Hillary's repug opponent says criticism of Prez 'aids and abets" the terrorists.

[Grimmlok]

Come on, this kind of 1984 language is stupid.

You can't talk about the president badly, or criticize what he does because that helps the turrists! Just let him do what he wants with no oversight whatsoever! Shut up, sit down, and do as you're told!

By MARC HUMBERT
AP Political Writer


ALBANY, N.Y.


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's likely Republican Senate race challenger charged Monday that the New York Democrat's criticism of the Bush administration "aids and abets our enemies" in the battle against terrorism.

John Spencer's comments to reporters came after a fiery speech to the state Conservative Party leadership in which, during a defense of the Patriot Act, he also attacked the administration of former President Bill Clinton.

"I wish we had it before 9-11," said the former mayor of Yonkers. "And, I wish we had an administration in Washington that wasn't an appeasing, liberal, whining administration in the 90's that allowed the terrorists to build up the way they built up."

There was no immediate comment from the former first lady.

Polls show Spencer trailing far behind Clinton in her bid for a second Senate term, and she has a huge fundraising advantage as well. She is a potential 2008 Democratic presidential candidate.

Asked after his speech about his criticism of Clinton _ who voted to authorize sending troops to Iraq but who has been highly critical of President Bush's conduct of the war _ Spencer said she "puts politics first in our war on terror and our troops second."

Spencer said that while there was a way to properly criticize the conduct of a war _ he cited Republican Sen. John McCain _ "You shouldn't do it with such divisive and blame-America-first methodology, and that's what she does, which aids and abets our enemies."

Lumping Clinton with Sens. John Kerry and Edward Kennedy, Spencer added, "They seem to salivate at what they hope would be bad news for the Bush administration, and that's divisive for our nation."

Meanwhile, the Spencer campaign unveiled a video advertisement that is running on its Web site. The ad attacks Clinton for her criticism of the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program.

"I'm running for Senate because I won't play politics with our security," Spencer says in the ad.

The campaign Web site _ http://www.spencerforsenate.com _ encourages viewers to contribute so Spencer can afford to run such spots on regular TV.

As of the end of December, Clinton's campaign had $17 million in the bank while Spencer had just $243,000.

"We're going against the International Bank of Clinton," Spencer told the Conservative Party leadership.

Spencer and his lesser-known rival for the GOP Senate nomination, tax attorney William Brenner, appeared before the Conservative Party leaders where they gave short speeches and took some written questions from the audience. No Republican has won statewide office in New York without Conservative Party support since 1974.

On one issue, Spencer agreed with Clinton and most other New York politicians _ that more anti-terrorism money should be coming to the state.

"I don't think terrorists are going to go after the potato farm in Idaho," Spencer told the Conservative Party leadership.

Spencer said it was "lunacy" to think Clinton could not be beaten and that he would do so with "persistence and tenacity."

"We must remove this woman," he told the Conservatives.

I also love this part:

"I wish we had it before 9-11," said the former mayor of Yonkers. "And, I wish we had an administration in Washington that wasn't an appeasing, liberal, whining administration in the 90's that allowed the terrorists to build up the way they built up."

Yeah, and I wish the previous administration with a neocon at the helm hadn't CREATED those monsters in the first place for short sighted political goals.

Oh,. and then there's this:

Spencer said that while there was a way to properly criticize the conduct of a war _ he cited Republican Sen. John McCain _ "You shouldn't do it with such divisive and blame-America-first methodology, and that's what she does, which aids and abets our enemies."

McCain?! That guy has his head so far up Bush's asshole he'd be smelling cocaine for months afterwards. McCain's toothless criticism of Bush barely scratches the surface of what's wrong!

Again: sit down, shut up, do as you're told, don't think.

Neocons are all the same.

someone be a dear and move this to the US politics section