THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume IX, Issue # 222, November 28, 2007
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
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THE CHILLING SIGNIFICANCE OF OBAMA'S CONFESSIONS
By Christopher G. Adamo
AMERICAN POLITICS & THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2008: COMPERITION AMONG CONTENDERS IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES -- THE STRATEGIES & TACTICS OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY RIVALS REFLECT THE
STEADILY DECLINING STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR FOR COMPETITORS IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL ARENA
FULL STORY:
On November 20, 2007, in front of an audience of high school students in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. Senator Barack
Obama (Democrat - Illinois) suddenly began to unload a bunch of dirty laundry. He told stories of his former drug use, of
squandered opportunities in his earlier life, and of being a general “goof off” during his own high school years.
What could have motivated this senator and candidate for the White House to suddenly begin venting in such a manner?
Clearly, the move did not appear, on its face, to be particularly smart political strategy. For Obama to “tell all” just as he
has begun surging in the polls cannot possibly bolster his campaign, especially among those who have trepidations
regarding his youth and inexperience.
What possible beneficial message could he have been offering to the students? Did he think he could help them by
informing them that they could mess up their lives as much as they wanted during this period of growth, and still credibly
reach for the nation’s highest office once they have grown out of their youthful indiscretions?
This appears to be how his campaign is attempting to gloss over the event. Yet, something far more ominous appears the
more likely motivation for this erratic behavior from arguably the most stable individual among the Democratic Party
presidential frontrunners.
Only a few days prior, members of the Hillary Clinton camp leaked word to columnist Robert Novak that they had
“scandalous information” regarding Barack Obama. To nobody’s surprise, Hillary denied any knowledge or involvement
in the incident, which is exactly the reaction everyone expected from her, since it has been her standard past response to
many similar questionable occurrences.
It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that Obama believed the not-so-veiled threats of political character assault from the
Clintons, and sought to diffuse the situation by coming clean prior to any pronouncements from them. In light of this
episode, Obama’s revelations of past baggage should come as no surprise.
Moreover, if the event did indeed represent his attempt to “tell all” before being exposed by the Arkansas Mafia, he does
have a rather commendable record, at least by today’s continually lowering standards. Most of the Bill Clinton
administration carried rap sheets, both official and unofficial, that dwarfed anything Obama felt a need to divulge.
Yet the ramifications of the event reach far beyond these particular incidents, even if they do influence the Democratic
primary race. America has much more to lose than many currently realize, if such is increasingly the manner in which
candidacies are determined.
And, despite the very predictable claims that all of this amounts to groundless speculation, consider the past track record
of the Clinton political machine, and how these events align perfectly with other despicable actions by the Clinton White
House that have been fully confirmed.
It should never be forgotten that, in complete contrast to the public relations ploy of asserting that the Clinton-Lewinsky
debacle was “all about sex,” that shameful episode tainted the governing and judicial process far beyond Clinton’s morally
appalling, albeit juvenile, forays in the Oval Office. Employing the power of the Executive Branch of Government, the
Clintons tampered with witnesses, suborned and committed perjury, and sought to personally destroy any whose
testimonies might prove damaging to them.
White House staffer Kathleen Willey, having once been assaulted by Bill Clinton in the Oval office, tells a sinister tale of
harassment and intimidation that continues to this day. According to Willey, after she went public with her accusations
against the former president, a stranger approached her and made threats against her children to whom he referred by
name. And this unnerving encounter proved to be only one of many that ensued.
At a key moment in the Clinton impeachment debacle, Congressman and noted Conservative Henry Hyde (Republican -
Illinois) was politically attacked by the Clinton surrogate “Salon.com,” which divulged information of an extra-marital affair
in which Hyde had participated back in the 1960s. Despite any specifics of the impeachment, that action alone stood as
defining proof of the sleaze and malignancy of the Clintons and their cohorts. Yet, among most “mainstream” media types,
the foul deed and the danger it posed to the governance of the nation was somehow remotely secondary to Hyde’s
ostensible hypocrisy.
Add to this the illegal White House possession of perhaps up to a thousand FBI files, the obvious imbalance of IRS
audits of Conservative individuals and organizations during the Clinton years, and the list goes on. Democrats will no
doubt revert to their standard whimpering that mentioning such events merely amounts to incessantly recalling “the past,”
what should be apparent is that the pattern back then continues unabated. The Obama story shows it therefore to be very
much a consideration of the present.
None of this should be construed as an endorsement of Obama, who is every bit the Liberal that Hillary is. However,
though it is altogether likely that his political course would be just as far to the Left, his means of seeing it implemented
would likely be far more direct and transparent to the public. Thus, real oversight of his agenda would be a far greater
possibility.
Sadly, such criminal abuse of the power of public office, while no less blatant on its face than the “cattle futures” affair,
has never been properly pursued and punished. If only the current Republican administration showed even a fraction of
the zeal that Democratic partisans have displayed in their pursuit of Scooter Libby, perhaps America would not be facing
such an ominous possibility for its next chief executive.
As it is, any opponent, from either party, must possess an absolutely spotless record in order to be immune from such
attacks. Otherwise, be ready for the Clinton smear machine to be brought down upon them. But America should ask itself,
while there is still time, if this is the manner in which it wants its future to be determined.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition:
Elections, PACs, & Political Parties
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
COMPETING SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Conservatism
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
Constitutional Conservatism: American & British
Liberalism
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations
Classical Liberalism: Conservative Liberalism
Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
Modern Social "Liberalism": Statist "Liberalism"
Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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