Posted on 08/10/2002 9:06:38 AM PDT by forest
It appears that the Clintons are not the only ones publicly twisting the truth into unrecognizable shapes. Their flunky, Al the bore Gore, was doing a bit of his own dismantling of the facts in a New York Times op-ed last Sunday.(1) What Gore does not seem to realize is that anyone remembering a little history probably thought this was a parody article. For instance, he opens with:
"There has always been a debate over the destiny of this nation between those who believed they were entitled to govern because of their station in life, and those who believed that the people were sovereign. That distinction remains as strong as ever today. In every race this November, the question voters must answer is, How do we make sure that political power is used for the benefit of the many, rather than the few?"
One thing the Gore family never properly explained was their relationship with communist sympathizer Armand Hammer. Hammer had extensive import-export dealings with the Soviet Union and personally negotiated with Premier Lenin during the 1920's. Later, Hammer went into the oil business and became head of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation.
What we need to know is how extensive Hammer's support to the Gores' was -- both in campaign contributions and personal contributions. Because, it always seemed that the Gore family lived a lifestyle well above their reported income.
Then, there were the back room deals Clinton and Gore made with corporations like Loral so they could sell high-tech electronics to the communist Chinese. And, of course both Clinton and Gore collected kickbacks from the communist Chinese -- lots of illegal funds changed hands, according to the Senate committee investigating the fundraising scams.(2)
This is how Al Gore makes sure "that political power is used for the benefit of the many, rather than the few." The many, in Gore-speak must be politicians. Gore talks like a collectivist but acts like a Clinton. He probably spent too much time hanging around with the likes of Armand Hammer when he was young. Those eight years with Bill Clinton couldn't have helped his character, either.
But the babble continues:
"I believe Bill Clinton and I were right to maintain, during our 1992 campaign, that we should fight for 'the forgotten middle class' against the 'forces of greed.' Standing up for 'the people, not the powerful' was the right choice in 2000. And, in fact, it is the Democratic Party's meaning and mission."
Not reported was the number of middle class workers who saw their jobs move across the border. It's hard to blame the corporations for escaping the constant barrage of oppressive high taxes and overbearing regulations that increased exponentially during the Clinton years. Just Gore's environmental nonsense was enough to drive some corporations away.
Gore goes on to make silly accusations about Bush and Cheney. Then Gore opines, "what is far more important than the pursuit of a few bad apples in the White House is the need to recognize that what has been put at risk is nothing less than the future of democratic capitalism. And it cannot be rejuvenated unless the people and the politicians focus on the question: What is good for the whole?"
What would be "good for the whole" would be for the federal government to start doing those jobs tasked to it by the Constitution and stay the hell out of everything else. That way we could reduce our tax burden by about two thirds and delete those hidden taxes caused by regulations enough that prices would drop significantly. Business would expand, jobs would be more plentiful and all Americans would benefit equally. That is what is good for the whole -- the collective whole.
The problem is that neither the Gores nor the Clintons will ever realize these simple facts. Government to them is a business. Government is a business that produces wealth for the select few -- they come to Washington nearly broke and leave millionaires.
That's a shame in itself. But, the bigger shame is that they also believe that the product of the business of government is strict control over the people. We are but the proletariat in their socialist-fascist minds.
Al Gore obviously plans to run for president yet again. That will be his third attempt. What he does not yet realize is that the American people now understand how dense he really is. Which means, unless Bush repeatedly fumbles the ball in the next two years, Gore cannot expect to get even 30% of the vote.
The problem with that is, Hillary will pop up next.
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/opinion/04GORE.html
2. http://www.senate.gov/%7Egov_affairs/sireport.htm
Oh but he is. Take a very close look at him and you'll see that.
I do agree that he isn't playing with a full deck however.
This time there will be neither the money nor the presidency behind him. What's interesting though, is that it may just expose the corruption that was used last time.
"That's why we immedietly raised gas and income taxes on the middle class" (/disgust)
The Clintons needed a VP who was a.) loyal and b.) stupid.
Algore was qualified.
So were most poodles.
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