Clinton Was Sued for Intimidating Black Voters in Arkansas

Newsmax.com ^ | December 22, 2002 | Carl Limbacher

[timestax]

Well, that's different. Clintoon feels their pain now! right?

[Paul Atreides]

Well, he's one of them, so how could it be racist?

[doug from upland]

This is a great find by NewsMax but not at all surprising.

[Paul Atreides]

You are correct. I wonder how many people see NewsMax.

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

Clinton never invents an attack; he always charges others with the crimes he himself has already committed.

[Happy2BMe]

"The Supreme Court ruling came as the then-governor was fighting another court battle to preserve racial profiling in his state, a tool that Clinton later criticized while president as a "morally indefensible, deeply corrosive practice."

Will this man never cease to haunt us?

Recall what he called Bush over the Trent Lott debacle last week - "A Hypocrite."

[BOBTHENAILER]

Clinton never invents an attack; he always charges others with the crimes he himself has already committed.

Very true and worth noting.

Has he, she or it, ever accused anyone of murder?

[Happy2BMe]

"Three years later in 1991, Clinton actually did implement a modified version of the profiling program that prohibited the use of ethnic screening but allowed troopers to continue to stop cars on the highway at their discretion."

This is stretching it a bit . .

Cops are given this authority universally as it is.

Key word being "discretion."

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

Has he, she or it, ever accused anyone of murder?

You mean besides "LBJ how many kids you kill today"?

[JulieRNR21]

I emailed the story to FoxNews & other media outlets.....perhaps someone will confront Hillary with her husband's record....LOL....I can dream, can't I?

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

"The Arkansas plan gave state troopers the authority to stop and search vehicles based on a drug-courier profile of Hispanics, particularly those driving cars with Texas license plates," the Times said. "A federal judge later ruled the program unconstitutional, the paper reported. "A lawsuit and a federal consent decree ended the practice - known as the 'criminal apprehension program' the next year."

Apparently Clinton didn't seem to care about imposing that same level of jurisdiction for interdiction of drug trafficking at airports like Mena.

[Frohickey]

Bubba did it again recently... for the Democratic National Committee chairmanship... he got Terry McAuliffe instead of Maynard Jackson.

When are the blacks going to finally wake up?

[Ditter]

Journalist could have dug this up before he was elected the first time. If he had been a Republican they would have.

[BOBTHENAILER]

You mean besides "LBJ how many kids you kill today"?

Afraid so, that one's "OLD NEWS". Just as CNN and all the other major news media will treat this one, much to my chagrin.

[farmfriend]

Oh my God. How can this crap be overlooked while Lott is decried from the highest towers? Why didn't this come out before he was elected?

[kinhistorian]

Maybe you should send it to Maynard Jackson.

[beethoven]

This evening I tried to reason with a Clinton lover, but was unable to make any headway. This individual never hesitates to slander a Republican. I would appreciate any assistance you might be able to offer is forming a rational response. The letter I received is below:



I have a file copy of a letter that I wrote some time back, praising and defending Bill Clinton, and I do not hesitate to send it, in reply to anyone who criticizes Clinton, especially when they do it to irritate me! Usually, they never again Criticize Clinton to me!

During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in most places, and vastly reduced welfare roles. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades, and actually achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination. After the Republican Congress defeated his proposal for a huge program of health care reform, Clinton shifted emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over." He sought legislation to upgrade education, to protect jobs of parents who must care for sick children, to restrict handgun sales, and to strengthen environmental rules. In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. But he was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him. He apologized to the nation for his actions and he continues to this day, to have unprecedented popular approval ratings for his job as president. In the world, he successfully dispatched peace keeping forces to war-torn Bosnia; He bombed Iraq, when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He became a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade, and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. He drew huge crowds when he traveled through South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, and China, advocating U.S. style freedom. Under Clinton's leadership, the United States was able to reduce military spending, since we did not need a large military. We had so few enemies, because we had allies instead of enemies.. Israel and the Palestinians were talking peace, and hostilities were limited.. Peace was achieved through diplomacy instead of threats and a huge arms buildup. Clinton's flights abroad kept the United States at the forefront as a peacemaker and as an effective negotiator.
Under this present administration, our "excess tax money " has recently been "returned" to our nation's wealthiest citizens. Our present unsound fiscal policy should be a wonderful gift to our grandchildren. Our hopes for eliminating the national debt were dashed with the election of Bush, who at once set out to cut taxes for the wealthy, and increase military spending to an unbelievable record level. It seems that the old method of diplomacy to achieve peace, has now been replaced with a philosophy of superior military power, as a means for enforcing this nation's policy as defined by the president. This aggressive policy has alienated many of our allies, who now consider the USA as a country that threatens world peace, under the guise of fighting terrorism. Not only have our foreign relationships suffered serious decline under Bush, but our National economy continues to deteriorate, as unemployment, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and Corporate Insecurity are constantly a major national problem. World peace is now in jeopardy, as threatened by the global goals of George W. Bush.

[Auntie Dem]

You should point out to your poor misled friend that any real good that was accomplished under Clintoon's "reign" was largely the result of having a Republican congress.

As recent events would now confirm it would appear that a good share of the so-called unprecedented economic performance was due to widespread financial reporting fraud that occurred under Clintoon's watch, and was discovered under W's. As a former federal employee I can attest to the fact that virtually every government agency fudges their books and reports, and as most government employees vote for the RATS, it does not stretch credulity to believe they would fudge certain vital statistical data to enhance their boss's agenda.

BTW, in a 1991 graduate finance class I predicted the future economic performance would be driven by political manipulation, not actual performance. How did I know that? Not by my superior knowledge of finance, economics, or accounting, but by my knowledge of democrats and government employees.

[Sgt_Schultze]

With regard to your friend's letter pertaining to clinton's impeachment, clinton was, and remains impeached. The Senate did not find him not-guilty of the charges as the impeachment wasn't a set of charges but rather a conclusion based on the charges the Senate failed to even hear. The Senate's job was not to determine guilt or innocence but to decide to remove or retain the employee - they chose to keep him. He remains impeached, and it is really a fun tweak to call to him as "the impeached former president" whenever referring to him in conversation with liberals.