Bill Clinton Rewrites History

And in the process joins the president in referring to Tea Party protesters with a homosexual slur:

With the issue he has positioned to be his crowning achievement as president at a crossroads, Barack Obama once again called on his former rival to help him follow through.

Former President Bill Clinton told a room full of Democratic Senators Tuesday that passing health care reform – which he failed to do 15 years ago – is not only a moral issue, but also “an economic imperative.”

Clinton argued that even “the most cold-hearted person” ought to support health care reform simply from an economic standpoint. He reminded Democrats of the political momentum their failure to pass reform in 1993 delivered the House of Representatives to the Republicans the following year.

"The point I want to make is: just pass the bill, even if it's not exactly what you want," Clinton told Democrats. "When you try and fail the other guys write history.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Clinton described the ongoing tea party protests against the Democratic agenda as a sign his party was making progress.

Whitehouse quoted Clinton arguing: "The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning."

Clinton’s overall message was one the Obama administration has tried to make: not passing a bill is the worst thing Democrats could do.

What Clinton was trying to tell congressional Democrats is that the reason Democrats lost both houses of congress in 1994 was because they failed to pass Hillarycare in 1993. That's 180 degrees out of phase with the truth.

The Democrats lost in 1994 because they tried to pass Hillarycare and Americans rejected it. They didn't want a big government takeover of the best health care system in the world. Voters blew the Democrats out of there in 1994 in much the same way I expect them to dump them in 2010. We've already seen the beginning of that move with the elections last week in Virginia and New Jersey.

As far as the "tea-bagger" comment from Clinton, Obama, and many lefty commentators, I'm beginning to think there's a lot of latent homosexuality lurking just under the surface in the Democrat party.