Posted by
beltway girl on Friday, March 14, 2008 2:19:30 AM
You know, Bill Clinton is a president who enjoys a legacy. A respected man. A man of honor, cherished by the left almost as much as their cherished right to have an abortion.
Monica Lewinsky, on the other hand, is the butt of jokes. She is a mockery, and has been disgraced. And she will probably never have a normal life.
Double standard? Does that term, "double standard" come to mind for anyone on the left?
Evidently not. Double standard, that cherished term, is reserved for a different type of girl.
Like Hillary. We're hearing all about double standards now, with the press corps "in the tank" for Obama, and discussion of a woman candidate's wrinkles and appearance.
But not a word for the unfortunate Lewinsky. She got to go and live in the shadows, probably hoping for a driver's license and universal health care that will cover her psychiatric bills.
So when Jeremiah Wright raises the spectre of Lewinsky, do I care?
No.
When he paints her as a victim, do I care?
No, because she was one. Well, let's put it this way. She is no more or less a victim than President Clinton. And she has as much claim on exoneration or condemnation as President Clinton.
Bill, the looney left will argue, was a great president. He has earned his forgiveness at the Temple of the Left. Lewinsky, on the other hand, was no Hillary. No, she was not, and could never have been, a great president.
So she's not forgiven.
See, the double standard isn't because she's a woman; she's just not an important enough woman, and she's up against a man the lefty feminists like. That is what you need to have a "forgiven" tryst with Bill.
Interesting.
So I think Wright's comments on Lewinsky are actually valid, and they expose the twisted logic that left Bill walking away into the sunshine while Lewinsky ended up with her name becoming synonymous with various unconventional sexual acts.
Wright's style in terms of delivery is up for criticism. A lot of people don't want to see their pastor getting down with his bad self. But that has nothing to do with his raising the issue, and the issue is being raised in a climate where there's zero tolerance in terms of brining up Bill's sexual baggage or attacking his legacy.
The baggage is a part of that legacy, whether a hypnotized and hypocritical strain of feminism acknowledges it or not.
On the other hand, Wright's attacks on Zionsm and "white" America, as well as his remarks about 9/11 and his admiration and appreciation of Louis Farrakhan, are not so right. They create an aura so inflammatory, and so filled with anger and malice, that, unfortunately, the Tony Rezko story is going to end up buried deep in Section B, while Wright ascends to the headlines on page one.
Jeremiah Wright's relationship with Barack Obama is a ticking time bomb, and the fuse is just starting to catch fire and sputter. If Obama does not dig in hard and act aggressively to diffuse this-- and soon-- this will not end up another Rezko. The entire election will end up in the hands of the emboldened pro-Clinton-- and shaken pro-Obama-- superdelegates.
This is not going to go away like the Farrakhan "endorsement." The relationship between Wright and Obama is too pronounced, and Obama has dismissed it too lightly.
There are currently about eight million more Democratic voters than Republican in this country. That ratio works out to 5 to 3, nearly double. The nation, according to The Wall Street Journal, is in a recession. Bush's approval ratings haven't significantly improved. The Democrats should be expecting to sail into the White House on a veritable summer breeze right now.
But Hillary hangs in there, with her astronomically high negatives, and Obama sits there, brushing off Wright while he really needs a wind machine in Wright's direction.
Up until the Wright moment, it looked like 2008 was going to be Barack Obama's year. His chances now jeopardized, things could very well turn-- and quickly-- in McCain's favor. If the Wright connection ignites on Obama, the election will become a blazing hot potato in the laps of the superdelegates, and the result will be a Hillary nomination and a McCain inauguation.