tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post4561491045783843647..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: We go nuts in this country over sex scandalsNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-47428913414372375092011-11-02T16:04:08.555-05:002011-11-02T16:04:08.555-05:00RE: Clinton. I wasn't referring to the Lewins...RE: Clinton. I wasn't referring to the Lewinsky scandal, which I agree was consensual (and therefore, should have been off-limits). IIRC, he also had some sexual harassment charges leveled against him from his pre-Presidency days.Monalanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-43302610758117124082011-11-01T18:56:28.405-05:002011-11-01T18:56:28.405-05:00Monala - I already saw Eric Erikson of "Red S...Monala - I already saw Eric Erikson of "Red State" making that claim of hypocrisy on the left in relating Cain's situation to Clintons. But that's just nuts too. I get REALLY angry when folks can't make the distinction between consensual sex and sexual harassment!<br /><br />Anyway, its all just another example of how almost impossible it is to have a sane conversation about sex and politics.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-42547867821626236992011-11-01T18:53:12.086-05:002011-11-01T18:53:12.086-05:00EL - I agree. We might stop for a minute and consi...EL - I agree. We might stop for a minute and consider how we're likely being "played" in all this by none other than folks like Karl Rove.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-18504653732992710342011-11-01T18:50:42.361-05:002011-11-01T18:50:42.361-05:00Thank you! I agree I both counts. I don't wan...Thank you! I agree I both counts. I don't want to go there <i>at all</i> with these allegations about Cain (and the right can rightly accuse the left of hypocrisy given the general support on the left for B. Clinton). But I feel equally strongly that the right's use of the term "lynching" to describe the criticisms coming Cain's way are offensive and wrong.Monalanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-85803439559239361932011-11-01T18:42:41.515-05:002011-11-01T18:42:41.515-05:00I've been feeling much the same about this who...I've been feeling much the same about this whole scandal. And personally, I don't think having a purity test for candidates is a good thing. Especially when it seems like the media gets to decide who has to resign and who doesn't. Or who is done for and who isn't.ExtremeLiberalhttp://extremeliberal.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com