Breaking Bad in Liberal Town

LARRY ANDERSON
Larry Anderson

There is more going on in Liberal Town than a distaste for all things conservative. There is the matter of leftie behavior over and above the customary demonstrations, name-calling and dissembling.

Arrogance also is a specialty as modeled by two recent examples of lefties breaking bad.

You may have missed the episode concerning Donna Brazile, briefly the chairperson of Liberal Town, who confessed to what was once an unacceptable no-no but is now business as usual. Her story was reported briefly overall and barely within big media which leans heavily to liberal sympathy and not at all toward any wrong not Trumpian.

In a recent Time magazine essay, Brazile finally admitted to slipping topic info to the Hillary Clinton campaign prior to a pre-election debate with Donald Trump.

Said Brazile, following acknowledgment that the D.N.C. had been hacked and materials released: “Then in October, a subsequent release of emails revealed that among the many things I did in my role as a Democratic operative and D.N.C. Vice Chair prior to assuming the interim D.N.C. Chair position was to share potential town hall topics with the Clinton campaign.”

Notice Brazile’s wording makes it clear that it was the release of emails that revealed the truth, not Brazile herself experiencing conscience. This suggests that without the emails to prove her dishonesty, Brazile would have been content to let her little secret remain so.

Prior to the Time essay, Brazile was reticent within the smoke that eventually led to the fire. She had demonstrated no urgency to admit what is clearly an unethical act even though she was frequently questioned.

Once busted, Brazile lamented her deceit as, “…a mistake I will forever regret,” but this does little to dispel blatant dishonesty.

Political regret means diddlysquat when corruption is the foundation. One dishonest act foreshadows another, so you can take her remorse as you will. After all, political ethics is a different pony than the one the rest of us rides.

And isn’t it interesting that the Clinton camp didn’t return the debate information Brazile sent with a polite message that might’ve read, “Thanks, Donna, but no thanks. It would be dishonest to accept this information which would give me an unfair advantage over my rival.”

Another amusing incident of breaking bad occurred recently with New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader and heir in prominence to the avuncular Harry Reid.

Apparently Schumer, as reported, created quite a stir at NYC restaurant Sette Mezzo where he verbally attacked Hilary Califano who was trying to enjoy a quiet, private dinner. Califano had voted for Trump and didn’t make a secret of it as, perhaps, she should’ve, considering her husband is Joseph A. Califano, a Democrat and former departmental secretary under Jimmy Carter and a policy advisor to LBJ.

Schumer chastised Hilary Califano for her vote. “She voted for Trump!” Schumer yelled as if she had committed sin instead of exercising her right to vote for whomever she wished. Could be Schumer felt Califano had committed sacrilege by not voting for Clinton, Schumer‘s pal. Perhaps the Senator thought her vote was actually up to him.

When the Califanos left the restaurant, Schumer followed, screeching, “How could you vote for Trump? He’s a liar! He’s a liar!”

This public spectacle was not only embarrassing for the Califanos and those who witnessed Schumer’s tirade but speaks volumes concerning the state of affairs in Liberal Town.

Schumer’s intention was to scold, humiliate and intimidate two people minding their own business. The result, however, is contempt by many for a senator so politicized he couldn’t let two elderly people enjoy dinner in peace.

It could be Chuck lost it because he knows the left is losing, but his behavior will do nothing to elevate his party or to persuade those who might be considering a second chance for those lingering like a Siberian winter.

Anyway, thanks, Donna and Chuck, for giving insight into the fashionable left‘s arrogance and training.

Sad. Very sad.

Larry W. Anderson is a retired educator, author, and life-long Northwest Missourian.