It seems that some of us quickly forget exactly what candidate Clinton said during the campaign to the White House and what President Clinton says and has said since his inauguration.
On Feb. 14, 1992, candidate Clinton said, "Paul Tsongas says a middle-class tax cut is pandering. This isn't pandering . . . I'm going to rescue the middle-class." During the last presidential debate on Oct. 19, 1992, candidate Clinton also said, "The real mistake he (Bush) made was the `read my lips' promise in the first place. You just can't promise something like that just to get elected if you know there's a good chance that circumstances may overtake you."In an Oval Office address on Feb. 15, 1993, now-elected President Clinton stated, "I had hoped to invest in your future . . . without asking more of you. And I've worked harder than I've ever worked in my life to meet that goal. But I can't."
In another campaign speech in Florida an March 27, 1992, candidate Clinton said, "I think President Bush played racial politics with the Haitian refugees. I won't be shipping those poor people back." Nearly a year later, a Washington Post headline on March 1, 1993, read "Administration to Defend Bush Haitian Policy in Court." Another typical backtrack? You bet.
There are many more examples of what candidate Clinton said and what President Clinton now says. This is only the beginning.
Thayle Wilkins
Brigham City