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To: ReleaseTheHounds
Back in the old Whitewater Days (the founders and first members of Free Republic will remember this well), the operative phrases from the Clintons went something like this:

“I have no recollection of that...”

“You won’t find a shred of evidence regarding that...”

“That’s so outrageous a question/claim that it doesn’t deserve the dignity of a response...”

It sounds like the Obama-nuts are pulling up the old phrases that worked so well in times past.

Those phrases won't work today because;

1. When Clinton first took office, the World Wide Web didn't exist and people had to depend on TV for their news.

2. FreeRepublic didn't exist until 1996.

3. There was Usenet but not too many people had access to the internet except through BBS's(AOL, Compuserve, etc), at Colleges and Universities, scientific labs, military bases and government jobs.

4. The only outlets for non-MSM news was shortwave, a few local talk radio stations and FAX networks.

5. There was no text messaging, Twitter, YouTube, Google or internet radio.

Today is a different world from the Clinton era. Unfortunately there's still a lot of lamebrains who depend on the MSM for their news and they all voted for Barry.

78 posted on 12/10/2008 3:19:02 PM PST by America2012
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To: America2012

FR was already very active in the second Clintoon administration. A White House freep was organized around the impeachment and a dinner honoring the House Impeachment Managers was attended by many. I know—I was there. The big difference now is there are more sources (as you mentioned) available to more people. Sorry for the interruption—continue with the discussion...


103 posted on 12/10/2008 3:27:53 PM PST by Fu-fu2
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