I guess the left forgot about al gore. On Oct 22, 2016 6:09 PM, "'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum" < [email protected]> wrote:
> > 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]> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> Visit Your Group >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmY2Y1YnNzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NzcwNjkwMDg-> >> >> >> [image: Yahoo! Groups] >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlMWtwYWo4BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ3NzA2OTAwOA--> >> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> >> • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use >> <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> >> >> __,_._,___ >> >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
