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July 29, 2004
Trousergage and the Democrats continued
I've been reading Newt Gingrich's book Lessons Learned the Hard Way and he has some insights that are relevant to the way the Democrats have behaved during Sandy Berger's, er, difficulties.
To begin with, the Democrats are a traditional political party while the Republicans tend to be a party of policy. Second, Democrats far more than Republicans are attracted to power and view politics as a profession with its own unique requirements and rewards. They first wish to acquire, and then to use, power. It is not that they have no ideology: They seek to maintain the liberalism that for so many years of the twentieth century held the United States government in thrall. But the truth is, they desire power more than they worry about policy. In other words, they treat one another as politicians.
This explains the Democratic response to Trousergate. To them the only thing that counts is the politics of the matter. The issue of top-secret documents is something that is just not on their radarscope. As I wrote yesterday, this attitude was typical of the Clinton Administration.
If anyone has examples of Democrats condeming, or even taking seriously, what Berger stands accused of doing, please email them to me.
Posted by Tom at July 29, 2004 10:05 AM
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