Long Awaited
I think one of the first books I read about the Clinton presidency was Unlimited Access. Gary Aldrich's expose of what he'd seen while serving as an FBI agent in the newly-minted Clinton White House was eye opening, but not so eye opening as the sound of crickets from the media of the day who wouldn't even interview him. George Stephanopolous, then still a Clinton crony, probably made the biggest splash on any news show by dismissing Aldrich's claims without so much as a why and then never speaking of them again.
Since then, we've also had five years of the Bush presidency, one in which ironically enough Senator Hillary Clinton has called one of the most corrupt in history, and a white washing of the Clinton legacy as well as intonations to 'move on' and stop blaming everything bad on Clinton.
Well, despite the best efforts of those who like revisionist history, the heavily censored-by-Democrats Barrett Report has finally debuted, and lo and behold there appears to have indeed been massive corruption and scandal in the Clinton White House. Who'd have thunk it?
The reason I bring this up on a blog about government not being responsive to the people or government thinking it's above the people is this. The Clinton administration, regardless of what revisionist history is telling kids these days, was demonstrably one of the most corrupt administrations if not the most in the history of this country. Even to this day, with the former NSA advisor Sandy Berger getting convicted of stealing documents from the National Archives, the members of the Clinton administration demonstrate and have demonstrated how they feel they and their policies are above the law, and above the common pleb they wish to control. For an example of exactly the kind of people who you don't want running this country, and that's important as they seek to do it again in 2008, you need look no further thanthe lists of scandals and the members of this administration, especially the incredibly long list of members that have done time for Bubba C's admin.
Say what you will about the current administration, they have not even amassed a fraction of scandals or convictions compared to the previous. The important thing to remember is, this is not just a Republican/Democrat/Libertarian/Reform/Green thing. This is not just an ethics thing. This is a look at an administration whose alumni may again see power in three years. The last thing they'd like you to remember is the way they ran things previously. So, given the release of the Barrett report, I thought, what better time to do just that.
I think one of the first books I read about the Clinton presidency was Unlimited Access. Gary Aldrich's expose of what he'd seen while serving as an FBI agent in the newly-minted Clinton White House was eye opening, but not so eye opening as the sound of crickets from the media of the day who wouldn't even interview him. George Stephanopolous, then still a Clinton crony, probably made the biggest splash on any news show by dismissing Aldrich's claims without so much as a why and then never speaking of them again.
Since then, we've also had five years of the Bush presidency, one in which ironically enough Senator Hillary Clinton has called one of the most corrupt in history, and a white washing of the Clinton legacy as well as intonations to 'move on' and stop blaming everything bad on Clinton.
Well, despite the best efforts of those who like revisionist history, the heavily censored-by-Democrats Barrett Report has finally debuted, and lo and behold there appears to have indeed been massive corruption and scandal in the Clinton White House. Who'd have thunk it?
The reason I bring this up on a blog about government not being responsive to the people or government thinking it's above the people is this. The Clinton administration, regardless of what revisionist history is telling kids these days, was demonstrably one of the most corrupt administrations if not the most in the history of this country. Even to this day, with the former NSA advisor Sandy Berger getting convicted of stealing documents from the National Archives, the members of the Clinton administration demonstrate and have demonstrated how they feel they and their policies are above the law, and above the common pleb they wish to control. For an example of exactly the kind of people who you don't want running this country, and that's important as they seek to do it again in 2008, you need look no further thanthe lists of scandals and the members of this administration, especially the incredibly long list of members that have done time for Bubba C's admin.
Say what you will about the current administration, they have not even amassed a fraction of scandals or convictions compared to the previous. The important thing to remember is, this is not just a Republican/Democrat/Libertarian/Reform/Green thing. This is not just an ethics thing. This is a look at an administration whose alumni may again see power in three years. The last thing they'd like you to remember is the way they ran things previously. So, given the release of the Barrett report, I thought, what better time to do just that.
posted by Rob Beck | 5:41 AM
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