Jakebrake wrote:
Exactly, you have to look pretty hard to find it there!! And your statement coming from you, who claims to be conservative. That I doubt!
Why? because I don't toe the party line?
Sorry, but I like to think for myself. You're clearly not burdened by such a choice.
I don't believe that the proof of someone's ideology lies in who he agrees with. It lies in what he, personally, believes. Unlike you, I don't try to hide the fact that conservatives are every bit as flawed as liberals. Trying to hide that only makes a person look ignorant and inept.
Finding hypocrisy on the right is a simple exercise. For starters, let's take the cases of John Lennon and Natalie Maines. John Lennon stated that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ. Conservatives in this country lost their minds. When Natalie Maines was critical of George Bush, the same thing happened. Boycotts, record burnings and cancelled concerts were common.
But let some clown from Duck Dynasty profess a belief in Jesus Christ and, well,
that's freedom of speech, and any negative reaction to that is completely uncalled for.
Two words: "Jimmy Swaggart".
Following President Clinton's admission that he'd committed adultery, Senator John Ensign called on Clinton to resign, saying that Clinton "has no credibility left".
In 2004, Ensign spoke on the sanctity of the institution of marriage:
Marriage is the cornerstone on which our society was founded. For those who say that the Constitution is so sacred that we cannot or should not adopt the Federal Marriage Amendment, I would simply point out that marriage, and the sanctity of that institution, predates the American Constitution and the founding of our nation.Senator Ensign resigned his Senate seat after an investigation revealed an extra-marital affair.
Two more words: "Jim Bakker".
Newt Gingrich resigned from the House after admitting in 1998 to having had an affair with his intern while he was married to his second wife, and at the same time he was leading the impeachment of Bill Clinton for perjury regarding an affair with his intern Monica Lewinsky.
Bob Barr (R-GA) had an affair while married. Barr had been the first lawmaker in either chamber to call for Clinton's resignation due to the Lewinsky affair.
In 1995 speaking of the then recent affairs of Republican Robert Packwood and the unfolding affair of Democrat Bill Clinton, Republican Indiana Congressman Dan Burton made this statement:
"No one, regardless of what party they serve, no one, regardless of what branch of government they serve, should be allowed to get away with these alleged sexual improprieties..."In 1998 the magazine Vanity Fair was slated to print an article detailing an affair which Burton himself had in 1983 which produced a child. Before publication Burton admitted to fathering a son with a former state employee
Seriously, I could do this all day. To suggest that it's difficult to find hypocrisy from those on the right is to demonstrate a woefully poor knowledge of relatively recent events. It further demonstrates the willingness of those on the right to lie and obfuscate while being critical of those on the left for doing the same.
So, yeah, you can go. I'm done with you for now...