Posted on 03/15/2015 11:05:57 AM PDT by Signalman
I’ve come to realize over the years that in the world of politics, there will always be a steady supply of partisan hacks ready and willing to throw themselves on the proverbial sword for the party and the candidates they support.
I’m not talking about ideologues who are reflexively defensive of their beliefs, or even campaign workers paid to put a positive face on whoever they work for. I’m talking about the “strategists” on cable news, newspaper op-ed writers, and Internet bloggers who shamelessly spin, distract, and outright lie—all at the expense of their personal credibility and character—to run cover for individuals who couldn’t possibly respect them.
People who would trade in their dignity and sell their souls to politicians, whether it be on the right or left, creep me out. And lately, the creepiest of the creepy has been Lanny Davis, former adviser and legal representative to Bill Clinton.
Once a notable political figure himself, Davis has kept himself in the public spotlight in recent years as a television and radio commentator. He’s eloquently offered his opinions on a number of political topics, and has even made some news when occasionally speaking out against other Democrats.
But when it comes to the Clintons, it has become painfully evident that Mr. Davis will, at a moment’s notice, rush into battle to defend not just the indefensible, but also the inconceivable. Furthermore, he doesn’t seem to care how silly it makes him look. The latest examples have come from his recent commentary on the Hillary Clinton email scandal.
Last week on Megyn Kelly’s Fox News show, in one of the weirder exchanges I’ve witnessed on cable news, Davis insisted that Clinton has done everything appropriately, and that she couldn’t have concealed any emails that went through her private account and private mail server (located inside her house), because thousands of people were aware that she used a private email address.
In other words: Because Hillary Clinton emailed thousands of people while she served as Secretary of State, and those people could see by looking at her email address that it used a private domain, nothing was concealed.
Confused? Megyn Kelly sure was. She reiterated multiple times that the argument was not about the concealment of the existence of the email address, but rather the concealment of the content that was inside the emails sent and received. Still, Davis wasn’t having any part of it, reiterating his incoherent position and declaring that Clinton had done absolutely nothing wrong.
A few days later, Davis turned up on Fox News Sunday, where Chris Wallace pressed him with more questions on the same topic. Davis ended up turning in one of the most embarrassing defenses ever captured on video. He offered one nonsensical excuse after another, in regard to what Clinton had done. Let me summarize:
I’ve come to realize over the years that in the world of politics, there will always be a steady supply of partisan hacks ready and willing to throw themselves on the proverbial sword for the party and the candidates they support.
I’m not talking about ideologues who are reflexively defensive of their beliefs, or even campaign workers paid to put a positive face on whoever they work for. I’m talking about the “strategists” on cable news, newspaper op-ed writers, and Internet bloggers who shamelessly spin, distract, and outright lie—all at the expense of their personal credibility and character—to run cover for individuals who couldn’t possibly respect them.
People who would trade in their dignity and sell their souls to politicians, whether it be on the right or left, creep me out. And lately, the creepiest of the creepy has been Lanny Davis, former adviser and legal representative to Bill Clinton.
Once a notable political figure himself, Davis has kept himself in the public spotlight in recent years as a television and radio commentator. He’s eloquently offered his opinions on a number of political topics, and has even made some news when occasionally speaking out against other Democrats.
But when it comes to the Clintons, it has become painfully evident that Mr. Davis will, at a moment’s notice, rush into battle to defend not just the indefensible, but also the inconceivable. Furthermore, he doesn’t seem to care how silly it makes him look. The latest examples have come from his recent commentary on the Hillary Clinton email scandal.
Last week on Megyn Kelly’s Fox News show, in one of the weirder exchanges I’ve witnessed on cable news, Davis insisted that Clinton has done everything appropriately, and that she couldn’t have concealed any emails that went through her private account and private mail server (located inside her house), because thousands of people were aware that she used a private email address.
In other words: Because Hillary Clinton emailed thousands of people while she served as Secretary of State, and those people could see by looking at her email address that it used a private domain, nothing was concealed.
Confused? Megyn Kelly sure was. She reiterated multiple times that the argument was not about the concealment of the existence of the email address, but rather the concealment of the content that was inside the emails sent and received. Still, Davis wasn’t having any part of it, reiterating his incoherent position and declaring that Clinton had done absolutely nothing wrong.
A few days later, Davis turned up on Fox News Sunday, where Chris Wallace pressed him with more questions on the same topic. Davis ended up turning in one of the most embarrassing defenses ever captured on video. He offered one nonsensical excuse after another, in regard to what Clinton had done. Let me summarize:
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Davis, Carvile, etc. are NOTHING but RODEO CLOWNS!!
How Can Lanny Davis Look at Himself in the Mirror?
— Without wanting to slit his own throat.
Hmmm ... the real-life Olivia Pope?
But when it comes to the Clintons, it has become painfully evident that Mr. Davis will, at a moment’s notice, rush into battle to defend not just the indefensible, but also the inconceivable. Furthermore, he doesn’t seem to care how silly it makes him look.
Well that's when a man in a white coat throws a net over her head. That sort of argument is well beyond "what "is" is". Either she's screwed because she signed it, or they are, because she didn't.
Nothing new here really. Davis was just as much a paid whore in the days of Clinton/Lewinsky. He is not worthy of any respect or attention.
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