President Clinton sums it all up for me. For Democrats, the ends justify the means. Passing a horrible piece of legislation is better than doing nothing. The Founding Fathers must be rolling over in their graves. The nation is going bankrupt and many Democrats are more interested in taking over the health care industry than solving our fiscal problems. None of the plans on the table solve the economics with health care. Yet that doesn’t stop Clinton from saying that even “the most cold-hearted person” ought to support health care reform simply from an economic standpoint.
“So it’s not important to be perfect here, it’s important to act, to move, to start the ball rolling, to claim the evident advantages that all these plans agree with, and whatever they can get the votes for, I’m gonna support,” Clinton said he told the senators. “I think it is good politics to pass this and to pass this as soon as they can. But I think the most important thing is it is the right thing for America. The worst thing to do is nothing.”
It’s difficult to debate this issue with people who are so blindly and willfully ignorant. Democrats are unwilling to tackle real heath care reforms because for the democrat party this all about a power grab. This about the US government taking over another segment of the economy. It’s about turning millions of health care recipients into Democrats for life. Why are Democrats steadfastly opposed to Social Security and tort reform? There’s no common sense reason other than protecting the Democratic party.
It’s imperative that reform for the sake of reform isn’t passed in this version of Congress. The stakes are too high.
One of the more forgettable non-scandals during the Bush administration was the whole Valeria Plame affair. The whole investigation hinged on the fact that the Bush administration illegally leaked outed Plame as a CIA agent. It never happened but the resulting investigation led to the prosecution of Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief aid Scotter Libby. Libby’s crime was lying to federal prosecutors. The crime had nothing to do with the investigation, but it was still a crime. It appears that Cheney lobbied hard for Bush to offer a full pardon, but Bush resisted.
Several sources confirmed Cheney refused to take no for an answer. “He went to the mat and came back and back and back at Bush,” a Cheney defender said. “He was still trying the day before Obama was sworn in.”
After repeatedly telling Cheney his mind was made up, Bush became so exasperated with Cheney’s persistence he told aides he didn’t want to discuss the matter any further.
Say what you want about the Bush administration but there was definitely a stricter adherence to the rule of law than during the Clinton administration. President Clinton broke the same law that Scooter Libby served time for committing. It’s worth remember during the Oscar season when there’s a movie about Nixon that he wasn’t the only one who committed crimes as the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. Nixon at least had the decency to resign. Less could be said for Clinton and his enormous ego.
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