Delusion is not a good excuse for unethical action. |
| He really ruined my high school civics class. We had to discuss current events every day by reading the front pages of various newspapers. It was tabloid trash. That’s all I can really say about the impact the man had on my life. I did see Monica L. give a speech at an event years later and she talked about online privacy and bullying, and how technology at the time wasn’t like it is now—how she might have not made it through the experience if it were. |
| It’s important to differentiate between being pleasant and well-spoken, from being a worthwhile human being. |
Republicans banked on good natured, gullible Americans confusing these two elements. And it works. |
It’s important to you and me. It’s not important to a huge segment of the population that only pays attention to things that impact them directly. If a guy seemed pleasant to them, they don’t care how he was to anyone else. In fact, they don’t even want to know how he treated anyone else. All they care about is whatever is currently impacting them personally. The rest is just noise. Ironically, Ken Starr was part of that segment of the population, which is how he ended up being the guy who negotiated the sweetheart deal for the convicted child sexual trafficker and attempted to bury multiple rapes. The people who defend Starr really are his kind of people. |
| a bit ironic that the guy who rabidly hunted a President's sex scandal then became best known for HIDING sex scandals |
| Why did Monica not lay into him? He completely wasted his life. |
Completely agree. They are both cut from the same cloth. |
It works because the conservative media outlets like NBC, CBS and ABC push respectability politics. If they act half ways normal and are Republican, they go totally unquestioned. |
I wonder how this 48-hour rule will play out when trump dies! |
In honor of his many unprecedented (or as he would say, “unpresidented”) actions and disregard for social norms, etiquette, and basic decency, the 48 hour rule should not be applied to him. He has not lived his life according to any rules, and should not benefit from one upon his death. As he once told a widow about her husband’s death in service to this country, he knew what he signed up for. |
+1 Counting down the days until other destructive POSs die off. |
| The list of people who would cause the 48 hours rule unbearable is quite long...but Trump, McConnell, Gingrich probably top the list. |
| He was a vile republican POS and I’m devastated that he didn’t suffer in agony for much longer. I urinate on his soul. |