Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, Reagan DID put himself in that position - but people like Ollie North, Poindexter et al bit the bullet and protected him. As someone pointed out somewhere in the last 24 hours, what was such a fascinating difference between the 80s and 90s is that during the 80s, the Democrats attacked Reagan - for his policies and governance - During the 90s, the Republicans spent their energy attacking Clinton on a personal level. Yes, Clinton was/is a deeply flawed individual who couldn't keep his pants up. But as we well know, he was hardly the first President - Democrat or Republican - to carry on outside marriage while in office, nor will he be the last. But a right-wing cabal that was every bit as bitter over the fact that Clinton had "robbed" them of the White House as many Democrats are over the Florida mess in 2000, set out from election day on to bring him down. The bottom line, of course, is that Clinton's HUGE mistake, like Nixon before him and Bush II after him, was not to simple and publicly say - 'Ooops! Boy, did I fuck up.' Had Clinton done that, the whole mess would have gone away - at least in terms of attempts to impeach him, and, far more important, in terms of his being so damn distracted those during the second term that he often didn't focus where he should have. Let's not forget, that when he responded to the African embassy bombings he was accused of "wagging the dog," and now he's being accused by the same people of not having responded strenuously enough. And btw, I am NOT a Clinton fan - although I do think he was the best Republican President since Eisenhower. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of GREG LORENZO Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 11:46 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Remembering the Reagan years Can't speak as to Bush Jr., but Reagan seems to had the good sense not to have put himself in the position of having too in the first place. > On Jun 9, 2004, at 10:20 PM, Brian sledz wrote: > > At least none of these quotes below are like one of the Clinton > lines, > > "depends what the definition of is is." Classic. > > But can anyone imagine G-Dub or Reagan having the presence of mind > to > play semantics games with a lawyer - on the stand, under pressure? > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information