From ConservativeAction.org:
Fifteen Reasons Why Nixon Was Better Than Clinton
by James Young
Over the last twenty years, surveys have often been published reflecting
historians' views of Presidential administrations. Harry S Truman, much
maligned while in office, has regularly risen in the esteem of many
historians. The Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan, has seen his historical
stock rise even as his mental faculties have become subject to the ravages
of Alzheimer's Disease.
Thus, we come to the Great Prevaricator, William Jefferson Blythe Clinton.
The "Boy President," as the American Spectator's Bob Tyrrell calls him,
becomes more and more akin to another President we remember in these dog
days of August: Richard Milhous Nixon. But the comparisons are unfair and
inappropriate.
To Nixon.
A few years back, humorist P.J. O'Rourke offered a long list of
why Jimmy Carter was better than Clinton. That, too, was unfair to the former
President. So, for your reading pleasure, your intrepid correspondent
offers the following reasons why Nixon was better than Clinton.
- Nixon went to China to further American geopolitical interests;
Clinton went to China to thank his campaign contributors.
- Nixon negotiated the ABM Treaty to preserve the doctrine of
Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), knowing of America's parity in a bi-polar
world; Clinton gave guidance technology to the Chinese, and stood idly by
while nuclear weapons proliferated.
- Nixon brought our troops home from Indochina; Clinton sent our
troops to
Bosnia and Somalia.
- Nixon's tax-dodging Vice President was "assassination insurance";
Clinton's election- law-dodging Vice President is "impeachment insurance."
- Nixon was re-elected in a landslide with more than 60% of the popular
vote; Clinton couldn't get even half the vote for his re-election.
- Nixon got caught showing undeserved loyalty to aides who broke the law
and their oaths; Clinton's getting caught notwithstanding undeserved
loyalty from aides trying to hide his violations of law and his oaths
(marital and constitutional).
- Nixon gave abuse of power a bad name; Clinton is giving perjury
in a
civil case a good name
- Nixon had to worry about the audio tapes; Clinton has to worry
about
video tapes.
- Nixon had Pat's good cloth Republican coat; Clinton has Monica's
stained
dress.
- Nixon's tapes went to the National Archives; Clinton's tapes are
going
to the MPAA for an NC-17 rating.
- When entertainment types like Elvis and the Carpenters visited Nixon's
White House, he looked uncomfortable and out of his element; when they
visit the Clinton White House, they make policy and run the travel office.
- Nixon made headlines by saying he's "not a crook"; Clinton makes
headlines by promising to "tell the truth."
- "Deep Throat" used in connection with the Nixon White House is a noun;
"Deep Throat" used in connection with the Clinton White House is a verb.
- When someone got down on their knees in the Nixon White House, it was
the Secretary of State, to pray with him.
- Nixon's daughters were prettier.
And finally, one reason why Clinton is better than Nixon:
Nixon did nothing to stop the creeping socialism he inherited from LBJ;
Clinton proved that Ronald Reagan was right, and that, with spending
controls, we could grow our way out of the deficit.
James Young regularly writes for the Potomac News. He lives with his family in Montclair.
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