Posted on 02/03/2005 9:04:20 AM PST by Publius
Extremely well thought out and spot on re the RATs. Congrats!
I am also a leider lover and was saddened today to hear of the death of the incomparable Elizabeth Schwartzkopf.
To most Americans in the Nineties, Bill Clintons behavior was not outside the mainstream.
I believe this assertion is false. I don't believe that in the 1990's most American men received oral sex from interns less than half their age and lied about it under oath. Clinton's behavior was not mainstream.
People did not favor impeachment because 1) Clinton successfully portrayed Republicans as sex-obsessed legalists (a popular charicature to hate) and corrupt to boot; 2) People held Clinton in personal disdain, but believed the lie that this was unconnected to his Presidential performance; 3) Because of these reasons, they saw it as "all about sex" and ignored perjury. All in all, it was a piece of Machiavellian art by the Clinton White House, maybe the greatest piece of political self-defense in American history.
By couching the 1998 election as a referendum on impeachment, Gingrich misread the situation.
I believe this to be a popular historical myth. I was working in politics during the 1998 campaign, and from my vantage point Newt Gingrich tied desperately to make the election about something other than Clinton's lies. His base wanted to hear about nothing other than that. Ergo the base refused to vote. I could be wrong, but that was my read of the 1998 campaign, the worst-run in my lifetime.
I agree completely. Just noticed that this was written in 2005!
I count among my acquaintances a number of the Hard Left types, but we simply agree to disagree. Classical music is our common denominator. I'm comfortable enough in my beliefs to not worry about what the locals think.
Wow thanks for sending that to me. What a great read! Thank you very much, I really enjoyed your essay.
I gotta tell you man, that was a damn good analysis that was actually worth reading. It was much better than the garbage pumped out by the recently unemployed journalist from the LA Times and NY Craphole newspapers.
Good Job.
bumped and bookmarked
current now
They are displaying a lot of a**holery aren't they.
One part of that is answerable. When World War I broke out in 1914, TR wanted us to get involved on the British side immediately, which was pretty much the Republican Party's position, with Sen. Lodge of Massachusetts leading the charge. As president, TR would not have waited until 1917. (I'm not sure that would have been a good thing.)
bump for later
Ping. I was 14 years too early.
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