[…] that a light bulb needs to be changed; one to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed; one to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb; one to tell the nations of the world that they are either for changing the light bulb or for darkness; […]
[…] New Labour has a particular coordinating role precisely because it can credibly plead the moral high ground as the reformed centre-left. To use the language of the Clinton New Democrats, it ‘triangulates’ and captures the centre-ground for atlanticism. These accidents of history have thus seen several parallel movements emerge, all promoting universal values, of […]
[…] disguise as the UN; the UN plot to take over America; the documents distributed apparently showing the US government planning concentration camps; the coming American Reich under Clinton – the whole ridiculous kit was somehow supported by the Waco slaughter. But where is the fusion here? As far as I can tell, the US […]
[…] structural problems with the American political system (which we know is perfect and sacrosanct). Even the Democratic Party, the victims here, are afraid of it. Obama and Clinton appear to believe that the next presidential election will be just another election; it might be fiddled at the margins by what we might call ‘ordinary […]
[…] courtesy of Ed Balls – but we do not seem have an account from Brown of why he made this journey. It may simply be that the Clinton Democrats persuaded him that there was no alternative if he wanted to get elected; but it would be interesting to know. For all that Brown has […]
[…] White House multi-millionaires to help create a reliable ‘successor generation’, a fitter Ronald Reagan might today have cause for a chuckle. The Labour administration his successor Bill Clinton came to smile upon in May seems safely in the hands of an elite well-groomed in the ways of Atlantic cooperation. Tom Easton is a freelance […]
[PDF file]: […] of the essay. 1 David Fahrenthold, ‘Trump Recorded Having Extremely Lewd Conversation About Women in 2005’, Washington Post, 8 October 2016; Mary Jones, ‘Trump’s Reference to Bill Clinton Affair Underscores His Own History of Infidelity’, Washington Post, 25 September 2016; Chris Cillizza, ‘Donald Trump’s “John Miller” Interview is Even Crazier than You Think’, Washington […]
[PDF file]: […] conjecture followed her into the car that rushed her away from the commemoration, across town, up the elevator to the apartment of her daughter Chelsea (where Mrs Clinton went to get herself recomposed) and back out into the street when she re-emerged an hour or two later. The big thing (for about five minutes) […]
[…] aren’t interested in the truth. In this country and particularly in America, the truth and politics are only congruous by accident. The recent Republican campaign against Hillary Clinton was just more of the same. Similar – and more serious – 51 52 Just one example: . charges were made against Bill Clinton. That Clinton […]
[PDF file]: […] obvious to many observers that improving access to Iraq’s oil was driving the invasion.63 This had long been part of the neo-conservatives plans: PNAC’s 1998 letter to Clinton, warned that unless Saddam was removed ‘a significant portion of the world’s supply of oil will be put at hazard.’6 4 Despite the high-level denials, some […]
