Liberals are
getting out their checkbooks. Even
though they can’t afford to pay for their healthcare, their birth control or
their own college debt, they have reached deep into their cookie jars and under
their mattresses and thus far scratched together more than $440,000 to help
someone in need. Who is the beneficiary
of this great humanitarian sacrifice by the nation’s Left? The poor?
The elderly? The sick? No. It’s
Peter Strozk, the Trump-hating ex-FBI official who disgraced the organization
and was fired for reasons that should be obvious to any person with an ounce
of intellect. Peter Strozk, apparently,
is the American liberal’s idea of a noble cause. That should put things in perspective for the
rest of us.
The story
that accompanied the GoFundMe page set up for Strozk amazed me for its rose-colored
view of the man who is now infamous for his unprofessional conduct as an agent
of the FBI. Below is the delusional
appeal, with my own responses in bold:
Peter Strzok, a man who has spent his
entire life working to help keep us and our nation safe, has been fired. He needs your help.
Fact:
Strzok, along with James Comey, was instrumental in shielding Hillary
Clinton from the legal consequences of her mishandling of classified
information. Per CNN
on 12/4/17:
“Electronic records
show Peter Strzok, who led the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email
server as the No. 2 official in the counterintelligence division, changed
Comey's earlier draft language describing Clinton's actions as ‘grossly
negligent’ to ‘extremely careless,’ the sources said.”
CNN goes on to explain:
“The shift from ‘grossly
negligent’ to ‘extremely careless,’ which may appear pedestrian at first
glance, reflected a decision by the FBI that could have had potentially
significant legal implications, as the federal law governing the mishandling of
classified material establishes criminal penalties for ‘gross negligence.’"
Is there even one soul out there naïve
enough to believe that Strzok’s own bias did not influence his surgical editing
of Comey’s draft? How does getting your
favorite candidate off the hook for mishandling classified information “help
keep us and our nation safe?” I’d honestly like to know.
For the last year, Pete, his work,
and his character have been the target of highly politicized attacks, including
frequent slanderous statements from President Trump, who actively—and
apparently successfully—pressured FBI officials to fire Pete.
LOL.
It was the politicized nature of Peter Strzok’s own behavior in the FBI
that put him in the spotlight to begin with and, as is often the case, the only
reason the criticism against him appears “politicized” is because only one side
cares enough about Americans getting equal treatment by the FBI to make an
issue of it. Democrats not only don’t
care if agents like Strzok abuse the power entrusted to them, they reward it
handsomely! So which side is really
politicizing this?
Peter Strzok is a proud husband and
father, a veteran of the U.S. Army and counterintelligence Special Agent who
spent more than two decades in a job he loved at the FBI.
Oh please spare me. I can’t even imagine how ashamed his family
must be after what was revealed in his text messages.
Pete handled some of the agency’s
most important cases, thwarting numerous attacks by foreign and domestic
adversaries while being consistently promoted and frequently recognized for his
skillful and independent work. In describing his 21 years at the FBI, The New
York Times said, “He rose quickly through its ranks, earning a reputation within
the bureau as one of its most savvy and reliable counterintelligence agents.zz”
I’ll see your New York Times and raise
you one CNN analyst/25-year veteran of the FBI who said:
“Strzok
was the epitome of a ‘blue-flamer,’ FBI parlance for a ruthless
promotion-seeker.”
That description certainly seems more
in keeping with the picture painted by Strzok’s own text messages, doesn’t it?
But last week, in a decision
apparently driven by political pressure, a senior FBI official chose to fire
Pete — overruling the agency’s normal and independent process by rejecting the
decision of the career professionals in the FBI’s disciplinary division. This
has left him without income and facing considerable legal bills.
Again, given Stzok’s behavior and the
damage he caused to the reputation of the FBI, anyone NOT inclined to fire
Strzok would have to be motivated by politics, not the other way around. It was his own bad behavior and abuse of
power that “left him without income and facing considerable legal bills.”
The nation saw Pete’s true character
when he voluntarily testified before Congress on July 12th, 2018. Facing an
inquisition that even a Fox News anchor said “felt like a public lynching,” he
expressed regret for the pain he caused his family and for the harm caused by
the weaponization of his words and, as reported by The Daily Beast, “issued a
ringing defense of himself and his agency.”
Strzok’s true character showed in his
text messages, not in his scripted speech for congress that was probably written
by his lawyers. Furthermore, expressing
regret for the “weaponization of his words” is to suggest that others are responsible
for what Strzok’s done and to refuse accountability.
Following his repeated Congressional
testimony and a lengthy investigation, one thing is clear: Pete’s personal
views never once influenced his professional actions. As The Washington Post
reported, “Republicans have not been able to produce any evidence that Strzok
or anyone else took any official action that was biased, unfair or
inappropriate…” The Weekly Standard, a leading conservative magazine, declared
that the “overwrought tale of bias” surrounding Pete is “just sound and fury.”
It is not clear to me, whatsoever,
that Strzok’s personal views didn’t influence his actions at the FBI. By the FBI’s own admission Strzok’s favored
candidate, Hillary Clinton, mishandled classified information but was cleared by
the FBI. Contrast this with the ongoing
investigation of Strzok’s object of hate, Donald Trump, that began and persists
despite the absence of evidence. How
does one explain this perplexing reality if not for the influence of bias
inside the FBI?
The real story behind this episode
was made clear in an analysis by Slate, which said that “Peter Strzok is the
hero we need.” The author wrote that Pete is an “honest law enforcement officer
standing up to a corrupt president. And that’s why Trump attacked him. Trump
doesn’t want Americans to...see what backbone looks like. I’ll tell you what it
looks like: Republicans tried to put Strzok on trial, and Strzok put Trump on
trial instead.”
How cute is it that this person refers
to an opinion in Slate as “an
analysis,” or that they think anyone who writes for Slate could possibly be
objective when it comes to Donald Trump?
To suggest that Strzok was “standing up to a corrupt president” is
absurd given that (1) Trump wasn’t even president when Strzok first abused his
position at the FBI to help Hillary Clinton and falsely tie Trump to Russia;
and (2) no corruption has been demonstrated whatsoever, except by Strzok &
Co. How are you “heroic” when you misuse
the power of your position to thwart the law and the legitimate will of the
people? To think this way is to
subscribe to the Left’s golden rule: It’s all
good unless it happens to us. Some
principle to live by, eh?
Unlike those who typically become the
focus of partisan investigations in Washington, Pete is not politically
connected, he’s not a wealthy lobbyist and he’s not interested in using his
notoriety for personal gain. Because of this, he doesn’t have deep pockets that
allow him to pay for the significant legal bills he has incurred to defend
himself and the FBI against these political attacks, or to easily cover the
expenses incurred by his lost income.
Again I would scold the writer that good
old “Pete” is only the subject of a “partisan investigation” because he acted
as a partisan himself and because Democrats’ refusal to hold Strzok accountable
has left the job solely to Republicans.
That’s their partisan problem,
not ours.
We are asking you to support a man
who has dedicated his life to defending America; to stand up for the freedoms
on which this country was built and a government that truly serves the people
by protecting all Americans, including dedicated government employees, from
constantly being subjected to the whims and influence of politicians.
Apparently it is okay if the rest of
us are subjected to the “whims and influence” of unelected FBI agents like
Peter Strzok.
Here’s my question for the writer of
this appeal:
I am an American. How is my
freedom served when someone like Strzok abuses the power entrusted in him to
tilt the scales of justice for his
favored candidate and to help set up road blocks against the preferred
candidate of many of his fellow citizens (you know, the ones who pay his
salary)? That behavior is as unAmerican as
it gets, so your attempts to paint Strzok as some kind of patriotic hero are
pathetic. Peter Strzok is a weak, self-centered
man who put himself before his country and his family.
The liberal donors who have contributed
to Peter Strzok could have put their money into food for hungry children, shelters
for the homeless or college funds for children orphaned by the opioid epidemic. Instead their priority was to reward a man who
cast a pall on the FBI and abused the power entrusted to him by the American People. In doing so they not only revealed to us who
they really are, but they have
ensured that America will continue to come under attack by the Deep State. That may feel like a victory now, but
remember: It’s all good until it happens to you.
~CW
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