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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (236152)6/7/2005 7:10:53 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 1573197
 
re: At one point, the interviewer asked Clinton why he thought there was so much animosity/tension between the two parties. He had a really interested spin on the whole problem. He said he thought it started back in the 1960s during the Vietnam war. He believes that the Republicans in this country did not want to withdraw from the war [sound familiar]and they felt the liberals forced this country to pull out.

Secondly, he thinks the Nixon impeachment intensified the right's anger level, causing it to go up another notch; that they believed what Nixon did was not an impeachable offense and that the liberals pushed it just to get Nixon out of the WH. After that, the GOP was hell bent on seizing power and maintaining as much control as possible.

I completely agree with the second part... Watergate raised the stakes and the Republicans have been getting revenge ever since.

But I wouldn't agree with the first part. Towards the end of Vietnam, most of the country recognized that we needed to get out. Sure there were some irrational hawks (you can find many clones on this thread) but the thinking people had had enough.

And remember it was a Republican who pulled the plug.

I think it's interesting and irrational the way the hawks always blame the war dissidents for the losses in a war. As if the combined will of the US people somehow translates to the tactical battlefield.

John
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