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vankuria

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24. Yes, agreed

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 06:04 PM

Jun 2014

Terrorists are not stupid and when GWB descended to the presidency it was a gift to them. They knew he was an no nothing idiot, didn't have his eye on the ball and they could get away with anything and they did.

A Pres. Al Gore would have been at the top of his game, already having experienced terror attacks and would have wasted no time if he had received a pres. briefing warning of attacks, if it even got to that point...I doubt it would've.

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If a Democrat had been in the White House when the attack of 9/11 happened? [View all] kentuck Jun 2014 OP

Would not have happened. antiquie Jun 2014 #1

No doubt about it, 9/11 would not have happened if there had been a Dem in the WH Zorra Jun 2014 #6

How so? Throd Jun 2014 #13

VP Al Gore met with Cheney to fill him in on Al Qaeda Submariner Jun 2014 #16

9/11 was the result of one or more of the following: Republican/Conservative stupidity, LIHOP, Zorra Jun 2014 #22

I firmly believe LIHOP. joshcryer Jun 2014 #37

I agree. H2O Man Jun 2014 #17

I don't buy the theory that it was fated to happen... kentuck Jun 2014 #21

''You don't steal elections to do good things.'' Octafish Jun 2014 #23

+ all that exists. n/t Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #34

kentuck, I believe you meant to say Enthusiast Jun 2014 #30

Thank you! kentuck Jun 2014 #40

Yes, agreed vankuria Jun 2014 #24

I'm not willing to be so definitive. However... JHB Jun 2014 #38

Good post, JHB! kentuck Jun 2014 #41

Too easy malaise Jun 2014 #2

And Cheney H2O Man Jun 2014 #18

Yes - that chickenhawk war criminal of a dick is omnipresent malaise Jun 2014 #19

If a black POTUS, it would have been a political issue of huge proportions. Frustratedlady Jun 2014 #3

Dave Chapelle did a skit on that. Separation Jun 2014 #39

Excoriated then impeached. Cerridwen Jun 2014 #4

There would have been *Impeach* billboards at every major intersection. lpbk2713 Jun 2014 #5

For the first year, I think a Democratic president would have largely gotten a pass from the repukes hughee99 Jun 2014 #7

Oh hell no. pa28 Jun 2014 #8

Something tells me... kentuck Jun 2014 #42

He'd have been impeached Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #9

assuming 9/11 ocurred Leme Jun 2014 #10

A Democrat would have read the Hart-Rudman report Warpy Jun 2014 #11

Since it was confederates that MIHOP/LIHOP'ed 9/11, it would not ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #12

Limbaugh wouldn't have needed an illegal Viagra prescription to raise a bone. 11 Bravo Jun 2014 #14

If a Democrat had been in the White House when 9/11 happened he would have been Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #15

If it had happened under Clinton, Gore or Obama, they would've crucified all of 'em. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #20

but they did anyway (Monica/2000/Benghazi), so its moot reddread Jun 2014 #25

Right. But 9/11 was an entirely different scale. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #27

not sure I ever got Monica's measurements n/t reddread Jun 2014 #35

Or Bill's. :o Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #36

That was Republican *co construction and WhiteTara Jun 2014 #26

well if they want to impeach Obama over benghazi, they would have had him shot in nyc..live on tv spanone Jun 2014 #28

The attack would have been investigated 24/7 for years. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #29

For starters 911 wouldn't have happened if Gore was in the White House madokie Jun 2014 #31

The Rethugs would have impeached the Democratic President. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #32

The Clinton administration had focused on counterterrorism efforts. CBHagman Jun 2014 #33