Consider.
There was the years-long investigation of Bill Clinton's role in Whitewater investments, his impeachment for attempts to conceal an affair with the White House intern, and the last-minute deal with the Special Counsel to avoid indictment for perjury. Though never reaching the stage of criminal investigation, there were allegations swirling about accusing Clinton of everything from running drugs in Arkansas to killing Vince Foster to the Clinton body count.
Hillary Clinton got off easy, really, being accused of nothing worse than sending State Department e-mails on a private server. But this was nonetheless portrayed as a heinous crime, and the FBI's decision not to prosecute as a major miscarriage of justice. Trump led crowds chanting, "Lock her up" and vowed to prosecute if elected.
And now Joe Biden's son Hunter's sleazy but legal (or legal but sleazy) career in international business is being portrayed as anything from vast ring of financial fraud to an outright Chinese spy.
Do you notice someone missing there?
Barrack Obama.
Many people were convinced that it was seeing a Black President that caused the Republican Party to lose its mind. I never believed that. I was old enough to remember just how much the Republican Party lost its mind when Bill Clinton was President and concluded that any Democrat in the White House is enough to push Republicans over the edge.
During his time as candidate and President, Obama was accused of being a secret Muslim, being ineligible because he was born in Kenya, being a Communist, fascist, Muslim, atheist, terrorist supporter and generally hating America. But no one ever made any serious allegation of criminality.
Looking back, the omission is striking.
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