Unlike Nero staying in Rome, Bill Clinton is fiddling whilest winging his way to Russia, leaving the United States to burn. Any respect that he may have had left, has gone along with him on this flight; and probably won't be coming back with him.
Here are some unanswered questions that I believe the President is trying to duck.
1) Why is Clinton asking Congress for additional money ( not in the balanced budget ) for new entitlements?
Trent Lott says the President's word is really at issue in this one, as Clinton promised something different in budget negotiations. Clinton has demonstrated the ease in which he can choreograph direct lies to the people. He may be setting up a veto-fed government shutdown, to create a campaign issue for November, to help try and save the morally bankrupt Democratic party. The Congress can't do its job, when the President's word can't be trusted.
2) Why didn't Clinton invoke the 30 day cooling off period in the Northwest Airlines strike paralyzing the Mid West?
The Congress passed a new law for just this occasion, and he is truely making a big mistake, in not using it!
3) Why didn't Clinton address the Communist North Korean ICBM that was launched over the Sea of Japan ( shot across the bow? )?
Ignore it, and it will go away? We may see a North Korean nuclear test, soon; why did we give them economic aid and help with nuclear power generation ( the by-product of this, is the catalyst for nuclear bombs )?
4) Why didn't Clinton do something about Iraq's suspending weapons inspections ( and Inspector Ritter resigning )?
Chief Butler and Ritter must be allowed to explain why the UN inspections seem to have been stopped by the US, itself. How can he attack an aspirin factory in Sudan, but leave Iraq alone, after pledging to get tough if Iraq violates the UN resolutions on weapons inspections? How can he spend millions of dollars for a cruise missile attack on a bunch of tents in Afganistan, but leave the Iraqi weapons plants intact?
5) Why is Clinton still going to Russia, when Yelsin has disolved the government?
22 billion dollars has been fed into this corrupt government ( at least 5 billion of our own tax dollars just this month alone ), without them passing any of the required free market reforms, all this while Tom Daschle seemingly is asking for us to put more of our hard earned money into the IMF! Remember the coup de tat' that got Yelsin in power, with tanks in front of the Russian parliment? What is Clinton getting himself involved in ( meeting of world Mafia bosses? )? Pledge more economic support and pocket his cut? Buy some cheap Russian made gifts for his girlfriends? Visit his old commie chums, from his left wing radical student trip there in the 60s?
The global economic and political situation continues to deteriorate, as Clinton refuses to step down. The world's last super power must have a strong leader, not a whimp whose word is worth absolutely nothing and lacks any form of leadership qualities ( except those associated with fund raising for the DNC, illegal or otherwise )!
- Bongo ( Put a little starch in your collar and get some knee braces. )
Updated ( 8-31-98 )
(c)1998 Bongo.