Monday, July 08, 2002

The Tubesteak Messiah -Now a Get out of Jail Free Card for White Collar Criminals!

From Unreliable Sources

KURTZ: Now conservative commentators, Martha Brant, Rush Limbaugh and others, have tried to blame some of the recent corporate scams and meltdowns on Bill Clinton. They say well he set a bad example for the country. He showed he could lie and get away with it, so is that a reverse kind of "let's drag in the political figure we don't like and pin the tail on him." BRANT: I think that's a ridiculous argument, that somehow, you know, tying in these moral - I - you know I love it. Ben (ph) - the WorldCom ...

KURTZ: You're saying there's no parallel ...

BRANT: I don't ...

KURTZ: ... situation between Monica Lewinsky and WorldCom's $4 billion of misstated profit.

BRANT: I just - I think that is a ridiculous argument to try to link the two. Certainly malfeasance is malfeasance and there is a moral element to this, but I just think dragging in, you know, Bill Clinton and saying well, he got away with it. Therefore, this - you know we should be looking the other way and this, you know, corporate malfeasants, which are - yes I see the connection, but I don't think that that's a reason that we should be letting these guys off the hook.


Proof that EVERY nutty idea can be launched from the right wing echo chamber, at least as long as it revolves around Clinton's dong.