Why Did So Many People Hate Bill Clinton? An Exchange Among Conservatives

History News Network ^ | July 25, 2005 | By David Horowitz, Paul Gottfried, Larry Schweikart and Gene Kizer

[johnny7]

In a recent essay in the NYT Book Review of John F. Harris's The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House, Alan Ehrenhalt speculated about the reasons Clinton was so disliked. This sparked a rigorous debate on Richard Jensen's list, ConservativeNet. Below, a sampling of opinion.

Alan Ehrenhalt's Review

Millions of Americans despise Bill Clinton. They have done so since he became a presence in national politics in the early 1990's, and they continue to do so today, more than four years after his retirement from public office.

[OldFriend]

Honorable decent people usually do know enough to hate grifters.

[PGalt]

Hate is too mild a word for any anti-life, anti-freedom, anti-truth criminal.

William Jefferson Criminal, his co-conspirator and their enablers are "clear and present dangers" to life/freedom.

Just ask their victims...real people, with names.

[sonofatpatcher2]

You have to ask?

[texan75010]

It is not Clinton I dislike, it is his hypocritical supporters who were willing to look past anything he did as long as he implemented their agenda.

The biggest hypocrites of all were the so called feminists who could really care less that he took advantage of women subordinates at least and committed rape at worst. They explained them away in their mind and were happy as long as children could be murdered in the womb legally.

These women who are supposed to champion the rights of other women turned a blind eye to their sisters in their time of need....and for what? To ensure a needle could get stuck in a baby's head so their brains could be sucked out. So a baby could have their head delivered, and then promptly severed before they could draw one breath. The lowest depths of hell are reserved for "women" such as these.

[nygoose]

What's not to hate?

[Kitanis]

I do not hate Bill Clinton.

But when he was president.. I disliked his tendency to to scold those who did not agree with him.

I disliked how the military became a politically correct organization during his term as President. I saw personally the fall of military health care system to the present HMO type system that he tried to spring on the American People..

I disliked his tendency to take credit for something other people would do or done.

His affair(s) with whoever proved that the man could not separate his private and professional life. But many defended his indiscretions by pointing to the past presidents.

Some his wife's comments to the American Public were condescending to the point of abuse. Yet.. the Voters in New York allowed her to establish a very thin residence in that state and she still became a Senator. Many believe she has the appeal to be a future President..

No.. I do not hate the Clintons.. but I did not feel positive about the USA when he was President.. and I am scared for our country if Hillary makes it to the White House

[Kitanis]

I do not hate Bill Clinton.

But when he was president.. I disliked his tendency to to scold those who did not agree with him.

I disliked how the military became a politically correct organization during his term as President. I saw personally the fall of military health care system to the present HMO type system that he tried to spring on the American People..

I disliked his tendency to take credit for something other people would do or done.

His affair(s) with whoever proved that the man could not separate his private and professional life. But many defended his indiscretions by pointing to the past presidents.

Some his wife's comments to the American Public were condescending to the point of abuse. Yet.. the Voters in New York allowed her to establish a very thin residence in that state and she still became a Senator. Many believe she has the appeal to be a future President..

No.. I do not hate the Clintons.. but I did not feel positive about the USA when he was President.. and I am scared for our country if Hillary makes it to the White House

[Jet Jaguar]

Well put.

[From One - Many]

I loath bill clinton, and ankles.
My reason - Treason.

[silent_jonny]

Hate is a strong word, but I do regret that Clinton was ever president.

He soiled the office (metaphorically and literally).

He divided the country along racial, economic and political lines to suit his own needs.

He manufactured one "crisis" after another (health care) while ignoring REAL threats (Bin Laden).

And he gleefully dragged the country into his "personal" sordid sex life.

But on the plus side, I think Clinton almost singlehandedly destroyed his own party--now that's a legacy!

[yarddog]

What's not to hate?

Great post.

[Paul_Denton]

Because klintoon is a traitor.

[ExcursionGuy84]

1. Waaaaaay too Internationalist with American Rights & Property,

2. Extreme Disrespect, disregard & Dismantling of our Armed Forces,

3. Extremely poor-example of marital fidelity/chivalry towards women,

4. Too many finance-related Scandals/rumours-of-mismanagement over lifetime.

BUBBA...go to sleep.

[sergeantdave]

Clinton brought fascism into the mainstream as a means to control owners of private property, and the black-robed Marxists assented, giving it the force of law.

Where does it say in the constitution that the federal government can steal your property for a kangaroo rat and tell you that using or developing that property is forbidden, all without paying a penny in compensation?

Creating de facto government nature preserves on private property is now the law of the land and its name is fascism.

Clinton is a fascist/Marxist thief.

[Stentor]

I don't think that many of you get it. Do you think Clinton became the focus of FR because he was mildly disreputable? See post #2 and spend a lot of time on THE DOWNSIDE LEGACY ARCHIVES.

[Highest Authority]

Hate is too small of a word for pure evil. All evil should be hated.

[bmwcyle]

As soon as I heard the Flowers' story and how long it went on, I knew who Bill Clinton was.

[Artemis Webb]

Well it was not because he cheated on Hillary.

For me it was because he used the apparatus of the federal government to cover up his misogynistic use of women.

It was because he ignored terrorism. It was because he stood by and let 800,000 people die in Rwanda when he could have done something. It was because lying came easier for him than anything else.

It was because he was more interested in how his administration "looked" than how it performed. It was because he was manipulative and had no personal morals or values. It was because everything had to be about him, instead of the country.

It was because he soiled the oval office.

The only thing you can say good about Bill was that at least you know what he wanted from The Presidency. He wanted to fill his ego and pick up chicks. Hillary on the other hand scares the hell out of me on a level Bill never did.

[Just mythoughts]

The planet does not, nor has it ever revolved around bjclintons.

Bjclinton love affair with himself now appears to take on a new thread of a moth eaten cloth, those mean evil conservatives who HATE me. Talk about an attempt at martyrdom.

[kidd]

1) He sold nuclear technology secrets to the Chinese for campaign contributions,

2) Was handed Osama Bin Laden on a silver platter, and then let him go,

3) Brought the United States into the Kosovo conflict, despite the complete lack of US interests,

4) Murdered those who got in his way,

5) Was a serial adulterer,

6) Was a serial rapist,

7) Committed perjury under oath,

8) Obstructed the legal process,

9) Drove the United States into a recession with his wild tax and spend policies,

10) Made the United states vulnerable to attack after dismantling the military, and

11) Wasted 7 years of prosperity that was handed to him after 12 years of Republican efforts that turned this country around after a period of Carter-stagflation.

Gee, other than these things (traitor, murderer, rapist, etc)he was a really swell guy.