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In Part I, we looked at the Clinton GDP myth.

In Part II, we look at employment.

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. . . may I have the envelope please. . .

. . . Conservatives took to the streets for the first time in modern history.

But this did not matter.

Not to Dan.

No story there. I need a villain, he surmised.

Rent-a-mob forces assembled on one side of the street with their ever faithful liberal cameramen giving them big time airtime. This mob, though, was far outnumbered by outraged citizens carrying Sore-Loserman signs.

But that last fact was not to be reported.

Not by Dan.

Common sense was what you and I and the James Bakers of the country saw. Is a 2-1 split decision—with a magnifying glass—for Al Gore, from a ballot cast by a voter who actually chose to not vote for either candidate, fundamentally fair?

Common sense said no. But common sense did not matter.

Not to Dan.

More attorneys arrived in Florida in November than out of state license plates on I-75 crossing the Florida-Georgia border on a Gators-Bulldogs weekend.

And they argued. Fifty some odd court cases they argued. And the courts ruled.

But the law just did not matter.

Not to Dan.

So many players on so many stages. But all this complexity did not matter.

Not to Dan.

To Dan, all these players and all this activity was to be swept aside. For it was, in Dan's world, one woman who decreed our new President. "A Bush supporter," Dan injected many times. "A Republican," Dan remarked, more than many times.

So, after the Florida Supreme Court—deciding that they needed a part-time job as legislators—wrote new law and moved the certification deadline to November 26, Dan "the lackey man" Rather records the following for our future comical enjoyment:

"Florida's Republican Secretary of State is about to announce the winner as she sees it and she decrees it of the state's potentially decisive 25 electoral votes."
—Dan Rather on 60 Minutes, November 26, 2000.

Here was a truly historic event evolving—the closest election in U.S. history and the chance for a reporter to detail the drama taking place. In that heart thumping moment, Dan did not report a segment of an ongoing historic event. Instead, he chose to bloat even further the villain status of Kathleen Harris that he helped create.

You see, it all simply boils down to this: Liberals need human targets when their emotions replace facts . . . when they fail to use common sense . . . when they ignore the law . . . and when their wimpish whining rhetoric has the strength of a one-corner dangling chad.

And biased liberal news reporters will fail to report on a historic event—that is, when their own liberal agenda comes before their job.

"Now respectfully, when you start talking about a liberal agenda and all the, quote, 'liberal bias' in the media, I quite frankly, and I say this respectfully but candidly to you, I don't know what you're talking about." —Dan Rather to talk radio host Mike Rosen of KOA Denver, November 28, 1995.

And so Dan "as she sees it and she decrees it" Rather, in this current spirit of bipartisanship, Sentry Over America presents to you the Most Ludicrous Liberal Lackey Award of Year 2000.

Copyright © 2001 Sentry Over America

Some make you laugh. Some make you angry. But they all give you that "shake your head in amazement feeling" and make you wonder if they really believe what they said.

1/7/01
From CBS' Face the Nation

When asked if the Democrats were trying to undermine the Bush Presidency by playing the race card at the Ashcroft hearings, Senator Tom Daschle responded "I think it's important that we — we owe it to the American people, we owe it to the Constitution, to ensure that a fair hearing means a fair and a balanced hearing. We ask the tough questions, but we don't play politics. We don't play race cards. We don't do the kinds of things that have undermined nominees in the past unfairly."

Now, in case you missed this broadcast, Daschle managed to keep a straight face when he said that.

Honest! I kid you not. I looked at the tape three times!

Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne, Jr., on saying good-bye to Clinton:

"All sorts of social indicators—crime and teen pregnancy among them—moved in the right direction after 1992."

The above DOJ chart shows that, at least in property crimes, the rate has been falling steadily since 1973— the Nixon era.

Mr. Dionne, that is N I X O N. I realize that both Bill and Dick's last name both end in "ON" and have two syllables but please don't mix these guys up.

OK, Mr. Dionne. That was only one crime stat. You are right. So here is another one for you that fell since Nixon was in office.

Got it? OK, let's look at male victimization rates since 1981 and Ronald Reagan:

Teen Pregnancy? How about the welfare reform laws that were passed. You know, the one Clinton vetoed twice before finally agreeing reluctantly to sign? Yes, that one. The one the Republicans crafted with a bit of help from Republican Gov. Thompson. Do you think that had something to do with it Mr. Dionne? If not, read the specifics of that law. Besides, take a guess how STDs are trending since Clinton took office, especially the trending oral sex stats by teens since Monica.

Mr. Dionne also said, in praise of Clinton, that "the myth was that you couldn't get unemployment below 5 percent or 6 percent without massive inflation. It fell below 4 percent, and inflation never bit."

Mr. Dionne, the only myth here is that you have to be intelligent to be a national pundit. You proved that is a myth. Inflation's tameness has been the result of more efficiency. This efficiency, for those outside liberal land, is called productivity. And this productivity has been achieved through technology. And technology . . . care to guess when Microsoft went public Mr. Dionne? MSFT had a bit more to do with productivity improvements than the Most Famous Felon ever did. No, I am sorry. It was not inaugural day, 1993. It was March 13 of 1986 and a man named Reagan was in the White House.

Mr. Dionne, please, the Most Famous Felon had nothing to do with tame inflation.

Just between you and I, I don't place much stock in the association between presidents and events like this. But since you liberals like to play this association game with Clinton and nice warm fuzzy things, I do have to point out some facts to you Mr. Dionne.

Tired of the centrist mumble? Here are some refreshing comments straight from the"tell it like it is" school.

Comments from the Columnists on the Clinton Legacy:

Thomas Sowell
"He will leave a legacy of unprecedented corruption of all the fundamental institutions of government. For a President of the United States to commit felonies and get away with them is a deadly legacy that may embolden future presidents to disregard the law."

Oliver North
"Given human nature, it's understandable that William the Impeached wants to be remembered for something other than his DNA on a blue dress."

Michael Kelley
"He was absolutely corrupt, and he corrupted, absolutely."

Don Feder
"But though the Clinton presidency will soon be gone, the memory will linger on—as will the stench."

Tony Snow
"Our outgoing president strolled into our lives eight years ago, promising to organize the most ethical administration in the history of the republic. He produced the most indicted."

Charles Bloomer
"Can a politician who lies under oath, obstructs justice, and lies to the American people be considered successful?. . . Would any other American that sells out his country by failing to prevent the largest, most damaging espionage effort against our nation's nuclear capability, while at the same time accepting illegal campaign contributions from the offending country be called successful"?

George Will
"It is reasonable to believe that he was a rapist 15 years before becoming president, and that as president he launched cruise missiles against Afghanistan (a nearly empty terrorist camp), Sudan (a pharmaceutical factory) and Iraq to distract attention from problems arising from the glandular dimension of his general indiscipline. . . . Clinton is not the worst president the republic has had, but he is the worst person ever to have been president."

Peggy Noonan
"Mr. Clinton forced himself into every picture, did the big-chested big jaw through every photo op, held a political rally at Andrews, actually reviewing the troops with trumpets and flourishes. He then reassured the nation that he was not leaving. . . What a disturbed and disgusting individual. What a wonderful thing for our country that he has been replaced as president."

David S. Broder
"Between the fumbles of the first two years and the frantic evasions of the last three, we got less than half of what we deserved from Clinton. It was a waste."

Robert Samuelson
"He was full of himself and full of talk. . . . He was always on the move but rarely going anywhere. He was mostly a do-nothing president."

Linda Bowles
"Once Clinton has shown the way to move forward with his life, it would be appropriate for those Americans who twice put him in office to clear their consciences by also making a public apology to the rest of us. This need not be a groveling apology. Just a simple expression of remorse and a straightforward request for forgiveness will be sufficient."

Mona Charen
"Clinton permitted major Democratic donors to compromise our security by selling military technology to the highest bidder, the Chinese. During his tenure, our military secrets suddenly became insecure and our nuclear labs were compromised. Finally, President Clinton's worst depredation of the presidency had nothing to do with sex. It was the surpassing cynicism with which he abused his power as commander in chief. Clinton put our people in danger and killed foreigners just to provide distraction from his domestic/legal difficulties."

Georgie Anne Geyer
"But one other thing characterizes the Clinton presidency during these last weeks of it: an underlying disrespect for the office."

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