What Obama Learned from Clinton’s Impeachment

WorldNetDaily

WASHINGTON – With talk of presidential impeachment in the air,again,one of Bill Clinton’s lead prosecutors is coming out with a tell-all book based on his extensive journaling through the historic trial – an experience from which he believes Barack Obama cut his political teeth.

James E. Rogan’s much-anticipated “Catching Our Flag:Behind the Scenes in a Presidential Impeachment,” doesn’t even release officially until May,but the former California congressman and current judge believes Obama’s entire approach to politics is based on the lessons he learned from Clinton’s handling of his biggest political crisis,as he writes in an exclusive commentary in WND today.

Noting recent statements from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Trent Franks,R-Ariz.,about the possibility of an Obama impeachment,Rogan writes:“I doubt that such impeachment talk rattles Obama. In fact,I wouldn’t be surprised if,deep in his heart,Obama is something of a Clinton impeachment ‘fan.’”

”How else does one explain Obama’s first two years in office:diving headfirst into an array of politically unpopular policy initiatives that sent his once sky-high approval ratings plummeting,and his apparent reception of the potential fallout little more than a shoulder shrug?”he asks rhetorically.

Rogan suggests Obama “lives within a new political paradigm with us ever since Bill Clinton’s impeachment”in which it is deemed advantageous to:

• “Attack opponents endlessly,but always end the attack by saying you want to ‘work with them,’and demand they end the ‘bitter partisanship’infecting Washington”;
• “Keep telling your story,no matter how much evidence (or poll numbers) undermines the claims”;
• When the voters respond initially with shock or disfavor,keep pressing forward. In time,they’ll grow tired and bored with the irritant. Given enough time,there is a good chance they’ll turn their ire on the people holding you accountable for whatever shocked or irritated them in the first place.”