"First they came for me....but I was NOT Clinton then they came for Al Gore.....

[KoKo]

(From Digby)


I recognize that there is an intense primary underway and that everyone is choosing up teams. But unless the Democratic establishment bands together to condemn this stuff en masse it will be used against every one of them. And it is very, very foolish to use any of these tactics against each other.

STF ends the post with this:

First the wingnuts came for Bill Clinton,
I remained silent;
I am not Bill Clinton.

When they made up stuff about Gore,
I remained silent;
I am not Gore.

When they lied about John Kerry
I didn't speak up for him;
I complained about how he ran his campaign.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out;
I am a Democrat.

Ronald Reagan famously invoked an 11th Commandment: thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican. Democrats should invoke one of their own: thou shalt not use Clinton Rules against fellow Democrats and will defend fellow Democrats when they are used against them.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/11th-commandment-by-digby-seeing-forest.html

[Miss Chybil]

1. What's a Clinton rule and is that statement not in direct opposition to the rest of your post? nt

[blm]

3. This might be a Clinton rule: have others defend Clinton on everything from

draftdodging to dropping his pants, but don't reciprocate when Kerry is running and scold him when he drops a pronoun.

[dsc]

5. the Clinton rule refers to the double standard applied by the press

Only Clinton's marriage is discussed for example.

[NewJeffCT]

2. Ha, we're Democrats, though

My sig line was written 80 years ago or so, and it still is true today!

[KoKo]

4. Oh I don't agree with the "Mantra" of not attacking fellow Dems, either, but it's

an interesting refrain...isn't it?