Here We Go Again! By Edward L. Daley (8/28/04)

(Mr. Daley is the Owner of the Daley Times-Post.  To view more of Mr, Daley's writings please visit his site)

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Before Bill Clinton was impeached back in 1998, liberals everywhere focused almost exclusively on his sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky, saying it was nobody's business but his, and that America needed to just "move on". After his impeachment, they turned their attentions to Kenneth Star, the man who investigated Clinton, excoriating and slandering the good judge relentlessly for simply doing the job he was appointed to do... a job he did quite well and admirably, by the way.

The one thing they didn't do at any time surrounding the impeachment scandal is concentrate on the single most important aspect of the situation; whether or not the president actually committed perjury and obstruction of justice! Now it's six years later, and candidate Kerry is being confronted with allegations that, among other things, he fraudulently acquired military awards that he did not earn, and knowingly committed war crimes. These charges, if proved true, are not only grounds for the removal from office of a public official, they are so grievous that the penalties for them include long-term imprisonment, and (in the case of the latter charge) possibly worse.

And what are liberals saying this time around? Not surprisingly, they're parroting the same mindless arguments they used the last time one of their top dogs was up to his eyeballs in excrement. Their current tactics are no different than the ones they used in '98, and include attacking the accusers and preaching to the rest of us that we need to stop living in the past and discuss "the issues", as if possibly electing a felon to the highest office in the land wasn't a HUGE issue.

One babbling left-winger I heard on a talk radio program just the other day actually had the cajones to proclaim to the conservative host, "we're at war in Iraq," and "we should be talking about how to win the current war instead of what happened in the war we lost." That's all we need, some spineless peacenik telling us (the proud members of the vast right-wing conspiracy) how important the Iraq War is, as if we, the very people who've supported it from the beginning, didn't already know that. Suddenly the anti-warriors have decided that we ought to concentrate on winning the very war they did everything in their power to prevent!

Talk about a subterfuge, this attempt at political prestidigitation is so conspicuous I have to wonder if they really believe they're going to fool anyone with it. The more I think about it, the more I feel like shouting the same thing at liberals that John McEnroe once did to the umpire of a tennis match he was playing... "You cannot be serious!" Of course most of them ARE serious, and some are more than a little delusional. It's this last bunch which disturbs me the most, because none of the people in it seem to have a clue as to what's really going on here.

What they don't understand, or simply won't admit to themselves, is that the Vietnam war, like the Lewinsky affair during the Clinton years, is only the backdrop in this political play. It's the potentially criminal behavior of John F. Kerry which makes up the stage, and John O'Neill's swift boat vets and their supporters constitute the footlights illuminating that stage. This isn't about the past, it's about the veracity, honor, and integrity of a man who wants to be President of the United States right NOW! It's also about how we intend to fight the Iraq War and every other conflict we face in the near future, and anyone who can't understand that shouldn't be allowed to vote in November.

Once again the entire leftist white-washing machine is stuck in full spin mode, while the useful idiots who eat up it's rhetoric like free government cheese, attend protests against George W. Bush and complain about losing rights they never knew they had until Michael Moore pointed them out. The leaders of the Democratic party have predictably chosen the most deceptive course of action, now that they're faced with the reality that they may well have chosen yet another dishonorable liar to champion their causes.

In the meantime, responsible citizens all over the country have begun to question the sincerity of the junior Senator from Massachusetts, and are fast becoming disillusioned by his failure to address the various unresolved issues surrounding his military service. The lefties can badger and berate the 'Swift Boat Veterans For Truth' all they want, but it's not going to make any difference unless John Kerry comes up with a few reasonable answers to the questions they've raised.