Tom Tomorrow remembers Diamond Liberal Corporation Bill Clinton much as I do. Nobody who was paying attention to politics in the 90s could ever claim Bill Clinton as anything but a Nixonian Republican.
This Modern World » Blog Archive » Same as it ever was I’ve never entirely understood the tendency of bloggers who revile the DLC and everything it stands for to simultaneously revere Bill Clinton, who is pretty much the embodiment of the DLC and everything it stands for. I mean, I understand that he looks pretty good in retrospect, when contrasted with the emotionally-stunted intellectual midget who currently occupies the Oval Office — but his decision to stump for Lieberman should nonetheless serve as a reminder that this guy will sell out progressives at the drop of a hat if it is somehow politically expedient to do so.
From the days before blogging was all the rage, I remember reading an academic paper contrasting the public statements of President Clinton with actual policy decisions, and there was a large gap between the two. The carefully constructed 'liberal' Clinton was just that, a construct worthy of PhilDickian land. Clinton the policy maker was more interested in lining the pockets of his corporate buddies. DLC Democrat indeed.
Don't blame me. I voted for Brown's "We the People" in the dem primary in CA. I hate that song Don't whatever by Whatever Mac. However, I must admit I began to like the Clinton-Gore duo as they traveled across the USA promoting computers in education, the Internet. I saved the feats of those eight years and there are many remarkable ones.
Anyone in his/her sane mind could see Bill was no liberal. We were doing better than today, please play the Beatles' Help!