Posted on 03/18/2015 9:22:49 PM PDT by Perseverando
In the Western monarchies of bygone days, the Divine Right of Kings stated, although less colloquially: “If God didn’t want me to be your king, I wouldn’t be your king, so it is evidently the Will of God that I rule. Thus, as your sovereign, I am not subject to your will; you are subject to mine, so suck it up and obey.” The rationale was that the ruler answered only to God – which I imagine was very convenient for those rulers with a tyrannical bent.
Of course, that was a major bit of medieval propaganda calculated to engender obedience among the peasants. I mean, the belief that by standing against royalty they were standing against God must have been pretty compelling to a pious but woefully uneducated citizenry.
There’s a certain audacity that goes hand-in-hand with the ability of today’s politicians to say some things with a straight face – that is, without bursting out in laughter. Like the spin that has issued from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s camp regarding her private email server scandal, for instance. Last week, Clinton refused to turn over the server in question (which she might have put into use illegally), then insisted that she “fully complied” with the law and that Congress would just have to trust her.
The issue was settled: Hillary had spoken.
President Obama apparently claimed he learned of the email scandal in the New York Times. All things considered, at first I thought he might be joking – but he wasn’t. Contradictions abound relative to Clinton’s claims, particularly for those who watched her press conference on the subject last week.
The president’s comments prompted Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, to Tweet:
Obama: I repeatedly corresponded with Hillary's personal email which I didn't know about until
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Professor Codevilla’s excellent essay from a few years back should be required reading for anyone who values liberty and honors the vision of the Founders. It perfectly defines the view of the ruling class elite, of which Hillary is a part:
http://spectator.org/articles/39326/americas-ruling-class-and-perils-revolution
I would try the defense that she is a wealthy (albeit recently almost broke!) Democrat. At least that would be believable.
The Harf/Pasaki team really looks underwater here. They probably thought they had an easy last-two-year stint that would look really good on the resume’. Wrong. I wonder when the orders will be given to cut bait on Clinton.
You don’t mean to say that we have ruling elites who regard us as scum, surely.
I remember that one of the first pronouncements from the W administration was that Linda Tripp would never be allowed to work for the federal government again.
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Wish we could make this required reading for every citizen.
Thank you for posting that excellent essay. I am not as hopeful as the author that the thing will ever be resolved without violence, perhaps a good deal of it.
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