Dixie - In Memoriam
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Many people assume I don't have much respect for Bill Clinton, and I would say this is a misconception, because I certainly do respect Clinton's political prowess and ability to use charisma to his political advantage, regardless of the situation. If Clinton were in Bush's shoes, I am convinced that 80% of the country would be completely behind what we were doing in Iraq, and think of it as a great and noble cause, vital in winning the war on terror. Clinton just had the ability to sell the public, like no president of my time. Even in the heat of unprecedented scandal, the sort of things that would have ended most political careers without further question, Clinton somehow managed to remain popular. That was no accident, that was a mastery of manipulation like none we've ever seen. Clinton knew when to bite that bottom lip... when to be seen carrying a Bible... how to deliver the Elvis-like one-liners for maximum news cycle sound byte consumption.
In historical perspective, the power vacuum created in the wake of Clinton's two terms, will ironically be what killed the Democratic party. Clinton literally sucked the life out of Al Gore, and made it virtually impossible for him to be elected as a successor. With the important strategic inclusion of Lieberman on the ticket, he was able to garner a greater popular vote than Bush, and almost pulled it out of the fire. Had Gore won, the Democrats would have probably not gone insanely liberal. But because the charisma of Gore/Lieberman was not desirable enough to a clear electoral majority of America, as Clinton had, the Democrats saw a real problem for their future.
At this point, they should have moved the party to a more conservative position and taken a play from the Clinton playbook, using 'triangulation' to their advantage. They squandered this opportunity for several key reasons. Most prominently, the massive amounts of money from socialists like George Soros, and I believe, an intriguing strategy set in play by the Clinton's themselves, for the express purpose of getting Hillary elected. If the Dems followed Clinton's lead, and sought advice on political direction, it may have been the strategy to push the party far left, and have Hillary poised to "save the day" and pull the party back to a popular centrist position... Some will recognize this as the "pendulum theory" ...Liberal/Conservative views swing back and forth as a pendulum, pushing the party more liberal, would create a momentum for a centrist candidate, which Hillary was trying to convey.
Something profoundly interesting has happened to this plan. It's not clearly visible, but Hillary has recently made the news being a little more liberal... a little more anti-war radical... hmmmm.... could it be, they have pushed the pendulum too far? Did the Clinton's and Soros over-estimate their efforts and ability to promote a more liberal Democratic party, and now they have created a monster out of their control? See... what happens when you push the pendulum too far to the left, is pretty soon, you run into the most profoundly radical right, and you've crossed the apex of no return... the pendulum becomes the Looping Starship, and doesn't swing back. With credible sources starting to suggest the Neocons orchestrated 9/11, it seems clear that we are past the apex at this point, and I don't think the Clinton's believe they can save it. After all, Hillary doesn't exactly have her husbands charisma.
In historical perspective, the power vacuum created in the wake of Clinton's two terms, will ironically be what killed the Democratic party. Clinton literally sucked the life out of Al Gore, and made it virtually impossible for him to be elected as a successor. With the important strategic inclusion of Lieberman on the ticket, he was able to garner a greater popular vote than Bush, and almost pulled it out of the fire. Had Gore won, the Democrats would have probably not gone insanely liberal. But because the charisma of Gore/Lieberman was not desirable enough to a clear electoral majority of America, as Clinton had, the Democrats saw a real problem for their future.
At this point, they should have moved the party to a more conservative position and taken a play from the Clinton playbook, using 'triangulation' to their advantage. They squandered this opportunity for several key reasons. Most prominently, the massive amounts of money from socialists like George Soros, and I believe, an intriguing strategy set in play by the Clinton's themselves, for the express purpose of getting Hillary elected. If the Dems followed Clinton's lead, and sought advice on political direction, it may have been the strategy to push the party far left, and have Hillary poised to "save the day" and pull the party back to a popular centrist position... Some will recognize this as the "pendulum theory" ...Liberal/Conservative views swing back and forth as a pendulum, pushing the party more liberal, would create a momentum for a centrist candidate, which Hillary was trying to convey.
Something profoundly interesting has happened to this plan. It's not clearly visible, but Hillary has recently made the news being a little more liberal... a little more anti-war radical... hmmmm.... could it be, they have pushed the pendulum too far? Did the Clinton's and Soros over-estimate their efforts and ability to promote a more liberal Democratic party, and now they have created a monster out of their control? See... what happens when you push the pendulum too far to the left, is pretty soon, you run into the most profoundly radical right, and you've crossed the apex of no return... the pendulum becomes the Looping Starship, and doesn't swing back. With credible sources starting to suggest the Neocons orchestrated 9/11, it seems clear that we are past the apex at this point, and I don't think the Clinton's believe they can save it. After all, Hillary doesn't exactly have her husbands charisma.
