Posted on 11/18/2004 4:15:20 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
President Clinton's new presidential library, which is being dedicated at a gala ceremony today, has already triggered a politically charged battle over whether the museum's exhibits present a skewed view of history.
The $165 million facility opened yesterday for brief tours by members of the press. Reporters quickly noted that the exhibits present Mr. Clinton in a uniformly flattering light, while omitting or downplaying facts that the former president and his allies might view as inconvenient. At several points, the museum's displays also disparage Mr. Clinton's political adversaries.
An alcove entitled "The Fight for Power" depicts Mr. Clinton's impeachment as the culmination of a decade-long, no holds-barred Republican crusade to take control of the federal government.
The museum identifies "character assassination" as one of the key tactics that the GOP adopted. "The Congressional Republicans took the politics of personal destruction to a new level," one display declares.
The exhibits also dismiss as a failure the investigation by an independent counsel into the Whitewater real-estate deal. "Like every other politically-motivated investigation of the president during the 1990s, it led nowhere," one display reads.
The White House intern with whom Mr. Clinton had an affair, Monica Lewinsky, is mentioned only in passing. It is described as "a serious mistake in his personal life." Mr. Clinton's false statements to a federal judge about that relationship appear not to be discussed directly.
Mr. Clinton's impeachment by the House and his acquittal by the Senate are mentioned in timelines that run through the museum, but his acquittal receives greater prominence. "Hundreds of historians and legal scholars publicly stated there was no constitutional or legal basis for impeachment," one panel says.
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Ahhhh, the legacy continues...to revise history to make him the "hero"! IT WON'T WORK! WE WON'T LET IT!!
What's the shock? Clinton's 'Be Loved At All Costs' pathology, combined with his 'Destroy Those You Cannot Win Over' psychosis, would allow nothing else. Nothing was EVER Clinton's fault, he was never wrong, he would never make the unpopular choice. Like the child who desperately needs to please Mama (which, of course, he WAS), he must always be the perfect, popular child-- even when he isn't.
All of those surprised by this can send me $10. I aint going to get rich off of this, am I?
The # 1 Marxist tactic........ accuse your opponent of exactly what you yourself are doing! I hate these people, because the media covers for them, and gives truth to the lie!
That's prety much it. Clinton wanted to be the head of a "cult of personality" at all costs.
I have a fresh newsweek magazine I'd like to donate for the museum. BWA HA HA HA HA HA
Sociopath, narcassist, pathological liar, criminal, impeached reprobate, adulterer, treasonous (Chinagate).... a fine American. Sorry Billy Boy, your legacy was written while you were still in office.
Nothing will change that.
Well, this guy's promotional opportunities in the MSM just dropped to zero. Remember, there are three main purposes for Willie's Double-wide, to try to clean up the stain, shame and disgrace of his known legacy, hide the other filthy secrets of his presidency and serve as a launching platform for Hillie's campaign. ALL MSM reports and efforts related to this lie-brary will serve one of these purposes. Often, that service will take Willie's favorite tactic - DIVERSION. Willie will want you to think about the stain on the blue dress over there and ignore completely the millions of dollars he is getting from Saddam to make sure the UN's crimes are not addressed and OBL isn't persued too vigorously.
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Did anybody honestly expect Billy Boy to start telling the truth?
WHAT? NO JUANITA WING?
WRITTEN IN STONE: AN ARCHITECT DEFINES THE CLINTONS
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I heard they have a replica of the oval office.............including the sink!!
He has an apartment above which he can leave to go sit in his replica Oval Office and pretend that he is still the leader of the free world. That's as pathetic as Gore buying a house that resembles the White House after he lost in 2000.
....but since WJC had no "character" in the first place, what was there to "assassinate"?
MANNING, James Lowell Little Rock, Arkansas Aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false corporate tax return
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