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Originally posted by pan6467
I have to disagree with you Onetime and agree with Superbelt. Clinton was persecuted the day he was elected. It was a never ending (and to this day Limbaugh and others still work to destroy the man).
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Not unlike Bush (just substitue Michael Moore et al for Limbaugh). Not recognizing the pattern present in politics and the media today is one reason that we are doomed to see it continue.
The attacks against Bush are as politically and personally motivated as those against Clinton. The DNC and Kerry campaigns are simply in the "throw as much crap into the media as possible to see what sticks" stage. Just like the RNC and Gingrich were in the beginning of Clinton's term. The DNC and Kerry just haven't found a story that will resonate with the public. This is partially due to their inability to really go after him in the days after 9/11. If you look at the Dem strategy as being just a couple years behind the Republican strategy against Clinton the strategies are remarkably similar.
They threw out the National Guard stuff, the ties to energy companies, the puppet of Cheney bs, the being in the "pocket of big business" card, the ties to the "oil industry", the Saudis, and the Bin Ladens, too much time on vacation, etc, etc ,etc. These stories just didn't stick.
In Clinton's days it was "travelgate", the FBI files, the "secret healthcare" meetings, Whitewater, etc, etc, etc. Same shit different day. Unfortunately for Clinton and the Dems earlier, there wasn't much news that would push their stories off the page. Today terrorism, the economy, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, prison abuse scandals, and several other things get more focus.