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What if a President Hillary did it?
What if a President Hillary said the media’s “license” to
speak could be and should be challenged?
What if a President Hillary spent 25% of her presidency on a
golf course, while previously railing against the former president for golfing
while in office?
What if a President Hillary had a senator in her own party
say her recklessness threatens “World War III”?
What if a President Hillary had a former campaign manager
indicted?
What if a President Hillary had a National Security Advisor
who was forced to resign after only 23 days for lying to the Vice President?
What if a President Hillary repeatedly threatened military
action against North Korea only to do nothing?
What if a President Hillary had top campaign advisors and
her daughter meet with a Russian lawyer to get dirt on her opponent, and for
months kept this meeting a secret even though her Russia ties during the
campaign were under Congressional investigation?
What if a President Hillary tweeted an edited video of her
beating up a logo of a news agency?
What if a President Hillary tweeted a video of her hitting
Donald Trump with a golf ball?
What if a President Hillary accidentally disclosed classified
information to the Russian Foreign Minister during their first meeting?
What if a President Hillary fired her FBI director for
investigating her ties to Russia?
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| Malcomb Haming - Class of 2021 |
President Trump has done all these things and more, but a lot of conservatives either don’t know this, or don’t care. So, the question becomes: should the standard for what is ethical, what is honest, and what is presidential change because the person in office will sign legislation you agree with and veto legislation you don’t? The answer should be no, but it isn’t. The fact is at the end of the day many people just don’t care about being lied to, or about their politicians doing objectively wrong things, if that politician has a letter next to their name that they like.
Just think: almost thirty years ago President George H.W. Bush lost reelection because Republicans perceived him to be a liar. Why? Because he said "no new taxes" and a recession forced him to raise taxes. That’s it. One flip flop probably cost an otherwise very honest man four more years in the White House. Now we have elected a man who lies almost daily, but because he throws in a few curse words and some politically incorrect vocabulary, he’s perceived by many Republicans to “tell it like it is.” That is how upside down our system has become.
We’re starting to live in a country in which large portions of both sides no longer care about right and wrong, but about winning and losing. It’s this new kind of thinking that says if something makes the other side angry, then I am automatically happy. If that’s the kind of politics you want to subscribe to, then fine--but enough with the phony outrage over things that you wouldn’t care about if the letter next to their name was different.
Malcomb Haming, of Louisville, Ky., is a freshman McConnell Scholar studying