-By Warner Todd Huston
Ron Moore, AFL-CIO local president and Examiner writer, absurdly and irresponsibly claimed on February 25 that “the Republican Party” is trying to “foment rebellion” inside the U.S. military against President Obama. This is exactly the sort of irresponsible charges that the left loves to throw around to create fear and loathing, sadly.
Moore bases the untruths in his headlined, “Is the Republican Party fomenting rebellion among the armed forces as a political tactic?,” on the fact that individuals that happen to be Republicans — or once were — are still pursuing the Obama birth certificate issue. But he takes that extra untenable step to say that these few people represent “the Republican Party.”
Moore cites Alan Keyes’ suggestion that American soldiers should refuse orders given by Barack Obama. Keyes claims Obama is not a proven natural born U.S. citizen because an official birth certificate has not been released and that he may not Constitutionally qualify to be president of the U.S. Moore further cites the fact that one solder has joined the fight to force Obama to reveal his real birth certificate as evidence that “the military” is taking Keyes up on the crusade.
After detailing the story, Moore ends his foolish piece with this:
While this may not be a trend, it is noteworthy that the hostility is so openly practiced by those sworn to uphold the Constitution. As President, Ronald Reagan started the practice of treating the military as an adjunct to the Republican Party. Senator Jesse Helms warned President Clinton that if he visited a military base in North Carolina he may be shot and President George W. Bush routinely used members of the military as props during public relations tours.
It is “noteworthy” only in that Ron Moore makes the wildly illogical leap that Keyes and this one soldier represents both the entire Republican Party and the U.S. military, membership and officers both. Firstly, it must be pointed out to the fantasy minded Moore that Alan Keyes is no longer a Republican. Keyes really can’t be claimed by any party at this point. He has his own agenda.
Secondly, Moore’s loose connection of past Republicans to this current birth certificate flap is shaky, indeed. What ever you think of this controversy, there is no one… I repeat NOT ONE… member of the Party establishment interested in pursuing this birth certificate issue. No raft of Congressmen have made calls to see the original birth certificate, no party head or minion has demanded that Obama be denied his office over the issue.
There is no “trend,” and no party effort to begin one. Period.
Yes, many people outside the party establishment are interested in this case. But they are a minority of the membership of the GOP. For Ron Moore to explode the participation of these two people he mentions into some overarching GOP conspiracy is idiotic and irresponsible.
But, then again, that’s how the left works, eh? Taking one or two instances of something and making of it a representative fact when it is far from it, this is a chief tactic. Instead of being assumed to be a serious reporter and writer, Moore proves himself to be no better than a DailyKos moonbat screeching in the night.
So, what is it with leftists named Moore that have to resort to lies to advocate for their side?
____________
Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as newsbusters.org, Human Events Magazine, townhall.com, New Media Journal, Men’s News Daily and the New Media Alliance among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book “Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture” which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of publiusforum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston
Fair Use: This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. I am making such material available in my efforts to advance understanding of political, human rights, economic, democracy, and social justice issues, etc. I believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research, educational, or satirical purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site/blog for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.