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Ryan’s
Hope Fades to a Child’s Nightmare
EDITORIAL
Frank Salvato
June 29, 2003 |
It would seem that yet again the seamier
side of someone’s personal life has become the catalyst for a media
decapitation. Jack Ryan, a candidate for the US Senate seat being vacated by
Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald from Illinois, has withdrawn his name
amid a barrage of media coverage that in itself is quite hypocritical. While
his sexual peccadilloes may not be of the mainstream – and this has never
actually been proven to be true – it is the conduct of the mainstream media
and the judge involved with this matter that should be most in question and
that is escaping under the radar.
To quickly recap, Jack Ryan was the Republican candidate for the US Senate
seat being vacated by Senator Peter Fitzgerald from Illinois. His opponent
was Barack Obama, a young but experienced Clintonite who by all accounts is
championed by the mainstream media including Bob Herbert from the New York
Times. Mr. Ryan was also married to Jeri Ryan, an actress of Boston Public
and Star Trek Voyager fame. The Ryans went through a tumultuous divorce
battle that saw allegations of Mr. Ryan possessing the sexual urges that can
only be described as Clintonesque and bordering on the fetish side of the
"sexual avant-garde.” Because they had a child during their marriage both
Jack and Jeri Ryan decided that sealing the records would be not only a good
idea for both their careers but in the very best interest of their child. To
be sure, this was a decision born of concern for their child, a good
decision.
All would seem right with the world, or as right as it can be with a divorce
under one’s belt. Jeri had a new hit television show, Jack’s political
future seemed to have Washington DC in the cards and their child, although
from a marriage that had dissolved was fortunate enough to have two parents
that could afford to provide the very best. But this would all change at the
whim of the mainstream media.
The Chicago Tribune, with the support of other mainstream media publications
and news outlets, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles to have the sealed files
unsealed. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert A. Schnider ruled that he
would shield as much information as he could to protect the Ryans' son but
that Jack Ryan's political candidacy made the public's right to know, "which
may be embarrassing to him, which may be damaging to him and which may be
damaging to the child,” more important than the well-being of the child.
Forget for a moment that perhaps Jack Ryan possessed an accelerated and
abstract sexual appetite. Forget for a moment that possessing an accelerated
and abstract sexual appetite isn’t against the law. Forget for a moment that
possessing an accelerated and abstract sexual appetite was defended by
everyone who championed Bill Clinton’s escapades with Monica Lewinski, a
cigar and an Oval Office antechamber. The question that we should be asking
is
where does the Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert A. Schnider come
off unsealing records that were sealed to protect a child and how
contemptible is the Chicago Tribune, and the other mainstream media whores,
for demanding that irrelevant information be released, simply for
sensationalistic endeavors?
Not too long ago Teresa Heinz Kerry came out and flatly stated that she
would not release her financial statement because her children were
involved. While many in the conservative camp raised an eyebrow as to how
someone in the public spotlight should be allowed to withhold such sensitive
information from public scrutiny the mainstream media allowed the issue to
fade to black. Where were the Chicago Tribune and their legal team when the
public’s right to know was being usurped by the Kerry’s personal financial
interests? Teresa’s husband – the Vietnam veteran if you haven’t heard – is
running for President of the United States. I’d have to classify that
political candidacy as a bit more high profile than Jack Ryan’s.
And of course who can forget our 42nd President of the United States, Bill
Clinton. During the "Lewinski-Macanudo Scandal” legions of his defenders
insisted that a person’s sexual "peculiarities” had absolutely nothing to do
with their ability to do their job, and brilliantly, they added. Even the
non-biased liberal mainstream media called the impeachment hearings – which
were conducted because Clinton lied under oath not because he inserted his
butt into Monica’s ashtray – a witch hunt contending that a person’s private
life should remain private. I believe Hillary called it a "vast right-wing
conspiracy.”
The bottom line here is that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge not only
ruled in a manner that achieved sway over the electoral process of another
state but ruled in a manner that will no doubt harm the Ryan’s child.
Children can be cruel. In this instance the cruelty will most likely be
monumental. Judge Schnider’s ruling is either in the category of political
activism or judicial stupidity. Either way his ruling should prompt a review
of whether or not he is worthy of the bench. A charge of child abuse or
child endangerment should be considered, although any attempt to hold the
California Court system accountable is pure fantasy.
As for the mainstream media, they got what they wanted. Another
conservative, another Republican bites the dust at the hypocrisy of the
media’s hand, and to the benefit those politicos that champion their liberal
agenda of multiculturalism and political correctness, even though no laws
have been broken.
As we try to see through the smear let’s remember what Jack Ryan’s attorney
Larry Ginsberg said about it all: "This is not information that might harm
the child, this is information that will harm the child."
Frank Salvato is a political analyst and the
managing editor for The New Media Journal.us.
Click here for his complete bio.
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