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Friday, March 29, 2024

Hypocrisy and the double standard is alive and flourishing

To the Editor:

A while ago I wondered if there was a double standard or hypocrisy among the MSM, liberals/progressives and Democrats. Some of you said it wasn’t so.
A few weeks ago, tax reform legislation was passed after an almost farcical obstruction by Democrats over immigration, who then caved anyway. To give the MSM some credit here, they did a moderate amount of criticism about the absurdity of the obstruction and inconsistency of the Democrat positions. Goodness, even some Democrats criticized Schumer… although that was for caving too soon.
We’re a few days past the SOTU address. To me, Democrats that attended the address showed almost to a person just how petty and childish they are. I guess they were trying to make a point… but what was the point, and by whom would it be recognized? The MSM has been almost universally negative of Trump, but hasn’t offered any criticism about the childish tantrum-like behavior of the Democrats.
Now “the memo” has been released… detailing the obstruction that DOJ/FBI perpetrated. Strzok was so bad, he’s already had to be fired…  by Mueller no less! McCabe’s gone – he refused to review the thousands of emails of Hillary’s that Abedin had hidden on Wiener’s laptop, which should never have been outside of secure government environment at any time, and which Comey lied about when he said they had been reviewed. (You remember the thousands of emails that Hilliary lied about and Comey said showed carelessness but were not gross negligence?) McCabe should never have had the assignment in the first place due to a massive conflict of interest. Ohr and Rosenstein are in the thick of cover-up and obstruction as well. But what concern do we hear from the MSM or Democrats about all this cover up and manipulation? Hardly a peep! When I think of the daily screeching they direct at Trump, and their deathly silence over serious obstruction, I just don’t see logic or balance.
DOJ/FBI and Democrats fought and have been trying to discredit the memo. Over national security, of all things. I have sensed a few rumblings in the MSM that national security is a farce as a basis… there is no security breach in the matters that memo deals with – just embarrassment that DOJ/FBI and the Clinton campaign got caught and that their bias and manipulations showed. And that the Democrats on the committee are fighting to cover this up.
So, my bottom line right now… I’ve got to say in no uncertain terms that the hypocrisy and double standard is so.
And the cave in is becoming an implosion. (Any one want to bet that Rosenstein will be the next to go?)

David Jones
Village of Hemingway

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