Democrats reap the rewards of defending dirty old men

Even the Democrats are finally tired of defending their dirty old men. In the late 1990s, Bill Clinton was having his day in the sun. His affair with the intern was fighting for attention with the groping reported by Kathleen Willey, the rape reported by Juanita Broaddrick, and the pants-down exposure before Paula Jones back in Arkansas. At that time, a chorus of liberal ladies-in-waiting was there to defend him. This included Gloria "one-free-grope" Steinem, Sheila Jackson Lee, and "Year Of The Woman" graduate Sen. Barbara Boxer, as well as her California colleague Sen. Dianne Feinstein. It also included male counterparts such as author William Styron, who said that fooling around was the mark of the gentleman, and historian Arthur M. Schlesinger who told us that gentlemen "lied about sex" all the time.-- More...