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Animal Farm:
The Clinton Years |
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When George Orwell
wrote Animal Farm, he intended it to be a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of the Russian
Revolution. Little did he know that he was also portraying a future United
States Presidential Administration with parallels similar to those he
established with the development of the past Communist regime. The
similarities to The White House occupied by William Jefferson Clinton are
stark, although some of the comparisons are made in relation to a single
character and some are single characters representing a group or ideology.
The comparison of events is another area of parallel interpreted in this
satirical exercise. Some of the comparisons are somewhat of a stretch, but
with tongue in cheek, it isn't a far stretch. The
cast-of-characters are parallel to present-day political figures in many
instances through out the story. The nature-of-events parallel the present
day political climate such as the taking of the Manor Farm and the 1992
Presidential Election, the taking of the White House. Mr. Jones was the
owner of Manor Farm, the farm taken over by the animals. The Conservative
Republicans were the occupants of the White House. Mr. Jones was accused of
neglecting the animals when he forgot to feed them besides being mean and
cruel to them - the conservative Republicans have been mischaracterized as
wanting to cut programs thus neglecting and wanting to harm children, the
poor, and the elderly. Mr. Jones was usually kind to the animals, for
instance he would often mix milk in with the animal mash. Republicans tried a
number of conciliatory moves to get along with the Democrats. Mr. Jones and
his men tried once to retake the farm, but Napoleon and Snowball defeated the
advance with the help of the animals. Although the republicans did gain the
majority in the House and senate in 1994, Bob Dole tried to regain the White
House in 1996, but the Clinton was able to use his willing accomplices in the
media to defeat him. Old Major, the
prize boar, told all the animals in a late night meeting about a dream he had
of a time when "Man had vanished". He taught the others about
Animalism. Liberalism has been creeping in to our education system for many
years. The indoctrination of young people to Liberal ideals with dreams of
the "oppressive" right vanishing is the cornerstone of Liberalism.
Old Major loved to encourage class envy among the animals by telling them
that they do all the work and the rich have all the money. Liberals have
taught and encouraged class envy for many years. Old Major died before the
Animal Farm Revolution. Communism, the precursor to present day Liberalism,
"Died" in the Soviet Union before the Clinton Presidential
Election. Animalism is a scary example of the intent of Liberalism. It
teaches that nobody should ever have to own anything, nobody will need to be
rich, nobody will ever be poor. Liberals have incrementally inched in that direction
over the years and want to see it come to fruition for all, but, just like
Animalism, the leaders are excluded. Life will be much better for workers
under Animalism, after all everybody is equal. Liberals want more regulation
in the workplace to assure an equal environment with a guarantee for the
sameness of results. Snowball the young
boar, main rival to Napoleon, was smart, a good speaker and idealistic. Newt
Gingrich, Clinton's one time arch nemesis, is smart, a good speaker and
idealistic. Snowball wanted a better life for the animals. He wrote the Seven
Commandments on the barn and had the idea to build the windmill. The Seven
Commandments were intended to make everything fair on the farm. The windmill
was intended to make life easier for the animals. Gingrich wanted life to be
better for Americans. He was one of the leaders of The Republican Revolution
in 1994, and was not on the same side as Clinton but he was a leader similar
to Snowball. He helped write the Contract With America as a promise to the
American people to bring 10 specific ideas to a vote on Congress. Snowball
was chased away by the nine big dogs Napoleon raised from puppies and trained
to intimidate the others. Newt was "chased" away by the attack dog
media and willing accomplices in the press trained to do the bidding of the
Democratic Party. His own party, The Republican Party, was partly responsible
for Newt's political demise also because they lacked the resolve to advance
the Contract With America which had such a good start in 1994. They
eventually sold Gingrich to the big dogs to save their own careers.
Snowball's roll was mischaracterized and lied about by Napoleon and Squealer.
He was blamed for the windmill destruction and was said to have been a spy
for Mr. Jones the whole time. Newt's roll was mischaracterized and lied
about. He has been blamed for the break down of the Republican Party and the
loss of seats in the House in 1996 to Democrats. Napoleon and Bill
Clinton come from very similar molds. Napoleon was not a good speaker and is
not quite as clever as he thinks. While Bill Clinton is a good orator, he
too, is not as clever as he would like people to believe. Napoleon was
self-centered, brutal, and corrupt as well as devious and spiteful. Bill
Clinton is self-centered and corrupt as well as devious, spiteful, and cruel
to his opponents. But Clinton is a good speaker. Napoleon was obsessed with
his ambitious, power hungry appetite for complete control and to have rules
apply to everybody but himself. Clinton has been obsessed with the
acquisition of power since he was a young man. He plays with the law and
ethics as though he were at recess in a schoolyard. He is a lawyer and knows
how to manipulate the truth so that it sounds technically lawful in legal
language. Napoleon was concerned with how his animals viewed him, so he
manipulated the truth to suit his needs and to make himself look the best.
Clinton is on a legacy-building mission and is known to tell half-truths or
lies to suit his needs and to take credit for ideas he once condemned. For
example he was against welfare reform (He vetoed several bills) until he was
able to use it to his political advantage. Napoleon used the nine big dogs to
intimidate the masses - Clinton has the FBI and the IRS to intimidate his opponents,
and Craig Livingstone, hired to investigate individuals not in line with The
White House.. Clinton also has the mainstream news media at his disposal.
They run stories with a bad light on Clinton, then come back and repair the
damage on their own or let his minions explain it away. He also has The
Pornocrat, Larry Flint, available to keep opponents at bay by releasing dirt
on targeted opposition Politicians, mostly Republicans. Napoleon had
Squealer, who was sent out with the latest line on the current policy changes
to make the changes more palatable to the animals. Clinton has the White
House Press Secretary to present his daily mantra to gloss over the
explanation the latest White House scandal. He also has the willing
accomplices in the mainstream press and almost every Democrat in his party to
shout that same daily mantra. Moses the Raven is
a symbol for institutionalized religion. He is allowed by Napoleon to tell
the animals about Sugarcandy Mountain, symbolic of Heaven and a glorious
after life. Napoleon permits Moses this because it keeps the animal working
and looking forward to a possible better life. The Religious Left or the
groups that live by the Liberal agenda is the present day Moses the Raven.
The Religious Left tells their constituency about the Utopian and politically
pure society achievable by incrementally establishing policies to thwart
future growth of big business and industrialization. The Vice President Al
Gore has been a champion of selling environmental doom and gloom especially
in his book, Earth in the Balance. Al Gore could easily be compared to
Moses the Raven, also. Mollie the vain and
foolish young mare has a clear parallel to The Hollywood Left. She was beauty
conscious, wanting ribbons and sugar lumps. She could not care less about the
farm or the rebellion. She went along with who ever could help her get what
she wanted. The Hollywood Left pretends to care about politics to get
attention, but constantly proves its bias and lack of knowledge on the
subject. It is Just too bad most of them do not take the sugar lumps and go
away the way Mollie did. Benjamin is the
wise old donkey similar to the apathetic portion of the voting public. He was
suspicious of the revolution, but went along to keep the peace and stay alive.
The apathetic middle-of-the-road or independent voters go out and voted, but
don't really bother themselves with the facts beyond what they see on the six
o'clock news. They have never trusted Clinton, but have not taken to the
conservative ideology either. Quite simply, the
Battle of Cowshed was the 1996 Presidential Election. Mr. Jones and his men
attempted to regain the farm only to be driven away by the animals. Bob Dole
and the Republicans tried to regain the White House only to be driven away by
the press and the way they portrayed each side of the election. The windmill is a
symbol for the legacy Clinton is building. The animals had their windmill
knocked down one time by the men. Clinton had his windmill knocked down by
Ken Starr when he was exposed as a liar in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. The
animals windmill was knocked down again, this time by a storm, Snowball was
blamed for the deed. Clinton had his windmill knocked down again, this time
by impeachment; Ken Starr was blamed as Clinton always uses the
attack-the-accuser method of defense. Through out the
reign of Napoleon all problems that arose on the farm were blamed on
Snowball. He said Snowball was sneaking in and doing evil deeds in the
darkness. All problems during the Clinton Administration are blamed on Ronald
Reagan and George Bush. Such as the "worst economy in fifty years"
and when it was discovered that the Chinese had stolen nuclear technology,
giving them the "bomb" but not the means to propel it to a destination,
Al Gore said that it was a problem from the previous administration. He left
out the fact that the Chinese were given permission to buy the needed
technology to propel the warhead during Clinton and Gore term in office, the
present administration. The sheep had a
chant they were given by Napoleon to be bleated to in unison to drown out
anti-Napoleon talk: "Two legs bad, four legs good". The chant was
changed to suit Napoleons needs. The Democrats have mantra they bleat to
drown out conservatism. It changes daily to suit the needs of the day. Napoleon's business
dealings with Mr. Whymper, Pilkington and Frederick are similar to Clinton's
business dealings with the Chinese and Indonesians. Dealing with the enemy
and giving special concessions for special favors, such as campaign financing
in exchange for technology. The banquet at the
farmhouse where Napoleon and the other pigs are cavorting with the humans is
equivalent to Clinton and the way he panders to the constituency that he
needs for the advancement of his agenda. |