Hillary Clinton voted to give George W. Bush authorization to invade Iraq (while Obama opposed the invasion), the Clintons both have praised Reagan far more than Obama has, and the Clintons had closer ties to an ethically challenged developer, Whitewater's James McDougal, than Obama apparently had with Tony Rezko.
Regarding Reagan, the Clintons have excoriated Obama for stating in a Nevada newspaper interview that the Republican icon "changed the trajectory of America." At the Jan. 21 debate, Hillary Clinton accused Obama of "admiring Ronald Reagan."
Obama denied Clinton's characterization, claiming he was just acknowledging Reagan's historical significance. The Illinois senator also noted that Clinton had "provided much more fulsome praise" of Reagan in Tom Brokaw's book, Boom!, which quotes Clinton as praising Reagan's flexibility.
"He could call the Soviet Union the Evil Empire and then negotiate arms-control agreements," she said. "He played the balance and the music beautifully."
Clinton earned high marks from the Post's editors and other news organizations for his "free-thinking" about Reagan and his courage in "saying things most Democrats wouldn't allow to pass their lips," Dionne wrote. [Washington Post, Jan. 25, 2008]
But Clinton wasn't really demonstrating much courage; he was embracing the Establishment's safe conventional wisdom on Reagan. It was another "Sister Souljah moment" in which Clinton essentially put down the congressional Democrats and independent investigators who had risked their reputations by critically examining Reagan's record.
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