[Industrialblog,
September 25, 2006]
BTW, leave Clinton alone
I see a lot of stuff about President Bill Clinton, who went a little ballistic on a recent TV interview, as a failure who ignored terrorism. Plenty of blame here, folks. Does the GOP have any responsibility for distracting Clinton from his job by the endless, stupid, moronic, impeachment proceedings?
Of course. Impeachment was pure power politics at the expense of all of us and our national security. There was a time when our political class would have known to overlook indiscretions such as Clinton's. And that would've been the best thing to do.
Clinton may have had flaws, but you know what? I don't care. I believe that he did all he could, knowing what he knew, and hindsight is 20-20. Leave the man alone.
Of course. Impeachment was pure power politics at the expense of all of us and our national security. There was a time when our political class would have known to overlook indiscretions such as Clinton's. And that would've been the best thing to do.
Clinton may have had flaws, but you know what? I don't care. I believe that he did all he could, knowing what he knew, and hindsight is 20-20. Leave the man alone.
I'm not sure there is any solution, however, since parties seem drawn to the extremes of their bases first and turn away from self-critism and compromise. Heavy gerrymandering only makes real discussion less likely.
I do think, however, that 9/11 changed the moved for both taking action, the need for self-evaluation, and the need to set aside the politics of polarization. IMO, we are weakened by our internal us versus them mentality --- and this is intended to point across the board.