Why was it bad for Clinton to have an affair but not George W. Bush?
Why does the main-stream media not say anything about George W.'s recent affair with Condolenza Rice?
The same thing with Clinton's smoking weed in college, where it was huge news but then the media totally ignored Bush's long-time cocaine habit and drinking problem. Not that I'm a fan of either one, I just think it's crazy how controlled the media is by the Republican party.
And after, I hear the right-wing pundits screaming like babies about "liberal bias in the press". It's all good that they can't give a single example, but still...
Article follows:
2006-06-02T07:25:50Z
June 1, 2006 -- Rocky shoals for Bush marriage? Informed sources Inside the Beltway report that First Lady Laura Bush has established temporary residence in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC as a result of a tiff with President Bush over an extramarital relationship involving her husband. Mr. Bush's tryst is said to involve Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. It is not known how long Mrs. Bush plans to remain at the Mayflower, however, her security detail has been present at the hotel during hours when the First Lady would normally be residing in the White House. While she was National Security Adviser, Rice, who has never been married, referred to George W. Bush as "my husband" before she corrected herself and said, "the president." Rice was speaking at a dinner when she made her "husband" remarks.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/...
http://www.theload.org/columns/monty1119
http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006117
2006-06-02T07:27:06Z
Edited links, sorry about the last ones: http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
http://www.theload.org/columns/monty111904.htm
http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006117.html
Magic Gatherer2006-06-02T07:34:09Z
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It seems that Republicans are more prude than Democrats, and since they could not find any political way to bring Clinton into disrepute (remember, he balanced the national budget, while our children will still pay for the massive debts Bush has run up), they grasped the one little straw that offered itself: Clinton's unusually high sex drive.
Maybe it was just envy, but they made a big thing of it.
I would despise any woman who would want to have an affair with Bush, and I cannot understand how he ever found a wife (although his millions might have helped a little). The man is so revolting, as an individual as well as a politician, that a woman would have to be masochistic to get involved with him.
On the other hand, the Repuclican party is filled with f***ing sleezeballs, and many of them have affairs and go to prostitutes as well. But the Democrats are too tolerant to pursue them for that.
As far as I am concerned, I prefer a man who loves sex and sometimes overdoes it a bit to a criminal, war monger and religious bigot.
Well man, if this is just breaking, you may find that it grows into a much larger story as people find things out.
I believe that no politician should be judged on their private lives, but at the same time, they are our elected representatives, so they can expect media attention. There is some suggestion that they should recognise this, and act in a moral fashion rather than abusing their privileges, but we can see that's not always the case. Like you say, the media can be biased, but you'll find that the bias swings depending on where the vested interests are.
Like, it's better to have a sex scandal than a full scale investigation of the integrity of our leaders as a result of certain, should I say, recent military action. If a story could do real damage to someone who was inexpendable, then it would be clamped down on, possibly before it was released. If the story is allowed, then whoever it's about is not, or is no longer, inexpendable to the way government is working. Either that, or they tell a little truth so that a big lie stands. That's all.
Not that I would believe this kind of crap but most likely, nobody held Clinton up for his relgious faith. How many Christian Right people follow or advise Bush? Bush has said many times of his strong faith and his religious beliefs. I seem to remember a lot of jokes and cartoons about Bush's supposed drinking problems, sure not in the widespread media outlets but if the media is so controlled by the Republicans then wouldn't these other outlets be more censored?
And with Clinton, it wasn't an affair, it was serial affairs, the 2 most noted would be considered sexual harassment in any other office.
As for Clinton's drug connections, don't overlook that his brother was a druggie, and in one sting operation said that his brother (Bill) had a nose like a vaccuum cleaner. Clinton also pardoned a major drug dealer in Arkansas. Hmmmm...
As for the media, do you think the Dan Rather 'fake but accurate' reporting on the fake Bush AWOL hoax is right wing? Or the constant touting of his low popularity in polls? Or the jump to cast aspersions on our soldiers in the Abu Ghraib abuses? Or the fake reporting and blind belief in the prisoners' stories from Gitmo? Or the blatant failure to report on all the positive things happening in Iraq?
Both Clinton's and Bush's sex lives are none of our concern. What should be our concern is how Bush lied to us to get us to invade a country that was no threat to us. That makes us terrorists. It should also concern us about the impeachable offenses that Bush has committed like wiretapping Americans without a warrant. Bush was asleep at the wheel when 9/11 happened and yet he has not recieved the blame for it that he clearly deserves. I don' care who our president sleeps with. I just want him to work for all of us and not just the rich.