THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume VI, Issue # 23, February 2, 2004
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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THOSE "MODERATE" CLINTONS: A MAJOR EFFORT TO REVISE HISTORY
By Christopher G. Adamo
By now it should be evident, even to the casual political observer, that a major effort is underway to revise the entire history of the
Clinton years. Throughout the mainstream media, Bill and Hillary Clinton are consistently being portrayed as “moderates,” apparently to
their own delight. While Bill is likely participating in this ruse largely for the sake of his legacy and his insatiable ego (one of several
"insatiable" facets of his persona), to Hillary, such a “makeover” is absolutely essential if she is to have any hope of fulfilling her
presidential aspirations in 2008. As is usually the case when discussing the Clintons, a reality check is in order.
Though Bill Clinton did superficially embrace some Conservative ideas such as welfare reform and traditional marriage for the sake
of expediency, those actions were never anything but diversionary tactics. Without exception, every judicial appointment, every
executive order, and every international accord was designed to move the social order and political agenda as far to the Left as
possible.
When the Clintons descended upon Washington D.C. in 1993, they did not do so as “moderates,” but as revolutionaries and
national saviors. Along with their comical assurances to conduct the “most ethical presidential administration in history,” they
promised to remake the nation, essentially by corrupting such institutions as its healthcare system into something resembling the
overburdened Socialist utopias of Europe.
From the moment the election results were confirmed, and throughout their pre-inauguration gatherings (one of which appeared as
a surrealistic combination of a coronation and a Berlin rally from the 1930’s), their message was ominous and unmistakable: The
flower-child, love-bead, and Woodstock generation had finally come of age as was ready to transform the old order forever.
Though Clintonian propensities for short-term self-gratification often undermined the more grandiose schemes, it should never be
forgotten that virtually every presumed standard of conduct, as well as many basic premises of the law, were systematically and
deliberately violated in order to ultimately render them irrelevant. Furthermore, far from going on the defensive whenever such
behavior came to light, the Clinton political machine actually used those incidents to promote its undeniably Leftist goals. The
very brazenness with which the Clintons regularly flouted and mocked the law served as a weapon to challenge and intimidate
their opponents. In the end they suffered virtually no punitive consequences for their actions.
Throughout the debacle of the Clinton years, Hillary often proved to be the driving force behind the calculated and unscrupulous
political strategizing. She was invariably a key player in, if not the mastermind behind, each endeavor. In perhaps her only honest
moment of the entire Clinton term, she once unequivocally stated “we are the President.” And this role she embraced, not as an
overly enthusiastic First Lady, but rather as the true political opportunist, unfettered by such trivialities as soul or conscience.
On any given day, she could be counted upon to disseminate whatever deceit or accusation might be necessary to defuse the
latest controversy. Or, in a pinch, she would suddenly revert back to the monotonously predictable “I don't recall.” Last week’s
lies were never of any consequence when dealing with this week’s scandal. Certainly it can be no surprise that, as she closes in
on the Presidency in 2008, lies from the past decade are, in her mind, a non-issue.
Nor has Hillary undergone any true reformation since leaving the White House. Securing a ten million dollar book deal after being
elected to the Senate, she dismissed accusations of ethics breaches (the very kind that forced Newt Gingrich to return his sizeable
advance) on the technicality that she hadn’t yet been sworn in, as if that detail negated the possibility of questionable influence.
Moreover, the outright falsehoods contained in her book were so outlandish as to make Pete Rose look downright virtuous in
comparison.
During the political debate of recent months, Howard Dean has been castigated as being extreme and dangerous on account of his
Leftwing views. Certainly such charges are warranted. Dean’s guiding political philosophies, between bouts of religious awakening
(from which he quickly recovers), are strictly ultra-Liberal in character. However, Hillary poses far more of a threat. For though she
subscribes to those same extremist views, she also possesses sufficient political cunning to know when to cloak her radicalism
behind a mask of “moderation,” with hopes of lulling her opposition into a false calm, after which she intends to unleash her Liberal
fury, once again, on an unwary public.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
More on American Politics & Political Competition
More on American Government & the U.S. Presidency
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
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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