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4 Responses to “Pat Buchanan: Day of Reckoning”

1. JohnKonop says:

   January 2, 2008 at 8:34 am

   FROM ABC

   Clinton Aide Defends Her Comment on Pakistan

   ABC News’ Brian Wheeler, Teddy Davis and Kate Snow report: The Clinton campaign says Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., did not make a mistake when she talked about Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as a presidential candidate, in a recent interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.

   “Well, his party is on the ballot,” said communications director Howard Wolfson, in an interview at Clinton headquarters in Des Moines, Tuesday, suggesting that the senator knew the difference between the man and the party being up for election, but was using shorthand. “And I don’t think anybody questions that Sen. Clinton has a vast and deep knowledge about foreign policy.”

   The reaction came after fellow Democrat and presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., accused the only female candidate in the race of making an elementary error.

   “We have a number of candidates who are well-intentioned, but don’t understand Pakistan. One of the leading candidates — God love her,” said Biden, provoking laughter from the audience. “No,” he added, there are “good people running. But to say Musharraf is up for election! Musharraf was elected — fairly or unfairly — president six months ago. It’s about a parliamentary election.”

   In the interview for “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Clinton did describe Musharraf as a candidate who would be “on the ballot.” But Musharraf was re-elected as president in the fall. Pakistan’s upcoming elections are actually for the parliament, and while Musharraf’s party will face off against opposition parties, the president, himself, is not a candidate.

   “Some of the candidates have not spent as much time on foreign policy as I have,” said Biden. “Some of my opponents — they just don’t have the experience that I have.”

   Wolfson said that questioning Clinton’s foreign policy credentials was “a losing argument” for Biden or any other opponent. Recently, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., suggested that Clinton’s experience consisted of having “tea” with world leaders as first lady.

   “Sen. Clinton has been to 80 countries and around the world as first lady,” Wolfson said. “She serves on the Armed Services Committee. She has met with Mr. Musharaff. She understands foreign policy quite well. It is one of the reasons she is getting as much support as she is here.

   “Joe Biden is a good colleague of Sen. Clinton,” Wolfson continued. “Obviously, he knows a lot about foreign policy, too.”

   But with Biden polling in the single digits in Iowa, Wolfson also said, “I don’t think people are picking between the two of them.”
2. Bill says:

   January 3, 2008 at 6:19 am

   And don’t forget that among the “seal the borders” crowd there’s a strong Libertarian vein which DON’T support the surveillance state. Illegal aliens on the other hand are generally less educated and constitute a perfect voting bloc for the globalists, the socialists, and the surveillance state.

   “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”
   — Thomas Jefferson
3. onceamarine says:

   January 3, 2008 at 3:09 pm

   John, I teetotally agree with Buchanan, and anyone who doesn’t is asleep, stupid or a TRAITOR, probably in inverse order. All three classes exist in abundance here.

   Hell, the Mexicans go to shut down the border crossing when they see the agriculture unfairness to them of our openly exporting with no strings to Mexico. They, in great part, live as a our forefathers did, on small acreage and cannot compete with our monster mechanized farms. With the poor employment available to the majority it’s no wonder they come in droves to the U.S.

   Well, we are in the same leaky boat as they are, giving our life blood away to any stranger (vampire) that wants a drink of our blood and tears. And that’s with our finest at the wheel and awake.(I Think)

   I think it’s (everything discussed) out of control and I think Buchanan is absolutely right. Big corporate America is in control or out of control seen from another angle.

   Could we fight a real war with standard weapons with China. Hell, no. Even Russia is rearming and preparing to defend or take it’s share of the world’s booty. We are going to see not only what Buchanan mentioned but a new colonialization(sic) of countries with the raw materials China needs and new defense pacts among our disparate neighbors. When Venezuela which has a small population but a large oil income is signing up with Iran and other like minded nations, you have a new world’s scene unfolding before your eyes, and it beholds no good for the America we know and love.

   It’s sign up time for the “Day of Reckoning” right now. It’s here and our corporate boys are playing like nothing is happening. “It’s all under control”, right.??.

   You know I have done more than one post on the danger of China, and I usually get pooh poohed on that one. Somebody had better wake up. The ship is taking on water faster than it’s being pumped out again. If we hit a hurricane, this ship will sink. Hell, our enemies know that and we’re busy slapping them on the back, and telling them what a great job they are doing, and here, take some more of our money and build yourself a Navy, and Air Force, an Army, new factories, highways, airports and add infinitum.
4. JohnKonop says:

   January 3, 2008 at 3:20 pm

   oncemarine

   Very Good Post!

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