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Mr. Stokes,
The gentleman claimed that Warren Harding was a great man. Since he made
the claim I was only asking why he believed it to be true. Not an
unreasonable request.
Since you're posting on Harding...please be forthcoming. What information
can you shed on the subject? None, I guess. Then, you shift over to the
subject of President Clinton..
First off, he is not my hero. He wasn't my first choice. I wanted someone
who would address the collapse of American manufacturing and stop our
slide into globalism. Clinton is really a product of the DNC, a group
that has a strong corporate/globalist orientation interested in pushing
through NAFTA and GATT, two trade measures I opposed. So, I'm not
happy with him.
I'm an economic nationalist. Since you seem to be free with the term,
"traitor," I think it is just short of treasonous for American
corporations to continue using slave labor around the world, close down
plants in America, open up operations in hellholes around the world, then
bring their shoddy, slave-labor products back into the US to sell them at
inflated prices. That is irresponsible and in my book,
because
they are undercutting the economic well-being of working families here in
the United States. This policy of globalization has been pushed by both
political parties (Republicans champion it as well as Democrats). Clinton
is just continuing the policies of his predecessors (going back to
Nixon--a Republican president--who championed an open door policy to
China.)
Of course, I believe that we need to develop peaceful trading policies
with other countries..but not at the expense of our own people.
On this point, we have serious philosophical differences. I believe that
everyone--both labor and the business sector must pursue policies that
further the common good--by that I mean, they should pursue economic
policies that further the best interests of their own country. We could
learn from the Japanese on this point. The Japanese business class does
not impoverish their own
workers in order to make a quick buck like we will do. They are
profoundly patriotic. They're not interested in undercutting the economic
well-being of their own people. Nor do they craft trade policies
that are in the worst interests of their own fellow citizens. As a
result, they don't have the kind of rancorous class divisions we have
here...
Of course, the analogy falls apart when you consider that they are a
homogeneous society...without the racial/ethnic/religious/ divisions..
but their professional elites (the most privileged members of their
system) do not seek to impoverish their own citizens.
Examples: Nike, Boeing, General Electric, General Motors,...a long list of
manufacturers, food producers, etc.
>From my own personal experience in my former community of Mayfield,
Kentucky...three manufacturing
industries were closed up and moved overseas (Dillon Manufacturing,
Mary-Nell and a boot company whose name I've forgotten).
You called President
Clinton a "traitor." Walk the walk yourself, sir.
Be specific. The sale of missile technology to the Chinese? I agree with
you. That was a disastrous policy...but those technology transfers
originated in the Bush administration, an administration that has had an
interest in promoting closer ties with China. So, all Clinton has been
doing is carrying out the foreign policy measures of his Republican
predecessors...
Personally, I think it is a mistake to share technology with the Chinese.
But since both the Republican and Democratic administrations have approved
these sales...they were reviewed by the NSA and the State Department as
not posing a threat to the security of the United States...I don't think
it can be considered a "treasonous" act. Unless you want to argue that
President Bush was a traitor to the country as well.
Presidential accomplishments? As a Democratic President, he hasn't done
much. I would agree. In fact, he has more or less kept the nation on the
same foreign policy course that the Republican party has wanted. Both
Republicans and Democrats want a stable world order with Wall Street and
London banks at the helm. (a policy which involves giving lip service to
domestic problems here at home, while they carry out the bidding of their
corporate masters..) Since the policy of globalization continues
forward..Republicans are happy because it means an expansion of business
abroad. Labor unions are pretty much kept in check... The minority
community is pacified with token representation...and there is some
token appearance of political representation for the nation's working
people.
Maybe your particular political agenda isn't advanced (whatever that might
be), but for the most part, he has managed to keep up the illusion that
the nation isn't falling to pieces...that we can continue to run these
trade deficits without wrecking the economy...and that working people will
remain passive. So far, the formula has worked well. No real labor
unrest...the ghettos aren't exploding.. profits are up..and the most
affluent sector of the American economy is doing very very well. So that
is why this impeachment drive doesn't interest our fellow citizens. Oh
yes, and I might add that unemployment is low. Of course, people have to
work two jobs to survive..but there are jobs.
No. I am not a Clintonite. His behavior was disgusting...and he has let
down the American people. If you had read my earlier posts, you would
know that I'm not crazy about him. But I have defended him because I
don't like the idea of character assassination and smear campaigns....
I remember listening to Limbaugh one afternoon make a joke about Chelsea
Clinton....that there were two "dogs" in the White House. To attack the
President's daughter is indefensible. But that is the kind of hate
campaign that has been directed against the man and his family since his
election. If you don't like the man, vote him out. The fact that
Gingrich is gone....and Clinton's continued popularity suggests that
most Americans dislike the tactics of his political enemies more than
they dislike his personal behavior. The Republican party has made a
serious miscalculation...and if they want to win in 2000, they will have
to come up with some programs/issues that the American people can support,
or they will lose again.
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> In a message dated 99-01-05 12:12:29 EST, you write:
>
> <<
> Since you admire Mr. Harding, would you please share with us some of the
> great man's accomplishments? What exactly did Warren do?
>
> How did President Harding revolutionize and transform American society?
> In 1999, do we speak of "the Harding vision" or "the Harding effect"?
>
> (Did he pull the nation out of a depression? Did he fight for the
> protection of the civil liberties of all Americans? Did he build a
> national highway system?
>
> Was he witty? wise? profound? Perhaps, we need a book devoted to him:
> "The Wit and Wisdom of President Warren Harding."
> But I don't mean to be unkind. He must have done something memorable. Or
> perhaps his special genius, like so many Republicans, was in the
> NOT-DOING.
>
>
> Regards,
> Wm
> >>
> Sounds a lot like Clinton except Clinton doesn't know how to definr the
> word "IS" and Clinton is a traitor. Seems to me I have asked these same
> questions about your King... Clinton... what has this low-life done that is so
> spectacular??? Still waiting for an answer from the Clintonites. But, I don't
> mean to be unkind... just truthful, I'm not like youe lying hero Clinton.
>
> No Regards,
> To those who can't "walk the walk"
>
> Bob Stokes
>
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