Anything’s better than the Clintons

Posted on 3 February 2008 by Diane Warth

by Rick Salutin, rabble news, 1 February 2008

To each his schadenfreude.

I’ve enjoyed seeing the Clintons exposed for their mean, racializing campaign tactics lately — the smirk on Bill (“the first black president”) as he implied that Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson are a couple of black guys no one should take seriously.

But don’t overlook the Clintons’ record in power. After all, they were president for eight years, governor before, and senator after. They sometimes got a pass due to the moralizing, evangelizing rightwing lynch mob that pursued them. But consider the record.

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2 Responses to Anything’s better than the Clintons

  1. Brother Rolf says:
    3 February 2008 at 1605

    I’m glad Bill is campaigning. I almost forgot how bad the Clintons were while in office. The firing of the caterers the 500 FBI reports, etc.

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  2. Diane Warth says:
    3 February 2008 at 1647

    I posted Salutin’s article despite taking issue with his claim that Iraq sanctions led “to perhaps thousands of deaths of kids.”

    Madeleine Albright’s infamous exchange with Lesley Stahl:

    Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?

    Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it.

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