The rehabilitation of the impeached Clinton effects reputationof the next likely democrat nominee, Hillary Clinton, in my opinion.
Bill Clinton never went out of his way to embrace Ronald Reagan. As I recall, Reagan's tenure was descibed as the decade of greed.
Contemporaries make poor historians, we all have too much invested in our beliefs.
When I say he will be judged by history, I am talking at least a hundred years down the road when everyone (or almost everyone) alive today is gone.
I have come to the conclussion that we (conservatives) hurt ourselves by spending so much energy on the Clintons (sort of what the Democrats are doing today against President Bush).
Do I think Clinton was a bad President? Yes.
Do I think Clinton committed crimes while President? Yes.
Do I think Clinton should have been forced out of office? Again, yes.
But we went at it the wrong way. I am beginning to think we were played like a cheap violin. The Clintons, and their supporters did some polictical ju jitsu on us, and tossed us all over the mat.
But you know what, they are gone. I do not fear the Clintons (and I include Hillary) their days are over.
I belive President Bush has shown us how to respond to our critics, smile, embrace them, do not climb down into the gutter with them, keep and eye on the goal and just keep working towards the finish line.
I do not "hate" Democrats, I simply disagree with what they stand for.
This is my concern, too.
Which only goes to prove how good a person George W. Bush is.
'Nuff Said!!
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