Bob Dole: “as evidenced by remarks President Clinton made about Republicans last night, these must be very trying times at the…”

“as evidenced by remarks President Clinton made about Republicans last night, these must be very trying times at the White House. Several of the closest friends of the President and First Lady have already been forced to leave the administration, and others are facing subpoenas related to the Whitewater affair. So perhaps the frustration coming out of the White House is understandable. I can just say as an aside, I happened to be chairman of the Republican Party during Watergate, and I know the frustrations inside the White House when things start to happen. But that does not mean White House attacks on Republicans have a shred of truth to them. Partisan finger pointing does not do anything to answer the questions the American people are asking or change the fact that blame for the Whitewater mess rests solely with the White House. As far as I know, no Republicans have done anything. If we have, then we ought to be held accountable for it. Despite the President's comments last evening that the Republican Party is just 'an opposition party that stands up and says no, no, no'--I do not know how many no's he had. He had a whole lot of them-- he has had our help on issue after issue. Republicans delivered the winning margin on the North American Free-Trade Agreement, the defeat of which would have been seen as a stinging defeat for the White House.”