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September 06, 2007

The Self-Delusion Continues

I wrote yesterday about the process of self-delusion that led Sen. Larry Craig down his chosen path, as well as the phenomenon of self-deluded loyal supporters of such disgraced politicians. I have had an up-close and personal view of a very similar situation. Today brings more of this same phenomenon to my attention, first with the news that Craig’s supporters are calling for a boycott of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport for “ambushing” the senator and somehow thereby weakening private property rights, and then with the latest Ted Piccolo editorial claiming that those calling for the impeachment or criminal prosecution of President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, and Karl Rove are all “moonbats” because the men “are all innocent.”

Piccolo argues that the complaints against these prominent Republicans are entirely partisan in nature, and were they Democrats, no one would be calling for their heads.

In a nation where innocent until proven guilty has been pretty much a corner stone right it seems that that protection does not protect Republicans.

Because, after all in the liberal mindset (and the MSM) just being a Republican is a crime. If you dare to hold a different POLICY viewpoint you are guilty of being a bigot, an enemy of the environment, killing children in other countries, bribery, blackmail or any other clandestine crime. Again because if you can't PROVE the crimes of elected Republicans that just PROVES that they are guilty.

Of course never mind that a top Hillary Rodham-Clinton (and Democrat) fundraiser Norman Hsu is on the run AGAIN from the law. Or that there were Chinese Communists dropping money off at the Clinton White House in brown paper bags. All of that does not count and should be forgotten.

Yet... Yet according to the moonbats it is supposed to be commonly accepted that virtually everyone in the Bush administration is guilty of some crime. Even though with several investigations (and one REAL BIG ONE) and hopes of Karl Rove being marched out in handcuffs still they are, like most Americans, INNOCENT. And the MSM buys it hook line and sinker.

First, the fact that Democrats seem to have forgotten the Johnny Chung scandal and appear nearly ready to nominate Hillary Clinton as their candidate really should be an embarrassment. So is the silence regarding Mr. Hsu. Clearly, the left is as guilty of self-delusion as the right.

That said, many people who are not “moonbats” have written comprehensively on the crimes of Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, and Rove, and it is clear they are anything but “innocent.” Just as “guilty” requires a court verdict, so does “innocent.” I personally have observed criminal behavior that was investigated and not prosecuted. That did not make the party involved “innocent,” no matter what he and his supporters want to believe.

You can read about Bush’s crimes here, here, and here; Cheney’s crimes here; Gonzales’ crimes here and here; and Karl Rove’s crimes here and his shady past here.

And about that liberal bias in the MSM? Read about that here. Unless, of course, you’re a self-deluded right-winger who is ever-so-willing to overlook the crimes of one of your own.

Posted by Becky at September 6, 2007 09:19 AM