It was Republicans who failed to remove him.... You're right. But the Republicans haven't been such since at least the early 1950's, and more realistically, since the early 1920's. The poison has crossed party lines, as you well know. Still, the Republican side has probably a slight percentage on the Democrats in favor of Constitutional liberty. It's residual, and only slight.
And as far as his removal, remember that the Clinton's were absolute masters of the craft of blackmail. They hired Lensner's PR firm to steal 1000 FBI files, which they had for a year and "never looked at". At least they promised they never peeked. I'm sure that there were Republican files in that 1000 that belonged to certain members that voted for his acquital. It's impossible to say how much the black mail influenced the vote, Vs the dilution of the Republican ideals over the years. Probably both.
You are right on the Republicans in power are cowards. Except for a few brave souls in the house. Trent Lott is a blown dry (or is blowed dry) gold plated phoney.
Still, the Republican side has probably a slight percentage on the Democrats in favor of Constitutional liberty. It's residual, and only slight. Oh, I don't know, Coyote.
At the risk of being a one-trick pony, I can't help but hearken to the Right to Life and I do this for two reasons:
- The Right to Life is the FUNDAMENTAL right from which all other rights issue and is therefore the ultimate either/or in divining a person's true stand on human justice and liberty;
- Abortion has been used LIKE NO OTHER ISSUE to explain away -- time and time and time again -- the compromises, losses, defeats and "no win situations" of our so-called "pro-life" politicians whose rallying cry on this issue consistently ends up: "I'm personally opposed, BUT .."
The facts are incontravertible.
We are supposed to believe that the Democrats (whose constituents are so lame and so stupid as to DEMAND the right to off their own) have run circles around us using the compelling logic that "it's better to be dead than unwanted."
The ugly truth, however, is that it is the GOP who not only recognizes but mandates that "Abortion is VITAL to the solution" of population control at home and abroad. This is very clearly set forth in Kissinger's NSSM-200 (signed by him for Nixon and signed by Scowcroft -- as NSDM-314 -- for Ford).
As a Bloodhound and "no holds barred" defender of human life, I find the conclusions to be drawn therefrom horrifying and irrefutable.
It was George H. Bush who most clearly exposed (in debate and in discussion) Title X and the "War on Poverty" for the War on the Poor it truly was.
It is the GOP who confected, waged and perpetuated our War on Drugs and -- having outfitted the likes of Clinton with the federal police force necessary to mow down Davidians -- not only looked the other way but wiped his hands clean.
It is the GOP again at the helm now that we are poised to launch a third war on the American people, their civil liberties and personal freedoms under the guise of the "War on Terrorism" our AG of "Justice" Ashcroft wishes to model on the oh-so-successful Drug War.
Drug War Redux - The attorney general's misguided model for the War Against Terrorism
Ashcroft, Seeking Broad Powers, Says Congress Must Act Quickly
Truly, it was the Blood Trail and the human life digging that finally brought the Escher drawing into focus for me. GOP's top dog. The Dems -- including Howdy Doody Clinton -- are just a clown car used to distract the crowds from whatever the ringmaster's readying centerstage.