IS HILLARY NIXONIAN?
SOME OF THE BIGGEST BIGSHOTS OF THE BLOGOSPHERE THINK SO: INSTAPUNDIT, THE BOSQUE BOYS, BAINBRIDGE, AND TOM SMITH.
SO ARE THEY RIGHT: NOPE.
AND SAYING THAT THEY'RE ALIKE IS AN INSULT TO NIXON.
JUST SAYING...
ON ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT IN JUST 5 YEARS NIXON:
- ENDED THE DRAFT,
- ENDED THE VIETNAM WAR SUCCESSFULLY - BY VIETNAMIZING SOUTH VIETNAM'S DEFENSE;
- SIGNED THE FIRST CLEAN AIR/WATER ACT;
- INVENTED DETENTE AND SIGNED THE VERY FIRST ARMS DEAL WITH THE USSR - AND DEFENDED THE SOVIET DISSIDENTS;
- OPENED UP CHINA;
- TOOK US OFF THE GOLD STANDARD;
- REESTABLISHED LAW & ORDER ON OUR STREETS AND CAMPUSES;
FULLY INTEGRATED THE ARMED FORCES, (A TASK BEGUN UNDER TRUMAN);- APPOINTED REHNQUIST;
- MADE SURE NASA FUNCTIONED WELL ENOUGH TO LAND THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON;
- AND MET ELVIS -
- AND SO ON...
NIXON ACHIEVED MORE LASTING AND IMPORTANT AND POSITIVE RESULTS - FOR THE USA AND THE ENTIRE WORLD - IN HIS 5 SHORT YEARS, (TUMULTUOUS AND CONFLICT-FILLED YEARS - AT HOME AND ABROAD!), THAN BJ CLINTON ACCOMPLISHED IN 8 RELATIVELY PEACEFUL AND SIMPLE YEARS.
AND WHO WAS ONE OF NIXON'S ARCH ENEMIES?
HILLARY.
JOHN KERRY - ANOTHER NIXON FOE - WAS MORE QUALIFIED TO BE POTUS, AND HE WAS UNFIT TO SERVE. SHE'S NOT FIT TO SERVE EITHER.
ASIDE: LOOKIT FOLKS: AT THE TIME (THE LATE SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES), I WAS AN ARDENT LEFTIE AND A NIXON-HATER WHO WAS RAISED BY FORMER COMMIES WHO HAD HATED NIXON SINCE THE 1950'S.
AND TO THIS DAY, I'M FRIENDS WITH A COUPLE OF LEFTIES WHO WERE ON NIXON'S ENEMY'S LIST.
NEVERTHELESS, LOOKING BACK I CAN SAY WITHOUT RESERVATION - AND DESPITE HIS OBVIOUS FLAWS - NIXON WAS A GREAT PRESIDENT, AND WE WERE LUCKY HE SERVED.
- AND I'LL ADD THIS: I WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF BILL'S - ONE OF HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTERS (THOUGH A SMALL ONE!). I VOTED FOR HIM TWICE.
- AND LOOKING BACK, I CAN SAY HE ACCOMPLISHED NEXT TO NOTHING. NAFTA. FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE. AND ER UMM... THAT'S ABOUT IT.
- THE ECONOMIC BUBBLES WERE ON HIS WATCH, AS WELL AS ALL THE MASSIVE CORPORATE MALFEASANCE - WHICH BUSH CORRECTED. AND SO WERE COUNTLESS UNANSWERED ATTACKS BY THE JIHADO-TERRORISTS.
In 1992, Bill Clinton was interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine. In that interview, he outlined his Welfare Reform plan. When he eventually signed that legislation into law, it was almost exactly as he outlined in the interview, as I recall.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me Clinton deserves to be credited, to some extent, for guiding and negotiating, with Congress, through the process of drafting that legislation.
And, it seems to me, that legislation was a pretty big deal.
Another thing I think Clinton deserves to be credited for is setting a tone of racial acceptance and equality in our country. Black folk accepted him as the first black President because he made us (Americans) believe that we were all inheritors of the American dream.
Reagan is credited with setting a tone, in that he restored America's sense of confidence in its ownself. If Reagan can be credited for setting a tone, then Clinton ought to be also.
After all, that is part of the President's job as the leader of the greatest nation on Earth.
CLINTON VETOED WELFARE REFORM TWICE.
ReplyDeleteWHEN A VETO-PROOF VERSION PASSED HE SIGNED IT.
BUT I DO AGREE HE DESERVES SOME CREDIT FOR THAT.
CREDIT THE LEFT - WHICH IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE PARTY NOW, AND HIS WIFE'S CANDIDACY - WON'T GIVE HIM.
GIVEN THE CHANCE: THEY'LL REPEAL; IT AND PASS NEW ENTITLEMENTS.
AS FOR THE RACIAL TONE: BULLSHIT.
AND HE COULDA SHOULDA REPEALED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - WHICH PERPETUATES RACISM.
I WATCHED A SPEECH HE GACE ON THE SUBJECT - FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
HE WAS WRONG.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS WRONG - AS WARD CONNERLY ARGUES SO BEAUTIFULLY.
THE LIVING DTANARDS AND HOME PWNERSHIP RATES FOR BLACKS IS HIOGHER NOW THAN DURING THE CLIUNTON ERA.
DO YOU THINKL BUSH WILL EVER BE CREDITED?
NEVER.
BLACK - LIKE MOST JEWS - ARE STUCK IN THE DEMOCRAT QUAGMIRE OF THE PAST.
BLACKS AND JEWS SHOULD WAKE UP AND SEE WHO IS REALLY THE BEST FOR THEM AND THE AMERICAN DREAM.
IT IS NOT THE LEFTISTS.
GOVERNMENT DEPENDENCY IS BAD FOR POOR PEOPLE.
AND THE MUTLICULTURALIST AGENDA IS A GRAMSICAN ATTACK ON JUDEO-CHRISTIANITY.
AND CHRISTIAN BLACKS AND JEWS SHOULD OPPOSE IT.