As for conservatives and their willingness to look the other way with Trump … I think they merely acquiesced to the story line of the left - sex doesn’t matter …
Of course they did. Did you miss my criticism of Bill Clinton as a sex addict? Did you miss my statement that I believe Biden’s accuser? Obviously so, it runs counter to your narrative that liberals only cared about sex scandals when it’s Trump. Both Dems and Pubs have had womanizers, JFK being one of the worst.
But only the GOP ran an entire operation called the Moral Majority touting their supposedly superior moral standards as legitimacy to govern. I am quite old enough to recall that episode.
I don’t speak for other liberals. The only question I have repeatedly posed here on a thread dedicated to criticizing Harris on the basis of sexual misconduct is…why does it matter?
It didn’t matter when Trump was evaluated and as far as I can gather, he’s probably guilty of multiple sexual assaults because I believe his 25+ accusers as well.
So, if you ask me do I care if Trump had sex with a harem while his wife was in labor? I’d say he’s a cad but if it was legal and consensual, that’s between him, his wife, and the harem. Kamala’s affair is exactly the same.
Now, criminal behavior is different. I believe both Trump and Biden are guilty but will either ever face justice? Not likely. So, my choice is between two sex offenders.
Since this year’s vote is to me, a vote on the future of the republic, I will vote against Trump regardless. I don’t know if I will vote for Biden or third party, though I am leaning Biden because I don’t want it thrown to Trump by default.
But again sexual affairs are irrelevant. If you want to know what matters, in my view, are 167,000 dead Americans on this administration’s watch. A mismanaged pandemic where a squandered opportunity to shut down the spread through centralized planning has led to a decimated economy. A president who apparently orders unmarked police to “arrest” citizens without regard to their Constitutional rights. A president who makes “fascistic” statements (that is a direct quote from a co-founder of the Federalist Society) about delaying the election.
There are more but you get the idea. Who he’s hiding the sausage with doesn’t even matter unless again it’s involving sexual assault. Then it matters because it’s a case of breaking the law and harming someone intentionally. I have a problem with that.
So, please feel free to continue to point fingers everywhere but Trump. It doesn’t change the fact that when it comes to standards of sexual behavior, he set the bar for what conservatives find acceptable for executive office. Now that someone from the other team is playing by the same rules, social conservatives don’t get to change the rules just because they suddenly rediscovered an aversion to sexual misconduct.