Obama: Beware the Lessons of '93

[zonmoy]

Barack Obama seeks a new era of bipartisanship, but he should take heed of what happened to the last Democrat in the White House – Bill Clinton – in 1993 when he sought to appease Republicans by shelving pending investigations into Reagan-Bush-I-era wrongdoing and hoped for some reciprocity.



Instead the Republicans pocketed the Democratic concessions and pressed ahead with possibly the most partisan assault ever directed against a sitting President. The war on Clinton included attacks on his past life in Arkansas, on his wife Hillary, on personnel decisions at the White House, and on key members of his administration.

The Republicans also took the offensive against Clinton’s reformist agenda, denying him even one GOP vote for his first budget and then sabotaging Hillary Clinton’s plan for universal health insurance.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/111108.html

[BlueCaliDem]

1. "We won't throw the first punch, but we'll throw the last" said Obama during the campaign...

... and kept his promise, hitting the McCain, the GOP and the RNC hard when they struck out first. I have no reason to believe he won't do that when he's President.

[zonmoy]

3. Problem is that this particular band of criminals

first hit would probably either cripple or kill his presidency.

[BlueCaliDem]

4. I doubt it. It's 2008, not 1993 anymore and it's the era of the Internet. I see

no reason to panic having seen the way Obama can hit back.

Don't worry so much. :patriot:

[David__77]

2. Obama is no Clinton - and that's good thing.

He will not be "centrist," conceding points with no advantage. No, he's "our Reagan."