Posted on 02/17/2005 9:08:25 PM PST by CHARLITE
Howard Dean, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Senator Hillary Clinton (D.-NY) jointly hold the dubious distinction of being the only major public figures with less credibility than Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas, the recently elected successor to the late Yassir Arafat, alternately advocates peace with Israel and its total annihilation, depending on the particular audience he happens to be addressing. Likewise, both Dean and Clinton are on record as being not only the sworn enemies of conservatism, but also its truest of champions.
Although they disagree on specific tactics in their respective quests for power, and they undoubtedly hold contrasting views as to whom should be running the Democrat Party (and ultimately, the country), they are nevertheless inseparably bonded by a devotion to the philosophies of liberalism. It is a mistake to believe the commonly proffered notion that their relationship is purely adversarial.
Furthermore, each has attempted a major “makeover” during recent months, and each expects to benefit from the eager assistance of the mainstream media, by which their inconsistencies will no doubt continue to be hidden from public scrutiny. Such jaded coverage would only be consistent with past media behavior.
Consider that, during the eight years of Bill Clinton’s presidency, ABC heavy Ted Koppel could only muster the moral indignation to deride anyone as “an accomplished liar,” when his target was Lt. Colonel Oliver North. Dan Rather, that bastion of objectivity, attempted a more imaginative cover for the Clintons, on one occasion asserting that an individual could at once be a prolific liar and still be “honest.” Go figure.
So now Dean and Clinton are back in posturing mode, attempting to find common ground with the conservative and religious segment of American society, or at least a sufficient share of it to enable them to win elections.
Dean, it should be remembered, demonstrated the extent of his “faith” during last year’s presidential race. Unwilling to become bogged down by such nuanced trivialities as the mass slaughter of the unborn or the time-honored characterization of marriage, he was courageously immovable when facing that morally defining issue of bicycle paths, and the heresy of his church’s opposition to them.
Dean also voiced his “respect” for Jesus Christ, when attempting to court the votes of southern Christians. But this ploy met with no more success than his phony embrace of the Confederate flag. Perhaps his next foray into the South should include the circular outline of a can of chewing tobacco, prominently “faded” into the back pocket of his blue jeans.
Likewise Hillary’s recent embrace of pro-family and pro-life thinking constitutes a fundamental change from those anti-Christian causes that she passionately advocated throughout her tenure as First Lady. And despite her apparent prophetic insight when playing the cattle futures, anyone who believes this to be evidence of true spirituality will no doubt also believe she really is a Jewish Yankees fan.
Seizing major policy-making roles during her husband’s presidency, Hillary will now, in all likelihood, take partial credit for such traditionally conservative milestones as balancing of the federal budget during the ‘90’s, along with the landmark implementation of welfare reform.
Yet in both cases, the reality is that the Clinton Administration was dragged, kicking and screaming, into compliance with an agenda set forth by the Republican Congress. Bill Clinton vetoed welfare reform twice, only grudgingly signing it as the ’96 presidential campaign season heated up.
Ditto for the budget, which was briefly reigned in only as a result of Congressional spending restraints, coupled with an enormously expanding economy.
Undoubtedly, in this age of alternative media and with the up and coming army of “bloggers” nipping at their heals, Hillary Clinton and Howard Dean won’t find it quite so easy to escape the contradictions between their recent “centrist” statements and the brazen liberalism that defined their past political activity.
Look for them to regularly complain of “being taken out of context” or, in Hillary’s case, to revert to that insipid “I don’t recall” excuse used so profusely throughout the innumerable scandals that mired down the Clinton Presidency.
Thus, Hillary’s presidential aspirations and Dean’s hopes for the resumption of political dominance by Democrats should be fairly easy to thwart. If Republicans bite on this strategy and run a “moderate” in ’08, don’t bet that the liberal media will be nearly so supportive or cooperative.
About the Writer: Christopher Adamo is a freelance writer from southeastern Wyoming, where he has been involved in grassroots political activites for several years. He maintains a website at
http://www.chrisadamo.com.
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When should we expect Hillary to start talking with her southern accent and going to church again? Notice how you never see a democrat in church unless it's during a campaign?
Mad Cow and Mad How!
Saint Hillary? He has got to be joking!
The only charitable thing that can be said about either the Hildabeast and 'Mad How' Dean is they didn't get their rabies shots.
This could only have been constructed by a "punster!" Great comment! Thanks!
Char :)
I agree, as long as you qualify democrat with the adjective "white." Obviously there's a pretty high percentage of black dems that push their socialist ideals from the pulpit, or with its cover. This is evidently a great position from which to gain political power & wealth in the black community.
Ping!
This is disgusting ... They're following X42's playbook, with the same MSM accomplices. They're pretending to be "right" just enough that the mediots can portray them as "uniters" and "centrists", but it's all a sham. It didn't work when Effin' Kerry tried it. Let us pray that hildebeeste meets with even more spectacular failure.
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