Former President Bill Clinton warned of a slippery slope from angry anti-government rhetoric to violence like the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, saying "the words we use really do matter."
The two-term Democratic president insisted he wasn't trying to restrict free speech, but in remarks Friday he said incendiary language can be taken the wrong way by some Americans. He drew parallels to words demonizing the government before Oklahoma City.
The Declaration and the Constitution are revolutionary documents, and the people are the nation, NOT the government. This is a revolutionary,
dangerous nation, and it always has been. We do things and create changes all throughout our history other nations BLANCH at considering. In both directions. If the government takes steps in law that a substantial portion of the nation feels damages the core purpose of the nation (individual freedom and it's protection ...aaah you think, therein lies the dispute), then troubles ensue.This was true under Bush, as we can see from those trying even now to arrest Karl Rove. Why would such action be considered less inciting than my reaction to the government telling me I have to buy what they say I have to buy, WHEN they say I have to buy it, in the WAY they say I have to buy it?
Sorry but this is just another DESPERATE, DESPERATE attempt to marginalize the people.
Forty-two percent (42%) of Republicans say they are part of the movement, compared to nine percent (9%) of Democrats and 24% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Mainstream voters view themselves as Tea Party members, while 84% of the Political Class say they have no ties to the movement.
If 35% of the people AND GROWING are tied to incendiary language perhaps a good look in the mirror is in order in DC.
That 84% number is instructive, it tells the people that those in power look VERY VERY differently at what concerns us all than many of the people do.
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Marginalizing the people is a power grab.
ReplyDeleteWho was the monarch who said, "I am the state"?
ReplyDeleteLouis XIV: L'etat, c'est moi.
ReplyDeleteL'etat, c'est moi, huh?
ReplyDeleteWho knew Louis XIV and Obama I had something in common?
L'etat, c'est moi...est, c'est magnifique, bien sur!
grrrr
Always, I've blogged this same piece and think I've scheduled it for 3pm your time........clinton can't even see what he said, can he. Translates to "The Left can knock down buildings, shoot and start fires, but the the Right has a peaceful demonstration, they're dangerous" I guess he's right; Great thinking DOES trump thuggery! (Oh, except at the White House, of course)
We see that it is increasingly difficult for Democrats to understand (or admit it, if they do understand it) that "all authority belongs to the people."
ReplyDeleteClinton's point that we have taxation by representation, is exactly why we have the Tea Party movement. It is clear our representation does not listen, and is all too vulnerable to blackmail. That's why Clinton will have to face many in Congress losing their seats made completely ignoble by their continued disrespect of the Constitution and allegiance to this country.
Excellent commentary!