Sexual misconduct allegations now cost powerful men their jobs. But not the White House.

[CaliCat 3,957]

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/11/politics/harvey-weinstein-donald-trump-access-hollywood/index.html

Sexual misconduct allegations now cost powerful men their jobs. But not the White House.

But incredibly, when there is not a corporate boss and the fate of the powerful man rests with voters, as it did in the case of Donald Trump, he gets a serious promotion. To the White House.

Obviously, the Trump example is different in its details from what we're learning about Weinstein, O'Reilly and Ailes, but the effect was arguably more sensational in October 2016 when the "Access Hollywood" tape, with its unvarnished description of what can only be described as assault, shocked the nation.

In hindsight, that it came on the same day the US formally pointed the finger at Russia for election meddling and WikiLeaks doled out the emails of Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, seems relevant, although it cannot be argued that the other two stories blunted the attention that was paid to or the public backlash from those tapes.

Additionally, Trump was accused by multiple women of acting inappropriately and abusively in that final month.

 

 

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Well Bill Clinton did not lose his job with his cigar scandal..

[CaliCat 3,957]

1 minute ago, Merrytooth said:

Well Bill Clinton did not lose his job with his cigar scandal..

 

Trump got promoted despite being a sexual predator. Interesting times.

Edited October 12, 2017 by CaliCat