Dr. Forbush Thinks

Finally, Bill Clinton defends himself. Finally, he actually makes a stand and tells it the way he sees it. He is no longer competing for any political office, so it is safe for him to say something. Actually is has been safe for him to say something over the last six years of the Bush debacle, but he kept quiet.

When I saw the story about Bill Clinton’s with Fox News host Chris Wallace I was anxious to see some footage of the event. Of course, it was quite easy to get the footage on the Internet and I was happy to see it. On a day where John McCain thought that it was Ok for Hillary to be able to influence more conservative votes than Lucifer, in the same interview as he chastised Hugo Chavez for calling George W Bush the Devil. And, on a day where the we learn that the National Intelligence Estimate proves that George W Bush’s policy in Iraq is making us less safe, it seemed like the Democrats had won a trifecta. It was certainly a very nice day indeed, but why did it take so long for Bill Clinton to come forward?

I believe that Bill Clinton kept quiet for the last six years out of two things:

1) Respect for the Office of the President prevented him from criticizing it.
2) Being disgraced in office took away his credibility on issues of moral repugnance.


Well, obviously how you way the reality of these two points most likely shines a light on your personal ideology. My belief is that George W Bush and the Republicans have pushed disgrace to a whole new level, while the aura of Clinton has grown in multiple orders of magnitude. And, what every self-respecting Democrat finally witnessed was Bill Clinton defending himself on Fox TV, the belly of the beast itself.

When I heard these words I felt pride in the Democratic Party for the first time in quite a while. Finally a voice of the Democrats that doesn’t back down when attacked. And, he said it with authority and knowledge pertaining to all of these issues thrown around in the conservative blogosphere. It really made me smile.

But, this was only a small lunge in the big battle against these people who have stolen our government away from us. Certainly there are other potential heroes out there that have a voice, but are they willing to challenge the conventional wisdom implanted by bloggers, conservative talk radio and conservative media like Fox? And, certainly the conservative ideologues are bound to do their best to spin this small moment their own way. Will their reaction scare other Democrats, which actually have campaigns to win, from voicing similar outrage against the conservative hailstorm?

There are already quite a few blogs out there are contradicting what Bill Clinton said in his defense. And, of course that is expected. Most of the conservative blogs out there are repeating the same lies that have been spread for the last five years since 9/11/2001. I am hoping and praying that this moment has broken the ice and other public figures will finally begin to tell the truth about what they know. Bill Clinton’s remarks certainly will not change the minds of the hardcore conservatives out there that already have their hearts hardened against the truth. But, his remarks will energize the base, which is certainly important. And, hopefully his remarks and other remarks of the same type will at least offer another voice for the moderates to hear before they go off to vote in November, and that is what really matters.





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