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safeinOhio

(32,686 posts)
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 06:26 PM Oct 2019

20 years ago..."Vast right-wing conspiracy"

was brought to our attention.

"Vast right-wing conspiracy"
is a conspiracy theory popularized by a 1995 memo by political opposition researcher Chris Lehane and then referenced in 1998 by the then First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton, in defense of her husband, President Bill Clinton, characterizing the continued allegations of scandal against her and her husband, including the Lewinsky scandal, as part of a long campaign by Clinton's political enemies.[1] The term has been used since, including in a question posed to Bill Clinton in 2009 to describe verbal attacks on Barack Obama during his early presidency.[2] Hillary Clinton mentioned it again during her 2016 presidential campaign.[3]


Little did we know that more than 20 years later, how far those tentacles would stretch.

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20 years ago..."Vast right-wing conspiracy" (Original Post) safeinOhio Oct 2019 OP
We might not have, but I believe Hillary Clinton saw it clearly. nt spooky3 Oct 2019 #1
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