Politics: Just Finished Ed Klein's "The Truth About Hillary"

ValuJet said:

Nixon stepped off the elevator with Slick Willie to face Hildabeast at the elevator door. Without so much as a "Hello" she said "We are using your early model of health care reform in our own program." Then, "Had you survived, your program was light years ahead of its time."

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Tidewater said:

I was unaware that Nixon was developing a health care plan.
The fact that Hillary would use Nixon's as a model is interesting.

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ValuJet said:

deep down they really did see Hillary as the poster child for the problems of the Clinton presidency.

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It's On A Slab said:

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/28/5483/

I didn't know that, either. He submitted his plan to Congress in Feb. 1974. I guess he had other things to worry about. He resigned 6 mos. later.

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Tidewater said:

Even more tragedy from the Watergate break-in. It was illegal, immoral, and completely unnecessary. The Republicans were going to crush the Democrats that election without this stupid amateurish act.
Health care went down with the USS Nixon.

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It's On A Slab said:

Heh. Nixon was a paranoid man. He could have been assured a 50 state landslide from the get-go, and he'd have still been looking for enemies.

'72 was indeed a strange election. Nixon won in a landslide. The Democrats kept huge majorities in both houses of Congress.

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Tidewater said:

I have always thought that the Republican majorities in Congress came when conservative Democrats from the South were replaced by conservative Republicans from the South. For example, Jeremiah Denton.
That does not change the ideological stance of the Congress, but does change the party make-up.
Mississippi Republicans ran a young man against John Stennis. The young guy had the exact same stances on most issues, but was a Republican and younger. The Mississippi Republican party sent a group of guys to a Stennis rally (on the Senator's birthday) with a sign that said "Happy 84th birthday, Senator Stennis."

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ValuJet said:

What the hell kind of crack is that?

Hillary has not disappeared off the face of the earth, last time I checked. Digging up dirt? Dude, I didn't write the freekin' book. And, besides, this isn't dirt. This is actually mild compared to some of the other stuff from that era.

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Nate Harris said:

Hillary lost. Obama won. Next time you try to dig up dirt, make sure that it'll stick to someone who'll actually be on the ballot in November.

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Tidewater said:

The fact that we have an African-American who has a good shot at the Presidency is interesting, but it is not the sole thing people think about.
At least, not normal ones.

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ValuJet said:

Really...the only reason I posted this is because I found it interesting at the back of the book. Did I mention it was only a buck at Dollar Tree?

I guess I'm guilty of kicking Hillary when she's down. She does have some lovely pantsuits in her wardrobe, however.

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ValuJet said:

I guess I'm guilty of kicking Hillary when she's down. She does have some lovely pantsuits in her wardrobe, however.

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ValuJet said:

Purchased for the right fair sum of one dollar at the local Dollar Tree store...

Clinton early in his presidency (the one who actually recieved the votes, that is) invited Richard Nixon into the White House, on an official visit to discuss foreign relations matters. First time Nixon had been back to the WH since he jumped on Marine One headed to San Clemente.

Nixon stepped off the elevator with Slick Willie to face Hildabeast at the elevator door. Without so much as a "Hello" she said "We are using your early model of health care reform in our own program." Then, "Had you survived, your program was light years ahead of its time."

Nixon reportedly was confused by these words from the First Lady, thinking to himself, "Had I survived? Maybe I would have survived if she had not been on the committee to impeach me."

For the record, Klein was attacked in 2005 by the usual Lefties when his book on Hillary was released. However, with the emergence of Obama, many on the Left came to see the book as acceptable, because deep down they really did see Hillary as the poster child for the problems of the Clinton presidency.

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ValuJet said:

Without so much as a "Hello" she said "We are using your early model of health care reform in our own program." Then, "Had you survived, your program was light years ahead of its time."

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