A Democrat Said This?
Bill Clinton on the current big argument in Washington:
We should be pulling for America on this. We should be pulling for the people of Iraq. We can have honest disagreements about where we go from here, and we have space now to discuss that in what I hope will be a nonpartisan and open way. But this State of the Union deal they decided to use the British intelligence. The president said it was British intelligence. Then they said on balance they shouldn’t have done it. You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president. I mean, you can’t make as many calls as you have to make without messing up once in awhile. The thing we ought to be focused on is what is the right thing to do now. That’s what I think.
That was Bill Clinton on Larry King Live last night discussing the uranium from Niger non-issue. He also made statements on that show that settled the questions of whether or not weapons of mass destruction in Iraq were a worry for the president and a valid justification for an invasion of Iraq. The answer is yes on both counts. Here’s a transcript of the interview.
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“You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president”
I heard this on wtopnews.com, I thought it was very nice of him.
Comment by Michael — July 23, 2003 @ 8:56 pm
Honorable Presidents admit it when they make mistakes . . . why is Bush blaming others?
Comment by Mum — July 24, 2003 @ 9:51 am
If you are referring to when Clinton confessed to the Monica crap after several denials, where is the honor in that?
Comment by Michael — July 26, 2003 @ 7:03 am
Too many people are hung up on their hatred of the man…whether Bush or Clinton. This means that they are completely blind to the things that a president does that are good for the country…That’s stupid. I’m no fan of Bush or Clinton…and I don’t pretend that either is the personification of evil or the great beacon of truth and light. I just care what they do. Bush led a wise invasion of a dangerous country. Clinton supported the president after that invasion (probably because he knows a lot of what Bush claimed about WMD was true). In this instance both did what I think is the right thing. That doesn’t mean I love either one.
Comment by Jeremy — July 27, 2003 @ 4:59 pm