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Jewish World Review
Oct. 22, 2012/ 6 Mar-Cheshvan, 5773
When Conservatives Are As Dopey as Liberals . . .
By
Bernard Goldberg
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com |
With no apologies, I admit that I'm happier when the only passengers on the Crazy Train are liberals. It's fun to see them say and do dopey things as the train goes careening down the tracks. Fun is good, right?
But it troubles me — more than you might think — when I see conservatives filling up half the train and behaving like the screwballs on the Left.
I'm bringing this up now because liberals, as you probably know, are in a tizzy (or at least claim to be) because Mitt Romney talked about having "binders full of women" at hand when he was governor of Massachusetts, an obvious reference to binders full of women's resumes which he used to hire some of them.
Everybody, even the goofiest feminists knew what he meant. But they couldn't pass up the opportunity to liken this to a white racist calling a black guy a you-know-what. Leaving out the word "resumes" amounted to a crime against humanity for these ninnies.
I personally witnessed more than a few Democrats on TV whine about how demeaning Romney's comment was to women. But it wasn't only Democratic operatives who were trying to make more of this than it deserved. It was also the president and vice president — understandably because they'll do anything to change the subject from their dismal economic record of the last four years.
"We don't have to order up some binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women who can learn and excel," Mr. Obama told a campaign event Thursday in New Hampshire before going on to say he wanted new women graduates "to receive equal pay for equal work." Memo from Axelrod to POTUS: Make any connection, no matter how inane, from "binders" to "equal pay for women" (because we can't win without them).
Joe Biden chimed in saying the binders comment showed that Romney is in a "1950s time warp" in how he views women. Interesting comment from a guy who told a campaign rally not long ago that we were living in the 20th century.
Okay, you get the point: For political gain, liberals will feign anger and distress — even if it's over a harmless comment about binders.
But conservatives can be just as cynical — and come off looking just as foolish.
Which brings us to President Obama's comment in an interview with Jon Stewart that "If four Americans get killed, it's not optimal."
This set off a lot of conservatives, including lots of opinion people on Fox. They found the remark beneath contempt. Some free advice to my conservative friends: Knock it off! You're acting just like those crazy lefties over the binder comment.
Mr. Obama didn't come up with the word "optimal" all by himself. In his question to the president about the administration's handing of the Benghazi attack, Stewart said, "I would say, and even you would admit, it was not the optimal response — at least to the American people as far as all of us being on the same page."
That's when the president made his "If four Americans get killed, it's not optimal" comment.
The president made a mistake. When interviewed, you don't let the interviewer put negative words in your mouth. But that's all it was: a mistake. It wasn't a sign of disrespect; he wasn't belittling the death of four Americans. And conservatives know it!
I'm tired of this faux outrage designed only for political gain. I'm tired of it when goofy liberals play the game — and I'm just as tired of it when cynical conservatives play the same crummy game.
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JWR contributor Bernard Goldberg, the television news reporter and author of several bestselling books, among them, Bias, a New York Times number one bestseller about how the media distort the news. He is widely seen as one of the most original writers and thinkers in broadcast journalism. Mr. Goldberg covered stories all over the world for CBS News and has won 10 Emmy awards for excellence in journalism. He now reports for the widely acclaimed HBO broadcast Real Sports.
He is a graduate of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey and a member of the school's Hall of Distinguished Alumni and proprietor of BernardGoldberg.com.
Previously:
• 10/19/12: Journalists' Who Don't Even Try to Hide Their Bias
• 10/17/12: Obama Stopped the Bleeding --- But Was That Enough to Change the Momentum?
• 10/15/12: No Winner in the Debate --- But Maybe a Loser
• 10/08/12: The October Surprise
• 10/04/12: Civil War in the GOP Could Go Nuclear on Nov 7
• 10/01/12: Even If He Wins, Obama Will Lose
• 09/27/12: Obama Picks Up a Crucial Demographic
• 09/26/12: If Obama Thinks He Inherited a Mess Four Years Ago . . .
• 09/24/12: A Good Way to Kill Free Speech
• 08/30/12: Facts I Have Uncovered About the Real Mitt Romney
• 08/23/12: Hope and Change, R.I.P.s
• 08/16/12: Who's Smarter: Joe Biden or Yogi Berra?
• 08/13/12: His Silence Makes Him Complicit
• 08/07/12: Did You Know that Harry Reid Got Rich Pimping Out HOs?
• 08/02/12: Like Birds on a Telephone Wire
• 07/30/12: What Me Worry? YES!
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• 07/16/27: We've Set a Low Bar for 'Courage'
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• 07/09/27: A Brave New World
• 07/02/27: Now the Fun Really Starts
• 06/19/27: You Can't Make This Stuff Up . . .
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• 06/12/12: Time to Crush the Myth about Gender Pay Inequality
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• 05/25/12: Going After the Stupid Vote
• 05/22/12: The X Factor(s)!
• 05/15/12: Obama Has a Halo; Newsweek Has No Shame
• 05/10/12: Authoritarians on Campus
• 05/08/12: Obama's Path to Victory: Divide and Conquer
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• 03/22/12: Obama's Mantra: Don't Blame Me
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• 03/13/12: Bias in the News: Blame it on Their Zip Code
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• 01/24/12: The Arrogant and Clueless Mainstream Media
• 01/23/12: Gingrich Wins SC --- Media Help Big Time
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• 11/08/11: What If Herman Cain Were a Lib?
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• 11/01/11: We're Approaching the Tipping Point
• 10/25/11: A Response to the Angry Purists
• 10/18/11: They're Waiting for Reagan to Hit the Campaign Trail
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• 10/04/11: Can Obama Win Re-Election?
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• 09/20/11: Bad News on the Doorstep
• 09/09/11: Hypocrisy!
• 09/06/11: Back to the Future
• 08/24/11: Hillary vs. Obama in 2012? It'll Never Happen --- I Don't Think
• 08/22/11: Warning: Conservatives May Be Harmful to Your Mental Health
• 08/17/11: Warren Buffett, Coddled Billionaire
• 08/11/11: Too Much Balance in the Media?
• 08/04/11: All Aboard the Crazy Train
• 08/01/11: Liberal Hate Speech
• 07/25/11: With All Due Respect, Go Fly a Kite
• 07/20/11: Who Is A ‘Natural Born Citizen’?
• 07/18/11: Guess Who's Not Paying Their Fair Share
• 07/12/11: Against More Taxes? You May Be a Terrorist!
• 07/11/11: Casey Anthony: The TV Show
• 07/06/11: Standards and Double Standards at MSNBC
• 06/29/11: Is Jon Stewart A Racist?
• 06/21/11: Let's Play the Race Card --- Just for Fun Of Course
• 06/20/11: Sarah Palin and Weiner's Weiner
• 06/03/11: Memo to GOP: Turn Mr. Obama into Mr. Yesterday
• 05/20/11: I Get Letters From People Who Should Be Locked Up
• 05/09/11: Is ‘Torture’ Ever Justified?
• 05/02/11: The Promiscuous Use of the R Word
• 04/19/11: The Man Behind the Million Dollar Smile
• 04/12/11: What's the Difference Between Libs in Politics and Libs in the Media?
• 04/08/11: An Idea Whose Time Has Come — and Gone
• 03/28/11: The Pundits Are Driving Me Crazy --- And You Thought Qadaffi Is Nuts
• 03/14/11: No Liberal Bias at NPR — Just Ask NPR
• 03/10/11: The media's frustration
• 03/01/11: Progressives Lost in Time . . .
• 02/23/11: The Lamestreams Strike Again --- This Time in Madison
• 02/03/11: You MUST Own a Gun --- Or Else!
• 01/20/11: It Was Horrible, I tell you … HORRIBLE!
• 01/11/11: Here We Go Again . . .
• 01/06/11: You Go, Oprah
• 12/28/10: A Year-Ender --- The MSM and Obama's Fall from Grace
• 12/14/10: Thank Heaven for Rich People
• 12/02/10: The Phony Nobility of Wikileaks
© 2011, Bernard Goldberg
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