To the editor,
The Herald's attempt to persuade through buyer's remorse (Our view: "Who voted for these people? We did" on July 19) is partisan and hollow.
In the 1990s, the Clintons and their political allies led a counterattack against women who said they were sexually and physically assaulted by the former President. A "war room" was established by Mrs. Clinton within the White House to disparage, demean and discredit those women. Current "journalists" Paul Begala and George Stephanopoulos were active participants.
Mrs. Clinton referred to Monica Lewinsky - the White House intern who had an affair with the 42nd president - as a "narcissistic loony toon" according to one of her closest confidantes, Diane D. Blair, whose diaries were released after her death in 2000.
Hillary Clinton's enablement was pathetic and solely based on the retention of political power. At the time, the Herald's editorial board did not voice enraged condemnation. Their continued silence during Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016 was deafening.
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So it's more than a little disingenuous for the Herald to claim "infuriation" concerning President Trump's use of offensive and inappropriate language toward women.
As for the Russian "thing."
The Herald's outrage over the "thing" defines their disconnected, mistrusted and highly unpopular beltway bubble brethren. The "thing" is hard-ball politics. It continues to lack fact, credibility and substance, enabled by offended and vindictive news media.
On a final note, Obamacare is owned by a former President and his political party. Its implosion, collapse and failure has and will continue to inflict a huge financial burden to those who can least afford it. Its demise is long overdue and must be replaced, with a compassionate, cost-effective and efficient system of health care for the American people; without big government's fingerprints and incompetency.
R.J. Ogaard
Crookston
