Several years ago the country was rocked by a sex scandal that involved the president of the United States and a young female intern. This president was already being investigated for an allegation that he used state troopers to bring a state employee into his hotel room under false pretenses in order to have sex with her. In time other women came forward with credible claims of sexual assault with the president as the perpetrator.
Fast forward to April 2010 when a quarter back for a national football team has been accused of similar behavior. Contrary to what happened in the case of the president no criminal or civil charges have been filed but nonetheless the media appears outraged by the player’s behavior and the NFL may move to punish the player with a suspension. Curious that this same media was much less concerned when the president was involved in similar activity and portrayed the matter as private. We were told by the national Organization of Women that they agreed that this was not a problem as the sex was consensual. Suddenly sex in the work place between a woman and her superior boss was “no problem”. Even with the other women’s corroborating stories the media and the woman’s groups stood by their man.
So is the lesson that a Democrat president can do as he pleases with women but football players can’t? One can’t help but notice the selective outrage here.
Scott Armstrong