dragging out the scapegoats

[Terrance]

Jerky wrote:
> 
> Speaking of scapegoats...  would you mind elucidating exactly how "these
> problems" can be attributed to Clinton? I've heard dozens of right-wing
> demagogues repeat this accusation over the last week, without any real details.

The devil is in the details. We can argue about what the Republicans
did, the impeachment, the Lewinsky matter, the press...and of course
Clinton had successes too, but this article is, I believe, a fair and
balanced assessment of Clinton's problems, mistakes, in the second term.

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria/whatis.html

George W. Bush, as Paul noted, is not up to the task, but the men around
him are. 
I don't have any idea what the task is yet, but fact that B52s have been
readied on Diego Garcia hints that there will be heavy carpet bombings
first. Where? Iraq? Afghanistan? Pakistan?  Sudan? Yemen? Boston? Vero
Beach Florida? All or none of these? Who can say? 

> 
> Personally, I wish we had a man of Clinton's intellect, capability and
> empathy in the White House right now, rather than that comic strip cowboy
> and the hard-to-believe collection of evil fuckers that surround him. It
> would have been better to have Al Gore - the "smartest kid in class" as he
> was so condescendingly referred to during the election - in there, as well.
> 
> As for Chomsky: Yeah.  He stepped over the line.
> 
> Cheers,
> yer old pal Jerky
> 
> At 01:37 PM 9/19/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Well all I can say is it's a good thing Clinton, the poll
> >president is out of office.
> >Haven't heard much criticism of him from the left. Why not?
> >Bush in office only a short time here and many of these
> >problems, although the left points its finger only at  Bush
> >I and Bush II, can be attributed to the Clinton
> >Administration.
> >
> >Also, I think Chomsky has completely lost all credibility
> >now. He is too selective with history. He can find only what
> >a lefty gone extreme can discover in these recent events,
> >selective reading of US foreign policy.