This is hopefully the end of the Clintons' monopoly on the Democratic Party

LBJDemocrat

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Wed Feb-27-08 08:35 PM
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This is hopefully the end of the Clintons' monopoly on the Democratic Party

Edited on Wed Feb-27-08 08:49 PM by LBJDemocrat

The era of the Clintons is coming to an end, and we should be glad. Since the early 1990s, they have been sabotaging our party, transforming it from a party of ideas to an unideological mafia that capitulates to the chattering class at the expense of millions of working Americans.

They brought us NAFTA, free trade with the People's Republic of China, and a climate that forbade "populist" ideas. That's only the tip of the iceberg regarding President Clinton, but these issues have been discussed elsewhere on this forum.

Nevertheless, the Clintons continued to disgust me after they left the White House. When Hillary Clinton ran for Senate in 2000, it was clear that she aimed to use it as a stepping stone to the White House. When the people attempted to steer our party towards the new ideas of leaders like Howard Dean and Barack Obama, Clinton and her minions (e.g. Carville) did everything to silence us. There are allegations that this faction was purposefully ineffectual in the 2004 election so as to make sure Hillary would be able to run in 2008. This may or may not be true, but Hillary Clinton benefitted from John Kerry's loss in 2004. And she attempted to benefit politically by voting for a war that drains our resources and has ended the lives of 4000 Americans while maiming tens of thousands more. But it's OK. It's not Chelsea's life that's at stake. She's safe, working, of all things, at a hedge fund, which makes me wonder what kind of person that young woman is.

If that wasn't enough, we saw Bill and Hillary attempt to polarize the United States along racial lines. Obama's win in South Carolina was insignificant because, according to Bill Clinton, black candidates can expect to win in the state. Hillary's campaign eventually stooped even lower by circulating pictures of Barack Obama in the traditional clothing of a certain east African ethnic group, as though that disqualified him from being president. I guess the presidency should be restricted to white Americans of English descent like Her Majesty.

Hopefully, Texas and Ohio will put an end to a family that has proven itself to be:
1. Against the working American (NAFTA, trade with the PRC).
2. Against the struggling American who cannot even find work (kicking people off welfare).
3. Against political fairness in the news media.
4. (When it benefits them politically) Against the dignity of black Americans.
5. For the Iraq War, just so that they could fulfil their plans of returning to the White House.

We will hopefully be able to say "good riddance" to the most despicable political mafia that the Democratic Party has seen since Tammany Hall.

Edit: It was Bill Clinton who said, "The era of big government is over," thus conceding the point to the Republicans. Let's keep these gutless panderers out of the White House lest we should one day hear, "The era of protectionism is over."