Political usefulness to the left = immunity

Trying to keep straight all the latest allegations of carnal misbehavior among political elites is challenging. Trying to understand why such misbehavior is sometimes ignored and sometimes condemned is just a matter of politics. 

Take Bill Clinton's accusers from the good old 90s for instance. The women bringing accusations against President Clinton were credible. But they were destroyed by a supposed champion of women: Bill's politically ambitious wife. The media largely backed Hillary in her vicious actions to discredit and destroy these women because, like Hillary, the media and other leftists wanted Bill to be president. Even Bill's eventual confession of some of the abuse didn't dilute his support.

Now Judge Roy Moore of Alabama, known as, horror of horrors, a religious conservative, and who was leading the polls in his bid for the US Senate, is accused of assaulting women in one way or another. I have no idea if it's true (and if so, he needs to go, of course), but to the left, and to establishment RINOs, he may as well have brutally raped these women on film for all the hatred, disgust and chagrin being levied against him.  

But if you're a leftist, like Al Franken, you can have a photograph of yourself groping a woman while she sleeps and you will be praised because you owned up to it, as Franken has in his own way. The female staff of Saturday Night Live, Franken's old haunting grounds, even released a letter praising Franken and thanking him for his apology because "everyone makes mistakes." 

So it's not the horrendous action that's at play. It's how well loved you are - and how useful you are -- to the left that will get you a pass. After all, Franken is a huge supporter of leftist feminists' main prize possession: the right to abortion. They simply cannot lose him, so by no means, should he step down. 

But President Trump's vile comments made to Billy Bush, that didn't involve actual illicit physical contact with women? Well, ask Kathy Griffin and her ilk what should be done with him.

The key, in fact, is that one indeed be politically useful to the left. Now that Bill Clinton is considered expendable by the the leftists who protected him during his predator-while-attorney general-governor-president days, leftist feminists can now take the moral high ground and condemn his behavior. But if he were still in office and could have an impact on leftist (abortion) policy? Save him and condemn his victims at all costs.

Then again, his victims may just get their validation now that Bill is no longer in office. Juanita Broaddrick, who accused Clinton of rape while he was Attorney General of Arkansas, and who was absolutely vilified by women, including Hillary Clinton, who claimed to be pro-women -- is now being apologized to by feminists like Chelsea Handler, who suddenly believes Juanita. I wonder, though, was it worth the wait for Jaunita? Does she need feminists' support now? I doubt it.

Let's face it. If Al or Bill or now the latest one to be accused of sexual misconduct, John Conyers - were Republican or anti-abortion, they'd all be torn apart by the left. So the question is, while the left accuses Republicans of the "war on women" does the left really care about abuse of women, or is it okay as long as the guy doing it has something to offer them politically? I think the left has answered the question quite resoundingly.

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