By Margot Cleveland
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Thanks to the predator-outing campaign, there is a
growing attempt to re-litigate Donald Trump’s p*ssy-grabbing, Miss USA-leering
behavior.
Trump’s decision on Friday to blast Sen. Al Franken on
Twitter only called more attention to the president’s own past misconduct.
But I’m having none of it. This piece will be the only
mention I make of Trump’s personal peccadilloes and past sexual misconduct.
Here’s why.
When Trump first entered the Republican primary, I
assumed, like many, it was a big publicity stunt. I was painfully reminded of
this a few weeks ago when Kid Rock announced that, of course, he isn’t running
for the Senate: “Who couldn’t figure that out?” Well, fool me once, and all
that.
But once it became clear that Trump was in the primary
for the long haul and had corralled a herd of supporters, I spoke out daily
(several times a day) about his horrors—from his underlying liberalism, to his
offensive treatment of women (and everyone else), to his narcotic
personality—but to no avail. He won both the primary and the presidency. What
good comes now from a constant loop replaying Trump’s misconduct?
Is This About
Trump’s Actions or Using Any Ammo?
Also, while the majority of the “but Trump is a pig too”
crowd are likewise condemning Franken, color me skeptical of their sincerity.
After all, photographic evidence provided conclusive proof of Franken’s (faux?)
groping. And the story broke as Washington was in the throes of (rightly)
destroying Roy Moore’s Senate candidacy for his own sexual misconduct. Given
the timing, the Democrats couldn’t very well ignore the charges against one of
their own.
However, just one year ago, when denouncing serial
predator and likely rapist Bill Clinton might have mattered, the Left instead
embraced him and cheered on his chief enabler—would-be commander-in-chief
Hillary Clinton. And when Trump reintroduced Bill’s past accusers to the public
before the second presidential debate, Democrats sat silent.
But with Hillary’s defeat, the Clintons’ cachet cratered,
making Democrats’ come to Jesus moment over Bill’s past sexual misconduct
beyond cynical. Throwing Bill under the bus now served two purposes. It allowed
the Left to appear serious about sexual harassment as they attacked Moore and
vicariously the Republican Party. And the concerted condemnation of Bill’s
unsavory history launched a warning shot toward Hillary, telling her to abandon
her sore loser “What Happened” tour and lay low or else.
Because Never
Hillary Never Existed
Democrats’ denunciation of Bill is two decades too late.
As Amanda Carpenter told Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” “For every Clinton, there
will be a Trump. For every Roy Moore, there will be an Al Franken. Once you’ve
covered up for one, you’ve lost the moral credibility to hold the other to
account.”
Democrats lost their moral credibility more than 20 years
ago when, following his impeachment, they cheered on Bill Clinton and told
America to Move On. Democrats lost their moral credibility when they choose to
bolster Trump in the primaries, believing him to be the weakest candidate,
while promoting their own version of narcissism personified.
Democrats lost their moral credibility when they embraced
Bill as their future first gentleman and nominated his chief enabler to serve
as commander-in-chief. Democrats lost their moral credibility when they
rejoiced as the Right splintered into Make America Great Again and Never Trump
factions. And Democrats lost their moral credibility because, while Never Trump
was a movement, Never Hillary never existed.
So no, I won’t revisit Trump’s past behavior to do
Democrats’ bidding now. I will, though—and with clean conscience and intact
credibility—highlight every single drip of hypocrisy flowing from Democrats’
forked tongues, starting with Al Franken and Bill Clinton.
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