Washington Times-EDITORIA
July 7, 2000
Lazio in full retreat
Rick Lazio finally trumpeted the truth about the New York
Senate campaign this week � then promptly muted it, revealing,
among other things, a disheartening ignorance or, worse,
disregard of the historic role chance and luck have bestowed on
him.
The clarion call came from a new Lazio campaign fund-raising
letter that says, "Hillary Clinton and her husband have
embarrassed our country and disgraced their powerful posts." Gee
� and the sun rises in the east. If ever there were a
self-evident truth, this one about the legacy of Clintonism is
it. In fact, it is difficult to find more exacting terminology to
describe the nearly eight years of historic degradation Bill and
Hillary Clinton have together inflicted on the American public
with malfeasance great and small, with misconduct outrageous and
repulsive, all carried out against the unrelenting rush of an
incessant flow of lies.
In other words, Rick Lazio would have been rock solid on
terra firma when quizzed by reporters this week. But no. The
Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from New York said,
"Frankly, these letters are not written by me. I'm not disowning
it, but they're not written by me. I just think this is a huge
smoke screen." Without pausing to explain how the simple truth
could possibly be a "smoke screen," Mr. Lazio continued: "That's
not part of our media campaign," he said. "That's not what I'm
talking about on the stump. I just think it's incredibly unfair
to try to characterize the message of a campaign based on a
phrase in a solicitation letter." Then, finally, as reluctant as
he was defensive, he added, "I just think that both Mrs. Clinton
and the president have got pretty significant liabilities that
are well-known by the public."
So much for the stirring oration. What Mr. Lazio seems to
be missing is the fact that this race is no garden-variety
referendum on whether New York's junior senator will be a
far-left Democrat or a liberal Republican. It has a greater,
indeed, an historic significance. As much if not more than the
presidential race, the New York Senate race is a referendum on
Clintonism, a word that evokes no philosophical principle but
rather a mode of governing designed to preserve power at any
cost, from misleading voters to smearing opponents. In the state
of New York, it is Rick Lazio, a congressman from Suffolk County,
to whom the job has fallen to turn back this terrible creed � a
daunting task, to be sure, but once taken on, nothing to shrink
from. Mrs. Clinton calls Mr. Lazio's letter a "personal insult"
� a peculiar reaction. To be sure, the truth about the Clintons
is ugly. But it must be confronted, by voter and candidate
alike, in order to determine in November whether Clintonism will
continue to be a true reflection of the American people.
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