One of the "Clinton People" ran for John Edwards NC Seat when Edwards stepped down (and was pressured to give up his seat) for 2004 Election. Erskine Bowles was Clinton's chief of staff and had run before and lost to Elizabeth Dole.
A group of NC Business People had a fundraiser for Bowles which I attended. At the "Q&A" period Bowles was asked if we should have gone to war with Iraq and he said: "Oh, yes, Saddam was a terrible threat to the US and it was important for us to deal with him." My husband and I both walked out after he said that.(Edited to add that tears were streaming down my face because being here on DU I had done EVERYTHING I COULD to STOP THIS CRAZY WAR IN IRAQ) It was then that I knew the Clintons people really believed in Bush's War. Even though it's said Clinton kept the NeoCons in the closet...it seems that their folks had no objection to us going in and "taking out Saddam."
I don't trust anyone who has anything to do with the Clintons because their people are "Money People" from the DC power structure. Clinton himself was a "tool" of them. And,if he took shit from the RW Media Establishment...it seems a price he was willing to pay and put the country through Hell because of it. He didn't veto the "Telecommunications Bill" of '96 which lead to our Dems losing any ability to get election fraud or anything else exposed for the American people.
There's too much that doesn't add up about the Clintons. How they would still be working with the "Power Structure" that tormented them throughout their administration is the Question. How they allowed the Monica thing to go on...when Bushies would have shut that whole thing down. How they allowed Janet Reno to play into the hands of the Right Wing when the Bushies would have controlled it. The only answer is that the Clintons are and were TOOLS. That they allow themselves to be TOOLS without any guilt is very disturbing to me and should be to anyone who has seen what has gone on in the past over a decade.
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The Clinton years--Erskine Bowles
In 1992, he became more involved in politics as a fundraiser for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. President Clinton appointed Bowles to head the Small Business Administration in 1993. From October 1994 to December 1995, Bowles served as Clinton's deputy White House chief of staff, in the first Clinton Administration.
After briefly returning to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he helped found the merchant bank Carousel Capital, Bowles was appointed Clinton's Chief of Staff in December 1996. One of Bowles's major responsibilities was dealing with federal budget negotiations between the White House and Congress. . Bowles returned to Charlotte, North Carolina and to the field of finance again in October 1998. He was also asked by North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt to head a task force on rural economic prosperity.
right President Clinton and Bowles (wearing overcoat on the left
right President Clinton and Bowles (wearing overcoat on the left
Senatorial races
Although initially reluctant to seek political office, Bowles reconsidered a run for the Senate after the September 11, 2001 attacks and, in October 2001, declared his candidacy for the United States Senate as a Democratic candidate. Seeking to fill the seat being vacated by Jesse Helms, Bowles secured the party's nomination, but was defeated in the 2002 general election by Republican challenger Elizabeth Dole.
In 2004, Bowles campaigned again for the Senate, seeking to fill the seat being vacated by fellow Democrat John Edwards. He faced Republican Richard Burr and Libertarian Tom Bailey in a hotly contested race. The final month of the Senate campaign saw both Bowles's and Burr's campaigns turn strongly negative, with Burr's campaign attacking Bowles's associations with the Clinton administration, while Bowles's campaign attacked Burr on his support of trade legislation and special interest donations. Both campaigns spent a great deal of money, making it one of the most expensive statewide races in North Carolina history.
Despite an early lead in the polls after the primaries, as well as fellow Democrat Mike Easley running for a second term as governor at the top of the state party ticket, Bowles was defeated in the 2004 race as well. President Bush's comfortable electoral victory in North Carolina likely helped Burr considerably. During his concession speech in Raleigh at the Democratic headquarters, he thanked his supporters but seemed to indicate that he would not run for office again. Quoting his father, he said there were "many ways to add to the community woodpile" and that political office was only one of them. Accordingly, in 2005 Bowles accepted an appointment as U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami-affected Countries, once again working for Bill Clinton who was now serving as U.N. Special Envoy.
Since 2005
On October 3, 2005, Bowles was elected by the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors to succeed Molly Corbett Broad as President of the system.
Bowles is also a member of the board of directors of General Motors and Morgan Stanley, and serves on the North Carolina Advisory Board of DonorsChoose.
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