Posted on 08/23/2018 12:10:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The news about the president is shocking. Behavior that would get most people fired has taken place, and something must be done. Are we, as a nation, not up in arms when a president:
--Is repeatedly and humiliatingly unfaithful to his wife?
--Engages in sexually exploitative conduct with young women working for him?
--Is credibly accused of sexual misconduct by more than one woman?
--Uses racial slurs to describe African-Americans, in the crudest possible terms?
--Lies to the American public repeatedly?
--Spies on journalists and denies them access to the White House?
--Interferes with investigations into foreign nationals suspected of illegal activity?
--Cozies up to hostile nations?
--Issues executive orders of questionable legality -- and then brags about it?
--Refers to political opponents as “enemies”?
--Insults large swaths of the American public?
Aren’t you appalled? Are you ready to call your congressional representatives and demand impeachment?
That’s unfortunate, because it’s too late.
All of the behavior described above was engaged in by presidents who have already left office -- oh, and all Democrats, by the way.
Former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was unfaithful to Eleanor Roosevelt. (A New York Times article about FDR’s long-term affair with Lucy Mercer waxes nostalgic about the days of “an obliging press and retinues of discreet enablers” that enabled presidents to keep their dalliances private. Make of that what you will.) Former President John F. Kennedy’s infidelity to his wife, Jackie Kennedy, was pathological. (His father, Joseph Kennedy, apparently enjoyed a liaison with actress Gloria Swanson. Ew.) And not much need be said about former President Bill Clinton.
CARTOONS | AF BRANCO VIEW CARTOON Ditto for sexually exploitative conduct. Mimi Alford wrote a book about her affair with JFK when she was a 19-year-old White House intern. (Kennedy’s behavior was not only that of a predator but also a pimp.) Clinton had a notorious sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky (about which he lied under oath, setting the stage for his impeachment) and has been accused of sexual assault -- including rape -- by multiple women.
Former President Lyndon Johnson’s language was racist day in and day out. He used the N-word and other racial slurs against African-Americans in general, those who worked for him and even former Justice Thurgood Marshall -- whom he nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court!
When it comes to lying to the public, former President Barack Obama had a great run. He lied about the Benghazi terrorist attack. He lied -- repeatedly -- about what Obamacare would do to Americans’ health care coverage and costs. (The New York Times gently acknowledged that Obama “clearly misspoke.” Um, yes -- three dozen times.)
In fact, President Obama can take credit for a number of the items listed above. He spied on journalist James Rosen, “went to war” against Fox News and severely curtailed press access to the White House. Obama deliberately impeded an investigation into drug running and money laundering by terrorist organization Hezbollah because it interfered with the deal he wanted with Iran (which he also lied about, by the way).
Obama was also fond of lording his power -- whether or not completely in conformity with constitutional limits -- over his political opponents. Notable Obama quotables include “Elections matter,” and “I won,” and “I’ve got a pen ... and I’ve got a telephone.” Obama’s executive orders on immigration impermissibly usurped the legislative prerogative of Congress, and the federal appointments he made without Senate approval -- while the Senate was in session -- exceeded the lawful limits of executive power, as the Supreme Court unanimously pointed out.
Nor was President Obama more solicitous of the federal judiciary -- at least when it decided cases against him. Obama’s Department of the Interior was held in contempt by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, for refusing to remove a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that the court had previously found to be unconstitutional.
And he displayed his share of disdain for the public, saying at one point, “We’re gonna punish our enemies, and we’re gonna reward our friends,” and infamously describing the denizens of Rust Belt states as “bitter” anti-immigrant bigots who “cling to guns or religion.”
To say, “What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander” is to throw in the towel and tacitly accept this kind of behavior as a matter of course from our elected officials. If we don’t like where we are now, we’ll rue the day when that attitude becomes explicit.
That said, it is the media and other highly visible thought leaders -- largely on the left -- who bear the lion’s share of responsibility for the curious position in which we find ourselves. They have displayed craven hypocrisy in their willingness to excuse improper, immoral and even unlawful conduct from politicians on their side and then try to whip the American public into a furor by feigning outrage and indignation when anything even approaching that which they’ve winked at is engaged in by Republicans.
That, dear friends, is what has gotten us here. It is why so many Trump voters don’t give a damn about the allegations of surgically enhanced porn stars or ethically challenged lawyers.
If the president’s conduct is truly reprehensible, it should matter. But if it doesn’t matter for all, then -- like it or not -- it won’t matter for any.
“——especially since 1980. Reagan’s divorce was considered a liability in some circles at that time “
Betty Ford’s divorce caused some controversy also.
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Like I said, and I will repeat:
If PDJT has committed a crime, lets see your evidence. Otherwise STFU !
Meanwhile our president is the target of a Joseph Goebbels like propaganda initiative designed to further Americas sinking into liberal fascism all by by the Dems and losers of 2016.THEY WERE BEATEN LIKE A DRUM, and we will serve it up again to them.
The context of all this tripe served up as if it was adjudicated truth serves to create a society ruled by liberal fascist who refuse to enforce the laws or observe the Constitution.
Here is the context of all this foolish tripe:
The Quintessential Liberal Fascist:
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
AND
Death of a Nation, Dinesh D’Souza:
bmp
Good points, but Clinton’s only real problem happened while in office. For now, we have accusations from two binbo’s who have violated the law by not adhering to the legally binding NDA....at least with Daniels.
There will be an armed insurrection if Trump is impeached and removed from office.
I don’t recall Mrs Ford’s divorce being an item but I was a little Deplorable back then. We certainly have come a long way, but I do believe if Trump was unrepentant (like Clinton) many conservatives may not have been so supportive.
Yeah yeah yeah we get it, he’s just awful and you hate him.
Now can we get back to enjoying peace and prosperity?
I agree there is YUGE difference between Clinton sinning they way he did in office vs Trump’s sinning decades beforehand. Many people are trying to make them equivalent and if they are successful with impeachment, I will stock up on canned goods and toilet paper.
Who is Laura Hollis to moralize about Trump?
Sheesh...read the article before you start blathering.
The only thing Trump has done to/for me is to make life better than it has been for at least ten and maybe even thirty years. He is also the first politician, let alone president, who works to keep his campaign promises in spite of all that have arrayed against him. The rest don’t even try or pretend to keep promises.
As for the charges against him, meh, I don’t even care. If they are true, meh, I couldn’t care less. i have not been hurt. I just want him to keep doing what he is doing for the country.
I have known some who are not paragons of virtue but I can’t think of anyone else I would rather throw my lot in with or trust my life to.
He is guilty on three counts:
1. Beat Hillary Clinton in a crooked election.
2. White.
3. Male.
Read the entire article. It doesn’t take long and it is an outstanding defense of Trump. She most assuredly does not need to “buzz off.”
We seem to have an epidemic today of people shooting from the hip after reading the headline.
Leftist hypocrisy bump for later....
Sorry scumpbags, but you've preached at America, for decades, that religion/morals are bigoted.........since I'm not a bigot, I couldn't care less about Trump and some stripper.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Losers.........
Actually the article is a surprise.
The title is meant to draw in the Left and the NeverTrumpers.
And then it hits them with facts. Which they won’t like.
And never admit to.
RE: I see the Never-Trumpers are out with their long knives again.
Is this writer a NeverTrumper?
RE: Who is Laura Hollis to moralize about Trump?
Did you read the article at all?
And child trafficing.. plus arkancide. plus not caring who died at benghazi.. just lie about it to the media.... plus defying the call for her emails.. plus shaking down every country she visited... plus selling our uranium to Russia.... Plus spying on the other candidate.. plus paying for a bunch of lies to try to take out the opposition.. plus she is a very very nasty person... and she makes everyone know who she is.
bill clinton as president.. soiled the oval office with an intern young enough to be his daughter...
BEHAVIOR??? Selective memory and bias also!!
Nah, his behavior is deplorable. And I like it.
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