Monica Lewinsky Affair Marked Official Death of Liberalism

Dignitas News Service ^ | April 9, 2014 | Paul M Winters

[dignitasnews]

With the Monica Lewinsky affair, liberalism in America died and became synonymous with the term "Democrat," where principle took a back seat to winning elections.

[Paladin2]

Slick wuz a gorny Huy.

[Secret Agent Man]

reject the premise.

[zeebee]

Great read. Nailed it.

[Olog-hai]

If liberalism died back then, it came back as a vampire pretty darn quickly.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Joe blows up! Scarborough so mad he was visibly shaking, ‘about to pass out’ over libs’ behavior

[laplata]

If liberalism died then, it sure came back to life stronger than ever.

[Sacajaweau]

I think everyone is missing the point that this was the most powerful man at the time fooling with a very young girl...not someone his own age. Everyone forgets about the age difference.

Gary Condit...no punishment for him either.

And if Monica hadn't saved the dress and made a tape...I have no doubt....she would have wound up dead, too.

[Little Pig]

I think he means “liberalism” in the classical sense. The word “liberal” has morphed drastically in recent years, becoming a synonym for “radical leftist” rather than having any meaning on its own.

[dignitasnews]

Thanks zeebee. Much appreciated.

[dignitasnews]

Thats exactly what I meant. There are no more “liberals.” They can call themselves progressives, bolsheviks, or whatever they wish, but there is nothing liberal bout this ilk.

[FreedomPoster]

He means exactly that, and uses the term “classical liberal” explicitly in his concluding paragraph.

That concluding paragraph should be read/re-read carefully by all. He is warning that we are up against single party statists, with all e ugliness that implies.

[ronnie raygun]

How is sexual harrassment despicable, ugly and perverted only when it involves a republican or a conservative but cool, acceptable and a non story when bubba or another liberal progressive does it

[OldPossum]

...those of us on the conservative side of the aisle are beginning to wonder, aloud, if we find ourselves facing simply a political opposition or a true enemy that seeks to destroy and silence us, to pave the way for one-party rule and an end to our democratic traditions.

That, to me, is the key conclusion of the entire essay. The part about "a true enemy" rings true to me. We're not facing political opposition; instead, we're facing an enemy which wishes to destroy us.

[Mark17]

How is sexual harrassment despicable, ugly and perverted only when it involves a republican or a conservative but cool, acceptable and a non story when bubba or another liberal progressive does it

It seemed like every time Bill Clinton was caught in a sexual pecadillo, some Republican had to resign in disgrace.

[uglybiker]

Liberalism isn't dead.

It just smells like it.

[Gen.Blather]

I asked someone well politically connected about why the two parties always took opposite positions. After all, I’d have thought both parties would be in favor of ending the German Nazi regime, but Republicans became the peace party. He said that no matter the issue forty percent of the voters were on each side of it. If you don’t take the opposite position then you give up that forty percent and forever doom yourself to lower representation and thus political power. I think that although the Republicans talked the peace talk they also supported the war in all important votes or we’d never have gotten the level of national participation we needed to win in such a relatively short time.

Having had the opportunity to speak often to Democrats among my acquaintances (acutely, I mostly just listened as they’re impossible to reason with) I realize they get their talking points from MSNBC and CNN and have no independent critical thinking. Yet, they believe they do have independent critical thinking. If you engage them in conversation and back them into a logical trap they instantly change the subject or go on the attack someplace else. (What now does it matter?)

So, where the World War Two Republicans cynically took a position for votes they had no intention damaging national interests. But Democrats of today will happily damage national interest for votes. It may be short sighted, but they don’t care. When, as a result of fifty successful Democratic years it becomes national policy for women to wear burkas and get their clitoris clipped they’ll come up with reasoning that it’s for the good of the children. (Or, some such rot.)

[madmominct]

” principle took a back seat to winning elections.”

Exactly. It is also when I finally woke up and saw the Left’s and NOWs hypocrisy and started listening to conservative talk radio. It took a few years of reeducation, but I left the Democrat party because of their blatant hypocrisy. It was all about winning elections and preserving their sacrament of abortion.

[nathanbedford]

..those of us on the conservative side of the aisle are beginning to wonder, aloud, if we find ourselves facing simply a political opposition or a true enemy that seeks to destroy and silence us, to pave the way for one-party rule and an end to our democratic traditions.

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The part about "a true enemy" rings true to me. We're not facing political opposition; instead, we're facing an enemy which wishes to destroy us.

I wrote a post yesterday recounting my youth in the 1960s when I believed the liberal line about them being seekers after good such as freedom of expression. More than half a century of witnessing history has disabused me of that naïveté. If one reads Alinsky, Cloward and Piven, or the Marxists of The Frankfurt School one must come to the conclusion that we are in an existential struggle with leftists who do not share our values, who do not share our commitment to decency, but who subscribe to a worldview that exhorts them cynically to deconstruct everything of value in Western civilization to pave the way for their utopia.

Right and wrong as these things are known to us do not enter into their equation, the words are in their vocabulary but the meaning has been altered beyond recognition. Means are justified by the ends and so the felonies committed by Bill Clinton surrounding the Monica Lewinsky affair, including perjury in an effort to fix a court case, become not just condoned but exalted as the normal reaction of any healthy male to lie when caught cheating at sex. The world, not just the language, gets stood on its head.

This is a fight to the political death.

[Caipirabob]

If liberalism died back then, it came back as a vampire pretty darn quickly.

And now we recognize it in it's "true form"...