Hillary for NY Governor? | Newsweek Voices - Jonathan Alter

Posted By: elizabethpaige @ 04/01/2008 15:00:47
Comment: It's worked out fine because everyone gets to see again the real HRC: liar par excellence.

Elizabeth,

Newsweek readers seem to forget the relevance of some of the largest untruths to be told: Large volumes of documents relating to the Iran-Contra scandal were destroyed or withheld from investigators by Reagan administration officials. The affair is still shrouded in secrecy. After the weapon sales were revealed in November 1986, President Ronald Reagan appeared on national television and denied that they had occurred. The foreign branch of the US intelligence community still denies that they helped bin Laden recruit radical Islamic "fighters" that they trained to fire hand-held missiles, to detonate explosives and employ guerrilla tactics; they provided funding for the Taliban during the Soviet-Afghanistan War, which, ultimately, helped bring about the demise of the Soviet Union. In violation of the Boland Amendment, Reagan outwardly lied to the American public and yet his illustrious presidency remains untarnished.

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Posted By: pjonathan @ 05/27/2008 10:52:31 AM

I think the best way for the dem presidential race to end is to have NY governor and Hillary trade places.
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Posted By: mikelaoc @ 04/04/2008 10:48:07 AM

Even if Hillary beats Obama she will lose to McCain.
McCain needs to choose Rudy as VP and Hillary will get crushed.
Rudy should have been the Republican nominee but VP will do for now.
Watch this video and you will understand why !

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RRODJcPq_Js
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Posted By: powin @ 04/03/2008 11:20:41 AM

Posted By: elizabethpaige @ 04/01/2008 15:00:47
Comment: It's worked out fine because everyone gets to see again the real HRC: liar par excellence.

Elizabeth,

Newsweek readers seem to forget the relevance of some of the largest untruths to be told: Large volumes of documents relating to the Iran-Contra scandal were destroyed or withheld from investigators by Reagan administration officials. The affair is still shrouded in secrecy. After the weapon sales were revealed in November 1986, President Ronald Reagan appeared on national television and denied that they had occurred. The foreign branch of the US intelligence community still denies that they helped bin Laden recruit radical Islamic "fighters" that they trained to fire hand-held missiles, to detonate explosives and employ guerrilla tactics; they provided funding for the Taliban during the Soviet-Afghanistan War, which, ultimately, helped bring about the demise of the Soviet Union. In violation of the Boland Amendment, Reagan outwardly lied to the American public and yet his illustrious presidency remains untarnished.