Big Sky Cairn

Sometimes Jay Stevens over at LITW is so honest that you have to read what he writes a few times to see if you’re getting it right. Take, for example his latest post on what it means to be a Democrat when it comes to a Democrat being charged with perjury.

Here’s the thing, party affiliation is largely irrelevant in this case. Why? A couple of reasons.

If, say, Kilpatrick’s party was well known for touting “character” as a prerequisite for office, claiming that it was the party of personal responsibility and morality, well, that’d be a story! Or if the politician involved touted, say, “family values” and voted against gay rights at every step, then was caught trolling for blow jobs in a public bathroom, well, party affiliation would matter!

Or, say, the corruption in the case were part of a larger pattern that connected to the poltician’s party affiliation, well, then affiliation is relevant. Say, oh, I don’t know, the party spun off a lobbyist who put relatives of politicians in key positions at industries across the country, demanded that those industries give money only to his party, bribed politicians and their staffers (luxury trips, say?), to enact legislation on behalf of “loyal” clients, well, that would be a story!

In other words, it doesn’t matter that he is a Democrat because Democrats don’t claim the high ground on the rule-of-law and not committing perjury. (I can sort of understand Jay’s mistaking perjury for a non-crime since that was the position his Party took in 1999).

In other words, when a politicians is charged with a crime, the actual crime isn’t as important as the potential for hypocrisy in values or rhetoric. As long as you don’t run on your belief that telling the truth when under oath is important, why does it matter if you perjure yourself?

In other words, the justification for discussion the criminal activity of a politician is in the political capital that it is worth to attack the entire Party. Remember, this is the party that opposes stereotypes unless they are judging entire groups of people who disagree with them by the antics of just a few.

In other words, when a Democrat messes up, its not news because the last time a Democrat messed up it wasn’t news because the last time a Democrat messed up it wasn’t news because… well you get the picture.

In other words, Jay Stevens is writing a blank check to Democrats to commit any manner of crimes against state and virtue because they aren’t stupid enough to campaign against crimes against state and virtue like the stupid Republicans…

I love it when Democrats are honest, don’t you?

Instapundit said it well: Both Obama And Clinton Embellish Their Roles. But they’re not lying. Only Republicans do that.

Snark is fun,