Clinton Clipping
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“A lot of the things that have been said, they create a climate in which people who are vulnerable to violence because they’re disoriented, like Timothy McVeigh was, are more likely to act … and I didn’t have sexual relations with that woman.”
It is a bit surreal to see Bill “The Zipper” Clinton in action as I wrap-up edits on my next book, Catalog of Canards, that exposes how political lies are created and spread. Though we accept that all politicians lie, few have proven to be as artful as the man from Hot Springs (which is his home town, not a nickname for his mattress). Clinton possesses a rare combination of skills: the ability to think strategically and blow smoke up skirts.
That’s when he is not inserting cigars there.
Over the weekend Clinton has made several statements wherein he attempts, rather elegantly, to associate the Tea Party movement with deranged mass murders. His chain reaction of irrational reasoning is that if a Tea Party participant says something unkind about the government, it will cause the next Timothy McVeigh to head straight for the Ryder rental center.
This is, of course, patently insane and shows that Bill Clinton understands nothing about the minds of madmen (though given the number of ladies he has jilted, he may know a thing or two about mad women). Every day, in every city of every country, people get into heated discussion and shouting matches that go no further than a spittle exchange. You, your parents, your siblings, your boss, your neighbors do this often enough. Yet rarely does anyone take action stronger than completing their tantrum. Being ticked off at an abstraction such as government is even less dangerous.
Thus, the Timothy McVeigh’s of the world are by definition mad. A rational patriot would not assassinate 168 people guilty of nothing aside from arriving at work on time, much less 19 kids younger than six. The logical gulf between a group of concerned citizens attending a rally and a lone mass murder is as wide as Monica’s … well, let’s not go there. We’ll leave it to say that cigars should not be inserted horizontally.
Stipulating that Clinton is no moron, we have to ask ourselves what is his motivation in making plainly inane comparisons. Since fear is the primary tool of the politicians’ trade, Clinton sought to make people not familiar with the Tea Party fearful of them. By shellacking Tea Party people and Tim McVeigh with the same brush, Clinton attempted to generate fear of the Tea Party itself.
Nice try Bubba, but no cigar.
People – not politicians or the media – are now in control of the conversation, as documented by Brian Patrick in Rise of the Anti-Media. Clinton might cause a few skittish souls to shriek, but the average citizen, who likely knows one or more Tea Party members, is sadly amused at Bill’s buncombe and will say as much to his Facebook friends, on message boards, and via his own media outlets, be they blogs, YouTube videos or podcasts. Whereas Clinton frets about citizens demonizing “the government or … its elected officials,” he stokes the process by being a visible symbol and advocate of elected officials and the government while demeaning The People. By inappropriately and cynically associating Tea Party activists with lunatic bombers, he generates the distrust that he claims will motivate madmen.
“I want you to listen to me,” Clinton began. “I’m going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman … these allegations are false!”
Just keep that hysterical and historical moment in mind as Billy opines on the opposition.
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