9/01/2003 10:49:00 PM | Timothy More Irrational Clinton Hatred I love it when someone disputes a post of mine and their response proves my original point. In my post on lingering Clinton hatred, I noted some conservatives were more upset by Clinton's cigar than Arnold gang-bang: Tim, the Lewinsky thing was like catching Al Capone on tax evasion. From Whitewater to Filegate to Travelgate to the Vince Foster Suicide to Gennifer Flowers to Paula Jones to cattle futures to the other Tyson Chicken stuff, Clinton was Grade A scum.Wow. How does the 'Vince Foster Suicide' show that Clinton was "Grade A scum'? I hope Kalb is not implying Clintonites murdered him; if that is the case Kalb is a grade 'A' nut. Foster couldn't take the beating dished out by the Wall Street Journal editorial page, and complained that in Washington people lived to destroy someone. Kalb is pathetically using right-wing attacks in response to my point about lingering Clinton hatred. As for Whitewater, they spent $50 million plus and found basically nothing. As much irrational hatred as there is about Bush (and I think there's just as much), there aren't sites dedicated to the body count around him like there were with Clinton, and with good reason. People always make huge accusations of people in power, but with Clinton, the possibilities were so much greater.Huh?!? There were sites about the body count around Clinton because there was so much more irrational hatred of Clinton! It's not evidence that Clinton was really that bad, but that the right-wingers were irrational (and generally much, much more rapid than Bush haters). There is no equivilence between the level of irrational Clinton hatred and those of the Democrats today. God, I never want to hear from a Reviewer how stupid campus leftists are. I'd say I'd much rather have Jared on my blog than Kalb, but that is insulting to Jared. Also, look at what happened in the aftermath of the impeachment hearings- two Republican speakers of the house left office at least partly because they'd cheated on their wives. Infidelity, or the accusation thereof, has cost Republicans too. Look at Bob Packwood for more proof. And then there were the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings.Kalb is just confused here. If the Republicans were right that impeachment wasn't 'all about sex' then I see no reason Speaker-to-be Livingston should have stepped aside. It was hypocrisy and his own decision that brought him down. By the way, the news about Newt's adultry didn't come out until much later and that had nothing to do with his leaving. New left because of the huge repudiation Republicans received in a midterm election over impeachment. Bob Packwood wasn't kicked out for 'infidelity' but for rape. Big difference. Clarence Thomas is a pretty crappy example for Kalb's point. Last I checked, he was still writing Supreme Court opinions. Kalb could have at least brought up Juanita Broderick. But Kalb is a shining example of how our political discourse is debased and how idiot conservatives sometimes actually believe loony right wing theories, and present these stories as arguments for why Clinton was so bad. Luckily, I do not think this is at all the case for many (hopefully most) Dartmouth conservatives. I'm guessing they would be ashamed of these lines being parrotted, especially at this late date. perma link |
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