THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VII, Issue # 129, June 13, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
DEAN IS THE CLINTONS WITHOUT THE "SLICK"
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & PARTISAN POLITICS IN THE U.S.A. -- CLINTON-STYLE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TACTICS & STRATEGY:
HALF-TRUTHS, BLATANT LIES, PANDERING TO ETHNIC GROUPS, & VICIOUS PERSONAL ATTACKS ON POLITICAL
OPPONENTS -- HOWARD DEAN'S INEFFECTIVE USE OF THE CLINTONS' UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICAL TACTICS & STRATEGY
FULL STORY:
Nebraska's U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey (who, for the record, never claimed he spent
Christmas in Cambodia) once called Bill Clinton “an unusually good liar.”
Unfortunately, American culture has degenerated to such a point that this
statement, coming as it did from a fellow Democrat, was hardly perceived as
disparaging the former President.
Throughout the Clinton Presidency, Democratic Party hacks were thoroughly
adoring of the manner in which Bill and Hillary Clinton were able to slither out of
one outrageous scandal after another by means of half-truths, juvenile
excuses, and often, blatant lies. Worse yet, they managed to concoct a
fairly formidable political persona during this time by inventing tales of
their past heroics, thus building “larger than life” images of themselves,
which played well to the perennially gullible.
To the degree that they were successful, they personified Lincoln’s adage of
“fooling some of the people all of the time.” And in light of the obvious
successes, their methods eventually became widely adopted among Democrats.
But while such tactics worked for the Clintons, others who have attempted to follow
their example have not fared so well. Democratic Party National Chairman Howard Dean
is, on a daily basis, conclusively proving this point. Hardly a bizarre
aberration from the Democratic Party mainstream (as some embarrassed Democrats are
now trying to portray him), Dean, instead, exemplifies the very soul and
essence of Liberal Leftist thinking and strategy, as institutionalized by the
Clintons.
Dean’s only problem is that his attempts to demagogue and manipulate the
public are patently obvious. In short, he is blowing the cover of the
Clinton-style Democratic Party political strategy of recent years.
When seeking to impress America’s black population, Clinton was shameless in
his pandering. At a ceremony commemorating Rosa Parks and the historic
effort to end the segregationist practice of requiring blacks to ride at the
back of public buses, Clinton claimed that during his youth, and in honor of
Parks, he and his friends willingly took seats at the back of the bus.
Later, in another pandering episode, he maintained that upon arriving at La
Guardia airport in New York from international flights (though no such
flights ever took place) he rode the bus to Harlem just because he so
enjoyed being there. One has to wonder if, on those fictitious trips, he
also imagined himself seated at the back of the bus.
Clinton’s phony “I feel your pain” compassion was on display with his
recollection of burning of black churches in Arkansas (another series of
events that never occurred). Nevertheless, Liberal Leftist black leaders eventually
dubbed Clinton America’s first “Black President.”
Likewise Hillary shamelessly pandered while visiting New Zealand, where she
claimed to have been named after that nation's renowned mountain climber Sir
Edmund Hillary. This too was fraudulent, since, at the time of her birth, Sir
Edmund had yet to make his historic climb, and was merely an obscure
beekeeper.
More ominously, it was Bill Clinton who, in the wake of the congressional
vote for his impeachment, excoriated Republicans in Washington, whom he
accused of engaging in “the politics of personal destruction.” Concurrently,
he and his army of lawyers worked feverishly to politically disgrace and
destroy Congressman Henry Hyde, Independent Prosecutor Ken Starr, and anyone
else who posed a threat to them.
In concert with her unscrupulous husband, Hillary masterminded the
counterattack in which she vilified his accusers as a “vast Rightwing
conspiracy,” alleging that the charges against the President were entirely
groundless. Amazingly, even in the aftermath of the episode, with virtually
every accusation proven to have been factual, Hillary still retains an air
of credibility in certain Leftwing Liberal circles.
So who can blame Howard Dean for believing that he can say anything on any
occasion with impunity, even if doing so signifies condescension, bigotry
and hatred, or is in complete contradiction to previous statements and
incontrovertible facts. It is true that his occasional attempts to reverse
course and pander on those issues are as transparent as cellophane.
Nevertheless, his assessments of race, religion, and the nature of
Conservatism are honest and heart-felt to a degree never achieved by the
previous Democratic President.
Far from being an outcast, operating on the fringes of his party, Dean
merely personifies the Clinton political machine without its camouflage. He
does what worked, and may still work, for them. As such he is acting as a
warning beacon to America, clearly foretelling of what it will face if it
ever again plays the fool for the Clintons.
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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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