By
William L. Garvin
To
make sense out of the current progressive political panic and media feeding frenzy
surrounding Russia, it is necessary to employ selective political amnesia. You must forget the cold war leftist
shibboleth of “Better Red than Dead!” You must forget détente, glasnost and
perestroika. You must forget the
slobbering love affair the left had for Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev. Forget sycophantic Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton and her plastic “Reset Button.”
Forget presidential candidate Romney identifying Russia as our number
one geopolitical foe and presidential reelection candidate Obama mocking him by
saying “The 1980s
are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War’s
been over for 20 years.” Forget President Obama leaning forward in a conspiratorial
whisper to his Russian counterpart and promising that this was his last
election and after that he would have more “flexibility.”
Forget that the Clinton State Department and the Obama presidency
allowed twenty percent of the U.S. uranium production to be sold to the
Russians. Forget the New York Times reporting that “...while the State Department was involved
in securing a uranium mining deal with Russia, investors in the company
involved in the deal, Uranium One, gave millions to the Clinton Foundation”
and “…shortly
after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in
Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian
investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock."
No “play for pay” here, folks,
just move along! Forget the hideous corruption
within the Democrat National Committee and the partisan collusion with major
cable networks that was revealed by WikiLeaks.
Just keep moving! If you manage that significant memory loss
(or equivalent prefrontal lobotomy!) then you can begin to understand the
Nixonian media obsession of “what did the President know and when did he know
it?” This is the media, sometimes and
more accurately known as the “opposition party,” emerging from its eight-year
hibernation along with the Russian bear!
Such a coincidence!!!
For eight long years, the MSM has been in
their “hear no evil, see no evil, print/broadcast no evil” mode in regards to
the Obama presidency, scandals, and Russia.
Now they have reverted to their “hear no positive, see no positive,
print/broadcast no positive” mode in regards to the Trump presidency. This is typical of their approach to any
“other than Democrat” political figure.
Their antipathy to real scandals during the Obama years and proclivity
to invent scandals in the first month of the Trump administration has become a
travesty to the profession of journalism.
Their “snowflake” response to criticism and challenge to their
self-declared elitism is at best an overly defensive reaction to having been so
wrong on so many levels on so many things for so many years! To give them credit, at least they are
fighting back, albeit on a dirty tricks level, rather than cowering in a safe
space, cuddling puppies, putting on safety pins, and screaming their primal
hearts out!
There are many other questions about their
hypocrisy that remain. When President
Clinton (Bill) decried illegal aliens, why weren’t they outraged? When senators Schumer, Clinton (Hillary), and
Obama complained about illegal aliens and voted for a wall, why weren’t they and
their readers outraged? When Obama
bragged about his number of deportations, why weren’t they and their readers
outraged? When Obama identified seven
countries that were hotbeds of terrorism, why weren’t they and their readers
outraged? When President Carter rounded
up and deported Iranians, why weren’t they and their readers outraged? When Obama sent millions and billions of
dollars to Iran, the number one state sponsor of terrorism, why weren’t they
and their readers outraged? When Obama
cozied up to Castro and his Communist regime with its continual practice of
human rights abuses, why weren’t they and their readers outraged? When Obama ended the “wet foot/dry foot”
policy for Cubans, why weren’t they and their readers outraged?” Oh, you didn’t know that? That just proves the point.
For
your edification, here’s the text of the Obama DHS policy
statement: “Today, the
United States is taking important steps forward to normalize relations with
Cuba and to bring greater consistency to our immigration policy. The Department
of Homeland Security is ending the so-called "wet-foot/dry foot"
policy, which was put in place more than twenty years ago and was designed for
a different era. Effective immediately, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter
the United States illegally and do not qualify for humanitarian relief will be
subject to removal, consistent with U.S. law and enforcement priorities. By
taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants the same way we treat migrants
from other countries. The Cuban government has agreed to accept the return of
Cuban nationals who have been ordered removed, just as it has been accepting
the return of migrants interdicted at sea.”
If you noticed the
political relevance of Cuban refugees being generally conservative in the swing
state of Florida, are you just cynical? Nope! If you noticed that Lois Lerner and the IRS
specifically targeted Tea Party and conservative groups, are you just cynical? Nope! If
you believed “there’s not a smidgeon of corruption,” think intelligence leaks
are harmless, and the MSM doesn’t have a progressive agenda, you’re in
progressive political denial! Unfortunately,
ongoing political amnesia leaves too many people brain dead and in large
cities, zombies still vote!
