This would be a nice solution if it could ever happen. 
These are the comments made by Richard A. Clarke, former counter-terrorism adviser.

Someone from the inside
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Clarke, a vocal critic of Bush, is also harsh on McCain.

"John McCain has an unfortunate tendency to shoot from the hip, to act on instinct and emotion rather than analysis, and to move quickly to military solutions. In all of that, he reminds me of President Bush," Clarke said.

Clarke, who served as counter-terrorism chief for Bush until March 2003, has charged that the Bush administration ignored al Qaeda up until Sept. 11, 2001, then reacted poorly. From the beginning, Bush's focus was on Iraq, not terrorism, he has argued.

In June, the Senate released a report that reportedly concluded the Bush administration exaggerated available intelligence and ignored disagreements between intelligence agencies about Iraq's weapons programs and ties to al Qaeda. In response to the report, Clarke ripped into the administration during an interview with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC.

"These weren't close calls; they made things up," Clarke said about the White House's case leading up to the war.

Later in the interview, he said decision-makers involved with the war should ask forgiveness from Americans in a forum like a "truth and reconciliation" commission used in some countries.

"Someone should have to pay in some way for the decisions they made to mislead the American people," Clarke told Olbermann.

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>From: Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 2008/09/07 Sun AM 11:28:18 EDT
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] McCain Running Mate

>--- On Sun, 9/7/08, Joseph Dolliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> All public companies pay their CEO's way too much
>> money. This is one of the reasons our country is out of
>> whack. CEO's and Republicans are making this country
>> poor with exception of themselves.
>> 
>***************************************************
>
>Joe,
>
>When will you ever learn?  It's the Republicans AND the Democrats that are making this country poor.
>
>Congress and the Senate approve the budgets, and create the pork barrel spending.  They do it up front in plain sight.  There are never any repercussions.
>
>Heck, a congressman or senator can be indicted, caught red handed and still be elected again.  It happens over and over again.
>
>Ultimately we only have ourselves to blame.  I would think once a guy has been caught, his career would be over, but that is not true.
>
>Try googling "The Keating Five"
>
>And for you Democrats out there, try reading up Obama, he's as pure as the driven slush.
>
>-Craig
>
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e3k solutions , inc
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leonardtown, md 20650
301-475-6985 
443-838-7613 cell

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