If you can blame Clinton for not knowing about 911 a year before it happened, anyone else can blame Bush for not knowing about it in May of 2001. Remember that.

If you can blame Bush for not knowing about 911 months before it happened, anyone else can blame Clinton for not knowing about it in 2000. Remember that.

As long as we keep that balance. It has not been kept on this board, and simply mentioning Clinton at all is enough to invalidate an argument in the eyes of some.

Remember, Bush had been in office all of eight months, not counting the delays in getting his adminstration together thanks to the vote battle.

Clinton had been dealing with al Qaeda for years. The first WTC attack was in 1993.

This is relevant in that it deals with two distinct approaches to dealing with terrorism. The successes or failures of each approach are on the table for the oncoming election.