| | [[Timothy McVeigh]] visited the Waco gravesite of the children and adults which included several inter-racial couples. Outraged at the lawlessness of a government that now threatened [[Second Amendment]] rights, McVeigh made a personal decision to follow the same path of lawlessness. Under interrogation McVeigh cited the Waco massacre as his motivation for the [[Oklahoma City bombing]]. Hillary Clinton and the Clinton surrogates seized on the tragedy to attack their opponents. [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Newt Gingrich]], [[Bob Dole]], [[Rush Limbaugh]] and any Republican, [[Libertarian]], or [[Conservative]] who advocated smaller government and government accountability, or opposed any Clinton initiative, was labeled by the Clinton attack machine and [[mainstream media]] surrogates as a right-wing anti-government [[racist]] and [[extremist]]. The immediate official statements made it clear groups, not individual actors, were being targeted.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/20/us/terror-oklahoma-city-official-response-statements-president-attorney-general.html </ref> In the end, the Oklahoma City bombing was the work of a lone wolf - Timothy McVeigh.<ref>Wikipedia says this of Terry Nichols' "Anti-government views" who was convicted as an accomplice: "mistrust and resentment of the federal government was common, especially after bank repossessions of many farms in the 1980s."</ref> But the Clinton attack machine divided the country, slandering and impugning the integrity of millions of innocent Americans in its aftermath.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/06/us/terror-in-oklahoma-the-president-clinton-assails-the-preachings-of-the-militias.html </ref> Bill Clinton later was to say the Oklahoma City bombing [[spin]] saved his presidency and successfully insured his re-election. | | [[Timothy McVeigh]] visited the Waco gravesite of the children and adults which included several inter-racial couples. Outraged at the lawlessness of a government that now threatened [[Second Amendment]] rights, McVeigh made a personal decision to follow the same path of lawlessness. Under interrogation McVeigh cited the Waco massacre as his motivation for the [[Oklahoma City bombing]]. Hillary Clinton and the Clinton surrogates seized on the tragedy to attack their opponents. [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Newt Gingrich]], [[Bob Dole]], [[Rush Limbaugh]] and any Republican, [[Libertarian]], or [[Conservative]] who advocated smaller government and government accountability, or opposed any Clinton initiative, was labeled by the Clinton attack machine and [[mainstream media]] surrogates as a right-wing anti-government [[racist]] and [[extremist]]. The immediate official statements made it clear groups, not individual actors, were being targeted.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/20/us/terror-oklahoma-city-official-response-statements-president-attorney-general.html </ref> In the end, the Oklahoma City bombing was the work of a lone wolf - Timothy McVeigh.<ref>Wikipedia says this of Terry Nichols' "Anti-government views" who was convicted as an accomplice: "mistrust and resentment of the federal government was common, especially after bank repossessions of many farms in the 1980s."</ref> But the Clinton attack machine divided the country, slandering and impugning the integrity of millions of innocent Americans in its aftermath.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/06/us/terror-in-oklahoma-the-president-clinton-assails-the-preachings-of-the-militias.html </ref> Bill Clinton later was to say the Oklahoma City bombing [[spin]] saved his presidency and successfully insured his re-election. |