Apparently the right wing self-identifies as the "dark side" of American life

[RainDog]

maybe that Darth Cheney metaphor wasn't just a joke...

Clinton made a speech after the Oklahoma City bombing that included these words:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/wjcoklahomabombingspeech.htm

To all my fellow Americans beyond this hall, I say, one thing we owe those who have sacrificed is the duty to purge ourselves of the dark forces which gave rise to this evil. They are forces that threaten our common peace, our freedom, our way of life. Let us teach our children that the God of comfort is also the God of righteousness: Those who trouble their own house will inherit the wind.¹ Justice will prevail.

Let us let our own children know that we will stand against the forces of fear. When there is talk of hatred, let us stand up and talk against it. When there is talk of violence, let us stand up and talk against it. In the face of death, let us honor life. As St. Paul admonished us, Let us "not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."²

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2011/01/clinton_obama_and_arizona.html

"In a preemptive strike, conservatives are already misrepresenting the history of that event, arguing that Clinton politicized the bombing for his own gain. At National Review, John J. Miller writes, "Clinton saw an opportunity to link his conservative political opponents to bomber Timothy McVeigh. He seized it." This is how conservatives remember it, but it's not what happened. Rather, Clinton issued a broad appeal for civility, unity, and personal responsibility across the political spectrum, showing strong leadership in the process -- precisely what conservatives fear Obama will do now.

The part that still angers conservatives about Clinton's response to the bombing is actually a small portion of the overall speech...

...Rush Limbaugh continues to insist, to this day, that Clinton blamed him for the bombings."

If you do a google search of conservative blogs at this time, they're still up in arms claiming that Clinton's remarks - specifically about those who stir hatred and disturb the common peace from our own house inheriting the wind, with Clinton's remarks to overcome hatred and evil with good - were aimed at them.

...When Clinton never expressly pointed to them - unless they identify with terrorists like Timothy McVeigh and the militia movement.

What's that called, when someone insists their actions are not to blame yet insist someone else is blaming them? it is called guilt?