Nouveau riche hillbillies
By Linda Bowles
© 2002 Linda Bowles
This year, instead of selfishly making New Year's resolutions
for myself, I have decided to offer assistance to other people
who need help and have asked for it. Frankly, due to my year-in
and year-out diligence in pursuit of personal excellence, I
have just about run out of significant shortcomings. This is
not to say that I am perfect; this is to say that I am close
enough to skip a year in the interest of helping other people.
As luck would have it, Bill Clinton has cried out for help.
Recently, he assembled a group of people, including various
members of his former staff, assorted political hacks,
political toadies, groupies, for-hire character assassins and
criminal lawyers. He asked them to cite his accomplishments and
remind the people what he had done for the country.
Although not asked specifically to participate, I feel an
obligation to respond to the request of the former president by
citing a few of his accomplishments, and giving credit where
credit is due by reminding the people what he has done to the
country.
The Little Rock wrecking crew left festering situations and
unattended issues strewn all over the globe. Like nouveau riche
hillbillies, they wasted the resources they inherited and made
a mess of the White House, stealing some of its treasures on
the way out.
Clinton talked about education but did nothing about improving
it other than stuff money into the pockets of the education
unions. Clinton misused the men and women in the military,
leaving them bereft of resources, overextended and discouraged.
He prattled on about the fiscal illness of Social Security and
Medicare, but never offered a remedy. He invited an energy
crisis by ignoring its looming presence while pandering to
wacky American greenies. He disregarded clear signals that a
sagging economy required help and handed his successor an
impending recession. He undercut the moral standards of the
nation by modeling a contempt for decency. He undermined the
law by skirting its intent and corrupting the processes of the
Justice Department itself. On his last day in office he issued
140 pardons to murderers, his brother, drug dealers,
terrorists, big-money political contributors and friends of the
family.
During a scandal-drenched eight years, it was credibly charged
or proven that this president had sexual relations on
government property and during working hours with a young White
House intern, groped a female visitor in the Oval Office, paid
his way out of a pants-dropping charge, was credibly accused of
rape by Juanita Broaddrick, organized a White House hit team to
assassinate the reputation of his accusers, took money from
Chinese communist donors, solicited political donations while
on government property, entertained known criminals, drug
dealers and arms smugglers at private White House gatherings,
hid subpoenaed documents in the living quarters of the White
House, rented out the Lincoln bedroom, sold seats on Air Force
One, violated the War Powers Act, bombed an aspirin factory in
Sudan, used the IRS and the FBI to attack political enemies,
used taxpayer-paid lawyers and aides to defend himself against
charges of sexual misconduct, lied under oath, lied when not
under oath, shredded documents, suborned perjury, tampered with
witnesses, and obstructed justice.
A number of Clinton's actions were so unique as to warrant
special mention. U.S. federal Judge Susan Webber Wright found
Bill Clinton in civil contempt for lying under oath and
obstructing justice and fined him $90,000. He was impeached by
the U.S. House of Representatives. The Arkansas Supreme Court
Committee on Professional Conduct disbarred him for five years
and fined him $25,000. The Supreme Court of the United States
barred Clinton from practicing law before the high court.
Bill Clinton never uttered a word of regret for the 19 innocent
babies and children who were burned to death at Waco. He used
the power of his office to protect the right of abortionists to
kill healthy babies seconds and inches from birth. He used
brute force and automatic weapons to force a helpless child,
Elian Gonzales, to return to a prison island called Cuba, while
openly condoning a massive invasion by hundreds of thousands of
illegal immigrants.
Clinton masterfully practiced the sick politics of personal
self-destruction. He bartered away his mind to the educational
unions, his heart to the homosexual lobby, his conscience to
radical feminists, his country to the Lippo Group, and his
legacy to his loins.
In the interest of a fair and balanced presentation, I offer
these words for the edification of President George W. Bush:
Dear W: You are doing a great job! Keep up the good work! |
