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CLINTONESQUE
Now that Vice President Al Gore has announced his candidacy for president, we'll be hearing an increase in the already shrill cacophony from the GOPpers who hope to tar Gore with the Clinton scandal brush. Of course they have been very careful NOT to suggest that this "guilt by association" also includes a booming economy, and social programs such as an increased police, teachers and family support plus gun control etc.
Nope, that will be Al's job. He'll be out there accentuating the positive and trying to eliminate the negative as it is being applied to him. And, thanks to Prez Bill, he has a lot of things to brag on.
Condemn Clinton if you will, but no president in history has ever given his V.P. as much leeway, as much responsibility and as much credit as he has given Gore. Whatever Gore's faults, he is EXCEEDINGLY WELL PREPARED AND EXPERIENCED FOR THE OFFICE HE SEEKS.
He may not have invented
the Internet, but he sure was responsible for all out support of it in
its infancy and for getting Clinton interested in its value to students
and especially for its value to women, who continue to be under-reported,
under-respected and under-represented by the media. 
Check
out:
http://www.fair.org/extra/9511/opeds.html
The GOP's cannot deny Vice President Gore's excellent credentials so they hope to influence voters by tying Gore to Clinton -- his sex scandals, the allegations of treason for selling nuclear secrets to the Chinese, and alleged campaign finance law infractions.
Stiff, wooden, dull and boring are all adjectives that we will often hear describing the Vice President. While Gore may be justly faulted for not being the life of the party, no one has been able to find any instance where he fails the purity test. So no one should try to label squeaky clean Al as CLINTONESQUE.
No, indeed, not Gore. However that label has been applied to another candidate for the presidency -- "W".
The media has gone ga ga over Bush, some even going so far as to call him "Prince George," heir to daddy's throne so rudely snatched away by Clinton in '93.
G.O.P. governors, senators and reps who have rushed to Texas to symbolically kneel at his feet to pledge loyalty, are constantly praising him. None of them seem to care about HIS past, HIS credentials, or HIS moral authority, because the word has gone out that HE COULD WIN!
We have heard little that is derogatory about Bush, as yet, from Democrats, but some of the rank and file GOPpers have described Gee Dubya as "vague and inadequate." Nevertheless, they think that the huge amount of money already in the coffers for media blitzes and princely trappings will win the day.
"We
would support, finance and vote for a Sadam Hussain if it would get us
back the presidency," confided a Southern governor recently
off-the-record. Make no mistake, this is grudge fight. Since
daddy George was defeated by Clinton and denied a second term, family,
friends and political cronies have been bending their bippys for revenge.
Heir apparent, "W" was not the first choice, Jeb Bush was, but he had other plans. So a great deal of hard cash and effort was poured in to cover up any and all bimbo eruptions, alcoholic binges and drug usage prior to the purchase of the Texas governorship.
No effort or cash was spared in the making of this silk purse out of a sow's ear. From the git go, young George has been intensively groomed to start out of the gate looking "presidential" to cover up how woefully inadequate and inexperienced he really is. Guess what successful politician he emulated? Guess who, unknowingly taught him? The answer became evident even before he left Texas. When the media asked for his opinion on the Kosovo situation, he gave such an evasive and vague answer that it reminded them of the famous line, "it depends on what the meaning of is, is." So they called his first comment on foreign affairs as a presidential candidate, CLINTONESQUE
And to add insult to injury, when "W" made his first trip out of Texas, many reporters called the way he worked the crowds, CLINTONESQUE.
Noting the huge entourage of press, body guards and staffers that "W" brought with him, reporters gushed that "it was as if the president had come to Iowa!"
His speeches, though vague, parroted most of the same themes as the president, and reporters labeled them CLINTONESQUE both in form and delivery.
Warning signs should be going up for the GOPpers who have put all their political eggs in the "W" basket. A recent poll by the prestigious Pew Research Center showed that "ONLY 12% OF AMERICANS WANT THE NEXT PRESIDENT TO BE LIKE CLINTON PERSONALLY."
An overwhelming 78% said they wanted someone with different qualities. It's no wonder Dubya does not want his past habits revealed. Clintonesque! It's like kismet, deja vous and karma all at once.
Former Governor of Texas, Ann Richards, once said referring to daddy George, "Poor George, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth."
Recalling her observation, a Texan recently commented, "Poor George "W," he was born with a silver spoon in his NOSE."
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Copyright 1999 Renee T. Louise and Ruth M. Sprague, Ph.D. These articles may be republished for noncommercial use only, provided that they are copied intact, and that this copyright notice is attached. Address all queries to: twanda@together.net.
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