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Originally Posted by boatin
umm, did the amount of pure hatred from the right about Clinton astound you, j8ear? My intent with that question is not to imply that 2 wrongs make a right, but to express my own astonishment.
After watching the Clinton thing, there is no way that pure hatred from one side to the other could astonish me. I'm not even suggesting that the Republicans started it (that's a different discussion) - just asking how anyone could be surprised.
Doesn't it seem like the same thing, coming from the same 'place'? Determining that 'place' might be a worthwhile conversation sometime. Envy? Bitterness? A mix of many things, I'm sure...
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I think that many people's feelings about the left's hatred of Bush stem from the fact that they didn't see the same condemnation of similar acts when Clintion was in power. So in essence, they aren't protesting about the actions of the president, they are protesting about the actions of the president they didn't vote for. So it's ok if their guy does it, but if someone else's guy does there will be hell to pay.
And honestly, the vitriol of many Dems/liberals toward Bush is what made me support him more. I used to think of Bush as an inept puppet, elected on name recognition and conning the public. But seeing so many people who I tend to disagree with ideologically hate him so much started making me think that maybe there's something more to him. Point being I think the Dems would be more convincing if they didn't attempt to pick apart every little thing so much in the Bush admin., especially after what they let slide in the Clinton admin.Then when they made an outcry about something truly serious, it wouldn't be quite so easily dismissed as yet another Dem attack. And there wouldn't be the big stink of hypocrisy about so many of their actions.