One of the stragegies Stalin is credited for (and the Clintons repeatedly use) is to declare an enemy is doing something wrong, illegal or unethical; while doing it yourself.
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Cool I didn't know that!
Isn't this also a psychological phenomenon as well? Often people project their worst characteristics onto their enemies. It's why the liberals accuse us conservatives of being racist, mean, bigots -- it's what they really are and are in deathly fear of being found out.
It is a paranoid delusional defense mechanism