Posted on 09/23/2004 7:30:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Clinton's win gives Arkansas a shining moment on the world stage.
Though the inauguration the following January in D.C. might have been Arkansas's finest hour, you just can't get deny that drizzling November election night in 1992 for the factor of sheer, kick off your shoes joy.
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Bill Clinton had been running for president at least since the day he famously shook President John Kennedy's hand in Washington, D.C. - probably since the womb.
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A few hours before the bleary Times staff put the paper to bed, but after the Philander Smith choir had belted out "America the Beautiful," the doors of the Old State House swung wide for history, and president-elect Clinton appeared before a standing room only crowd. "My fellow Americans," he said, his always-touchy vocal chords scratchy, "Tonight, the people of America have come together with high hopes and with brave hearts for a new beginning." The roar of the crowd at that, we remember, was deafening; a spiraling cry that went up to heaven, the death-knell for 12 years of trickling down, of uncaring, of just-enough, of taking crumbs from the master's table. It was, as some old politician had once said, morning in America.
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We know, we know. Travelgate. Whitewater. Vince Foster. Monica, Paula Jones, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Ken Starr, cigars, blue dresses and mystery stains and Linda Tripp and impeachment. Even though the later avalanche of dirt smothered the promise of that election, the silver joy of that night has survived pretty much untarnished. We still believe in it. We can't believe anything else, mostly because it made us believe in ourselves.
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It was election day and my birthday. After Clinton won that night, I sat and cried. It was the first time I'd cried for an election since I started voting in 1972.
In absolute shock after the election.
I spent the next week/month/year wondering how we were going to endure 4 years of this. (Never dreaming a nation such as ours could elect him TWICE!) I quit watching TV (couldn't stand to see them gloat and couldn't stand to see his face), and went out to find some newspapers I could read. They were hard to find.
I found Paul Weyrich's network on satellite, and watched the news there. My brother told me about Rush on the radio, and that helped a lot. Then I found a link on Drudge to the "Whitewater Files"... which turned out to be Free Republic. I found kindred souls here.
The damage that administration did to our country... we may never be able to calculate.
God Bless America... and God Bless President Bush!
Working on Newt Gingrich and Paul Coverdell's campaigns- crying big tears while driving down hwy listening to that jerk Clinton being sworn in and never stopped working to try to get rid of him!
We just had a Memorial Tuesday night for my mom who died of cancer last week. Every moment is pregmant with significance for me now. I'm so emotionally tired, and I feel like I did after giving birth. One never forgets those moments. Condolences.
1992, probably watching Larry King. Not much competition back then. No Fox or MSNBC.
"I remember not being surprised that Clinton won -- Bush I is more popular with Conservatives now than he was then (he is a better father and ex-President than he was President)"
Part of that was the tax hike thingy.
On that election night I was in exactly the same room I'm in right now.
Maybe I should get out more.
And makin' a whole 8 bucks an hour doin' it!
Whenever President Bush (41) came on TV, this guy would jump up and holler, 'That G*dd*mn Motherf*cker!' Edit that as you wish, that's what he actually said. Clinton would come on, I'd just change the channel...
Age or IQ?
Sorry, but I'm still mad at you Perot clowns who gave us Clinton.
You appear to be taking responsibility so I guess you are forgiven. Just don't do it again.
New Delhi. I remember seeing a big banner on the US Embassy there, announcing the election of President Clinton. I remember reading it and thinking... nothing. I didn't care back then.
Yes. A fine storm. Saw an eighteen wheeler blown over in Fife. The wind made a toy of it.
A witch (figuratively) turned her into a newt!
But she got better.
Here's another one. When Senator Coverdell died, I told a professor about it. 'Was he a Republican?', he asked. 'Yes', I said. 'Good!' he said. 'Just kidding', he then said. 'No you're not, you really wish death on people', I told him. Maybe Senator Miller is there to spite people like him...
I have to say hi to you. Five years later, we're still showing up on the same threads.
The other thing I will never forget is a reporter cornering Clinton on the way out of some staff meeting or other. The reporter asked about a promised middle class tax cut and Clinton and his staff just chuckled in that swarmy way of his and I knew that this was not going to be an easy four years for me.
Thank God for the 94 elections!
Oh and about Bob Dole?
Well, The Dem's have the Bob Dole this time!
Make that 6 years. And we're just as curmogeonly as ever.
Saudi or Bahrain...can't remember exactly.
Maybe it was that one time I went up into Cambodia.
Oh wait..
nevermind.
""Don't Stop Thinkin About Tomorrow"
Oh, GAWD, yes and all that blather about "HOPE"...the man from Hope, blah, blah,blah.
A group of us worked so hard to keep him out of the presidency. He had such a lousy record, and no one would listen. My boss just loved him! If it hadn't been for talk radio, I would have gone totally mad. But, we thought okay, let's give him a chance. HUH!
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