OPINION: SUDDEATH: A problem without partisanship
It's been quite the week, and we're just getting started.
While almost daily we are subjected to something that should be shocking -- our President's alleged involvement with a porn star, our governor insulting teachers or
But what truly is surprising is that after all that we've seen, witnessed and endured, many of us still live under the illusion that political parties care about anything beyond winning the next race.
On Thursday,
Admittedly though, I am suspicious of the timing. I don't care that these two were teenagers when the alleged incident occurred. Sexual assault is a crime whether you're in high school or nearing retirement. But the timing and publicity of this claim as Kavanaugh nears confirmation makes the journalist inside of me wonder how much of this is about politics.
Pump the brakes before you shout obscenities at me. Two things can be true. It can be true that Ford was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh and that he should pay a price for his actions. It can also be true that this was brought to the forefront as a way to keep President
I, for one, would like to go on record as saying both parties are largely full of it.
Let us not forget that one of the most embarrassing cases involving extramarital affairs and politicians came when
And we are at a tipping point. Women are fed up with men's inappropriate actions and there's not enough room in this newspaper to detail all the reasons why they're right. But let's not be mistaken --
Again,
As far as obstructionism goes, I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a better example than Republican congressional members during President
If Ford was assaulted by Kavanaugh, he has no business being on the Supreme Court. The problem is that it will be very difficult to prove this allegation after so much time has passed. But this incident can teach us a lesson.
If we're upset over how women are treated, both parties have some soul-searching to do. What happens Thursday will affect the choice of a Supreme Court nominee, but changing the sexual misconduct culture isn't a revolution that's going to be televised. That kind of change has to come from each of us, especially us men, and it's the kind of change that isn't blue or red.
Suddeath is the editor of the
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