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Bill Clinton Gives Democrats the Kiss of Death
NewsMax ^ | 11/6/02 | Christopher Ruddy

Posted on 11/06/2002 8:20:00 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection

Bill Clinton has disappeared from TV screens this morning. He is nowhere to be seen. Why?

Clinton, just days ago, was all over the place. Never had a former president acted as the anti-thesis to a sitting president by making a national campaign swing for Democrats.

Never had a former president, and his wife, played such a controlling role in their party after they left the White House.

During this election we discovered, without any doubt, that the Clintons control the Democratic National Committee. They handpicked Terry McAuliffe to head the DNC. Their hand was noticeable in almost every key race around the nation.

But on Tuesday, America rebuked the Clintons and the Democratic Party.

This may be the reason, more than any other, the American people have given Republicans the rare opportunity of controlling of both Congress and the White House.

By almost every indicator, the Democrats should have gained seats, especially with a Republican in the White House.

Add to that factor the terrible economy with trillions in lost wealth in the stock market, and the Democrats should have easily had the Senate and House in a cakewalk.

Instead, the Democrats actually lost seats in the Republican House, and lost their control of the Senate.

In one word, the main reason the Democrats suffered defeat: Clinton.

The party seems hopelessly in the grips of the leftwing, disreputable Clintons and their minions.

Chris Matthews recently noted Bill Clinton’s influence in the Democratic party, and said he was acting like "Boss Tweed.” We know that Bill and Hillary continue to control the DNC through their handpicked chairman, Terry McAuliffe.

And, Bill Clinton’s dominance in the party became transparent as election day neared. In fact, Clinton’s hand was almost everywhere: New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Florida.

He was also deciding where and how much the DNC would spend on behalf of specific candidates.

Though the Clintons engineered Carl McCall’s nomination for governor in New York, Clinton later told McCall he couldn’t have national DNC funds for his race.

In Florida, the Clintons and McAuliffe made defeating Jeb Bush their highest priority. Not only did millions flow in from Democrat coffers, but this past weekend the Democrats brought into the state their supposed "big gun,” Bill Clinton.

Up until Clinton’s visit, McBride had been gaining in the polls, had momentum on his side, and was within striking distance of defeating Jeb Bush.

Then Clinton arrived. He and Janet Reno appeared with McBride on a Miami stage to rally the vote.

Clinton gave McBride the kiss of death.

Clearly, the Clintons have done this with the Democrats nationally as well.

Voters are smarter than the Clinton Democrats give them credit for.

After 9/11, some liberal media tried to blame the new president. But that didn’t wash.

In fact, a Fox News poll found that a majority of Americans blame 9/11 on Clinton, not Bush. It was Clinton who decimated America’s national security infrastructure, making America vulnerable to attack.

The Democrats have also tried to pin the recession on Bush. But thinking Americans know that Bush inherited the recession from Clinton.

President Bush has been the perfect foil for Clinton. Bush has integrity. America is tired of the Clintons and wants them put in the attic. And so do many Democrats.

Soon after Al Gore lost the race in 2000, he met with Clinton in the Oval office.

According to the Washington Post, the meeting was anything but amicable. Gore explained to Clinton that with a strong economy and America at peace, he lost to Bush because of Clinton’s scandals.

Gore and other Democrats, if they want power again, need to have that discussion again. They needs to have an exorcism and free the party of the Bill-Hillary-Carville-McAuliffe-Begala gang. The Democrats needs to cut the sleaze.

The Democrats need to turn to new leaders, people like Joe Lieberman and Zell Miller, if the party wants to ever be back in power.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billclinton; christopherruddy; clintonhaters
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To: GOPJ
I am nearly bereft, I tell you.
Where IS that bad little boy, biting lip fellow, allowing at least three tears to trickle down his cheek for the camera to record?

I want to see the real tears today!!!
Wanna see him slam down the telephone receiver when Terry tries to call - - -
See him hiss at Hillary!!

41 posted on 11/06/2002 10:20:50 AM PST by LadyX
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To: GOPJ
Sure wish he would stay AWOL.
Maybe he and the beast will retire in the hills of Arkansas. Hope to not see his ugly face again.
42 posted on 11/06/2002 10:23:25 AM PST by JustAmy
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"In one word, the main reason the Democrats suffered defeat: Clinton. The party seems hopelessly in the grips of the Leftwing, Disreputable Clintons ( That's Plural) and their minions".

I nominate this for "Perfectly Pithy Statement of the Day".

43 posted on 11/06/2002 10:27:01 AM PST by Pagey
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To: Camachee
The Democrats need to turn to new leaders, people like Joe Lieberman

LIEberman was just as unprincipled, untruthful and opportunistic as The Goron during the 2000 election. LIEberman and The Goron CHOSE to make a Faustian Bargain with The Rapist because they believed he would help them hang on to power. Now the unpleasant part of their bargain with The Prince of Darkness is coming home to roost, and they want to get out of it. Sorry, losers, it doesn't work that way.

44 posted on 11/06/2002 10:39:42 AM PST by RooRoobird14
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To: skeeter
Chris Ruddy is a much better writer than this disorganized column indicates. Maybe he was up all night and turned this one in better hitting the sack.
45 posted on 11/06/2002 11:05:55 AM PST by gcruse
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To: skeeter
Chris Ruddy is a much better writer than this disorganized column indicates. Maybe he was up all night and turned this one in before hitting the sack.
46 posted on 11/06/2002 11:06:09 AM PST by gcruse
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
But on Tuesday, America rebuked the Clintons and the Democratic Party.

Come on, tell it like it really is...not a rebuke, but a body-slam.
Where Clinton threw Dick Morris on the floor, the American people returned the favor yesterday.
(heck, my wife, with the flu, managed to cast her first-in-a-lifetime party-line ballot between vomiting episodes - she said it was SOOO worth it - I converted her from DNC affiliation 8 years ago)

It was SmackDown

It was a old-fashioned-behind-the-woodshed whippin'

It was affirmation of the 2000 election

It was beautiful

It was poetry

11/5/02 The Republican Revolution

47 posted on 11/06/2002 11:18:03 AM PST by NorCoGOP
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To: RooRoobird14
LIEberman and The Goron CHOSE to make a Faustian Bargain with The Rapist

Okay, you are making me think you don't care very much for these people. I don't know who you support, but I like your choice of enemies.

48 posted on 11/06/2002 12:29:54 PM PST by Camachee
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To: Camachee
LOL, camachee, buy me a beer, and I'll tell you what I reAlly think!
49 posted on 11/06/2002 2:10:52 PM PST by RooRoobird14
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
The Democrats need to turn to new leaders, people like Joe Lieberman and Zell Miller, if the party wants to ever be back in power.

exactly why zell will never flip to the republicans

50 posted on 11/06/2002 2:18:26 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
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To: RooRoobird14
buy me a beer, and I'll tell you what I reAlly think!

It would be my pleasure, RRB, although I just read your profile page and think I get the pic. :)

51 posted on 11/06/2002 5:38:12 PM PST by Camachee
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To: breakem
I want to say what a class act Bush is. He issed a statement through Fleischer this AM that the parties need to cooperate.

He can say it but lets hope he doesn't do it ---cooperation isn't what the voters want, they want lower taxes and less government.

52 posted on 11/06/2002 5:44:41 PM PST by FITZ
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To: FITZ
I agree. My point was that Bush was being humble and classy, unlike the last guy. I hope Lott and his weak crew can stick it to em.
53 posted on 11/06/2002 5:50:57 PM PST by breakem
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
In one word, the main reason the Democrats suffered defeat: Clinton.

Someone once said that the Clintons were like a tornado, forever leaving a path of destruction in their wake. How true.

54 posted on 11/06/2002 6:07:25 PM PST by Starboard
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To: JustAmy
We can dream.

Maybe he and the beast will retire in the hills of Arkansas.

55 posted on 11/06/2002 8:45:03 PM PST by GOPJ
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Their "Big Dog" Screwed The Pooch.
56 posted on 11/06/2002 8:46:58 PM PST by Doctor Raoul
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Is it possible that the DNC will now dump Terry McAuliffe, Bill and Hillary and Al Gore? Seems to me most democrats have finally awakened from the nightmare called the Clinton years and seen the light.

Party boy Clinton and his enabling, power hungry wife are about to get the boot from America and it is way past time. I hope their fall is long and painful. The media, all of it, are pretty much side stepping the main issue the democrats lost, The Clinton Factor. The nation is more than tired of this rabble and appreciates the class and character President Bush is showing and has shown. Laura Bush is a magnificent First Lady, something Mrs. Clinton never was or could be if her life depended on it. Character and leadership is what it is all about and this White House has it.

America’s elections were rarely suspect until this trash took over. This mid-term election was under the microscope for fraud and it was the DNC that the world was looking at for that pastime. Democrats could not win an honest election, they never have. History will show the two Clinton wins were fraudulent.

57 posted on 11/07/2002 7:35:55 AM PST by yoe
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To: Camachee
You're right on the mark. Holy Joe knew full well constitutional law was being broken and did nothing to stop it. Algore was probably bending Joe's fingers backwards to stop him from jumping ship. No, Lieberman is no leader!
58 posted on 11/07/2002 7:41:56 AM PST by yoe
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To: *Clinton Haters
indexing
59 posted on 11/07/2002 8:37:52 AM PST by Liz
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To: Starboard
bump
60 posted on 11/07/2002 9:38:44 AM PST by timestax
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