Clinton Points a Finger

Clinton's Rant
"Former President Bill Clinton, angrily defending his efforts to capture Osama bin Laden, accused the Bush administration of doing far less to stop the al Qaeda leader before the September 11 attacks.

In a heated interview to be aired on Sunday on "Fox News Sunday," the former Democratic president defended the steps he took after al Qaeda's attack on the USS Cole in 2000 and faulted "right-wingers" for their criticism of his efforts to capture Osama bin Laden.

"But at least I tried. That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now," Clinton said when asked whether he had failed to fully anticipate bin Laden's danger. "They had eight months to try, they did not try. I tried. So I tried and failed."

Eight months for Bush, while he puts a new administration together, compared to Clinton's two terms, including 7 years after the first attack on the WTC. Does anyone else wonder whether Bush would have been up and running faster if Gore hadn't held things up for so long with his futile attempt to undo the election of 2000?