Who should care about the Herman Cain affair?

Last updated on: November 29, 2011 at 11:49 am by Dave Griffey

Who should care about the Herman Cain affair? 2011-11-29T11:49:00-04:00 Dave Griffey

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I guess it depends. If it was 1999, then nobody should care. Of course that was the absolute eternal truth of the universe in 1999. This is 2011. And by sheer coincidence, Cain is a Republican and – again no doubt through sheer coincidence – it suddenly matters. I mean, this isn’t Edwards with the MSM being dragged kicking and screaming into covering the story. Since the first anonymous accusation regarding sexual harassment broke, the MSM has been on this 24/7.

Now, one of the biggest mysteries to me is why people in the 21st century even pay attention to the news media. This is the media that, during the Clarence Thomas hearings (Thomas, a conservative nominated by a Republican president), assured us that there was no crime as heinous as sexual harassment, and it was a black mark of justice that Thomas was ever nominated to the bench.

Then, of course, came the multiple accusations against Bill Clinton, and we were suddenly told that it didn’t matter. Those were just political whores working for the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (TM). The affair? Sorry, it was consensual, and that’s that. Sex doesn’t matter. Morals and character don’t matter. Only the president’s ability to give us the greatest economy in the history of the universe matters. Of course we were also told things like how sexist it was when conservatives picked on Hillary Clinton (or even walked close to her in a debate), and that politicians’ kids are always – ALWAYS! – off limits (as in Chelsea Clinton).

Now that was then. Sarah Palin helped dispel the whole ‘don’t be sexist’ mantra as she was routinely called every gender based derogatory name under the sun. As she was told to stay home and be a mom where she belonged, and was labeled everything from bitch to milf, the MSM shuffled their feet nervously, admitted sometimes folks might get out of hand, but generally agreed the real story was Palin’s lack of foreign policy skills.

That Palin’s children were also dragged through the dirt was explained away by various MSM faces, such as Anderson Cooper, who informed us that the MSM always goes after politicians’ kids (except, apparently, in the late 90s). Plus, Palin did what no other politician had ever done, and that was have her kids with her during the campaign. Well, OK, every politician does it once in a while, but that’s irrelevant. So said the talking heads.

Naturally there have been cases where anti-Semitism and racist insults have been lobbed at political figures like Condoleezza Rice and Joe Lieberman. And to varying extents, the MSM has shuffled its feet and explained that those cases are unfortunate. Yes, a movie was made about then President George W. Bush getting his brains blown out by an assassin, but that was art. Sure he was called Hitler, a Nazi, a murderer, an idiot, a dolt, a racist, and any one of a thousand things that could make your blood chill. But that was then. That was when dissent was the true form of patriotism and freedom of expression should always be accepted. That was yesterday’s absolute eternal values of the universe.

This is today. And today, the absolute truth du jour is how important it is that we focus on the sex life of Herman Cain. Like the other instances, it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he is a Republican. None whatsoever. It’s always been that way, and will always be that way, until it is no longer convenient to be that way. Then we will be told what the eternal truth has always been. And I suppose they assume we are either dishonest or stupid enough (or both) to believe it. Which brings me back to my question: why people in the 21st century even pay attention to the news media. The world may never know.

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