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(Paragraphs created for clarity) Even if the latest allegations about Marc Rich--that he helped broker Saddam's oil-for-food deals--prove accurate, that won't be the main reason Clinton's pardon of the fugitive financier was scandalous. Saddam could presumably always get someone to broker his lucrative schemes--if not Rich, then another high-level operater. The Marc Rich pardon was scandalous mainly because it taught a generation of young Americans that you could buy your way out of punishment. ... But buy with what? ... Here's an instance where the convenient case for public figure privacy in matters of sex--made most conveniently by Clinton himself,...

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http://www.time.com/time/newsfiles/billclinton/largecover3.html

I wonder if the Left was denying Clinton a mandate when he took control of both houses of Congress in 1992?

Letters to the Publisher TO THE PUBLISHER: The Universal Health Plan sounds great, but how will our government pay for it? Jack Rosenberg As described in the March-April Liberal Agenda, the revenues for establishing a National Health Trust Fund would be derived from such measures as a modest payroll tax, a four percentagepoint increase in the corporate income tax, and a long term care premium for the elderly that would replace the current Part B premium. However, despite the seemingly "tax heavy" nature of the Universal Health Plan (UHP), its economic cost would be far less than current health costs....

Clinton's win gives Arkansas a shining moment on the world stage. Though the inauguration the following January in D.C. might have been Arkansas's finest hour, you just can't get deny that drizzling November election night in 1992 for the factor of sheer, kick off your shoes joy. ~snip~ Bill Clinton had been running for president at least since the day he famously shook President John Kennedy's hand in Washington, D.C. - probably since the womb. ~snip~ A few hours before the bleary Times staff put the paper to bed, but after the Philander Smith choir had belted out "America the...

Most Americans outside Massachusetts and beyond the partisan primary process had their introduction to John Kerry on the final night of the Democratic National Convention. Before Kerry took the stage, his swift boat band of brothers intoned his heroic military service. Before that, a biographical film memorialized Kerry's Vietnam-era duty. Days earlier, Bill Clinton spoke of his own and George W. Bush's and Dick Cheney's failure to serve in Vietnam. Before him, Jimmy Carter spoke of the essential presidential prerequisite of combat duty, a prerequisite that didn't stop him from supporting Michael Dukakis over George H.W. Bush or Clinton over...

NEW YORK, July 13, 1992 Listen to this voice. It's a voice flavored by the Blue Ridge; a voice straight out of a remote valley hidden among the peaks and hollows of the Appalachian Mountains - a voice that's been described as more barbed wire than honeysuckle. That this kind of voice could travel here from a forgotten corner of Appalachia is a testament to the grace of God and the greatness of the Democratic Party. This week we are gathered here to nominate a man from a remote, rural corner of Arkansas to be president of the United States...

Continuing on our theme of, "Hey, why is there only outrage when someone questions a Democrat's war record?" we turn back to the archives of the New Republic. Thanks to some assistance from Dorothy McCartney and Kathryn Lopez, we blow off the dust of the October 12, 1992 New Republic (sorry, not online). A familiar name, Sidney Blumenthal, is examining President George Herbert Walker Bush's war record. This is a long excerpt, with a few of Blumenthals' extraneous thoughts about Clinton, Vietnam, and Bush on the campaign trial omitted: Since the first day of the Republican convention there has been...

Does anyone have the quote of Kerry stating that Bill Clinton's lack of military service should not have been an issue during Clinton's Presidential campaigns? I've Googled on various words and cannot locate the quote. Thank you.

The Republican National Committee is turning to a Democrat to nominate President Bush in New York at the convention. The choice of Senator Zell Miller of Georgia, who leads a committee of Democrats for Mr. Bush, will be announced by party leaders on Thursday, officials familiar with the decision say. Mr. Miller, as governor of Georgia, nominated Bill Clinton for president in 1992. Mr. Miller was governor from 1990 to 1998 and was appointed to the Senate in 2000. He is not seeking re-election this year.

After Hurricane Andrew left thousands homeless in August 1992, the first President Bush's administration was roundly criticized for moving too slowly to deliver food, water and troops. The son apparently did not want to repeat history. Even before Hurricane Charley struck, the second Bush White House was poised to act. Hours after Hurricane Charley made landfall, federal aid was flowing. As emergency crews and National Guard troops swooped in to help residents across the state, Floridians were showered with promises, assurances and lists of toll-free numbers they could call for help, according to a story in the LA Times. "While...

Former President Bill Clinton, admits he lied on national television in a 1992 post-Super Bowl CBS interview.Clinton appeared with his wife, Hillary, in the interview and told CBS correspondent Steve Kroft that he categorically denied having any extra-marital involvement with Gennifer Flowers. Hillary knew at the time of the interview that he was lying to Steve Kroft, lying to CBS, and lying to the world.When asked recently by CBS 60 Minutes' Dan Rather how he managed to get Hillary to agree to appear with him in the 1992 interview -- knowing as she did, that he was going to lie...

From The Archives...An Elephant Never Forgets! IN 1992, AL GORE ATTACKED PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH FOR IGNORING IRAQ'S TIES TO TERRORISM. SEN. AL GORE: "[W]hen George Bush took office, he should have reevaluated what our relationship was with Iraq ..." CNN'S LARRY KING: "Well ..." GORE: "Let me finish, just briefly. Instead, he stepped up the foreign aid to Iraq, and he looked the other way when there were repeated incidents of terrorism in which Iraq had a part, terrorists operating openly in Baghdad, and repeated warnings from our national security people telling the Bush administration that Saddam was on...

How stupid are Americans? I think the answer is: As dumb as we wanna be. Twelve years ago, Bill Clinton realized he couldn’t get a majority to vote for him as a Democrat. So he pretended to be a Republican. He co-opted the Republican position on practically every issue. He left poor President Bush Sr. with nothing to say except “me too.” And Bush was the incumbent. Clinton’s message back then was: Bush is a complete failure, and I’m going to make everything better by following exactly the same policies. This year, it’s not “the economy, stupid,” because the economy...

DALLAS - Former President Bush (news - web sites) said Tuesday that John Kerry (news - web sites)'s Democratic presidential campaign is using the same rhetoric about the state of the economy against his son that Bill Clinton (news - web sites) used against him in 1992.   But the elder Bush said President George W. Bush has a stronger case to take to the voters this time around because the economy has begun to show signs of recovery. "I was out telling people things were getting better, but the Clinton campaign ... portrayed me as being out of touch,"...

It seems that every presidential election year, political analysts are busy trying to make comparisons with previous elections. In 2000, for instance, most analysts were convinced that a repeat of 1988 was in the making. It wasn’t hard to see why analysts thought this: the economy was good, Gore was suffering from ‘vice-presidentitis’, a 2-term president was retiring and his challenger George W. Bush was the governor of a one-party state. But, in the end, 2000 turned out to be very dissimilar from 1988, largely because analysts forgot one precious point: every election is different. And he we are in...

Memo Says U.S. Was Lax on Iraq; 'No One Was Paying Attention' to Arms [EXCERPT] The Washington Post R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post Staff Writer FIRST SECTION; PAGE A1 June 5, 1992, Friday, Final Edition A senior State Department official concluded in a secret memorandum after Iraq invaded Kuwait that "no one was paying attention" to blocking Iraq's purchase of Western equipment for weapons of mass destruction during the previous decade, according to a copy obtained by The Washington Post. [According to Clarke's memo,] "no one was paying attention" to blocking Iraq's purchase of Western equipment for weapons of...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The papers of former Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, author of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, have been opened to the public. The New York Times, which was given first access to the materials, reports that the Roe decision almost fell until Justice Kennedy changed his mind and approached Blackmun with the idea to uphold parts of a pro-life law while keeping Roe's framework intact. According to the Times, Blackmun feared the Roe decision would fall when the Court prepared to heard the case of Casey v. Planned Parenthood, which saw the...

If there's a rumor of infidelity about a presidential candidate, it must be addressed! This goes right to the issue of character and temperament. Right? Depends on the year. In 2004, no. When the Drudge Report passed along a juicy leak about John F. Kerry's supposed infidelities, the mainstream media pursed its lips and sewed them shut, leaving the issue to hiss and dissipate on the Internet and talk radio. In 1992, though, it was different. That election year was Bizarro World: Few in the media really cared about Bill Clinton's attempts to avoid military service, and everyone was talking...