Today's DU article: "The Maddening Double-Standard"

[tom_paine]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/03/10/02_double.html

Excellently written article that articulates the bigger picture of things.

The only thing I would disagree with is the idea that Democrats consistently stand for "an insistence on objectivity, truth and moral consistency".

This, of course, is as untrue as the Bushevik-Totalitarian (they used to be called Republicans) insistence that they are sweet and pure as Baby Jesus.

Which leads me to the Catch-22 of our situation and the very fine article by Dylan Otto Krider.

Have I betrayed "the cause" by mentioning that we Democrats aren't always as pure as the driven snow?

I always phrase this point in this fashion: Everything is relative. While the Democrats are getting blow jobs and engaging in lesser grafts, the Busheviks have committed treason (1968 sabotaging of the Paris Peace Talks, Watergate, the October Surprise, Iran-Contra) and stolen BILLIONS, if not TRILLIONS. I'll take the minor Democratic corruptions over Bushevik treason and big-time theft and fraud any day.

Now the Busheviks are so bold that clear bribery and fraud, such as the no-bid Halliburton contract, are performed in broad daylight with no fear of being caught, even though the pivot of the fraud has resulted in the wounding of thousands of American soldier, the death of hundreds of them as well as the wanton murder of tens of thousands of Iraqis.

It appears the Imperial Family is not covered by the Rule of Law. This is always true of Empires, Kingdoms, and other nations that Imperial Amerika is rushing to become.

But Krider's point is well talen. It is just important to remember that while we mirror the Freepers now in intensity and sheer outrage, that we must wear it like a suit of armor, and be ready to discard it whenever possible as well as remember who the real us is underneath.

That is the main difference between we and they. As essentially automatons programmed by decades of Nazi-style propaganda, the unreasoning Brownshirts (always quick to project their character traits onto us) cannot be deprogrammed, I think, by any means. No truth, no reson, no ANYTHING that comes to them outside of Party-Approved Sources, can be trusted. Goebbels v2.0 is, in fact, who they are, down to their very America-hating core.

While I agree with Krider that we must stop examining our navels while the Busheviks cave our heads in with a two-by-four, we must also remember that in the end, the victory for Liberty and the Constitution that we earn will only be complete if in the end we can be different from the Brownshirts we face.

[DarkPhenyx]

1. You have no more betrayed the cause...

...than I have. I am also one of those people who is willing to point out that our side is just as guility of supporting hypocrasy, double standards, and just as guilty of stupid crap as the opposition. THe most common response begns with "with friends like you...".

IMHO it is vitally important that we realize these things about ourselves, and work to minimize them. Most people disagree vehementally with my view though.

I do agree with you that there is a quantum fold difference between treason and getting a blow job. However there are instances within the Democratic party that aren't quite as seperated in severity.

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[tom_paine]

3. Not JUST as guilty, I agree, Jim, but somewhat guilty

Funny how we are playing out the mini-dynamic that Dylan lays out.

But I would ask just WHAT (aside from a blow job and some low-level graft) the Dems have to even approach ONE of these Bushevik scandals (including back when they were part of the Nixonviks and ole' Prescott, Hitler's Angel, and his rich chums)

The 1936 Smedley Butler Coup against FDR (papers sealed until and released in 2000...the last year of the Old Republic and the last time the American People will EVER learn anything like that EVER--as long as the Busheviks remain in control of the Empire and even beyond that, if these Totalitarian Shadows remain unaltered by the future)

The Sabotage of the 1968 Paris Peace Talks by Nixon/Kissinger

Watergate.

The October Surprise of 1980.

Iran-Contra (just how DO you think the Busheviks initially got in tight with the Iranians?)

The RICO-violating conspiracy to get Clinton.

The Bloodless Coup of 2000 and the End of the Old Republic.

ON EDIT: It occurs to me that DarkPhenyx acknowledges this, when he says there's a "quantum-fold" difference in corruption.