I finally understand Democrats
I suppose it would qualify as an epiphany or perhaps better said, a revelation. I was watching TV and discussing politics with my wife and suddenly it all hit home. I understand the Democrats this year!
Hmmm, perhaps I should take two aspirin and go lie down? To understand such a crowd could lead to brain hemorrhaging and the onset of dementia!!! But, no, in this case to understand is a good thing. Sun Tzu would be proud of me, right? Right.
Some of you are scratching your heads and wondering what in the heck I am talking about. So I'll lay it out for you. It's all about revenge. Get-back is an inappropriate phrase. What goes around comes around.
You see, the gap between Republicans and Democrats had certainly existed, but the rhetoric that passed between the two sides was not nearly so vitriolic as it is now. The escalation of nastiness began after the 1992 elections in which Bill Clinton was victorious. From that point to now the ugliness has grown, like The Blob having taken on a life of its own and growing with every political life it consumes.
Republicans were surprised that Clinton was able to defeat their sitting President despite a successful Desert Storm campaign and a series of victories over communism that had begun during the Reagan years and carried over during the term of President Bush #41. "It's the economy, stupid" was the battle cry, yet the economy wasn't all that bad. In fact, Bill Clinton was a marvelous campaigner and brilliant politician and the Republicans were no match for him, didn't really see him coming. But more than that was the candidacy of Ross Perot, who won 19% of the votes and was generally considered Clinton's best ally in the fight for the highest office in the land.
Republicans were stung, then amazed as the new Clinton administration came into Washington and wreaked havoc. The White House staff found themselves being offended and alienated by a tide of Clintonistas capable of being hicksville and arrogant at the same time. The new administration brought in a wave of staff that was half Hollywood, half Arkansas and not nearly as polished and genteel as previous administrations. There were odd happenings concerning surprise firings, a mysterious suicide that was not suicide, the crash of the Ron Brown plane, clashes within the State Department and the FBI and the CIA...much of this was transparent to the general public and much of it would little matter to them in any event.
Then came Monica. Out came multiple allegations of Clinton the womanizer, Clinton the rapist, Clinton the horndog. It was a new day, for Presidents like JFK and Eisenhower had female skeletons in their closets, but journalists who knew such things kept their mouths shut. Perhaps it was a natural fallout from the days of Deep Throat and Nixon, but suddenly President Clinton having sex with an intern became big news.
But then came the lies. President Clinton denied "having sex with that woman" and then denied it under oath and the wheels came off. Millions of dollars spent on investigations, an impeachment, and the Democrats and Republicans left snarling across the aisles at each other like crazed Dobermans.
That was then, this is now. Once it was commonplace for Democrats to declare that President Bush #43 was invading Iraq because he was either "finishing his father's business" or "getting Saddam because he sought to assassinate the first President Bush." Those theories didn't have much traction because they had no proof behind them and were quite illogical. Those accusations died a natural death. But I see now the Democrats were projecting! Here is the answer:
Impeachment
Bill Clinton was impeached. Democrats like to say he was impeached for a sex act, but the official reason was that he perjured himself. This is not the time to get into all of that, but it explains what is behind the Democrats in this election. The goal is to:
1) Win the House
2) Win the Senate
3) Impeach President Bush to make up for the impeachment of President Clinton!
Bizarre and ridiculous, you say? You haven't visited the Democratic Underground or the Huffington Post these days, have you? Democrats like to say that Bush lied to take us to war. They pretend that John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton weren't all saying the same things about Iraq and Saddam Hussein: That he had WMDs, he was developing more, he was dangerous and something needed to be done. But facts won't stand in the way of the plan to impeach President Bush because it isn't about right and wrong, it's about REVENGE! Democrats want to pillory President Bush to make up for what happened to Bill Clinton. Impeachment is high on the list of several congressmen who will push for that as soon as (make that if) Congress features a Democratic majority.
NOW I UNDERSTAND!!!! Does the voting public? I do truly wonder. The Sheehan crowd can't wait to try to push for impeachment on phony and trumped-up grounds. No, they won't say much about it during the runup to the elections. But it will be a steady liberal drumbeat if the Democrats get into power. But I'm not angry nor am I afraid.
Why? Because I believe in the American people. When they are informed and understand what is going on, I trust their judgment. I believe most Americans would be horrified and angered at a plan to impeach a sitting President for acting on the same information that everyone had and doing just as many of the Democrats had said, which was to acknowledge Hussein as a threat and do something about it. The United Nations crapped out and we later learned why (It's the bribe money and oil-for-food money, stupid) but George Bush had the cojones to get a coalition of nation-states together to do the job and oust Saddam from power.
Americans are unsure that we should remain in Iraq. I hope they will be able to see why we must stay, but that is another post. But I believe what they will see when Democrats try to impeach the President that such an endeavor would be a bitter, partisan and hypocritical act and would castigate those spearheading the effort. Should the Democrats win in 2006 and go for impeachment, it will guarantee their defeat in 2008.
So maybe I shouldn't have revealed this to the world? Eh, couldn't help it! They might as well know that I am on to them. Nothing will stand in the way of their attempt to take revenge on the Republicans in the realm of their minds. It is when this begins to play out in the real world that they'll find that, rather than walking in with an attack dog on a leash to take out President Bush, they have a tiger by the tail. That tiger will be public opinion...and it will bite them oh, so very hard!
Hmmm, perhaps I should take two aspirin and go lie down? To understand such a crowd could lead to brain hemorrhaging and the onset of dementia!!! But, no, in this case to understand is a good thing. Sun Tzu would be proud of me, right? Right.
Some of you are scratching your heads and wondering what in the heck I am talking about. So I'll lay it out for you. It's all about revenge. Get-back is an inappropriate phrase. What goes around comes around.
You see, the gap between Republicans and Democrats had certainly existed, but the rhetoric that passed between the two sides was not nearly so vitriolic as it is now. The escalation of nastiness began after the 1992 elections in which Bill Clinton was victorious. From that point to now the ugliness has grown, like The Blob having taken on a life of its own and growing with every political life it consumes.
Republicans were surprised that Clinton was able to defeat their sitting President despite a successful Desert Storm campaign and a series of victories over communism that had begun during the Reagan years and carried over during the term of President Bush #41. "It's the economy, stupid" was the battle cry, yet the economy wasn't all that bad. In fact, Bill Clinton was a marvelous campaigner and brilliant politician and the Republicans were no match for him, didn't really see him coming. But more than that was the candidacy of Ross Perot, who won 19% of the votes and was generally considered Clinton's best ally in the fight for the highest office in the land.
Republicans were stung, then amazed as the new Clinton administration came into Washington and wreaked havoc. The White House staff found themselves being offended and alienated by a tide of Clintonistas capable of being hicksville and arrogant at the same time. The new administration brought in a wave of staff that was half Hollywood, half Arkansas and not nearly as polished and genteel as previous administrations. There were odd happenings concerning surprise firings, a mysterious suicide that was not suicide, the crash of the Ron Brown plane, clashes within the State Department and the FBI and the CIA...much of this was transparent to the general public and much of it would little matter to them in any event.
Then came Monica. Out came multiple allegations of Clinton the womanizer, Clinton the rapist, Clinton the horndog. It was a new day, for Presidents like JFK and Eisenhower had female skeletons in their closets, but journalists who knew such things kept their mouths shut. Perhaps it was a natural fallout from the days of Deep Throat and Nixon, but suddenly President Clinton having sex with an intern became big news.
But then came the lies. President Clinton denied "having sex with that woman" and then denied it under oath and the wheels came off. Millions of dollars spent on investigations, an impeachment, and the Democrats and Republicans left snarling across the aisles at each other like crazed Dobermans.
That was then, this is now. Once it was commonplace for Democrats to declare that President Bush #43 was invading Iraq because he was either "finishing his father's business" or "getting Saddam because he sought to assassinate the first President Bush." Those theories didn't have much traction because they had no proof behind them and were quite illogical. Those accusations died a natural death. But I see now the Democrats were projecting! Here is the answer:
Impeachment
Bill Clinton was impeached. Democrats like to say he was impeached for a sex act, but the official reason was that he perjured himself. This is not the time to get into all of that, but it explains what is behind the Democrats in this election. The goal is to:
1) Win the House
2) Win the Senate
3) Impeach President Bush to make up for the impeachment of President Clinton!
Bizarre and ridiculous, you say? You haven't visited the Democratic Underground or the Huffington Post these days, have you? Democrats like to say that Bush lied to take us to war. They pretend that John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton weren't all saying the same things about Iraq and Saddam Hussein: That he had WMDs, he was developing more, he was dangerous and something needed to be done. But facts won't stand in the way of the plan to impeach President Bush because it isn't about right and wrong, it's about REVENGE! Democrats want to pillory President Bush to make up for what happened to Bill Clinton. Impeachment is high on the list of several congressmen who will push for that as soon as (make that if) Congress features a Democratic majority.
NOW I UNDERSTAND!!!! Does the voting public? I do truly wonder. The Sheehan crowd can't wait to try to push for impeachment on phony and trumped-up grounds. No, they won't say much about it during the runup to the elections. But it will be a steady liberal drumbeat if the Democrats get into power. But I'm not angry nor am I afraid.
Why? Because I believe in the American people. When they are informed and understand what is going on, I trust their judgment. I believe most Americans would be horrified and angered at a plan to impeach a sitting President for acting on the same information that everyone had and doing just as many of the Democrats had said, which was to acknowledge Hussein as a threat and do something about it. The United Nations crapped out and we later learned why (It's the bribe money and oil-for-food money, stupid) but George Bush had the cojones to get a coalition of nation-states together to do the job and oust Saddam from power.
Americans are unsure that we should remain in Iraq. I hope they will be able to see why we must stay, but that is another post. But I believe what they will see when Democrats try to impeach the President that such an endeavor would be a bitter, partisan and hypocritical act and would castigate those spearheading the effort. Should the Democrats win in 2006 and go for impeachment, it will guarantee their defeat in 2008.
So maybe I shouldn't have revealed this to the world? Eh, couldn't help it! They might as well know that I am on to them. Nothing will stand in the way of their attempt to take revenge on the Republicans in the realm of their minds. It is when this begins to play out in the real world that they'll find that, rather than walking in with an attack dog on a leash to take out President Bush, they have a tiger by the tail. That tiger will be public opinion...and it will bite them oh, so very hard!