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04-17-2010, 01:20 PM #1
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Bill Clinton Warns of 'deeply, deeply troubled' people...
Clinton alludes to 1995 bombing, says words matter
Apr 16, 7:04 PM (ET)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton warned of a slippery slope from angry anti-government rhetoric to violence like the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, saying "the words we use really do matter."
The two-term Democratic president insisted he wasn't trying to restrict free speech, but in remarks Friday he said incendiary language can be taken the wrong way by some Americans. He drew parallels to words demonizing the government before Oklahoma City.
On April 19, 1995, an anti-government conspiracy led by Army veteran Timothy McVeigh exploded a truck bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people.
"What we learned from Oklahoma City is not that we should gag each other or that we should reduce our passion for the positions we hold - but that the words we use really do matter, because there's this vast echo chamber, and they go across space and they fall on the serious and the delirious alike. They fall on the connected and the unhinged alike," he said.
"One of the things that the conservatives have always brought to the table in America is a reminder that no law can replace personal responsibility. And the more power you have and the more influence you have, the more responsibility you have."
Clinton made the remarks at events sponsored by the Center for American Progress Action Fund on the upcoming anniversary of the bombing.
He mentioned the rancorous fight over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Passage of the law elicited threats against some lawmakers.
"I'm glad they're fighting over health care and everything else. Let them have at it. But I think that all you have to do is read the paper every day to see how many people there are who are deeply, deeply troubled," he said.
He also alluded to the anti-government tea party movement, which held protests in several states Thursday. At the Washington rally, Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota railed against "gangster government."
Clinton argued that the Boston Tea Party was in response to taxation without representation. The current protesters, he said, are challenging taxation by elected officials, and the demonstrators have the power to vote them out of office.
"By all means keep fighting, by all means, keep arguing," he said. "But remember, words have consequences as much as actions do, and what we advocate, commensurate with our position and responsibility, we have to take responsibility for. We owe that to Oklahoma City."
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04-17-2010, 01:23 PM #2
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Blow it out of your backside Bill .. you just dont want the Tea Party Derailing Hillerys run in 2012
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04-17-2010, 01:27 PM #3
Good Ol Bill
Gool ol Bill...Dumb as a Bag o Hammers....
Dear Bill,
No, it is not words that have so angered the American public. It is the treasonous actions of the politicians. We want our borders secure and our national sovereignty back. We want our freedom and liberty back. And, we want our money back.
Words are words and thanks to the founders we have, and always should have, the freedom to use them.
PS: You are still a Tool
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04-17-2010, 01:37 PM #4
Words do matter, Bill. Perhaps you and your party should quit calling patriotic Americans troubled, brown shirts, racists, Nazis, clinging to religion (can't see what's wrong with that one, it's a comfort in these troubled times). Maybe you and your party should quit playing the race card. Maybe you and your party should quit trying to provoke incidents at tea parties (tell Nancy and her hammer to take the tunnel instead of walking through a crowd).
"A Nation of sheep will beget a government of Wolves" -Edward R. Murrow
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04-17-2010, 01:45 PM #5
I wish he'd just go AWAY! Any POTUS who diddles an intern with a cigar in the Oval Office is not only "deeply deeply troubled" but a pervert to boot!!!!
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04-17-2010, 03:05 PM #6
Consider the source.
saying "the words we use really do matter."
The blue dress told the truth.
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04-17-2010, 04:17 PM #7
Billy, Billy, Billy. You are not only dumber than a box of rocks, you are crooked as a dogs hind leg. You can gladly claim membership in that exclusive club of politicians that obviously checked their morals and their common sense at the door when they entered Washington. Billy, I'm afraid your elevator no longer goes all the way to the top but stops just shy of the second floor. Cuban cigar makers however probably have a special place in their heart for you. They've even named a new one after you...the Billbo Supremo.
...I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid...
William Barret Travis
Letter From The Alamo Feb 24, 1836
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04-17-2010, 04:24 PM #8
Maybe Slick Willie should remember Abraham Lincoln when he speaks of anti-government.
[i][b]“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.â€
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04-17-2010, 04:46 PM #9
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Maybe Slick Willie and his Wifeee should remember what the "Oath of Office," and the "Constitution " is and remember they mocked it as well....
Hey Willie what is IS
Kathyet
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04-17-2010, 04:54 PM #10Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCalJoin our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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