Joseph Knollenberg: “Look out, Mr. and Mrs. America. The President is selling his own personal brand of snake oil again. But guess what?…”

“Look out, Mr. and Mrs. America. The President is selling his own personal brand of snake oil again. But guess what? Sometimes the President does not really mean what he says. As recently as this weekend the President said he now supports welfare reform. Yes, welfare reform. He is back to that position. So far this year he has vetoed, as my colleagues know, changing welfare as we know it, not once, but twice. The President has simply surrounded this issue. In fact, he switched his position so many times I am starting to get a bit dizzy. Then he said this is, and again I quote, the healthiest economy in 30 years. If this is the healthiest economy in 30 years, then why does it lag behind all 4 years of the Carter administration? That is right. Remember the Carter years? The Carter economy grew 2 rac{1}{2} imes faster than the Clinton economy. No wonder everybody is worried. That does not sound like the healthiest economy in 30 years. So I say, enough of the Clinton snake oil, enough of the flip-flops. Americans are no longer buying that line.”