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April 25, 2006
Confused Americans for Truth - World Net Daily Misses a Point
The top story at World Net Daily today is about a lawsuit against the Clintons. The plaintiff-- Peter Paul of Stan Lee Media-- claims he donated a million dollars to Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign in exchange for promotional services from her husband Bill Clinton.
There are a lot of opportunities for humor in this story. Bill Clinton is not exactly famous for keeping his word, and Hillary is not exactly famous for having anything to do with Bill. Alas, the entire thing is suspect because Peter Paul himself has a history of embezzlement and fraud.
It is true that when you're trying to circumvent campaign finance laws, the people who can make it happen are probably going to have a shady past. It's also true that Paul put together a massive fundraising gala for the Clintons that is at the center of an FEC investigation. This does not subtract, however, from the fact that Peter Paul is an idiot.
If you're going to make a back-room deal with a politician, your only leverage is the ability to go public should your co-conspirator fail to live up to his part of the bargain. The Clintons, however, are invulnerable. Despite setting several records for corruption among their staff, the Clintons have remained untouched.
In other words, there is no reason to get excited.
Conservatives are easy marks for stories like this because it seems so unfair that Republican scandals point to a "culture of corruption" while Democrat scandals are minor infractions that don't matter in the scheme of things. But we will never win the game of negative politics, because it gives the advantage to the team that has the fewest ideas.
That's not who we are, and it's not who we want to be.
Respectfully submitted,
Ferdinand T. Cat
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