Ed Morrissey and Judicial Watch Expose the Hillary Papers, Sitting Senators Proposes Smear Campaign Against U.S. Citizens
Posted by Duane Lester on Jan 22nd, 2008 • 295 Clicks

I heard Jim Quinn read this yesterday on Quinn and Rose and had to share it with you all. If you have not read this article at Captain’s Quarter’s, take the time to read it now:

First, Senator Jay Rockefeller proposed that the federal government conduct smear campaigns against the opponents of the plan:

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.

Rockefeller had allies in mind for this effort:

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.”

Wow. Media Matters should contact Rockefeller to disabuse him of the myth of the liberal-biased press!

There is much more. This article is a must read.

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