European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse I tuesday november 30, 1993._.j, -.miml,.,._._._._ commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 three faces of Clinton nation guessing which one s genuine William Safire this month we saw three Bill Clin tons in action the thin skinned politician the maturing president and the simplistic Pitchman. It began with an outburst of an interview with William Greider and Jann Wenner of rolling Stone mag Azine Clinton nettled by questions r out his ideological firmness blew up i have fought More Here for More things than any president has in20 years he blustered with the Possi ble exception of Reagan s first budget and hot gotten one Damn bit of credit from the knee Jerk Liberal press and i a sick and tired of it and you can put that in the Damn article warming to his whining he boasted of his Early leftward lurch look what did. I said the wealthy would have to pay their fair share and look what we did to the tax system. Did i get and credit for it from you or anybody else he then switched from Johnson treatment to Nixon self delusion do i in re if i get credit of but he cares so much and you get no credit around Here for fighting and bleeding. And that s Why the know Noth Ings and the do nothings and the negative people and the right wingers always win. Because of the Way people like you put questions to people like so shut up you Radic Libs your mean questions Are making your president blubber All over_his_0val office carpet. After this puerile display of petulance a quite different Clinton made his appearance. As a Roosevelt roomful of Media biggies gathered for a briefing seemed to just wander in be fore the administration briefer. His easy command presence made you feel that s. Pro was in charge of the country. When his aides came in on Cue but seemingly he mock chastised them for keeping us heavy hitters waiting you mean you let these Guy stalk to each other Clinton then sat Down for 10 minutes of serious questioning on chinese Trade and human rights explicating policy with sophistication. He knew Etc had the Pas Sage of the North american free. Trade agreement in his pocket the result of Wheeling and dealing in the grand tradition. He would use this Victory to impress the asian leaders in Seattle and As part of a triple play use. The North american and asian groupings to lever age a lowering of european tariffs. That was impressive. The second Clin ton had a foreign economic strategy the support of republicans and was pre pared to risk the Wrath of labor in lean ing on democrats to stick in his Linchpin. His underrated White House Arm twisters the firm of Daley Emmanuel Paster delivered for him. But then in Seattle yet another Clin ton emerged. To dealt the highest level wit China after Tiana men Square three great facts a St Iii . Firsty China and the United stately stare aft Irr Terest in stopping nuclear spread especially to the rogue regime in North Korea. Second China s economic Boom depends on continued . Purchases. Third the next generation throughout. Asia looks to us to induce Beijing to let its new economic Freedom spill Over into political rights. However asked about resuming sum Mit relations without some Progress on human rights in return Clinton s sloppily prepared answer was i Don t think that you Ever lose anything by talking to someone As Long As you re what simplistic nonsense. In Diplo Macy talking to someone especially after a crushing of democracy has a great value to the ostracized the soviets sought a Summit with Nixon in the 70s, Henry Kissinger made them pay a Price in prepared concessions before a meeting. Jimmy Carter could not condone the invasion of Afghanistan by talking to not even George Bush could instantly re sume regular relations after Tiana men. If Clinton was make preemptive Concession he could have said the time was Ripe to express my conviction face to face with chinese leaders that free markets go hand in hand with human rights. At would have dealt honestly with reality. But in his eagerness to avoid offending the sensibilities of the chinese president Clinton naive or deceptive insulted the intelligence of every american. Whining inspiring oversimplifying which Clinton will emerge next year c the new Yak times what a tangled web of Linguine we clods weave a a -. J five Hundred and one years ago an italian started american history which sensitive people Jug say has been a blood soaked tale of unrelieved exploitation racism sexism genocide violation of the rights of old growth forests and victimization All around but today the sensitive City University of new Yor awards italian americans a coveted place on its affirmative action list of official victims needing therapeutic preferences. Strange. New York state has Art italian american governor who is from new York City. And that City has an italian american mayor elect. Yet the City univer sity believes that italian americans Are oppressed. Professor Lawrence Castiglione a founder of the italian american Legal defense fund explains the general image is that we Are affiliated with organize crime and thuggery. People think italian americana Are perhaps there ought to be a Law against such images and ranking. The chronicle of higher education reports italian americans admit they have never been burdened by racist Laws and policies that have prevented other group from advancing but they say they too e
