Not Your Sweetie

THE REPUBLICAN Non-Scandal Scandals by Bridget Gibson

"If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now
possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their
knowing it." - Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, America's No. 1
Publicist in the 1920's
When is a scandal not a scandal? When a scandal appears to be connected with a
member of the Republican Party, it is not reported as a "scandal." Only when a
member of the Democratic Party has involvement in anything that broaches the
questionable grey area is something "determined" to be a "scandal." After an eight
year-long investigation of William Jefferson and Hillary Clinton was concluded with
"no evidence," it is still reported as a "scandal."
That $70 million in taxpayer dollars and untold hours were devoted to finding
something, anything, to throw at the Clintons has shown that there was nothing to
throw. The media (and I mean the major corporate media) still consider it to be a
"scandal." One that just won't go away. One that has to be lied about and
drummed constantly into the psyche of the American public until something
resonates. What is resonating are the words that have been repeated endlessly
until almost everyone can recite them verbatim.
But let me tell you what was not a "scandal."
There was no "scandal" when Republican President George Herbert Walker Bush
pardoned Caspar Weinberger with an indictment filed against him, thus avoiding
any questions regarding the involvement of that same Republican President in the
Iran-Contra Affair.
There was no "scandal" when a partisan court appointed the highest elected official
in this country.
There was no "scandal" when an intern was found dead of mysterious causes in
Florida Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough's office. There was no "scandal"
when Republican Mayor Philip Giordano of Waterbury, Connecticut was caught and
charged as a sexual predator of young girls.
There was no "scandal" when the Republican President George Walker Bush
nominated Theodore Olson (investigated for obstruction of justice and lying to
Congress during the Superfund investigation) to the office of Solicitor General.
There was no "scandal" when Florida Governor Jeb Bush's daughter, Noelle Bush,
was charged with felony fraud in obtaining a controlled substance. There was no
"scandal" when Republican President George Walker Bush's daughters, Jenna and
Barbara Bush, then 18, were convicted with using illegally obtained and false
identification to obtain alcohol.

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They do not want you to remember Republican "scandals." It makes it easier to
demonize Democrats. They do not want you to look around. They do not want you
to question their version of the news. There are only Democratic "scandals". You can
recite them as easily as you can recite the Pledge of Allegiance: Whitewater. The
Blue Dress. Chandra Levy. Chappaquiddick. You know the drill.