >> book have only today been revealed in a leak to Drudge. Clarke’s close >> connection to John Kerry’s foreign policy advisor (the two men jointly >> teach a course at Harvard’s Kennedy School) has been barely noted, and >> is not the subject of daily commentary in most of the press. >> No ridicule of Clarke’s appearance, weight, or masculinity has so far >> come to our attention. If Saturday Night Live has plans to hire >> Roseanne Barr or some other fat comedienne to mock Clarke’s weight, >> appearance, and masculinity, no publicity has yet been generated for >> the comedic festivities. >> Linda Tripp was fired from her job with the federal government. Later, >> following litigation, a large settlement was paid to her, >> acknowledging that her firing had been improper. Unable to move about >> in public without cruel taunting, she subjected herself to a weight >> loss regimen and plastic surgery, to drastically change her >> appearance. The costs of this were reportedly borne by sympathizers, >> probably motivated by their animus toward Bill Clinton. Linda Tripp >> subsequently developed, and then recovered from, cancer. >> Presidential aide James Carville added to his fame and reputation by >> relentlessly demonizing Linda Tripp. So far, no Republican equivalent >> of James Carville attack-dog tactics has appeared. >> For some small things, we can be grateful. >> Thomas Lifson
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>We Republicans do everything above board. Read the savage condemnation of >Richard Clarke by Senate Majority leader Bill Frist on the floor of the US >Senate: >http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Detail&Speech_i… >Capitalist Pig
Partisan hack. Thumper – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Richard Clarke, Meet Linda Tripp > March 29th, 2004 > http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=3440 > Democrats, it would seem, have developed a sudden new sense of > protectiveness for those who tell tales out of school. Anyone who > remembers the name Linda Tripp cannot help but be amused at the > Democrats rushing forward to decry the "trashing" of Richard Clarke. > Where were these same Democrats when Linda Tripp was vilified on a > daily basis? > It is worth taking a few moments to consider the two cases in a > comparative light. > Alleged Offense > Clarke broke with over two hundred years of tradition, and revealed > the national security deliberations of professional non-political > career civil service advisers to the President and his chief aides. In > doing so, he ensured that future Presidents will never be able to rely > on their staff to respect the confidentiality previous Presidents of > both parties have enjoyed. Certain views or potential courses of > action may unexpressed, as a result of the threat of future publicity > from a tell-tale aide. Clarke also reportedly contradicted previous > (so far secret) testimony and background briefings he previously > provided. Claims in his book have also been found to be at variance > with the facts. > Tripp was asked by Monica Lewinsky to perjure herself, so as to > protect their former boss, Bill Clinton, from the discovery of his > sexual dalliance with a young woman entrusted to his care as an > intern. To avoid being set up as a fall-guy, Tripp prudently tape > recorded telephone calls from Lewinsky, who had attempted to suborn > perjury. She thus "betrayed" the "friendship" of someone who wanted > her to commit a felony to benefit the "friend." > Nature of Criticism > Clarke’s writings and testimony before the 9/11 Commission have been > subjected to comparison with his previous writings and testimony, some > of which have been, or have been proposed to be, newly declassified or > released. Clarke’s motivation in writing his book has been questioned, > in that his publisher has launched one of the most successful and > highly-coordinated publicity campaigns in publishing history, > encompassing moving the timing of publication to match his 9/11 > Commission testimony, and tying-in sister company CBS’s premier > showcase venue, Sixty Minutes. Clarke stands to earn a million dollars > or more. He has, in response, promised to donate an unspecified > "portion" of his earnings to the families of 9/11 victims and military > survivors of the Afghan campaign. The most partisan critics of Clarke > have gone so far as to call him a backstabber, betrayer, and disloyal. > Linda Tripp was also called a backstabber, betrayer, and disloyal. Her > tape recordings spoke for themselves, and were uncontradicted. Tripp > was accused of wanting to profit from a book, allegedly being "in it > for the money," although no book was ever proposed, written, or > published. Additionally, Tripp’s morality, weight, and personal > appearance were savagely ridiculed. John Goodman, a portly male actor, > donned a dress and mocked her appearance and her very femininity on > Saturday Night Live, on a regular basis. > Consequences > Clarke has dominated the past week’s news, and his charges have been > respectfully reported by nearly all of the major media. Only some of > the media have subjected his charges to comparison with his earlier > testimony and backgrounder views. There have been no reports of > Clarke’s pension or retirement benefits being challenged. The size of > Clarke’s advance from his publisher and his potential profits from his > book have only today been revealed in a leak to Drudge. Clarke’s close > connection to John Kerry’s foreign policy advisor (the two men jointly > teach a course at Harvard’s Kennedy School) has been barely noted, and > is not the subject of daily commentary in most of the press. > No ridicule of Clarke’s appearance, weight, or masculinity has so far > come to our attention. If Saturday Night Live has plans to hire > Roseanne Barr or some other fat comedienne to mock Clarke’s weight, > appearance, and masculinity, no publicity has yet been generated for > the comedic festivities. > Linda Tripp was fired from her job with the federal government. Later, > following litigation, a large settlement was paid to her, > acknowledging that her firing had been improper. Unable to move about > in public without cruel taunting, she subjected herself to a weight > loss regimen and plastic surgery, to drastically change her > appearance. The costs of this were reportedly borne by sympathizers, > probably motivated by their animus toward Bill Clinton. Linda Tripp > subsequently developed, and then recovered from, cancer. > Presidential aide James Carville added to his fame and reputation by > relentlessly demonizing Linda Tripp. So far, no Republican equivalent > of James Carville attack-dog tactics has appeared. > For some small things, we can be grateful. > Thomas Lifson
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We Republicans do everything above board. Read the savage condemnation of Richard Clarke by Senate Majority leader Bill Frist on the floor of the US Senate: http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Detail&Speech_i… Capitalist Pig
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Richard Clarke, Meet Linda Tripp > March 29th, 2004 > http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=3440 > Democrats, it would seem, have developed a sudden new sense of > protectiveness for those who tell tales out of school. Anyone who > remembers the name Linda Tripp cannot help but be amused at the > Democrats rushing forward to decry the "trashing" of Richard Clarke. > Where were these same Democrats when Linda Tripp was vilified on a > daily basis? > It is worth taking a few moments to consider the two cases in a > comparative light. > Alleged Offense > Clarke broke with over two hundred years of tradition, and revealed > the national security deliberations of professional non-political > career civil service advisers to the President and his chief aides. In > doing so, he ensured that future Presidents will never be able to rely > on their staff to respect the confidentiality previous Presidents of > both parties have enjoyed. Certain views or potential courses of > action may unexpressed, as a result of the threat of future publicity > from a tell-tale aide. Clarke also reportedly contradicted previous > (so far secret) testimony and background briefings he previously > provided. Claims in his book have also been found to be at variance > with the facts. > Tripp was asked by Monica Lewinsky to perjure herself, so as to > protect their former boss, Bill Clinton, from the discovery of his > sexual dalliance with a young woman entrusted to his care as an > intern. To avoid being set up as a fall-guy, Tripp prudently tape > recorded telephone calls from Lewinsky, who had attempted to suborn > perjury. She thus "betrayed" the "friendship" of someone who wanted > her to commit a felony to benefit the "friend." > Nature of Criticism > Clarke’s writings and testimony before the 9/11 Commission have been > subjected to comparison with his previous writings and testimony, some > of which have been, or have been proposed to be, newly declassified or > released. Clarke’s motivation in writing his book has been questioned, > in that his publisher has launched one of the most successful and > highly-coordinated publicity campaigns in publishing history, > encompassing moving the timing of publication to match his 9/11 > Commission testimony, and tying-in sister company CBS’s premier > showcase venue, Sixty Minutes. Clarke stands to earn a million dollars > or more. He has, in response, promised to donate an unspecified > "portion" of his earnings to the families of 9/11 victims and military > survivors of the Afghan campaign. The most partisan critics of Clarke > have gone so far as to call him a backstabber, betrayer, and disloyal. > Linda Tripp was also called a backstabber, betrayer, and disloyal. Her > tape recordings spoke for themselves, and were uncontradicted. Tripp > was accused of wanting to profit from a book, allegedly being "in it > for the money," although no book was ever proposed, written, or > published. Additionally, Tripp’s morality, weight, and personal > appearance were savagely ridiculed. John Goodman, a portly male actor, > donned a dress and mocked her appearance and her very femininity on > Saturday Night Live, on a regular basis. > Consequences > Clarke has dominated the past week’s news, and his charges have been > respectfully reported by nearly all of the major media. Only some of > the media have subjected his charges to comparison with his earlier > testimony and backgrounder views. There have been no reports of > Clarke’s pension or retirement benefits being challenged. The size of > Clarke’s advance from his publisher and his potential profits from his > book have only today been revealed in a leak to Drudge. Clarke’s close > connection to John Kerry’s foreign policy advisor (the two men jointly > teach a course at Harvard’s Kennedy School) has been barely noted, and > is not the subject of daily commentary in most of the press. > No ridicule of Clarke’s appearance, weight, or masculinity has so far > come to our attention. If Saturday Night Live has plans to hire > Roseanne Barr or some other fat comedienne to mock Clarke’s weight, > appearance, and masculinity, no publicity has yet been generated for > the comedic festivities. > Linda Tripp was fired from her job with the federal government. Later, > following litigation, a large settlement was paid to her, > acknowledging that her firing had been improper. Unable to move about > in public without cruel taunting, she subjected herself to a weight > loss regimen and plastic surgery, to drastically change her > appearance. The costs of this were reportedly borne by sympathizers, > probably motivated by their animus toward Bill Clinton. Linda Tripp > subsequently developed, and then recovered from, cancer. > Presidential aide James Carville added to his fame and reputation by > relentlessly demonizing Linda Tripp. So far, no Republican equivalent > of James Carville attack-dog tactics has appeared. > For some small things, we can be grateful. > Thomas Lifson
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