It’s absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who they are, in order to be able to project their values and stand up for them. Sidney Blumenthal Read Quote
The Democrats need to remind people of where were, in terms of our progress, as markers against where we are, and where we’ve fallen, and how we’ve declined under Bush. Sidney Blumenthal Read Quote
Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems. Sidney Blumenthal Read Quote
Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded. Sidney Blumenthal Read Quote
On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration’s complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in its first 9 months in office. Sidney Blumenthal Read Quote
It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers. Sidney Blumenthal Read Quote
Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly for the Principals Committee, which is the key national security group of top officials to take up the issue of terrorism. Sidney Blumenthal Read Quote
What happened to the Bush Administration regarding terrorism is that they regarded it as a secondary issue, and associated with Clinton. One of those Clinton issues. Sidney Blumenthal Read Quote
If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn’t let Louie Freeh off the hook. Sidney Blumenthal Read Quote
