From: mjb10@po.CWRU.Edu (Michael J. Bumbulis)
Subject: Re: Clinton blunder
Reply-To: mjb10@po.CWRU.Edu (Michael J. Bumbulis)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 02:11:40 GMT


In a previous article, kuch@reed.edu (Jerry Kuch) says:

>In article <1992Aug26.222532.4591@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> mjb10@po.CWRU.Edu (Michael J. Bumbulis) writes:
>>
>>Remember how the media made a minor fuss about Reagan's mis-quote
>>of Lincoln.  Well, consider the following:
>>
>>
>>According to the USA Today (8-26-92)           
>>                                                               
>>"The American Legionnaires barely applauded as Clinton listed other
>>presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, who never served in the military
>>but still led the nation to war".                                 
>
>They fucked up... Lincoln did serve briefly as a militia captain.  The point
>remains that he was far from being a career military officer, though.

No, the point remains that Lincoln volunteered for service while Clinton
dodged the draft (all the time worrying about his "political viability).


>>It looks like Bill needs to go back to school.  Collier's Encyclopedia
>>reads:                                                                 
>>                                                  
>>"In 1832 the Indian chief Black Hawk brought his tribe from Iowa in an
>>effort to reclaim their Illinois lands.  The militia was called out,
>>Lincoln volunteered, and was immediately elected captain of a local
>>company."                                                          
>
>As I said, this is comparatively minor.  Entering the militia in a limited
>role is not enormously different from joining the National Guard today,
>particularly in light of the fact that his entrance was in a crisis situation.

Whatever.  The fact remains that Clinton spread misinformation to
make his draft-dodging more palatable.  Perhaps Clinton was ignorant of
this piece of history (which is in any Encyclopedia).  If so, then
the fact remains that he brought up Lincoln.  He should be informed about
what he is talking about, especially if what he is talking about is
serving a political purpose.


>>Hmmm.  If Quayl had made such a mistake, don't you think the media
>>would have been parading it?  But since the media is at work trying
>>to get Clinton elected, they passed over this faux pas!  
>
>This is as much interpretation as a "faux pas."  By your grounds, Quayle 
>himself would have a military background.  Your comment on the media's
>efforts to get Clinton elected make me think that you're about to 
>start ranting about the "Liberal revisionist media" or something.

Actually, I think it's pretty obvious that the media, through it's
liberal bias, is trying to help Clinton.  There are many examples, and
even data from the Center for Media and Public Affairs, which support
this.  But let's not forget that the media made a fuss out of
Quayle's mis-spelling (now that was important) and Reagan's misquoting.
It remains silent about Clinton mistake which served to make his
draft-dodging more palatable.  I

  American
>history is a banquet of revisionism... as much, if not more by the right 
>than by the left.

Sorry, but I think the majority stems from the left.  After all, most
teachers and professors of history align themselves with the left.
  

>>Then again, given the typical liberal revisionism that predominates
>>today, why not rewrite the history of a great president to help
>>Clinton's personal political cause, right?  
>
>Oh, Christ on a Crutch... I should have know you were going to froth on
>about Liberal Revisionism. 

Oh, Goddess on the pill....I should have known you were going to froth
on about me "frothing".  


 It's hardly that uniform:  witness the media
>that clicked its heels and goose-stepped along during the Gulf War,

Yeah, given that Saddam's main source of info was the media it was
a good idea that the greedy louts were fooled.  Now, the media is
telling the story as if the purpose of the war was to get Saddam
out of power.  


 and
>the media that destroyed Gary Hart's Presidential aspirations.

Sex sells.  And the liberal media which rants about the evils of
Big Business and capitalism makes a lot of money from such ranting.  


>>Send Bill back to school!  
>
>And you should attend a Paranoid's Anonymous meeting.  :-)
>

Oh, I'm not paranoid.  I'm just havin' fun.  


      
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Michael        
 
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