This is in a similar vein as Bill Clinton who had sex with an intern in the presidential office (“consensual” gets pretty fuzzy when one party is an intern and the other is her boss, the president of the United States). The party line then was that we voted for policies not personal morality. And he left office as one of the most popular presidents in modern history.
But recently Republicans have just stopped expressing shame (as opposed to apologizing or making excuses) and the media just moves on, so I do think the bar has been dropped and it’s why I don’t think this is necessarily fatal.
You had me in the first half: I absolutely do not trust anyone who views Clinton’s behavior as anything but horrific abuse of power and total loss of moral authority to be making important decisions with the interests of others in mind. [1]
But the second half sounds like “yeah but the Republicans are doing it too now so it’s okay”.
Like, what?
[1] I think people are more than their worst day but it takes accountability to regain trust.
This is in a similar vein as Bill Clinton who had sex with an intern in the presidential office (“consensual” gets pretty fuzzy when one party is an intern and the other is her boss, the president of the United States). The party line then was that we voted for policies not personal morality. And he left office as one of the most popular presidents in modern history.
But recently Republicans have just stopped expressing shame (as opposed to apologizing or making excuses) and the media just moves on, so I do think the bar has been dropped and it’s why I don’t think this is necessarily fatal.
You had me in the first half: I absolutely do not trust anyone who views Clinton’s behavior as anything but horrific abuse of power and total loss of moral authority to be making important decisions with the interests of others in mind. [1]
But the second half sounds like “yeah but the Republicans are doing it too now so it’s okay”.
Like, what?
[1] I think people are more than their worst day but it takes accountability to regain trust.