Poor Sport: Jim Lampley And The State Of American Liberalism
By Aaron Goldstein (05/16/05)
So what is the biggest crime in the history of the United States?
Most would probably point to the al Qaeda terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 that took 3,000 lives and launched our war on terrorism.
Some of an older generation might remind us of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 that prompted our entry into World War II.
Others still might not point to a single event but rather to a stain on our history that might not ever entirely be cleansed. The slavery of blacks comes to mind. Ever after their emancipation, blacks were deemed second class citizens for nearly another century.
But according to Jim Lampley, the biggest crime in the history of the United States is not slavery. It is not the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nor is it September 11th.
For Lampley, the biggest crime in the history of the United States is the 2004 Presidential Elections.
To be exact, the elections themselves were not the crime but rather their outcome.
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Lampley’s description of President Bush’s re-election as the biggest crime in American history is emblematic of the state of liberalism in America. Lampley, like many liberals, had a beef not with the election process but its outcome. Lampley, like many liberals, simply cannot accept the fact that President Bush was re-elected fair and square. Lampley, like many liberals, cannot fathom that a critical mass of their fellow countrymen proudly support President Bush. Lampley, like many liberals, cannot fathom the thought that there might actually be people who hold opinions that are different from their own. Lampley, like many liberals, are unable to distinguish real tyrants like Chavez from imagined ones. Lampley, like many liberals, is bankrupt and bereft of ideas. If Lampley has a better idea as to how this country should be governed let’s hear it. But instead of putting forth viable alternatives, Lampley and the liberal ilk are content to scream “fraud” and engage President Bush and those who support him with childish name calling. It is this kind of behavior that we are presently witnessing from Senate Democrats (and sadly, a few Republicans) concerning John Bolton and the President’s judicial appointments.
Lampley is no more sophisticated than the Senate Democrats. Come to think of it, Lampley is no more sophisticated than the folks who walked away from Kerry’s “victory” party in Boston’s Copley Square. Those people pushed, shoved, spat and swore at anyone who was wearing a Bush-Cheney ’04 sticker or was chanting, “Four More Years!!!” So much for an exchange of ideas. Lampley may not have physically accosted anyone or used foul language. But like those who awaited a Kerry victory and did not get one instead of graciously accepting the setback and living to fight another day Lampley has demonstrated himself to be nothing more than a poor sport.
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