Posted by
Patrick Henry on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:15:41 PM
A new leftist offensive against the right is in full swing, buoyed by the Democrats
underhanded passage of healthcare reform. The tactics of choice are misdirection,
misinformation, exaggeration and slander, a nasty version of the old "smoke and
mirrors" deception almost as egregious as that which Obama used to sell his socialist
legislation.
Seizing on the verbal and phsycial actions of a few extremists, lefty journalists
like Paul Krugman (NY Times) and Eugene Robinson (Washington Post) have
joined DNC Chairman Tim Kane, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a host of equally nasty
House Democrats in accusing (a) Republicans of provoking violence or the threats
thereof against them, and (b) extremists affiliated with the Tea Party movement of
carrying them out. Even Juan Williams, a Dem sympathizer appearing on Fox
suggested that the "energy" for the threats "is coming from the right" (meaning
Republicans, conservatives and the Tea Party.
But note this well: there is not one single shred of proof that such allegations are
true. That, however, does not stop desperate Democrats or liberal media garbagemongers
from repeating them as though they were gospel. And the purpose is all too clear. They
wish to (a) distract disgruntled voters from their recent disregard for public opinion in
passing their ruinous health bill, and (b) to paint all those who disagree with them as
dangerous, unstable, irrational extremists. We've seen the tactic before. It hasn't worked
very well in the past because Americans aren't as dumb as Democrats seem to think, and
it won't work this time either.
Lay to rest the lefty gossip that the "Hutaree Nine," the so-called "Christian" militia
extremists recently arrested had anything at all to do with the Tea Parties. There is no
evidence of that. Most of the nine belonged to one family with a troubled history. They
didn't comprise much of a militia, although they certainly possessed the weaponry to do
some damage, and if their actions and attitudes are any criteron they are by no stretch
of the imagination Christians. They serve no purpose except to provide the Dems and
lefties an illusion to fearmonger and impugn the motives of those who had nothing at all
to do with them.
And if one wishes to compare apples with apples, leftist rhetoric has condoned and
promoted far more violence than conservatives have. There were the black shock jocks
who relished raping Condaleeza Rice and Laura Bush (on the air), the Washington
Post commentator who talked about punching Republicans' teeth down their throat,
the liberal radio host who suggested hanging Rush Limbaugh by "Republican
entrails," Chris Matthews who wished for a Co2 pellet to be stuffed into Limbaugh's
mouth so he exploded like a blimp, the liberal blogger who suggested putting a
bullet through George W. Bush's head, and the list of obscene and foul wrongdoing
by the left -- by Democrats -- goes on and on without end.
And perhaps the best proof of the pudding is in the eating. Of all the alleged threats
against the Democrats, not a single arrest has been made, not a single charge filed.
Quite possibly that is because some of the charges were exaggerated, or perhaps
fabricated altogether. Meanwhile, an arrest has been made of the Philadelphia man
who threatened to kill Republican Representative Eric Cantor, his wife and children.
Now whose hate threats are real?
But giving the selective truth tellers (Democrats and liberal media) the benefit of
the doubt, let's say that some of the threats are real. To evaluate them fairly, one must
look at two realities. One, although it makes a great media tactic (misdirection,
distraction, smoke and mirrors) and granting that there are undoubtedly unstable morons
on both the extreme right and the extreme left, it is absurd to indict an entire class,
whether liberal or conservative, on the basis of the actions of those few. Again, most
Americans are smart enough to know that. Second, there is no doubt that there is a
whole lot of anger out there about the dishonesty, bribery, extortion and underhanded
manipulation used by Democrats to pass healthcare reform, and that anger is, indeed,
on the right. It's silly to think one can simply treat people that way and then dodge the
anger they feel because of that. Accusing them of taking any action other than protests
and a vow to "target" offending legislators with their votes in November is as stupid
as it is slanderous.
Obama and the left don't want to own what they've done. "You'll like healthcare
reform by November" they say glibly to those whose wishes they spat on. "Dangerous
radicals and extremists," they call those who continue to protest, and "fomenters of
violence" they call Republicans who encourage resistance. But it's all smoke and
mirrors, no facts, no proof, very little truth, just bluster and demagoguery. Actually,
when one considers that the sources are swine like Krugman, Robinson, Pelosi, Matthews
and Obama's Chicago mafia, they may actually be compliments.