Conscientious Objector
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Yuck. Yuck Yuck Yuck.
As a conservative, it pains me to see a fellow conservative spouting vile, hate-filled vitriol about a former President. It is especially dismaying to see this kind of horrid rhetoric emanating from an intelligent conservative who I sincerely consider a friend.
"I hope you f****** die"? Wow. I understand that raging obscenity is a part of your "schtick"; and I must say, your wild offensiveness is usually hilarious. But wishing for the death of an American president crosses the line.
Whatever your opinion of Bill Clinton -- and I, for one, happen to regard him as one of the first genuine conservative presidents: a man who cut taxes, revamped welfare, shrunk the federal workforce, balanced the budget and maintained a strong economy -- he and his family are entitled to nothing less than our absolute sympathy.
If you aren't willing to put aside your partisanship for one moment and accord President Clinton the same basic respect and dignity that any person deserves in a time of dire health, then, to put it bluntly, you are just as heartless and cold-blooded as the unhinged Leftist hatemongers who villainize President Bush and write fantasy novels about his assassination.
So for once -- and this appeal is addressed to all conservatives who have used Clinton's health crisis to engage in mean-spirited attacks -- can we please show a little civility and decency in our treatment of fellow Americans, and especially former Presidents, who just happen to be Democrats?
Mud-slinging tarnishes the reputation of all conservatives and lowers us to the same primitive level of the frothing cretins on the Democratic fringe. Thus, for the sake of your fellow Republicans, please refrain from vicious personal attacks on a distinguished American politician.
It just isn't kosher.