But the Democrats’ optimism was to be short-lived. In November 1992 Clinton was triumphantly elected president. But within weeks his administration discovered that the budget deficit was far greater than they had anticipated. At a meeting at the White House in January 1993 the head of the Federal Reserve told them that the deficit was nearly $300 billion. There was no way they could borrow any more without panicking the markets and causing a crisis. The only way to pay for the proposed tax cuts would be to cut government spending not just on defence but on welfare. Clinton was faced with a choice between the old politics and the new, and he chose the new. Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self IV: Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering, BBC 2002
In August 1996 Clinton signed a bill which ended the system of guaranteed help for the poor and unemployed. ibid.
By the mid-’90s politics in Washington was dominated by one issue: the moral character of the President of the United States. Behind this were an extraordinary barrage of allegations against Clinton that were obsessing the media. These included stories of sexual harassment, stories that Clinton and his wife were involved in Whitewater, a corrupt property deal, stories they had murdered their close friend, Vince Foster, and stories that Clinton was involved in smuggling drugs from a small airstrip in Arkansas. Adam Curtis, The Power of Nightmares II: The Phantom Victory, BBC 2004
Finally, his [Starr’s] committee stumbled upon Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky which Clinton denied. ibid.
Faced with the bankers’ argument Clinton agreed, and on taking office began to cut back on his reforms. During his first term, he dismantled much of the welfare structure that had been put in place in the 1930s; he abandoned all his healthcare reforms and cut government regulation of business. It was what the markets wanted. Adam Curtis, The Trap II: The Lonely Robot, BBC 2007
Financial and political corruption on a huge scale … Those who ran many of America’s corporations were faking profits on an enormous scale … Despite the growing evidence of corruption, the Clinton administration portrayed the boom as something revolutionary. It was a genuine democracy of the market place in which everyone at all levels of society was benefiting. But this was completely untrue. ibid.
In 1997 Bill Clinton made it clear to Monica Lewinsky that their love affair was over. Hurt and bewildered, Lewinsky poured out her feelings to her colleague Linda Tripp who had become her friend. But in September of that year Linda Tripp secretly began to record their phone conversations. Adam Curtis, All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, BBC 2011
He [Clinton] had been persuaded to give away that power to the financial markets with the promise that this time they would create a new kind of stability. A new kind of democracy free of the corruption of elite politics. But it was now becoming clear that in reality America’s political power had just been transferred to another elite – the financiers of Wall Street. And when faced by a crisis, they had simply used that power to rescue themselves. ibid.
Bill Clinton: He came to power promising to represent what he called the forgotten middle class. And very quickly, within weeks of entering the White House, Clinton agreed to give up on many of his promised reforms and to give power over to the financial world. He did this not through any cynical motive but because he knew that the old power base of mass politics had gone. No-one joined political parties any more. Organised labour was a vanishing force. Clinton might be in office but he no longer had the collective power of the people behind him. The power that in the past had allowed politicians to challenge the elites in society. And in the face of that, Clinton decided to give power instead to the new force that promised that it could create a wealthier and happier society – the bankers and the economists and the management experts who were now spreading and multiplying through the corridors of Washington. Adam Curtis, Can’t Get You Out of My Head IV: But What if the People are Stupid? BBC 2021
Politicians in the West had given large parts of their power away. What had begun with Bill Clinton in the early 1990s had spread. When Tony Blair came to power he had immediately given control over much of the economy to the Bank of the England. But in 1998 the global financial system showed how unstable it could be. An economic crisis that begun in Russia and then spread to Asia had consequences throughout the world. ibid.
President Clinton had brought in tough new crime laws. Even though in reality crime was falling. Hundreds of thousands of young black men were now imprisoned with no hope of parole, even for minor offences. It seemed to show that President Clinton cared more about the fears of white middle-class voters than he did about the lives of young black men. Adam Curtis, Can’t Get You Out of My Head VI Are We a Pigeon? Or Are We Dancer? *****
1998: Clinton bombs ‘weapons factories’ in Sudan. Factory turns out to be making Aspirin. Michael Moore, Bowling for Columbine, 2002
She [Hillary] has killed 46 people! 46 people! With her own bare hands! Ladies and gentlemen, this is who I want as commander in chief – somebody who is not afraid to kill somebody! Michael Moore in Trumpland, 2016
Vote Trump! He never gets sick. ibid.
One million dead Americans because we refused to listen to Hillary Clinton [universal health care]. ibid.
The dream was not to be. On February 1st 1999 the Clinton administration released its new federal budget: it contained a tiny 3% increase on social programs, meanwhile, $112 billion in new funds were allocated to the military which the budget of the CIA and other intelligence agencies rose by $29 billion. The Power Principle, 2011
Hillary’s Web of Deception. Hillary: The Movie, newspaper article, 2008
She is steeped in controversy, steeped in sleaze. ibid. commentator
Hillary Clinton’ scandals is a gift that keeps on giving. ibid.
Her time as first lady was mired in controversy. ibid.
The first First Lady to come under criminal investigation. ibid.
She’ll lie about anything. ibid.
The White House travel office affair became known as Travelgate. ibid.
The cynicism and ruthlessness of the Clintons. ibid.
Her brutal and corrupt political machine. ibid.
Using IRS to harass political enemies … Using private investigators to intimidate: those allegations come from several women involved with Bill Clinton. ibid.
In the summer of 2007 Hillary was forced to return nearly $900,000 from fundraiser Norman Hsu who is now under indictment for running a Ponzi scheme. ibid.
Tonken ended up in prison for unrelated fundraising scams. ibid.
Well it’s old news because the Clintons are repeat offenders. ibid. R Emmett Tyrrell
I do have a plan; I have an economic plan for upstate New York … ibid. Hillary
I stand for ending the war in Iraq, bringing our troops home … cf. … We’re going to have troops remaining there … ibid. Hillary
The phenomenon of the Clinton Body Count … a list that originated online over a decade ago now … a list of names of people … associated with the Clintons … who ended up meeting untimely demises. The Corbett Report: Requiem for the Suicided: Vince Foster, James Corbett online
The case of Kevin Ives and Don Henry: ‘Seventeen year old boys who apparently saw something related to drugs in Mena by accident late at night. Officially ruled an accidental death on the train tracks, but evidence shows they died before being placed on the tracks - one of a crushed skull and the other of a knife in the back’. ibid. Snopes online report
Foster: The Deputy White House Counsel during the first six months of the Bill Clinton White House administration, until that is he was found dead. ibid.
‘Vincent and Hillary had been partners together at the Rose Law firm and allegations of an ongoing affair had persisted … Foster was also the keeper of the files of the Clinton’s Arkansas dealings and had indicated in a memo that “Whitewater is a can of worms that you should NOT open”.’ ibid. Jeremiah Films
Clinton is not someone to be held up and venerated, nor should his wife Hillary be held up and venerated as some sort of bastion of feminist values. The Corbett Report: Meet the Clintons, James Corbett online June 2016
Their ability to tell bold faced blatantly self serving lies without so much as a blush … pathological liars to the American public. ibid.
Hillary supports the Iraq War: ‘I cast it with conviction’ cf. ‘I would certainly never have started this war.’ ibid.
Bill fakes crying at a funeral. ibid.
They are both committed globalists who at every opportunity praise the New World Order. ibid.
‘Told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future.’ ibid. Hillary on CFR
‘I’ve no idea what you’re talking about.’ ibid. Hillary denies attending Bilderberg meeting