Posted by
Bert Chapman on Monday, March 12, 2007 10:45:21 AM
The recent controversy over Ann Coulter's criticism of John Edwards has revived the perennial topic of civility in politics. It's extremely amusing and hypocritical for liberals to bemoan the coarsening of American political culture when they are the primary perpetrators of this coarsening. My biggest memory of this occurred twenty years ago when the distinguished jurist Robert Bork was nominated for Associate Justice on the Supreme Court by President Reagan. Under normal circumstances, Bork's nomination would have been approved even by a Democratic controlled Senate. As we all know, Bork was defeated by a fusillade of Democratic lies lead by the Chappaquiddick Mariner "Senator" Ted Kennedy. Kennedy said Bork's confirmation would result in a return of back alley abortions and a host of other demagogic lies. Additional examples of Democratic political attacks include the vicious smears against Justice Clarence Thomas during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the vitriolic attacks Bill and Hillary Clinton and their apologists such as James Carville used against their critics during his shameful presidential administration, the attacks Al Gore and his apologists launch against those with the audacity to criticize his global warming claims, the assaults Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and other leaders of the liberal civil rights movement launch against those who don't believe Black Americans are pathetic victims of the amorphous phrase "institutional racism", and the assaults Gay Rights activists launch against their critics, and countless others.
If Democrats were serious about restoring civility to political discourse they need to look in the mirror and see the rhetoric emanating from their corroded dessicated souls. The fact of the matter is that Democrats and their establishment media and academic allies can't take it when someone exposes them as the frauds that they are! As long as the media continues to give creedence to Democratic posturing, as long as senile demagogic frauds such as Senator Robert Byrd are allowed to pose as respected statesmen when they make malicious attacks against President Bush and other conservatives, there is no reason to let up in our criticism of liberals, their ideas, and the toxic impact these individuals and ideas have on our culture and political discourse.