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Gary Condit is a married congressman who carried on an affair with
an intern, Chandra Levy. Also, he apparently misled police for weeks
by suggesting otherwise. But don't look for Condit's fellow Democrats
to call for his resignation anytime soon, for the Democratic party
has demonstrated an extremely high tolerance for intolerable behavior.
For instance, two of the Democratic party's most prominent leaders
are Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy. Clinton had his own intern problem,
not to mention his commission of high crimes and misdemeanors. Yet,
he's still lionized by Democrats. His hatchet men — James Carville,
Paul Begala, Lanny Davis, to name a few — still appear as respected
commentators on TV screens and editorial pages. The Democratic
National Committee is headed by a Clintonoid, Terry McAuliffe, who
practices the same kind of trash-mouth politics as his mentor.
Kennedy has never accounted fully for his conduct at Chappaquiddick,
where Mary Jo Kopechne, who had been a campaign worker for Robert
Kennedy's presidential bid, drowned in a car he was driving. Yet,
Kennedy is a liberal icon among Democrats. He's treated with great
respect and reverence by, among others, feminist groups. Kennedy
has much clout with his colleagues, who rush to cosponsor legislation
promoting his big-government agenda. And Kennedy often leads the
charge in questioning the character of conservative nominees, including
Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, and John Ashcroft.
Liberals like to compare our country with socialist regimes in Europe
when urging the expansion of the welfare state or deriding traditional
values. "Latvia offers free drugs to its people, Denmark gives condoms
to its school children, the Netherlands guarantees dental coverage,
and Romania signed the Kyoto treaty," or some such nonsense.
Well, there's another thing that happens in Europe (excluding France,
of course): Their politicians often resign from office when caught
up in sex scandals. In fact, their parties usually demand their
resignation. Is it too much to expect the Democratic party to follow
this same practice? The answer, of course, is yes.
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