In an apparent last-ditch effort to divert attention from the ongoing controversy surrounding Donald Trump's association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump administration has chosen to shift focus to Bill and Hillary Clinton. This is not a new development; the administration has been trying to discredit the Clintons for months, but it seems they're finally getting somewhere.
The strategy doesn't seem to be working, however. Despite being subjected to a barrage of baseless accusations and subpoenas from the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton has wavered in their stance that they have done nothing wrong. In fact, they've made it clear that they'll no longer comply with the committee's demands for testimony.
The real winners here are not the Trump administration or the republicans; it's the taxpayers who will foot the bill for this sideshow. With a Congressional budget of over $4 trillion, there's certainly enough money to be allocated to investigating actual crimes committed by high-ranking officials, rather than wasting resources on baseless investigations aimed at discrediting opponents.
As Jon Stewart astutely pointed out in recent weeks, if everyone is not playing by the same rules, then why should the Clintons comply with a process that seems designed to railroad them? The notion that these politicians can selectively choose when they'll cooperate and when they won't, based on their own self-interest, smacks of hypocrisy at best.
The only group that might benefit from this strategy is the far-right base that has been eager to see the Clintons demonized. However, even among this crowd, it's hard to find anyone who genuinely believes that holding the Clintons in contempt for refusing to comply with a process they claim is unfair will have the desired effect.
On the other hand, focusing on Bill and Hillary Clinton won't work for one simple reason: it's not as persuasive or compelling a narrative as the Trump administration's attempts to deflect attention from their own involvement with Epstein. The truth is that Trump's actions in this regard are far more egregious than anything Clinton has ever done.
In short, instead of trying to shift focus away from the real issues here – namely, the continued stonewalling by the Trump administration regarding the Epstein files – perhaps we should be focusing on holding them accountable for their actions. After all, as history books will tell us, it's not what you do when no one is watching that matters, but rather how you respond when you are held to account.
The strategy doesn't seem to be working, however. Despite being subjected to a barrage of baseless accusations and subpoenas from the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton has wavered in their stance that they have done nothing wrong. In fact, they've made it clear that they'll no longer comply with the committee's demands for testimony.
The real winners here are not the Trump administration or the republicans; it's the taxpayers who will foot the bill for this sideshow. With a Congressional budget of over $4 trillion, there's certainly enough money to be allocated to investigating actual crimes committed by high-ranking officials, rather than wasting resources on baseless investigations aimed at discrediting opponents.
As Jon Stewart astutely pointed out in recent weeks, if everyone is not playing by the same rules, then why should the Clintons comply with a process that seems designed to railroad them? The notion that these politicians can selectively choose when they'll cooperate and when they won't, based on their own self-interest, smacks of hypocrisy at best.
The only group that might benefit from this strategy is the far-right base that has been eager to see the Clintons demonized. However, even among this crowd, it's hard to find anyone who genuinely believes that holding the Clintons in contempt for refusing to comply with a process they claim is unfair will have the desired effect.
On the other hand, focusing on Bill and Hillary Clinton won't work for one simple reason: it's not as persuasive or compelling a narrative as the Trump administration's attempts to deflect attention from their own involvement with Epstein. The truth is that Trump's actions in this regard are far more egregious than anything Clinton has ever done.
In short, instead of trying to shift focus away from the real issues here – namely, the continued stonewalling by the Trump administration regarding the Epstein files – perhaps we should be focusing on holding them accountable for their actions. After all, as history books will tell us, it's not what you do when no one is watching that matters, but rather how you respond when you are held to account.
I'm still thinking about this whole Epstein thing... I mean, Trump was friends with the guy, yeah? That's some shady stuff right there 
But now they're trying to shift the focus to Bill and Hillary Clinton? 
I don't get it. Can't they see that the real issue is how much they're hiding about their own involvement with Epstein? 
It's like, if you want to deflect attention from something, you need a better story than "my opponent did something bad"... 
That's just plain messed up. And now the Clintons are getting caught in the middle of it all... 
It's like, can't we just focus on the real issue here? I mean, Trump was friends with Epstein, that's some serious red flag... 
. I mean, if they really want to divert attention, they should focus on what they've done wrong and be prepared to face consequences 
. Trying to shift the focus onto the Clintons isn't going to work because it's just not as believable or compelling as a narrative about Trump's own actions 
. And let's be real, this whole thing is just a waste of taxpayer dollars 
. There are actual crimes that need to be investigated and resources should be allocated to those efforts 
.
... the real enemy here isn't each other, but the whole system that lets this kind of BS happen in the first place 
... instead of getting sidetracked by petty squabbles, let's focus on building a better narrative 
. And yeah, the taxpayers are going to end up footing the bill for all this drama, which is just another example of how our system can be abused in favor of those who want to play politics by any means necessary 
. The more they try to shift the focus, the more attention the Trump administration and Republicans are going to get for their own dirty dealings with Epstein. It's just a smoke screen, IMHO 
. Meanwhile, the real issue is that taxpayers are footing the bill for this farce 
. Can't we be using those resources to investigate actual crimes instead? And honestly, who does this strategy really help - the far-right base or the Trump admin itself? 
. Let's focus on holding the real culprits accountable, not trying to deflect attention from their own shady dealings 
