http://kirkcaraway.com/25/09/2006/dems_october_surprise_bill_clinton Comments for "Dem's October Surprise: Bill Clinton" en http://kirkcaraway.com/25/09/2006/dems_october_surprise_bill_clinton <p>Well, the big dog finally got off the porch. <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/09/read_it_yoursel_2.html">Bill Clinton's face-off with Chris Wallace on Fox News</a> is what the Dems have needed for a long time. </p> <p>Clinton has been very quiet these last six years, trying to act like the statesman. But in that time, there has been an unrelenting effort to revise the history of his presidency in order to serve the political spin of the Republican party. </p> <p>The narrative that I hear every day is that even if you think George W. Bush is a total disaster, at least he is doing something, because Clinton did nothing to combat terrorism, and everything is his fault anyway. </p> <p>What Clinton did this weekend was to point that he did plenty, far more than the Bush team did. </p> <p>But it's more than just staightening out the facts that is important. It's the shrillness of the defense that should wake Democrats up and get them to fight. They need to destroy this narrative of Clinton as a do-nothing president. The facts are on the Dems' side. Clinton was actively engaged in going after Osama and the Taliban when he left office. But Bush dropped the ball until 9/11 gave him the chance to pretend he was a real leader. </p> <p>If Democrats fail to take up the fight on this issue, then they deserve to get beat like a Gitmo detainee.</p> http://kirkcaraway.com/25/09/2006/dems_october_surprise_bill_clinton#comments clinton terrorism Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:51:45 -0700 kc 73 at http://kirkcaraway.com