The point is not what Democrats say against Donald Trump, or the irony
of their rhetoric, but the very fact that their opposition somehow
exempts them from the absurdities of their own paradoxes.
If nothing else, the architects of
the 2020 Democratic Convention appeared to be ignorant of irony. Either
that, or they know irony so well and cared so little that they wished to
ram it down the throats of the few who watched the nightly taped
speeches—as if to say, “We’re hypocrites and proud of it—and what are you going to do about it?”
It all reminded me of China’s
now-defiant implicit response to its Wuhan lab virus, “Yeah it started
here. And yeah we spread it. And yeah, we—the world’s premier racists
and xenophobes—called you racists and xenophobes. And yeah, we let the
coronavirus get loose, and blamed you for inventing it. So exactly what
are you going to do about it?”
There is one rule that should guide
all of Bill Clinton’s post-presidential speeches. He must never use the
word “Oval Office” in reference to its ethical or professional
requirements during his own tenure................And so what does Clinton say during
the convention? He lectures Trump on how the Oval Office must become the
locus of positive presidential power, inspired decision-making, and
resolute authority. Thereby reminding the listener of his Oval Office
trysts with Monica Lewinsky.........
There is one rule that should guide all
of Barack Obama’s post-presidential speeches. He should never mention
respect for the Constitution and the rule of law that begins in the Oval
Office. And yet Obama did just that............To Read More......
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