Clinton's First 100 Days of Lies and Deceptions.
(WSJ - Wall Street Journal; PD -Cleveland Plain Dealer; NYT - New
York Times)
4/9/93 - "Clinton fails to fight for tougher sanctions against Libya,
which still won't hand over suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am
103. Despite a campaign letter to victims' families promising
firmer action....the U.S. goes along with a renewal of existing
sanctions". WSJ
1/27/93 - "Clinton has at least six millionaires the Cabinet he
promised would be as diverse as the nation. "When you have that
many millionaires in a Cabinet, it's hardly a reflection of the
American public," says Ellen Miller of the Center for Responsive
Politics......"It isn't wrong, but what is interesting is the hypocrisy of
all this", says Lynn Martin, Bush's Labor Secretary. - USA Today
4/9/93 - "Indeed, for all the administration's emphasis on
"diversity" in its appointments, white males dominate Mr. Clinton's
core group of advisors and policy experts, just as they have the
inner circles of every president from George Washington onward."
WSJ [This is in spite of Clinton's promise on May 11, 1992: "I will
give you an administration that looks like America."
Remember Clinton's campaign promises to cut taxes on the middle
class and create more jobs?
4/12/93 - "President Clinton's economic plan would create 8% fewer
jobs next year than if there were no plan, economists said....The
plan's proposed higher taxes would slow the economy" USA Today
[let's not forget that Clinton's military cuts include the loss of
millions of jobs]
3/28/93 - "During last year's presidential campaign, Gore was
highly critical of the soon-to-open Waste Technologies Industries
plant......Gore got plenty of coverage as he hammered away at WTI.
Ohio voters cheered Gore on the stump as he pledged to investigate
the plant.....But Gore has grown strangely quiet about WTI these days.
The Clinton Administration announced a few days ago that it would
not oppose the owner's plan to burn toxic wastes there....It has been
noted that one of the original, prime investors in the WTI plant was
Jackson T. Stephens, chairman of Stevens Inc. of Little Rock, Ark.
Stephens - who has sold his interest in WTI in 1990 - has been a big
Clinton campaign contributor for years. According to the
Philadelphia Inquirer, the Stephens businesses are often represented
by the Rose law firm, where Hillary Clinton has been a partner." PD
1/15/93 - "First word of Clinton's decision to abandon - at least for
now - his campaign vow to scrap the restrictive policy on Haitian
refugees came in a morning broadcast to the Haitian people." -PD
4/8/93 - "After promising during his campaign to buy more park and
recreation lands, President Clinton is proposing funding
substantially below what George Bush spent for that purpose, an
administration official confirmed yesterday." PD
1/7/93 - "President-elect Bill Clinton appeared today to back off
his campaign pledges to cut the Federal budget deficit in half in four
years." NYT
1/13/93 - From "Campaign promises fall" - "Now it seems the best
way to track Clinton is by the campaign promises that each day are
added to the endangered list........In the past week Clinton...has
signaled second thoughts about vows to cut middle-class taxes
[which we now know was a lie], halve the federal deficit in four
years and have an economic program ready to go on Jan. 20. [so that
makes three lies]......Asked for an example of a campaign promise
that Clinton definitely will fulfill, Stephanopoulos responded: "He
promised he would have a Cabinet that looked like America and he
did [wrong Stephie - "When you have that many millionaires in a
Cabinet, it's hardly a reflection of the American public," says Ellen
Miller of the Center for Responsive Politics]....And for all the
quibbling over what Clinton needs to do in his first 100 days, he
made only one firm promise for that period: To present a health-care
plan [so even "firm promises" are lies]." - USA Today
Remember Bill's promise? - "I will not raise taxes on the middle
class to pay for my programs." Well, I don't have the clippings
outlining his plans to raise taxes on our utility bills and on social
security recipients, but that's his plan. In fact, there is more:
2/26/93 - "Clinton considers raising 'sin taxes'" PD
4/15/93 - "New taxes on goods is weighed to pay for health care"
NYT. In fact, this article shows that not only is Governor Bill a liar,
but it shows that he is consistent in lying as President Bill:
"President Clinton first broached the idea of a values-added tax,
which is imposed on goods and services at each stage of production
but ultimately paid for by the consumer, in February, then backed
away, calling it a 'radical change' that could only be looked at in the
years ahead."
Now with all this in mind, consider what Clinton said about Bush on
Oct. 29, 1992 - "The very idea that the word "trust" could ever come
out of Bush's mouth....the way he has trampled the truth, is a
travesty."
Sorry Bill, but if you think we couldn't "trust" Bush, how much more
shall we not trust a pathological liar like you?
[Yes, I know, the first 100 days are not up yet, so the list
might even get longer. Feel free to copy and repost, especially
if there is more that you can add!]
--
Michael
Everything that is incomprehensible does not
cease to exist. [Pascal]
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