Can Clinton Save his Candidacy? - June 92 Repugs Gloating!

[RamboLiberal]

Buzzflash had this hilarious blast from the past posted - you might want to bookmark this one for those inevitable down days we'll all have in '04! WE CAN WIN!

http://www.worldandi.com/public/1992/june/cr6.cfm

This is a year of turmoil and terror in the Democratic Party: Their likely presidential nominee battered, bloodied, and ridiculed even before the general election has begun; angry, unforgiving voters appear ready to wreak punishment on the scandal-ridden Democratic-controlled Congress; and a fiery anti-incumbent mood may be sweeping the nation.

Rarely, in contemporary American politics, has a prospective Democratic presidential standard-bearer emerged successfully from his early primaries burdened by so many deep public doubts about his character within his own party. This is the astonishing situation that now faces the Democrats and Bill Clinton as he moves to lock up the nomination and convince a doubting nation that he is not the "slick Willie" portrayed by his political enemies, depicted by the new media, and lampooned by late-night comedians.

The Arkansas governor's candidacy has need deeply weakened by allegations that he committed adultery during his marriage; that he personally took steps to avoid being drafted during the height of the Vietnam War; that he and his wife, Hillary, an influential lawyer with a prominent law firm that does business with the state, were insensitive to the appearance of conflict of interest throughout his governorship; and that he has been slippery and evasive in answering questions from the news media about his personal and professional conduct

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Yet there are some in the Democratic Party who think that the way things are going, the Republicans won't have to do much to run a successful campaign against Clinton. Said one key strategist in the Bush-Quayle campaign committee, "We're following the Napoleonic maxim: Never interfere with the enemy when they are in the process of destroying themselves."

[cally]

1. This made me smile

Thanks for making me more confident. One thing I noticed is that what the media called Clinton way back then clung to him throughout his Presidency. Slick Willie, evasive and slippery, too powerful a wife. It's amazing how bad the media is.

[NavajoRug]

2. We should not be gloating about this . . .

One of the biggest mistakes we've made over the last ten years is that we have terribly overestimated Bill Clinton's contributions to the Democratic Party and to America in general.

The sooner we get over this crap, the better off we will be in the long run.

[joefree1]

3. Thanks for this

I remember other doom and gloom articles about Bush too in the 2000 election. Goes to show that we shouldn't underestimate rethuglicans and they shouldn't underestimate us. Course they always do.


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