Clinton's outburst- racism at the top(GOPbigotry and judicial manipulation

[papau]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10728737%255E2703,00.html


Clinton's outburst: racism at the top
The former US president has charged the Republicans with bigotry and judicial manipulation, writes Peter Wilson
11sep04

BILL Clinton has delivered an extraordinary blast at America's top judge, William Rehnquist, and an uncharacteristically bitter attack on Republican presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

Speaking before his recent health scare, the former president accused Rehnquist, the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, of deliberately politicising the system of appointing independent investigators, leading to years of relentless, politically motivated inquiries into his presidency.

In an interview with The Weekend Australian, Clinton dropped the affection with which he usually discusses Reagan and the civility he affords the current President to accuse both men of deliberately using racist electoral appeals to win the White House.

Clinton said Rehnquist, Reagan and Bush were part of a far-Right branch of the Republican Party made up of the "spiritual heirs" of white southern racists, who still used the tactics of personal destruction employed by racists in their campaign to block civil rights for blacks.

He accused Rehnquist of deliberately appointing a highly partisan Republican, David Sentelle, in 1994 to chair a three-member panel of judges empowered to appoint special counsels to conduct inquiries into presidents. <snip>



Mr Bush's supporters, for instance, used "an utterly sleazy smear" against John McCain during the 2000 Republican primary race by highlighting the fact the Arizona senator had adopted a child from Bangladesh, Ornstein said. Peter Wilson's full interview with Clinton appears in The Weekend Australian Magazine

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Republiklansmen are the party of Jim Crow!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Wow! No wonder he blew a gasket! . . . . . nt

[RethugAssKicker]

3. Good Words

"Reagan and Bush were part of a far-Right branch of the Republican Party made up of the "spiritual heirs" of white southern racists, who still used the tactics of personal destruction employed by racists in their campaign to block civil rights for blacks."


- Couldn't have phrased it better myself!!!!!!!!!!!!

However... I wouldn't call it far-right..... this attitude is the NORM for the Rethuglican Party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrScorpio]

4. Rehnquist's own background as an anti-civil rights crusader is

proven history

http://www.geocities.com/justice_watch/

Bubba is right on target with this baby

[Cyrano]

5. Good for the Big Dog. Why didn't he do it year's ago?

He knew that this was the nature of the modern day Republican party. Many of us knew it, but it would have taken someone like Clinton to speak out.

Nonetheless, where do we find his remarks? In "The Australian." Notice that The NY Times, The Washington Post, et al have not picked up on this. Liberal media my ass.

[papau]

7. "In "The Australian." " - so true - being a liberal DU poster is hard work

:-)

There is no way to just read US Media to get the liberal side of an issue - given the GOP control of our media that prevents or censors most stories, it is amazing Kerry polls as well as he does!

CBS has made a decision to restore ethics to the media - too bad ABC/NBC/CNN and the NY Times/Wash Post crowd prefer to continue to kiss GOP ass.

[The Traveler]

6. Bill Clinton rocks

Best years this country had in my life time happened under Clinton's guidance. Do we miss the Big Dog's steady hand on the helm or what?

[Nimrod]

8. GAWD yes

I have a recurring fantasy where Kerry appoints both Clintons to his cabinet. I know it'll never happen, but a man can dream.