The Washington Post, August 28th, 1996
Here is a measure of the emptiness of politics during Bill Clinton's purely tactical presidency: The delegates who Thursday night will rock the rafters for him have only varying degrees of hostility for the only truly significant things -- there are only three of them -- he has done. Democrats are the party of government, so a majority of Democrats in Congress opposed NAFTA. A Republican initiative, it decreases the importance of government by increasing the sovereignty of economic forces over political choices. Democrats are the party of compassion, meaning the prevention or amelioration of p...
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