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       From The People Who Said Ike Was A Commie....
       The Plot To Sandbag Bill & Hillary Clinton
       by
       Bob W. Ryley

       At first I though nothing of it.  After all books bashing the
       President and Mrs. Clinton have become a common occurrence.  But, this
       one seemed different.  Author Gary Aldrich is a retired FBI agent.  He
       did work at the White House.  But, I must confess disappointment sent
       in when I realized that amidst all the excerpts published in Friday's
       New York Post, nothing was revealed about who really wrote Primary
       Colors.  It seems to me that a real White House FBI agent would know
       something.

       Not this agent turned author.  The opinionated Mr. Aldrich clearly
       doesn't like much about the Clintons or the current White House Staff.
       This alone doesn't make him a bad person.  Clearly the emergence of
       Mr. Aldrich's book caught many book dealers by surprise.  I had one
       heck of time finding it.  My search for Unlimited Access prompted me
       to call two different Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Waldenbook
       stores.  It made me feel that New Jersey had suddenly become Mars.
       None of these places expected to have copies before mid July at the
       earliest.

       Suddenly, fate intervened and so did my skepticism of Mr. Aldrich and
       his book.  I found the book - they were down to two copies - at a B.
       Dalton Bookstore.  I was surprised.  Given that there seems to so much
       author's want to say about the Clintons, this book's just over 200
       pages seemed a bit on the thin side.   The ultimate clue for me though
       was not the size.  It was the published.  Regnery - in my youth know
       as Henry Regnery and Co. - was what the right wing anti-communist
       movement of the 1950s and 1960 thought of as their "house publisher."
       Along with Devin Adair, Regnery produced most of the anti-communist
       writings penned by a number of right wing kooks.

       One of Regnery's boosters was Robert Welch the retired candy salesman
       and founder of the John Birch Society.  Today's generation will know
       little about the Birch Society.  Some may remember that Mr. Welch was
       the fellow who wrote a lengthy book himself in which he suggested the
       Dwight Eisenhower was a "conscious articulate agent of the communist
       conspiracy."

       That was and is cry of the far right.  In the 50s their hero was
       Senator Joe ("I've got a list of high placed reds in my pocket")
       McCarthy.  The frequently drunk Senator from Wisconson became widely
       know red-baiting and dubbing just about everyone moderately liberal a
       communist.

       In various writings at the time Robert Welch set forth his vision of
       how his anti-communist Birch Society would be organized.  The would
       organize into local chapters, create front groups and spread the anti-
       communist word.  They would be run from the top.  No Robert's Rules
       here.  That would make them susceptible to Commie infiltration.

       Their message would be clear.  Roosevelt let Pearl Harbor happen on
       purpose to get us into the war.  Roosevelt - both Roosevelt and
       Eleanor - were traitors.  Truman was suspected of red sympathies
       because he restrained the excesses of McArthur.  General George C.








       Marshall was suspected of being communist because of his post war
       efforts to rebuild Europe.

       All of these theories were set forth in books published by Regnery and
       Devin Adair.  A striking characteristic of most of their publications
       was that they were largely ignored by the mainstream media.  Neither
       the media nor the public at large were willing to accept what often
       seemed like the rantings of a lunatic fringe that simply did not like
       Roosevelt or the New Deal.

       The far right's efforts which began in the post Korean war era through
       the formation of the Birch Society in 1958, and then presidential
       losses to Kennedy in 1960 and Johnson in 1964, was an abysmal failure.
       It is important to remember that these people actually did consider
       Eisenhower a traitor and Nixon an accomplice.   Years later, a smaller
       and far less influential Birch Society, considered Nixon's decision to
       open the door to China all the proof anyone should need to see him as
       anything but a genuine anti-communist.

       With the emergence of cable television, video tapes, personal
       computers and the internet, the far right of the 80s communicates in
       ways other than books.  The modern day heirs of far-right hate radio
       of the 60s today thrives on shortwave radio.  Mainstream raido in
       search of increasing mega-bucks promote the likes of Limbaugh and
       Grant.  But, in addition to the Mainstream Hate, the fringe uses the
       new technologies to spread the word.

       Companies like Regnery still exist and thrive by producing the same
       kind of dribble.   Stacy Koon, one of the four LA Cops involved in the
       Rodney King beating, had his book published by Regnery.  Regardless of
       the topic or author the technique of smearing with innuendo and rumor
       is still the same.  The difference between today and 1950 is that the
       legitimate mainstream media of the 50' reported news.  New which had
       to be factually confirmed.  Today, with the proliferation of tabloid
       television it is common for rumors and speculation to be reported.

       A brief aside.  The lingo of trash-tv-talk is fascinating in itself.
       The intent is to get the "story" out without making slanderous
       statements.  Provocative points are made in the form of a question.
       What is sad is that even Senator Orin Hatch is not above playing the
       game.  During an interview prior to his questioning of Livingstone,
       Hatch remarked that what has come out so far raised a number of
       troublesome questions; that he had know knowledge of any intentional
       wrong doing by the President, but that if he or other key people were
       involved it would be "very very serious."  It is this kind of what
       almost amount's to a conclusory allegation or question that places the
       smear in the public's mind.

       Finally, we come to the difficult situation in which the President
       finds himself.  On this morning's (6/30) talk shows there was a
       reference to one author who has suggested that Clinton - during his
       college years at Oxford - may have done work for or in some way
       assisted the CIA keep tabs on war protesters.

       Yesterday, in the same bookstore where I found the Aldrich book, I
       found (on the close-out table) a book called Clinton Confidential.
       George Carpozi, Jr. is a reporter and author who for years reported
       for the very conservative New York Journal American.  Mr. Carpozi's








       book is anti-Clinton.  It is also much better written that the current
       Aldrich journal.  Interestingly, Carpozi repeats the analysis of
       Congressman Robert Dornan (a Birch Society darling if there ever was
       one) who in 1992 suggested that Clinton went to Moscow because his
       anti-war activities somehow were supported by the KGB.

       It seems to me they've we've now gone full circle.  Consider if you
       will what they've suggested about President Clinton.  The early
       attempts to "do him him" were based upon rumor and speculation that he
       (and his wife) were left-wing pinkos who protested in college and took
       part in unamerican protests.  He went to places like Norway and Russia
       which makes him suspect.  As a domestic politician he was a far out
       liberal - almost socialist - who was out to destroy free enterprise.

       What they never answered is why this closet-commie was supported by
       corporate America as a governor and president.  What they never
       address is that even Clinton's most seemingly commie proposal - the
       healthcare reform plan-  was really a turnover of healthcare to a
       handful of giant - and private - insurance companies.  Hardly
       socialism.

       Finally, it now seems to be going full circle.  Rather than have him
       engaged in treasonous activities during his college years, they've
       floated the story of him being a CIA asset. Perhaps they think is
       enhances the spying and poking into secret files image.  Only in the
       absurd world of trash talk radio and tabloid television could such
       dribble be debated with a straight face.  But, it is not funny.   We
       have sadly reached the point where almost anything can and will be
       said - particularly by the far right wing of the GOP - to sink an
       adversary.  The kooks who thought Ike was a commie and McCarthy was
       just a misunderstood guy who drank too much, have taken over.


       Copyright 1996
       Bob W. Ryley