Nuh-uh!!

So, I can't pass up an opportunity to comment on Bill Clinton's whinny rant against that harbinger of conservative media sniping, Mike Wallace. You probably know the story: when asked, "Did you do enough to get bin Laden?", Clinton went off!! It was a like that wimpy kid on the playground who was called a name by a bully and all he could muster was, "I'm rubber, you're glue, whatever you say bounces off of me sticks to you!"

But, the one main comment I have to make is a reaction to this quote taken from the midst of Clinton's loony lecture: "We contracted with people to kill him. I got closer to killing him than anybody's gotten since." Two comments:

First, taking the latter part - that sure seems convenient to him, doesn't it? Moreover, I'd like to see some hard evidence to back that up. I don't think it counts as "close" to bomb an abandoned training camp or former aspirin plant. Nor do I think it is "close" to refuse to take the Tall One into custody when offered on a silver platter because he did not have sufficient "legal grounds." Blah! Clinton is covering his exposed, milky-white derriere!

Second, "we contracted to kill him?" Are you kidding me? Did an avowed liberal just say that he contracted with an assassin to - gasp - assassinate someone? Seriously, this goes against all things left wing! We can't torture proven terrorists, but we can assassinate them? We have to provide non-uniformed jihadists with all the "rights" of the Geneva Convention, but we can pick them off by the use of a mercenary? Were is Chuck "Smile-for-the-Camera" Schumer decrying such activity?! Were is Ted "Hiccup" Kennedy bemoaning the humanity of it all?! Where is Nancy "Botox" Pelosi calling for impeachment?! (Oh, wait, he already was.)

The media can't help but play these sounds bites over and over, but the one they key in on is where Clinton tells Wallace to wipe the smirk off his face. Wonder why they skipped over the "contract" to kill UBL comment?

Poor Bubba.

Edit (9/27/06): For an excellent side-by-side comparison of what Wild Bill claims now, compared to what was said by him and about him during his presidency, follow this link.