August 14, 2009
Bill Clinton’s inspiration to the left is a warning for the right.

Posted at 9:56 am, in: Environment, Health Care
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill, Bloggers, Clinton, Congress

The scary part comes at the end:

Former President Bill Clinton told an audience of liberal online activists Thursday evening that the nation has “entered a new era of progressive politics” that could last for decades if Democrats can pass ambitious measures such as health care reform and climate change.

In a nearly hour-long keynote address to the fourth annual Netroots Nation convention in Pittsburgh, a gathering of roughly 1,500 progressive bloggers and activists, Clinton said the nation—and public opinion—has dramatically changed in the 16 years since he took office. But he noted that President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress needed the support of the online community to achieve their agenda.

“We have entered a new era of progressive politics which, if we do it right, can last 30 or 40 years,” Clinton said. “America has rapidly moved to another place on a lot of these issues.”

I don’t believe that public opinion has changed dramatically since Bill Clinton took office 16 years ago. If anything, I think that most people still tend to lean conservative–even if that’s not the label they use for themselves. As we are seeing from the current grassroots revolt against this administration, this Congress, and their agenda, Americans prefer the government to just leave them alone, which is not a part of the liberal philosophy.

And, don’t be fooled, when Clinton says progressive he means liberal. He just knows that their brand of liberalism isn’t popular, so they’re trying to rename it. But, a rose by any other name is still a rose and a liberal by any other name is still a liberal. Nice try, Bill.

The last line is a warning to all Americans. Clinton is right. If we allow them to move forward with this radical liberal agenda it will have lasting affects for at least the next 30 to 40 years. As it stands right now, we’ll be paying for it much longer than that, anyway. This is just another reason of why we cannot let this happen.

Well, if Obama and Congress need the support of liberal bloggers to achieve their agenda, the rest of America needs our support in order to defeat their agenda. I’m always crunched for time, but I’m willing to take up that charge.