With all of the attention being paid to the Presidential election--and rightly so-- over the past month, I feel like it is very important to pause for a minute and examine the words and activities of our current President over the last month. I want to concentrate on three things--Comrade Clinton's trip to North Vietnam (coming even before his first Presidential visit to Nebraska), his statements concerning Presidential term limits, and his recent comments on the legalization of marijuana.
While I was outraged by Clinton's trip to meet his ideological brethren in communist Vietnam, I cannot possibly imagine the feelings of the vast majority of this country's brave soldiers and veterans. I really wish Clinton's trip would have received more press coverage and editorial comments than it did. Thousands of Americans gave their lives defending freedom in Vietnam; those who survived their duty came home to a less than warm reception rather than the hero's welcome they deserved--largely as a result of the anti-war protests of Bill Clinton and his ilk. Many faced physical infirmities that would last throughout their lives. They had to face pictures and video of the treasonous actions of Hanoi Jane Fonda, who actually smiled and posed for pictures sitting behind the very anti-aircraft guns that were being used to shoot down American pilots. Now, they had to watch Bill Clinton smiling and posing in front of a huge monument to Ho Chi Minh. If Clinton had done this as part of an effort to support democracy and human rights in Vietnam, maybe this would be somehow acceptable, but Clinton had no such mission, as far as I can tell. Clinton should have just driven over to the Vietnam Memorial and spat on every name engraved there--it would have been the same effect. As terrible as this event was, our military and veterans also, at the same time, had to stomach the attempts of Gore's forces trying to disenfranchise military absentee voters in Florida, the very men and women whom he wishes to lead as Commander in Chief. Can there be any question as to why our military does not support Al Gore?
Clinton's comments about leaving office don't really matter, for the most part, except to reveal something about the undercurrent of Clinton-Gore thinking. He obviously does not want to leave office, and I can understand that. He has suggested now, however, that perhaps the law should be changed to allow more than two terms in office as long as they consist of no more than two consecutive terms at a time. What this statement reveals to me, even if it was said in fun, is the liberals' natural tendency to change laws that get in their way. This is certainly what is happening in Florida. When the law--be it part of the Florida constitution, the federal statutes, or the very Constitution of the United States of America itself--gets in the way of the Democrats' plans and ambitions, they either try to "reinterpret" it or, if that fails, to disregard or repudiate it altogether.
Finally, Comrade Clinton now supports the legalization of marijuana to some limited degree. He is actually saying that people should not be imprisoned for using or selling "small amounts" of marijuana. Is it any wonder why we have seen the war on crime succeed not at all during the past eight years? Maybe Clinton is just planning for his retirement years--I guess he will now have time to actually inhale. Of course, there is some evidence to suggest a history of drug use by our current President, one that goes far beyond "not inhaling." A number of people, such as Gennifer Flowers, have stated flatly that they saw Governor Clinton using cocaine; certainly, he has been in contact with men involved with the drug trade (look at Mena Airport, for example). You know, I'm tired of all of this talk about Dick Cheney not releasing his full medical records. All of these people must have forgotten that Bill Clinton (as far as I know) has never released his full medical records, either--some of us believe (and hope it can be proven some day) that Bill Clinton's medical record contains proof of drug use and possibly a record of a drug overdose while he was governor of Arkansas (in the wake of his defeat for reelection). I don't say all of these things are true, but such questions have been raised. Notwithstanding the truth of such allegations, the very fact that our President has suggested the legalization of marijuana in any sense whatsoever is incredibly troubling to me and should be incredibly troubling to all Americans.
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