Posted by: Jon Henke on Sunday, January 27, 2008 The Clinton's (and much of the Leftosphere) recently excoriated Barack Obama for saying some nice things about Ronald Reagan, so E.J. Dionne responded with an article pointing out that Bill Clinton had also said some nice things about Reagan in 1991. Everybody involved is quite upset about the whole thing. So let's pile on with a few more Bill Clinton quotes, these from 1998... The only thing that could make this day more special is if President Reagan could be here himself. But if you look at this atrium, I think we feel the essence of his presence: his unflagging optimism, his proud patriotism, his unabashed faith in the American people. I think every American who walks through this incredible space and lifts his or her eyes to the sky will feel that.That sort of thing just isn't tolerated any longer. Here's an important lesson about the new Progressive movement in the Democratic Party: ideology is important, but partisanship is their highest value. Disagree about policy, but never enable Republicans and never affirm their frames. That's why pro-Iraq war Democrats are generally tolerated, but Joe Leiberman - who defended Bush and criticized Democrats - was primaried and demonized. To some extent, it's a lesson they learned from the Right. Though, the Right, in turn, learned it from the Left, etc, ad nauseam, ad infinitum. Incidentally, Clinton seems to have gotten that memo: in 2004, according to Clinton's own Clinton Foundation transcript, Bill Clinton was blaming "the Republican Reich" (!?!?) for the polarizing and "intensely personal" attacks against President Bush by people like...Michael Moore. UPDATE: Here is the "Republican Reich" section from the Clinton Foundation transcript...
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