On Corruption, Partisan Politics, And Hypocrisy
By Christopher Adamo (10/05/06)
Amid the horrifying breaking news of the past few days, Americans must
remain focused on the threats that still loom over their country’s future.
To do otherwise is to invite the possibility that the recent horrors will be
immeasurably compounded by another terrorist attack.
Long before the abominable events and disclosures of the past few days,
those on the left have been fixated on an agenda that erases or denies the
enormity of 9-11, and every preceding circumstance that led up to it. Yet
for America to let down its guard, even in the face of other crises, is not
an option.
Certain significant facts stand out in this discussion. First, it cannot be
denied that President Bush has vigorously pursued the enemy in his “War on
Terror.” Just as inarguable is that by doing so, America has remained safe
from subsequent attacks. But these are two “dots” that the liberal political
machine, and its cohorts in the “mainstream” media, do no want Americans to
connect.
To that end, every outrage occurring within the borders of the country is
being trumpeted by the left as a reason to ignore the terrorist threat,
since in so doing, Democrats see their electoral fortunes improving in
November. But while other matters at hand clearly need to be confronted,
America had better remain unshakably vigilant as to the activities of the
Islamists, who are hardly resting during this time, but instead are
undoubtedly working with fierce and relentless determination to ascertain
how to take fullest advantage of America’s distracted state.
Conservative America is rightly appalled at the recent revelations of
deviant sexual behavior perpetrated by Florida Republican Congressman Mark
Foley. Yet their abhorrence for his actions transcends any political
consideration. Such perversity warrants immediate removal from office, and
if appropriate, the severest punishment allowed under the law. Of that there
is no dispute, at least on the right.
Let those on the left vent their phony outrage and dismay, and in so doing,
display their abject hypocrisy. All of the disgraceful situations in
question, from the moral abominations represented by Foley, to the “Don’t
ask, don’t tell” mindset that enabled him to continue his sordid behavior,
to the appearance of national weakness that gives hopes of victory to Al
Qaeda, result from that societal dysfunction known as liberalism.
Consider, in contrast, the reactions of liberals to such revelations within
their own camp, when the principal in question was former President Bill
Clinton. In rapid succession America was told first that such activities
never happened. Then, when the body of evidence became undeniable, they
suddenly became a matter of Clinton’s “private life.”
Concerned Americans were castigated over a matter that was “only about sex.”
Finally, the shameless hypocrisy of the left reached a crescendo as it
attempted to regain the moral “high ground” by accusing the President’s
critics of engaging in the “politics of personal destruction,” at the behest
of a “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.”
Inevitably, such unconscionable political posturing was all that the left
ever had to offer as a “fix” for its problems. In the end, no real attempt
was made to correct the situation, and in the years that have followed,
Clinton loyalists have done their best to recast their disgraced leader as
an icon of statesmanship.
Meanwhile, the storm clouds of Islamism gathered, along with plans by the
North Koreans to build themselves a nuclear bomb. And all of the finger
pointing, red-faced denials, and tantrums of the perpetually juvenile former
President cannot erase this unfolding nightmare as his real “legacy.”
Moreover, despite the fact that the Clinton political machine no longer has
the nation’s highest law enforcement offices to employ in its efforts to
destroy its political opposition, the style of the recent political
character assassinations undoubtedly prove that it is still in operation.
Admittedly, the sinister effort could not have succeeded, had not its
targets been in possession of tawdry skeletons in their closets. And those
on the right would be remiss were they to overlook such malfeasance in
deference to partisan politics.
But neither should they accept the liberal premise that, as a result of such
things, the country ought to henceforth be abandoned to the devices and
agenda of the left. On every issue, from those very same twisted personal
activities, to the very real terrorist threat, the behavior considered
acceptable among liberals is, and has always been far more contemptible than
anything infiltrating the conservative movement from its imposters.
And while such behavior will be purged from the Republican ranks as soon as
it is found out (the Conservative base would stand for no less), Democrats
are invariably willing to obfuscate and overlook anything that might
undermine their liberal agenda. But terrorism cannot be overlooked.
The stakes have not changed. Despite every liberal effort, Republicans must
stay on message. Losing the Congress will lose the terror war.
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