Wikileaks, Hillary, Democratic tactics/strategy, and cynicism
One of the many very usedful functions of the Trump bimbo eruptions is to distract people from the constant revelations about Hillary—and not just Hillary, or even primarily Hillary, but the way in which the Democratic Party is helped along by institutions that should be objective but are almost wholly in the tank for liberalism and/or the left.
There’s so much it is difficult to assimilate even a small portion of it, or know where to begin. You can Google it yourself, or click here. The story is complex and many-faceted, as opposed to the more simple (not to mention, sexual) focus of the current Trump imbroglio, the timing of which is no accident.
I used the word “revelations” to describe the Wikileaks information. But it’s probably not a great word for it, because it implies something new and “not before realized.” However, I think most of this was realized by the right, if not all the details of it. At this point, however, the American public is so jaded, so partisan, so weary, so confused, so disinterested (take your pick, or a combination), that I doubt any of it will matter.
Years ago I wrote about the aptness of Hillary’s famous statement to Congress, “What difference does it make?” And now I’m going to quote myself:
If the public doesn’t care about a certain tree falling in the forest, does it actually make a sound, even if the right is fussing about it?
The right has been outraged by a sequence of events and statements that have occurred under Obama’s watch, beginning with his 2008 campaign. Some are rather trivial (“corpse-man”) and some important (“bankrupt” the coal plants; “spread the wealth”). All have gained traction only on the right, because a majority (perhaps a small majority, but a majority nonetheless, and I believe a growing one) has answered the question “what difference does it make?” with the words “none at all.”
These are things that would have outraged an earlier generation. In fact, they have outraged an earlier generation; older people did not vote for Obama in large numbers (among voters 65 and older, Romney won 56% to 44%). But Hillary is correct; to most voters, Benghazi, and a host of other things that used to be considered important, make no difference at all.
One reason, which may seem somewhat paradoxical but really is not, is widespread cynicism. If the public doesn’t expect integrity or truth from what used to be called our public servants (what a quaint phrase!), then lies and strategic stonewalling will not bother most people at all. What matters is what those public servants can get for you, and what they can scare you into thinking the opposition will take away from you (tampons, anyone?)
It’s only gotten worse since January of 2013, when that was written.
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Kul tur comes on
little Kant feet.
It squats, (blindly),
over her-boor and his-y
with urgent business —
mov’d: then strolls on.
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* [Without apology to Carl Sandburg whatsoever]
I essentially hold the same POV.
“If the public doesn’t care about a certain tree falling in the forest, does it actually make a sound, even if the right is fussing about it?”
Yes, it makes a sound whether anyone’s there or not and regardless of whether anyone cares. Objective truth matters and to confirm it, all one has to do is step into a freezing cold shower. Then if they deny it, commit them to an insane asylum.
“If the public doesn’t expect integrity or truth from what used to be called our public servants (what a quaint phrase!), then lies and strategic stonewalling will not bother most people at all.”
Then they’ll eventually reap what they’ve sown.
“What matters is what those public servants can get for you, and what they can scare you into thinking the opposition will take away from you (tampons, anyone?)”
That Ponzi scheme only works so long. Then reality arrives.
@Neo – One other aspect that deserves mention is that there is so much to be “outraged” about that it becomes near impossible, if not exhausting, to keep up.
@GB – speaking of ponzi schemes, Gov Brown is proposing a deduction of 3% to 5% from wages to give to CALPERS to manage, on each citzen’s behalf, their pension savings.
Of note, the CA public employee’s pensions, also managed by CALPERS are gravely underfunded. Related?
podesta email is even worse.
but who cares?
the left lies, the left doers not care about a constituency that is so stupid it WANTS to be slaves etc.
its the same old same old
problem is not that its the same old same old
problem is that most are ignorant of that!!!!!!!!!!
its been like this for a century of gaming things
people who can be used and trickd are not respected
even less by socioapaths/psychopaths
end of story
next bs issue!!
A good proportion of the present USA citizens are men without chest, as Lewis described this moral pathology. Remove an organ and demand function?
The wiki e-mail dumps are confirming all that we on the right have suspected for many years.
The MSM coordinates with the DNC? Check. The cable news people leak debate questions to the Dems? Check. The progressives are hostile to Catholicism? Check. Hillary has positions she tells the voters she favors and other positions that she really favors she tells to her donors? Check. That the Clintons was deeply involved in a high tech Russian operation called Slolkovo, which has earned them and John Podesta some funny money? Check. That John Podesta is a deeply committed Marxist who serves both George Soros (Center for American Progress) and the Clintons. Check. That the Democrats have long used focus group tested talking points which are then used widely by the MSM in service of the DNC and Democrat candidates. Check.
We can now officially no longer consider anything the MSM says or does as being objective. Well, I haven’t for years, but now we have the PROOF! Unfortunately, it is not a crime to be a Marxist or a biased media. There will be no trials. Since the MSM controls the narrative, the LIVs will never know any of this. So, the WikiLeaks dumps are as if a tree fell in the forest and only a few people (The loyal opposition) heard it.
J.J.,
Its the same old same old. Nothing new under the sun. I strive to remain positive in my daily life. It is easier to do so in flyover country. It is more mellow and friendly here, and people have more simple pursuits. We are more family orientated, which is a good thing unless you are DNW who finds that bitter and shrill.
Re J.J.’s comment above: it would be really useful if someone would put together a compendium of those and other points with chapter and verse citations from the emails.
This article suggests that people are interested in the Wikileaks info, although who they are, the article does not break out.
http://www.infowars.com/google-trends-shows-internet-users-far-more-interested-in-wikileaks-than-trump-allegations/