THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VII, Issue # 38, February 18, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
SAINT HILLARY & REVEREND DEAN? DON'T BELIEVE IT!
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, PARTISAN POLITICS, & POLITICAL PROPAGANDA -- THE LIES & DISTORTIONS THAT ARE BEING
SPREAD BY HILLARY CLINTON IN PURSUIT OF HER PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS & BY HOWARD DEAN IN HIS HOPES OF THE
DEMOCRATS' RESUMPTION OF POLITICAL DOMINANCE IN AMERICAN POLITICS & IN THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
FULL STORY:
Howard Dean, the new Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and U.S.
Senator Hillary Clinton (Democrat - New York) jointly hold the dubious distinction of
being the only major public figures with less credibility than Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas.
Abbas, the recently elected successor to the late Yassir Arafat, alternates between
advocating peace and brotherhood with Israel and calling for Israel's total
annihilation, his position on the matter depending on the particular audience he happens to be
addressing. Likewise, both Howard Dean and Hillary Clinton are on record as being not only
the sworn enemies of Conservatism, but also its truest of champions.
Although these two Liberal Leftist Democrats disagree on specific tactics in their respective quests for
power, and they undoubtedly hold contrasting views as to who should be
running the Democratic Party (and ultimately, the country), they are
nevertheless inseparably bonded by a devotion to the philosophy, ideology, and policy agenda of
Leftwing Liberalism. It is a mistake to believe the commonly proffered notion that
their relationship is purely adversarial.
Furthermore, each has attempted a major public image “makeover” during recent months, and
each expects to benefit from the eager assistance of the mainstream media,
where their inconsistencies will no doubt continue to be hidden from public
scrutiny. Such jaded coverage would only be consistent with past media
behavior.
Consider that, during the eight years of Bill Clinton’s Presidency, ABC
heavy Ted Koppel could only muster the moral indignation to deride anyone as
“an accomplished liar,” when his target was Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North. Dan
Rather, that bastion of objectivity, attempted a more imaginative cover for
the Clintons, on one occasion asserting that an individual could at once be
a prolific liar and still be “honest.” Go figure.
So now Dean and Clinton are back in posturing mode, attempting to find
common ground with the Conservative and religious segment of American
society, or at least a sufficient share of it to enable them to win
elections.
Dean, it should be remembered, demonstrated the extent of his “faith” during
last year’s presidential race. Unwilling to become bogged down by such
nuanced trivialities as the mass slaughter of the unborn or the time-honored
characterization of marriage, he was courageously immovable when facing that
morally defining issue of bicycle paths, and the heresy of his church’s
opposition to them.
Dean also voiced his “respect” for Jesus Christ, when attempting to court
the votes of Christian Southerners. But this ploy met with no more success
than his phony embrace of the Confederate flag. Perhaps his next foray into
the South should include the circular outline of a can of chewing tobacco,
prominently “faded” into the back pocket of his blue jeans.
Likewise, Hillary’s recent embrace of pro-family and pro-life thinking
constitutes a fundamental change from those anti-Christian causes that she
passionately advocated throughout her tenure as First Lady. And despite her
apparent prophetic insight when playing the cattle futures, anyone who
believes this to be evidence of true spirituality will no doubt also believe
she really is a Jewish Yankees fan.
Seizing major policy-making roles during her husband’s Presidency, Hillary
will now, in all likelihood, take partial credit for such traditionally
Conservative milestones as balancing of the federal budget during the 1990s,
along with the landmark implementation of welfare reform.
Yet, in both cases, the reality is that the Clinton administration was
dragged, kicking and screaming, into compliance with an agenda set forth by
the Republican Congress. Bill Clinton vetoed welfare reform twice, only
grudgingly signing it as the 1996 presidential campaign season heated up.
Ditto for the federal budget, which was briefly reigned in only as a result of
Congressional spending restraints, coupled with an enormously expanding
economy.
Undoubtedly, in this age of alternative media and with the up and coming
army of “bloggers” nipping at their heals, Hillary Clinton and Howard Dean
won’t find it quite so easy to escape the contradictions between their
recent “Centrist” statements and the brazen Leftwing Liberalism that defined their
past political activity.
Look for them to regularly complain of “being taken out of context” or, in
Hillary’s case, to revert to that insipid “I don’t recall” excuse used so
profusely throughout the innumerable scandals that mired down the Clinton
Presidency.
Thus, Hillary’s presidential aspirations and Dean’s hopes for the resumption
of political dominance by Democrats should be fairly easy to thwart. That is,
unless Republicans run a “Moderate” candidate, a situation in which Republicans will be
desperately attempting their own last-minute makeover. And if such is the
case, rest assured that the Liberal media won’t be nearly so supportive or
cooperative.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition
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. Adamo maintains his own Internet website, which is located at
www.chrisadamo.com.
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