I’ve always said that if hypocrisy was an Olympic event, Republican conservatives would win the gold, the silver, and the bronze. Here are some examples.
1) Donald Trump is going after Bill Clinton’s sexual escapades before and during his presidency. For Trump to moralize about marital fidelity and sexism is comparable to Chris Christie criticizing someone for being morbidly obese.
After “The Donald” was married to Ivana for a few years, she had her breasts augmented (for my urban hick readers, that means she had her boobs enlarged). Donald wasn’t pleased. He complained to one of his friends, “It’s like chewing on plastic.”
Does anyone believe he was faithful to Ivana when Marla Maples was available? Do you think he was faithful to Marla when she got a wee bit long in the tooth? Donald Trump treats wives like cars. When they accumulate too much mileage he trades them in.
Now Mr. Trump claims to be “pro-life.” Is it possible that if his teen-aged daughter became pregnant she wouldn’t get an abortion? Would anyone like to venture a guess as to how many abortions he’s paid for due to pregnancies he’s caused? You can’t make this guy up.
2) For more hypocrisy there’s Ted Cruz. He’s running neck and neck with Trump, and he wants to create a Christian caliphate. According to New York Times columnist Frank Bruni, Cruz mentions religion “so often and so operatically that he might as well be waging a holy war instead of a political campaign”
In a New Year’s Eve conference call to his volunteers he said, “Strap on the full armor of God.” On the campaign trail he said to Christian voters, “Any president who doesn’t begin each day on his knees isn’t fit to be commander-in-chief of this country.” Mr. Cruz wants to “carpet bomb” locations in the Middle East to see “if sand can glow in the dark.”
How many innocent women and children would be killed if this plan was carried out? Would Jesus condone this type of action? How can he talk about god out of one side of his mouth and murdering non-combatant civilians out of the other side? You can’t make up Ted Cruz, either.
Religious zealots are a plague on society.
3) I have to keep reminding my liberal friends that I like Bernie Sanders more than Hillary Clinton, but I don’t want to take the chance on a Republican winning the White House and appointing three Supreme Court justices who will take us back to the Dark Ages.
What Mr. Sanders’ performance so far tells me is that Elizabeth Warren could have easily wrested the nomination away from Mrs. Clinton, and we’d have the best of both worlds—an unabashed liberal and our first woman president. As it stands, Hillary has the best chance of keeping the presidency in Democratic hands.
4) On the other hand, there’s one political pundit who seems to be a cut above the rest. His name is Larry Sabato, and he’s a political scientist, political analyst, and a professor at the University of Virginia. He’s written more than 20 books on politics, and he publishes “Sabato’s Crystal Ball,” a nonpartisan online newsletter that makes up-to-date election predictions.
Mr. Sabato has a unique perspective. He maintains that it is not the money in politics that is important, and the candidate is not a major factor, either.
It is the political party that determines the winner of an election.
If that’s the case, it doesn’t matter which of the 11 Republican candidates gets the nomination—whoever it is will lose. Conversely, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, or even Martin O’Malley will become our next president because they belong to the right political party for this time period.
Looking back at the 2008 election you can see how this theory would be true. No matter which Democrat got the nomination—Hillary, Barack, John Edwards, Joe Biden—he or she would have beaten John McCain with ease. George W. Bush’s eight years in office killed any chance for a GOP victory.
It’s the political party, stupid.
5) Finally, I bought gas yesterday for $1.76 a gallon. The thought struck me that if gasoline was $4 a gallon Republican conservatives all over the country would be blaming Barack Obama for the cost of fuel, and they’d be screaming about how incompetent he was and how he was the worst president in history.
So how come when it’s under two bucks they’re not singing his praises?
In 2015 the United States auto industry had all-time record sales. This is the industry Obama bailed out when he came into office. Willard Romney declared he would have let it go bankrupt.
How come we’re not hearing the GOP cheering the president and giving credit where credit is due?
It’s that “H” word again—hypocrisy. What are you gonna do?
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As much as I dislike Trump, I have to disagree with your characterization of him. In fact, I think he might be the LEAST hypocritical candidate, on the Republican side, anyway. I’m not aware of any proof that he was a philanderer (not saying it doesn’t exist, just that I don’t know of any). Trump calling-out Bill Clinton on his past behavior, while attention-getting and headline-grabbing, is not hypocrisy so much as it is just plain pointless and irrelevant to a Hillary presidency. And both abortion-based scenarios are nothing more than hypotheticals without any basis in fact (sorry, dude!). Two of the most common reasons given by women for having an abortion are the lack of ability to care for a child, and lack of financial resources (US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health abstract) . With Daddy’s money and a contingent of nannies, neither would be an issue. In short, from what I have seen and heard, Trump is, in my opinion, THE MOST LIKELY candidate to actually say what he means, and mean what he says. And THAT, my friend, is what scares me about him!
And with all that said, Congratulations on your new forum!
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Yes, I agree. If hypocrisy was an Olympic event, the American Republican Party would win the gold. Not even close. I love the way right-wingers continue to vilify Hillary Clinton as a liar. It’s as though they don’t have any mirrors in their houses (or they cast no reflection).
It’s as though they don’t have any mirrors in their houses. If hypocrisy was an Olympic event, the repubs would win the gold every time.
“Trump is, in my opinion, THE MOST LIKELY candidate to actually say what he means, and mean what he says.”
In the immortal words of John McEnroe, “You can’t be serious.” Trump doesn’t even know what he’s saying half the time, and the other half of the time he denies saying what he’s said when he’s called out on it. Political fact checkers write detailed accounts of four to five outright lies in every little speech he gives. If you want to say he’s the best of the worst of the 11 clowns, that’s reasonable, but to give him pats on the back for credibility is something else.
Maybe you could quote George Costanza when he said to Jerry Seinfeld, “Remember, Jerry, it’s not a lie if you believe it.”
I’m praying he gets the nomination and if he does I’ll even go to a Catholic mass in 2016 to thank god for Her Democratic benevolence. 🙂
“…but to give him pats on the back for credibility is something else.”
Carlo, I never said, nor meant to imply, that Trump is credible. I merely said that I don’t think he’s a hypocrite. As ludicrous as his oratory is, I firmly believe that HE believes he can deliver on it. That isn’t hypocrisy, that’s narcissism.
BTW, glad this is finally working for you!