Here’s a provocative post by Byron Williams at Huffpo [1].
For instance, Williams asks what if the “Democratic president’s secretary of defense were Ted Kennedy and our military committed Abu Ghraib-like torture? At that point, would conservatives still be content with their “a few bad apples alibi”?
Williams asks a good question: whether this country’s self-proclaimed conservatives really approve of the actions taken by the Bush Administration. His hypothetical strongly suggests that the answer is “no.” What’s really going on is that Republicans are simply sticking up for Republicans.
My own favorite example of the rampant hypocrisy is the constant Republican claim that the decision to invade Iraq is now water under the bridge. It’s already happened, they claim. No use fretting about that any more.
Gee. That’s not what the conservative bellowed when it appeared that President Clinton had had sexual relations with Monica Lewinski. Back then, the past was critical to evaluating the present character of the President. Back then, it was important to follow the evidence where it led [2] to determine whether the president was fit to continue holding office.
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