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Moral Clarity On The Right

Remember when Clinton's bit of cronyism reared it's head? In order to narrow it down for you from the 200+ choices, I'll remind you of Marc Rich's pardon...

The Right was amazed, stunned into incredulity by Clinton's flagrant abuse of the Presidential Pardon... But the Left said NOTHING - or defended his reckless abuse of power.

When GWB appointed his longtime buddy and personal lawyer, Harriet Miers, to the Supreme Court, the Left wailed "CRONYISM!" The talking heads of the Right ALSO YELLED, "CRONYISM!" and attacked the poor choice in front of their enemies. This is something no self-respecting Democrat would ever do.

I believe that the reason folks on the Right are willing to be harsh in their criticism of people from their side of the isle is because Right Wingers feel compelled by their ethno-religious tendencies to believe in the moral superiority of telling the truth about every aspect of the way they live , (even if it's unfavorable to them), whereas much of what motivates Leftist thinking is dreamer-based, unrealistic, child-like simplicity. Left Wingers don't like the uncomfortable structure of reality, often choosing to surround themselves with like minded people so they can be insulated from the unpleasant truths of life.

This laying-open of the Miers nomination by people her appointer would normally expect support from is a most unusual event. I have as yet to see a similar behavior shown by any Democrat through the course of my conscious years.

This behavior tends to remind me of the double standard held by Islamisicts all over the world: Whenever there's any suspicion of a terror suspect's Qur'an being handled by an infidel, the Muslim world goes apeshit. Now, it's perfectly OK with the same Muslim group if some Palestinian nimrod blows up a pizza parlor full of Israeli teeny-boppers - that's PERFECTLY FINE.

posted by: underwhelmed at October 26, 2005 10:16 | link | comments (2) |

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#1  26 October 2005 - 20:42

 

Even IF I were actually a hardcore Republican (which I clearly am not), I am not constructed to do whatever is expedient to accomplish my goals. This reminds me of the discussion of politics and philosophy over on Coyote Blog. If you don't have an underlying philosophy, then you will just do whatever is convenient to accomplish what is best for you, because there is nothing guiding you to make hard choices based on right and wrong. I don't insist that your philosophy be the same as mine, but please have one!

And that is the biggest problem with the left. They are all about outcomes consistent with what they want the world to look like, regardless of right or wrong ......... BECAUSE they have no foundational philosophy. Of course this has become horribly apparent to the American people, thus the success of Reagan, Bush and Bush (even though Bush I and II don't look like they have a whole lot of consistent philosophy, they managed to convince the voters they did).

ecowper

#2  30 October 2005 - 10:49

 

I read up on the philosophical question, and it does indeed make the case that the Left consistently looks for appearance-based outcomes.

There's just no beef in the hamburger with Left Leaning beliefs. There's no "there" there.

The truth will out as people get older and wiser. Leftist philosophy will die on the vine in as little as 20 years.

underwhelmed

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