Clinton

Clintons equal Contradiction

When former Presidents speak their mind it is amazing how the media rushes to give credibility to their statements. I find it interesting that both former Bush’s tend to keep their comments on the charitable and humanitarian side while both Carter and Clinton feel compelled to continue to govern and affect policy. Last week I wrote about former President Bush (“W”) and what history may regard as the worst change to our civil liberties, enacting the Patriot Act. This week, Bill Clinton, and Hillary, must be called out for what they are, the greatest liars to ever hold the highest office in the United States.

Probably no quote in history can be described as more concerning than, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you.” With the audacity of a teenager, Bill Clinton looked directly into the cameras and lied to the American people. Quickly defended by supporters and leftists, Clinton was given a pass on this issue as his behavior was regarded as irrelevant to the presidency and his ability to govern. Much ado was subsequently made regarding his statements and it took seven months to finally come to an admission of “improper physical relationship” on August 17, 1998.

During his presidency Clinton dealt with two attacks on American soil, the first World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Obviously Oklahoma City made an impact on Clinton because it drove him to recently make comments comparing Tim McVeigh to the Tea Partiers of today. On April 16, Clinton said that “legitimate” comparisons can be drawn between today’s grass-roots anger and resentment toward the government and the right-wing extremism that bubbled up prior to the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City 15 years ago. Personally, I can find no comparison to Tim McVeigh, a militia movement sympathizer, who sought revenge against the federal government for “Waco” which had ended in the deaths of 76 people exactly two years earlier. In contrast, the Tea Party has gained coverage in the media with credibility as average citizens rightfully protesting, under the First Amendment, the new debt policies of the current administration.

The Clintons’ contradiction seems to come from protesting against the actions of the government, when a Republican is in office, which is acceptable, versus when a Democrat is running the kingdom, unacceptable. Clinton ordered the Waco attack and Obama is fueling debt which will be put on the shoulders of generations of Americans to come, and both have generated protests. Clinton hated the Vietnam War and policies of Republican President Nixon, as quoted on June 9, 1969, the Frederick, Maryland Post ran an article by Tom Cullen on antiwar sentiment among the 29 American Rhodes Scholars attending Oxford. “And that’s the way it should be,” says William J. Clinton, 22, of Hot Springs, Ark., “There would be something wrong with us if we could put the war out of our minds when our friends are being shot up in Vietnam.”
Hillary Clinton said it best though, in her 2003 tyrade on the floor of the Senate, “ I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration, somehow you’re not patriotic, and we should stand up and say, “WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!” Both Clintons want their right to protest, but not your right to protest against Democrats.