More Inconsistency

By Michael The Libertarian

Islamic Jihadists, when wanting to protect the prophet, the Qur'an, or Sharia law, will lash out at soft targets.
They don't attack military posts (except from the inside, Maj. Hasan), or police stations, or the local KKK or Neo-Nazi headquarters. No. They attack soccer stadiums, night clubs, schools, concert venues … soft targets.
Why wouldn't they? Places where the masses they wish to murder have been dis-armed for them, either by law or by the venue, itself. It makes the danger of being taken out before they've completed their “mission” much less likely. It's a smart – if cowardly – tactic.
Am I about to go off on another anti-Islamist screed? Not at all. I'm setting you up for the “kill”.
Over the weekend, scores of Democratic lawmakers and pundits attacked their own “soft target”, Bill Clinton.
To be sure, I never liked the man's politics, but I recognized his political prowess and acumen. He was brilliant at obfuscating damaging details and swaying public opinion, merely stating as fact: “The American people don't want ...” His P.R. Campaigns were effective, to say the least.
During last year's campaign season, I noticed that the former president was not “on his game”. He made missteps that left my jaw dangling. I believe, in his “prime”, he never would have pulled the political boners he did in 2016.
The other side of the coin is that Bill Clinton (or as I like to call him: “Slick Willy” or “The Commander-In-Heat”) swept into office amidst rumors and flat-out allegations of adultery, sexual assault and rape.
The near-entirety of the Democratic party – elected officials, strategists, talking heads, and rank-and-file – rode in on their white steeds to defend the “good guy” from Hope. The media was beating up on him. The Republicans, they said, were desperately clinging to power and using their propaganda machine, the media, as their cudgel.
Forgetting the stranglehold the Democrats have had on the media since the late 1970s, which makes the last claim laughable.
I remember those days well. I remember the moaning and wailing and gnashing of teeth immediately following that now infamous “60 Minutes” interview where Clinton admitted to having “damaged” his family. Everyone I saw on t.v. or knew personally who were on the left, even those who were “moderate” called for the righteously indignant to allow for forgiveness.
All-in-all, Clinton's long and well-rumored shenanigans became a non-issue, based, in large part, upon the drive of the DNC and the media (Who may become known, here-to-fore as: “The DNC Propaganda Wing”).
Later, when the Monica Lewinski scandal exploded, the Democratic machine geared up again and kept Clinton from being removed from office, even after being only the second president in our history to be impeached.
I mentioned Slick Willy's missteps in last year's election campaign and the fact that I believed he was “off his game”. Truth be told, I believe the former president may be suffering from something medical that is affecting his higher functions.
The Democratic party has set itself up, over the last half century, as the self-appointed arbiters of decency and morality and this last weekend, they targeted and attacked this “soft target” of a former president in the wake of the Moore and Franken (and Weinstain … and … Spacey … and Hoffman … and …) scandals.
I'm of two minds on this, but not entirely.
The Dems had their chance to build “street cred”, back in the 90s. They had the perfect opportunity to practice what they had been preaching. They could have held their own “guy” to the standards to which they insist upon holding the other side of the aisle.
They abdicated (to my mind) any authority they had along with the moral high ground on this particular broad topic by dint of their defense of Clinton.
Now, with the power in the DNC passing from the Clinton regime to even further left-skewing personalities in the DNC, they've decided it is safe to attack their old standard bearer.
To be sure, even people who supported Hillary, publicly probably don't like her, personally and that has some bearing on the shoveling of dirt on the Clinton family plot.
I remember being a relatively young man of twenty-seven years old and being staunchly against Clinton's campaign to take the white house. I objected on moral, political, and general principles. I was stead-fast in my opposition and I have opposed all political aspirations by anyone named Clinton ever since.
I was also disgusted by the RNC. At the time, they were my party. Their weak stance, the lack of desire to throw their shoulder into and truly condemn Clinton for the (at very least) womanizer he was disgusted me.
I just published a piece where I lambasted foolish inconsistency. It's what we're viewing, today. Suddenly, after there's no chance of either of the Clinton hierarchy ever being effective in politics, again, now that it's considered politically expedient and safe, the Democratic sharks are circling because they smell blood in the water. Inconsistent, at best. Criminally negligent, at worst.
In this case, consistency is easy to identify and I offer this small snippet to the Democratic ruling class and the “foot soldiers”:
If you're right, now, you were wrong then. If we were right, then, you're hypocritical, now.


- Michael
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