IP: Conservatives Sound Refrain: It's Clinton's Fault

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Washington Post Staff Writer

Sunday, October 7, 2001; Page A15

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had been over for a few hours when Rep. Dana 
Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) announced his conclusion about the root of the 
problem. "We had Bill Clinton backing off, letting the Taliban go, over and 
over again," the conservative from Orange County declared at a news conference.

On the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal two days ago, radio 
commentator Rush Limbaugh penned a column on how "Mr. Clinton can be held 
culpable for not doing enough when he was commander in chief to combat the 
terrorists who wound up attacking the World Trade Center and Pentagon."

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"It is obscene that Republicans who hate President Clinton are using this 
tragedy to launch further attacks against him," said Jennifer Palmieri, a 
former Clinton spokeswoman now with the Democratic National Committee. "I 
would hope the gravity of the task before us would enable these partisans 
to rise above their obsession with Clinton, but I guess not."

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