Absolutely EXCELLENT article; thanks! It proves perfectly something I've said for years: Democrats are the biggest hypocrites on the planet.
On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 7:21:37 AM UTC-4, Travis wrote: > > > > > [[[ When she loses her tantrum will be heard and felt for a thousand > miles. ]] > > > > > *http://tinyurl.com/jbmdnt6 <http://tinyurl.com/jbmdnt6>* > > *Will Hillary Clinton Accept the Results if She Loses?* > > Democracy doesn’t mean Democratic Party rule. > > October 21, 2016 > > *Daniel Greenfield* <http://www.frontpagemag.com/author/daniel-greenfield> > > > <http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/264570/will-hillary-clinton-accept-results-if-she-loses-daniel-greenfield#disqus_thread> > > > [image: Description: > http://www.frontpagemag.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_full/public/uploads/2016/10/wre.jpg?itok=ht28pP8R] > > *Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is > a New York writer focusing on radical Islam.* > > The headlines are in. Trump is the “anti-Democratic” candidate because he > refuses to rule out challenging the results of an election that has yet to > take place. Such a course of action is “beyond the pale”. It’s a threat to > democracy. And it is utterly and thoroughly unacceptable. > > Except when Democrats do it. > > It was the day after the election. While the Democratic Party faithful > waited in the rain in Nashville, William Daley strode out and announced, > “Our campaign continues”. Al Gore had called George W. Bush to withdraw his > concession. “Are you saying what I think you’re saying?" a baffled Bush > asked. “You don’t have to be snippy about it," Gore retorted snippily. > > Gore did eventually concede. Though years later he would attempt to > retract his concession a second time. But his political movement never did > concede. It remained a widespread belief in left-wing circles that > President Bush was illegitimately elected and that President Gore was the > real winner. > > How mainstream is that belief? > > When Hillary dragged Gore away from playing with his Earth globe to > campaign for her, the crowd booed at his mention of the election and then > chanted, “You won, you won”. > > *Hillary grinned* > <http://hotair.com/archives/2016/10/20/last-week-hillary-agreed-gore-won-2000-election/> > > and nodded. > > Hillary Clinton has always believed that President Bush illegitimately > took office. She *has told Democrats* > <http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/441269/hillary-clinton-2002-george-w-bush-was-selected-not-elected> > > that Bush was “selected” rather than “elected”. In Nigeria, of all places, > she implied that Jeb Bush had rigged the election for his brother. > > But it’s not unprecedented, beyond the pale or utterly unacceptable when > Democrats do it. > > It’s just business as usual. > > The media’s focus has been on whether Trump would accept the results if he > loses. Yet a better question might be whether Hillary Clinton would accept > her defeat. > > Even when it came to the battle for the Democratic nomination, Hillary > Clinton refused to concede defeat until the bitter end and then past it. > Not only did Hillary refuse to drop out even when Obama was the clear > winner, while her people threatened a convention floor fight, but she > insisted on staying on in the race for increasingly bizarre and even > downright disturbing reasons. > > In South Dakota, Hillary explained that there was no reason for her to > drop out because somebody might shoot Barack Obama, "We all remember Bobby > Kennedy was assassinated in June in California." > > There’s something disturbing in the revelation that Hillary was basing her > decision to stay in the race in the hope that her rival would be > assassinated. > > Obama’s spokesman said that her remark “has no place in this campaign”. > But it had a place inside Hillary Clinton’s very warped brain which > preferred to see Obama die than concede the election to him. > > If that’s how Hillary felt about a fellow Democrat, imagine how she feels > about Trump. > > Even after Obama had clinched the delegate votes, Hillary’s speech brought > back the Gore argument insisting that, “Nearly 18 million of you cast your > votes for our campaign, carrying the popular vote with more votes than any > primary candidate in history. Even when the pundits and the naysayers > proclaimed week after week that this race was over, you kept on voting.” > > Then the fabulously wealthy Hillary asked those 18 million people to go to > her website and give her money while refusing to make any decision on > ending her campaign. It took her another day to do that. > > It’s not as if the Obama side was any better. It was arguably worse. > Governor Wilder, an Obama ally, threatened a return of the 1968 Chicago > Democratic convention riots if Hillary won. "If you think 1968 was bad, you > watch; in 2008, it will be worse,” Wilder warned. > > Unprecedented. Outrageous. Beyond the pale. Except this is how Democrats > act even to each other. > > Now how would they respond to a Trump victory? Would they urge Hillary to > concede or to fight on? Would they stage more riots while claiming voter > disenfranchisement had stolen the election? > > Hillary Clinton has made it clear that she views Trump’s candidacy as > illegitimate. She has called him “unfit” and described his supporters as > “deplorables”. Democrats, all the way up to the White House, are constantly > accusing Republicans of scheming to disenfranchise voters. These “schemes” > involve asking undocumented Democrats to show some ID instead of relying on > an honor system and removing illegitimate voters from the rolls. But beyond > enabling voter fraud, such arguments can easily be employed to attack the > legitimacy of a Republican winner. They provide the fodder for another > Florida. > > Does anyone really believe that Hillary Clinton, who couldn’t even > graciously concede to Obama will graciously concede to Trump? > > And, given the fact that Hillary won the nomination by using the DNC to > rig the process, leading to the resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, > are Trump’s concerns of a rigged election illegitimate? > > Donald Trump has clarified that he would accept “a clear election result” > but that he was “being asked to waive centuries of legal precedent designed > to protect the voters.” > > And he’s right. No one preemptively cedes elections. And Hillary Clinton > has faced accusations of abusive and fraudulent tactics from Democratic > rivals in two different presidential elections. > > Why should Republicans assume that she’ll treat them better than she > treated Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders? > > Not all that long ago, the left wanted Gore to fight to the bitter end. A > Gore adviser recalled, "People were calling us from everywhere, telling us, > 'Don't concede.'" Left-wing voices urged Bernie Sanders to stay in the race > long after it became obvious that the left-winger had no realistic path to > victory left. > > But the same behavior that is virtuous when Democrats do it becomes an > unpardonable sin when Republicans take it up. > > That’s a pernicious double standard that cannot and should not be allowed > to stand. > > When Democrats warn of voter disenfranchisement, the media backs them up. > When Republicans complain about voter fraud, they are accused of voter > suppression. When Democrats fight elections past the point that they’re > lost, then they are courageous. But when Republicans do it, they are a > threat to democracy. > > But democracy does not mean Democratic Party rule. That’s just the mistake > that the media makes. > > Whatever rules we have, run both ways. Any practices, new or old, also > apply to both sides. If challenging election results is legitimate, then it > is so for both sides. Whatever options were available to Gore and Hillary > cannot help but be available to Trump. > > That is how democracy, rather than Democratic Party rule, works. > > > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmY2Y1YnNzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NzcwNjkwMDg-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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