But when the nation’s discourse is dominated by the Democrats’ and Republicans’ bipolar armies of ideologues, special interest groups, and character assassins, it makes one wonder just what the American people really want from their politics.
Last week in these pages, I wrote why I think women voters will rally to Hillary Clinton’s banner in 2016. Aside from the expected responses from readers, of both genders, who have little use for Hillary or her husband, an alarming number of people asked why I hadn’t mentioned that Mrs. Clinton was fired for misconduct when she worked as a staff lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee investigating Richard Nixon during Watergate.
For the record, the reason is that she wasn’t fired from that job. It didn’t happen. I knew where that rumor originated—it’s not a new story—because it first arose in Bill Clinton’s second term, when I covered the White House. But I was curious how it flew around the world so fast. The short answer is Rush Limbaugh. The longer answer is the way Americans communicate with each other these days.
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