It was sold as a move to protect the environment. At the time the Clintons were worried that Ralph Nader’s presence on the ballot in a few Western states would draw green votes from Clinton in a race that promised to be close after the GOP retook Congress two years earlier.
As I recall they cut a tree to afford a better photo opp.
17 posted on 12/07/2017 11:13:28 AM PST by itsahoot
(As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)