Of course it was sincere offer. I am surprised, and humbled - and pleased - you are open to it. I apologize for my anger - I don’t take very well to being compared to Rove or any GOP estab figure - given the fact it’s the furthest thing from the truth.
ALSO: See FR Mail.
And yes, you and I agree on almost everything important - and our concern and fear for this country is exactly the same. The only tension is how to process a short moment of lucidity from a liberal with respects to saving this Republic.
You say disregard it because Juan is not one of the good guys - and he’s certainly not - but I say that when someone who is predisposed to disagree with us makes a good point, it actually has more power than when one of us say the same thing. That is it. Kind of like when a black conservative defends other conservatives against racism...Ben Carson, Herman Cain, Allen West - it simply carries more weight because of their skin color. It just does. Sad, but it does.
So when a Bill Clinton supporting liberal calls out the Clinton Foundation for being an illegal election slush fund - which it certainly is - that carries more weight than when I do (and I have for years). It just does. That’s the only disagreement between you and I. You clearly love the country and are in the fight to save it on the side of the white hats....as am I.
I guess I will give Juan this tiny kudo - because the Clinton Foundation has been a topic of interest and concern to me for a long time. For reference, look at this article I wrote about Fox News and Juan Williams five years ago:
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2010/10/foxs_rash_juan_williams_overre.html
BTW, I took heat for that on this site....because i was being too mean to Juan. Ironic ain’t it?
If that is what you thought I was communicating then I blame myself for being an ineffectual communicator. What I was trying to communicate was remain silent when Juan happens to get something right. Instead, let Juan feel the full wrath of his liberal brethren, because there is no doubt they will unleash it. I can acknowledge privately that he got something right. My public acknowledgment only gives other liberals ammunition to accuse him of pandering to conservatives. If conservatives remain silent, the liberal can only attack him. If nothing else that may start to convert Juan. If it doesn't then nothing has been lost. If it does then we have won, and Juan will think more conservatively.
when someone who is predisposed to disagree with us makes a good point, it actually has more power than when one of us say the same thing.
When it comes to liberals, they will merely label him a traitor. Liberals may think, but only in the direction they have been taught to think. If a fellow liberal breaks away from the group think, he is trashed by all other liberals. It may have an affect on a small minority of the liberals, those who haven't been totally immersed for long periods in the liberal group think ideology. However, the vast majority will reject it, and angrily I might add. Much the same holds true for blacks, how many times have you heard a conservative black referred to as an Uncle Tom? That being said, there is a dynamic at play within the black community that is slightly different than the liberal community at large. They have still not seen any difference in their standard of living If anything they are realizing that it is actually getting worse. Black conservative may actually be able to reach larger numbers, by stating that is isn't the Republican Party's fault, since Democrats held the Senate, White House, and even the House Of Representatives for the majority of the Obama Presidency.
I guess I will give Juan this tiny kudo - because the Clinton Foundation has been a topic of interest and concern to me for a long time.
I guess my suggestion would be, to make that issue the topic instead of Juan. Referencing Juan as a nothing more than a footnote that, amazingly, even he understands the issue.
I read you article in American Thinker and for the life on me cannot see where you were too harsh on Juan. However, even acknowledging Juan is a waste of time, in my opinion. I stopped watching Fox when they starting giving the left more and more airtime to espouse liberal nonsense. But they still deliver the best, most honest news available to the American public on TV.