Back Talk

I wrote earlier about my puzzlement at one of our cultural oddities that the Democrat Party considers Senator Ted Kennedy a senior statesman whose political endorsement is golden for any fellow DemPol. That, in the rational world, this man of such great esteem should have served prison time for causing the death of Mary Joe Kopechne, leaving the scene, and so on. Almost as mind-numbing is the Party’s idolization of former President Bill Clinton. The supreme court disbarred him for lying to a grand jury, the House of Representatives disbarred him for lying to the Grand Jury and obstructing justice, and he peered straight into the camera with his most earnest look in an address to the country and lied about his relationship with Miss Blue Dress. Top this off with the most vile episode of his life, or arguably any U.S. President; he raped Juanita Brodrick, and three credible witnesses who spoke with Miss Brodrick and observed her physical condition – a swollen and bloody mouth - right after the rape, came forward to verify her claim. The Clinton-loving media virtually ignored the story and gave him a virtual pass. Except for a couple of remote instances, the liberal press never questioned him in a news conference and never wrote about the incident. This is the very same press who unconscionably rationalized that character and principle are not necessary criteria for the President and leader of the free world. This ugly episode is the thing that converted me from a Liberal to a Conservative.