The Manchurian Candidate Talks Tough

"In a surprise attack, Sen. John McCain told Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday it was her husband's fault - not the fault of President Bush - that North Korea may now have a nuclear bomb.

The blast from McCain may be the first shot between the two likely presidential contenders.

McCain (R-Ariz.) issued his statement yesterday after Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.) noted that six years ago North Korea's Kim Jong Il had no nukes and called Bush's policies on North Korea a "failure." She said it "raises questions, serious questions about the Bush foreign policy."

"I would remind Sen. Clinton," McCain said, "that the framework agreement [with North Korea] of the Clinton administration was a failure."

"The Koreans received millions of dollars in energy assistance. They diverted millions in food assistance to the military. And what did the Koreans do? They secretly enriched uranium," McCain charged. The Clinton policy, he said, "only encouraged bad behavior."

Sen. Clinton and other Democrats have argued that Bush inherited a solid framework for dealing with North Korea. U.S. negotiators persuaded North Korea to freeze its nuclear program in 1994 in exchange for help easing the country's acute energy shortage.

In 2000, then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright even traveled to the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, and gleeful GOP operatives are emphasizing the Clinton policy by distributing video on the Web of a smiling Albright presenting Kim with a basketball signed by Michael Jordan.

The Bush administration caught the North Koreans cheating on the deal in 2002 and secretly trying to enrich uranium.

"There is no doubt that the North Koreans used the cover of the framework agreement to pursue a different path to a nuclear weapon through highly enriched uranium," Secretary of State Rice told CNN yesterday..."

It's sickening that lunatic, power-mad shills such as RodHam continue to promote themselves over the well being of the nation. Instead of damning the Norks for taking our millions and diverting them to military hardware...millions tossed away by her appeasing, failure of a husband...she blames Bush for not giving away even more of our money. This is what liberals do best. Toss good after bad then blame someone else when the time comes to account for their actions. She was Bill Clinton's Condolezza. Preaching give-aways instead of standing tall. And now the witch wishes to assume the title of Commander in Chief? No way. America is in bad shape, granted, but it's impossible for such as she to be elevated to the highest office in the world.

Even braindead McCain knows better.