The Hillary health care papers
Judicial Watch has posted the first batch of internal Hillary health care task force memos detailing efforts to gather dirt on health care debate activists.
Spying on jihad suspects? Bad.
Spying on health care opponents? Good.
Some tidbits:
• A June 18, 1993 internal Memorandum entitled, “A Critique of Our Plan,” authored by someone with the initials “P.S.,” makes the startling admission that critics of Hillary’s health care reform plan were correct: “I can think of parallels in wartime, but I have trouble coming up with a precedent in our peacetime history for such broad and centralized control over a sector of the economy…Is the public really ready for this?… none of us knows whether we can make it work well or at all…”
• A “Confidential” May 26, 1993 Memorandum from Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to Hillary Clinton entitled, “Health Care Reform Communications,” which criticizes the Task Force as a “secret cabal of Washington policy ‘wonks’” that has engaged in “choking off information” from the public regarding health care reform. The memorandum suggests that Hillary Clinton “use classic opposition research” to attack those who were excluded by the Clinton Administration from Task Force deliberations and to “expose lifestyles, tactics and motives of lobbyists” in order to deflect criticism. Senator Rockefeller also suggested news organizations “are anxious and willing to receive guidance [from the Clinton Administration] on how to time and shape their [news] coverage.”
• A February 5, 1993 Draft Memorandum from Alexis Herman and Mike Lux detailing the Office of Public Liaison’s plan for the health care reform campaign. The memorandum notes the development of an “interest group data base” detailing whether or not organizations “support(ed) us in the election.” The database would also track personal information about interest group leaders, such as their home phone numbers, addresses, “biographies, analysis of credibility in the media, and known relationships with Congresspeople.”
More where all that came from, according to Judicial Watch: “The National Archives admits there may be an additional 3,022,030 textual records, 2,884 pages of electronic records, 1,021 photographs, 3 videotapes and 3 audiotapes related to the Task Force that are being withheld indefinitely from the public. On November 2, 2007 Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the National Archives to force the release of all the Task Force records.”
When Hillary talks about the politics of personal destruction, she knows whereof she speaks.
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Ed Morrissey flags one of the memos that proposed government use of the DNC to conduct intelligence operations.
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Does this surprise anyone? Hillary is a manipulative control freak.
And there are people out there who think she would make a great president.
Can someone explain that to me?
Arkancide anyone?
Can someone explain that to me?
Nope. Liberals are brain dead and have practically everything 180 degrees wrong. Absolutely anything justifies keeping their leaders in power and giving them more of it.
I seriously doubt this is a surprise to most of the people who frequent this blog. However, it is something that typical liberals and the ignorant masses refuse to acknowledge.
*Whew* Thanks for clarifying. I was afraid HRC might be using a double-standard.
It will be interesting to see if “she who must not be named” wins the nomination. These papers will be a treasure trove to destroy her chances provided the information is made available to the general public. I’m sure the MSM will do all it can to suppress or deflect this information. Just confirms what many of us know about how the Clinton War Machine works. If you can’t win in the market place of ideas, attack, smear, threaten, and/or destroy those that don’t agree with you.
This stuff still doesn’t suprise me to what (she who shall not be named) is capable of.
Sean Hannity had it right when he commented earlier this week about him getting his tax records in order since the clintons will go after anyone conservative like they did in the 1990’s.
GSP
I’m telling you folks, if this country is so stupid that it elects Hitlary or Obama and keeps the Democraps in the majority of both houses, you can kiss this country goodbye! There will be a huge escalation in terrorism (including here) and a meltdown in the financial markets that make the subprime mess seem like euphoria.
BlameAmericaLast: Fascistic government control will come and people will welcome it. The people who support the libs either want the government to solve all of their problems or want to be in the government to force their solutions on the willing population. It isn’t that the libs are stupid - it would be easier if they were - but that they play to the fear, jealousy, and laziness of people who have been trained not to believe in and work for themselves.
I remember one year in the ’90’s many people and organizations, like Paula Jones, the NRA, and others were subject to IRS audits. With the NRA the IRS tried to get their membership list, too. So one can just imagine what she would do if she got elected here.
Thankfully, I really don’t believe she’ll get elected.
Very well put.
Hardly surprising, considering Clinton was a disciple of Saul Alinsky. Read some of that, if you want to be TRULY frightened of her. Alinsky believed in using the democratic process to subvert American freedom. The ends of a Marxist state justify ANY means, for the Alinsky disciple. Hillary is just such a person. How many people have died in mysterious circumstances around her? How much dirty money still sits in her coffers? She will NEVER care about what it takes, as long as it results in power for herself and her fellow travelers.
We have got to stop pretending that people like Hillary are acting as part of the political process. Every breath they take is treason.
This is de javu, first Kerry would not release his naval record now Hillary keeps her Whitehouse papers underwraps and it takes a court order for us mere mortals to see just a few of them. I think anyone who hides their past need not be my president! Bring in the Swiftboats.
Right on! Been re-reading To Set The Record Straight And one of the tactics used by the left was(and is) spying on and digging up dirt on anyone who opposed them. Some things never change. “If you don’t support me, you are bad/evil and therefore I will do everything in my power to destroy you!”
How is the DNC, if used this way, any different than the Communist Soviet Union’s Central Committee? The parallels are striking! So, can we assume Hillary and company are using/want to use the Communist strategy of eliminating opponents? No wonder she doesn’t want her papers released for scrutiny…
I am surprised Hillary hasn’t used Ron Paul’s explanation for NOT returning questionable/dirty money…”I can’t tell them how they should spend their money! Why should I give it back? I don’t agree with them, but if they want to give me money, that’s their decision.” (Or something like that.)
People will vote for Clinton, simply because she’s a woman. Heck, they would vote for Medusa, simply because she’s a woman. No other reason. We have people who have very little knowledge of this country, its history, or its principles. The only thing they know is what politicians and the msm have told them. They would vote for Pol Pot if he was still alive and offered a nanny state. Such are some of our voters and illegals who vote.
I am draining my bank accounts!
I will bury my money before any liberal traitor gets their hands on it.
This is scary and not a surprise - no wonder she wants these papers buried.
Ultimately this is even scarier, but we knew it all along.
I’m starting to believe that Bill was just a puppet and Hillary actually pulled the strings. As long as Bubba had burgers and bimbos he was content, while this very deceitful, evil, greedy,
succubus preyed on the citizenry. There is no line that she won’t cross to become POTUS.
Rubber-Glovegate!
(But only because Rubbergate sounded funky.)
Leave it to Bilderberger elitist Jay Rockefeller to offer Hill his best subversion tactics.
madchef#20-very good point.When talking politics with people who say Bill Clinton did so much for the country,I simply ask”what did he do?”,I have yet to get an answer to that question.Maybe the Beast was making the decisions and we just didn’t realize it.
hatelibs#8-100% correct.If any of the Dems are elected,we are screwed to the max.
Boy, Rockefeller is a dirtbag.
I wonder if he’s still using the info on his opponents?
Speaking of the MSM. Instapundit has a link to an interesting story about the MSM and
of crimes that have been committed by members of the MSM and the need for
specific healthcare for these people. There are cases of so many crimes including
DUI’s, child rape and stalking just to name a few. And these are the people that would tell the rest of us how we should live our lives. Rockefeller and HRC seem to
be cut out of the same bolt of cloth. He’s advising the Queen of the Purloined FBI
Files how to use dirt against her opponents? Sounds like two of a kind.
Now one can understand why the library is closed!
It never ceases to amaze me that with all the information in the public domain about Hillary’s operations thus far in her life, people still support her. Do they think that they’ll somehow be immune to retribution if they run afoul of her plans? Do they honestly believe that she will do as she promises them after she’s elected? If anyone’s character has ever shown brightly through the facade, it’s hers! It’s getting harder for her to hide the vicious, conniving, plotting, greedy, selfish and self-centered person she really is. And yet……she still has supporters. Incredible.
Does it not give liberals pause that these ‘progressive reforms’ are also a strong form of government control, which kind of flies in the face of the liberal ideology of maximum individual freedom?
Are you kidding me? A sitting Senator and the First Lady working with the MSM to get the MSM to craft their message..this really sucks.
I don’t know about the rest of you all, but the thought of more Clinton years really makes me want to hurl
If this is what they let us see, can you imagine what they are still hiding?
Anyone actually read any of the papers beyond the outtakes?
OMFG! (Because I don’t want to say G-d)
Just skim thru 0108HRCHeathcareRockefeller_0.pdf
Just a few things which get repeated throughout:
1) “opinion-makers”
2) Demonize the opponets because they “profit” off of non-national healthcare, whether they do or not
3) Contact the national and local media (of reps who are not on board with the idea) to demonize their positions in their local areas.
Could this be treasonous?
Hillery.. you are evil incarnate!
Now if we could only get Bin Laden to slam her health plan, we’d find out where he is.
After all the nonsensical conspiracies that abound and yet there’s very little exposure of Jay Rockefeller shows just how stealthy a well known political figure can be.
why isn’t this being reported anywhere else? Drudge?
ctmom, I heard about this on Rush today… & so did millions of others.
My guess is that the Obama camp will gladly serve this up for the MSM, with a side of fries.
Brooklyn Red, I don’t think Obama will use this. I’m frankly shocked that his campaign isn’t as dirty as they were when running against Ryan. The gloves were off then and he was wearing brass knuckles. He will learn that no matter how nice he treats Clinton, they will trash him, his wife, his kids, even his pets. They are evil people.
Um, doesn’t Sandy Burglar work for her?
It won’t matter to Clinton apologists no matter hwo much dirt is revealed. She will deflect it. You know its all a figment of VRWC imagination or even if true we should overlook any shortcuts taken as the results will greatly benefit America. Same thing happened with the Lewinsky non-sex. Check out this famous op-ed by G.Steinem that has disappeared from NY Slimes archives:
http://www2.edc.org/WomensEquity/edequity98/0561.html
“Great” liberals deserve a pass and we need to just shut up and enjoy the deceits and obfuscations. Media will do its best to protect their adulated loons.
There you have it. cHillary is telling the TROOTH when she says she has 35 years of experience.
35 years of the politics of personal destruction going all the way back to 2008-35=1973 or Watergate!
Thanks for publishing this, Michelle. When I heard it on Rush’s show yesterday, my first thought was to send money the next time I get a solicitation from this group! That is getting bang from my buck! I’ve donated before, and will definitely do so again!