manalang
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02:17:37 am on November 6, 2003 | # |
Here’s an excellent interview of former President Bill Clinton by Michael Tomasky for The American Prospect.
Now what we [the Democrats] should say is that they [the Republicans], not we, have brought class warfare back to America. You know, every time I complain about these tax cuts some conservative says I’m practicing class warfare. I am not. I pay these taxes. And I live in New York state and Westchester County, so I think I probably pay as high [of] rates as anybody in America. And I should. Nobody makes me live in this country. America has been good to me. And I think for somebody to give me a tax cut and then turn around and say, “We’ve gotta have $87 billion spent in Iraq, but we’re gonna kick 300,000 kids out of after-school programs, 84,000 kids out of student loans … 25,000 uniformed police off the street? We’re gonna kick a couple thousand police off the street in New York City who put their lives on the line on September the 11th, and they’re gonna give me a tax cut?” That’s class warfare! And I think we ought to say that!
I saw President Clinton speak at one of our conferences in 2002. Put aside the Lewinsky scandal, I still love the guy. I sure hope Clark and Dean read this article. Clinton’s advice is right on the money. If any democrat is going to win in 2004, they need to “Defend government. Fight Smarter. Smile.”
* Article via Anil Dash
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