NYU Trustee Steinhardt’s
Historic Bill Clinton-DLC Connection
Although Steinhardt
supported right-wing Republican presidential candidates like Barry Goldwater
during the 1960s, in the mid-1980s’ he “got seriously involved in
the…Democratic Leadership Council” [DLC] that promoted former Arkansas Governor
Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign for the Democratic Party nomination, according
to No Bull. As Wall Street speculator Steinhardt recalled in
the same 2001 autobiography:
“…The phrase `moderate
Democrat,’ `centrist Democrat,’ and `new Democrat’ all evolved from the DLC. I
soon became, by far, the DLC’s largest financial contributor, donating a
minimum of $250,000 per year for nearly 10 years. Early on, I became its legal
chairman…I also became chairman of the DLC’s think tank, the Progressive Policy
Institute…The Board of Trustees of the DLC held regular meetings in Washington,
D.C. which I chaired…”
“I met Bill Clinton for
the first time in my apartment…Not too long after that first meeting, Clinton
began calling me from time to time, late in the evening…We would talk about
contemporary issues impacting either the Democratic Party or the DLC…”
(end of part 8)
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