Here
is a short clip of Bill Clinton in his 1995 State of the Union address.
It
sounds just like a Donald Trump speech from 2016. What has changed so much that
ideas and policies spoken by Bill Clinton that received bi partisan applause in
1995 but are castigated and branded xenophobic and racist
today?
Common
sense then has become inflammatory rhetoric today.
Just
a year before this speech, the man sitting behind Clinton, Newt Gingrich,
formulated a macro plan called “Contract with America," part of which
required a balancing of the budget. The plan succeeded for a micro second. Bill
Clinton was of course quick to seize credit.
So
what has changed in America since that late 20th century
era? Border security and fiscal responsibility were embraceable ideas.
How
did the mood change? I would suggest the following.
Fifteen
years more of indoctrination of college students at our Universities
Fifteen
years more of massive visa overstays and illegal immigration
Fifteen
years more of media pumping out the message of the Left
Fifteen
more years of massive federal expansion
Eight
years of Barack Obama, Valerie Jarret, Eric Holder and now Loretta Lynch
I
invite further considerations.
