Letters to the Editor
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Bill Clinton started his first term with a Democrat majority in the House and Senate. Within the first 100 days he proved that he did not have the courage of his convictions. The Don't Ask Don't Tell after he promised gays in the military; his firing of Lani Guineer after the right wing demonized her relentlessly; his flops in appointing Attorney General and then settling on Janet Reno. He kept caving in to the minority Republican demands. He was triangulating and appointed Reagan speechwriter David Gergen as his communications pooba. He even engaged Dick Morris, the dick of all things decent to run his propaganda machine. Is it any wonder that people lost faith in him? He did not stand up to the bullies. He caved in. And he DID move the party to the right by corporatizing the DNC and the DLC. That is what Hillary is fighting today. The country is taking the Democrats back to their roots of fairness and equal justice for all. Hillary is still beholden to the lobbyists.