Exactly. Good article. People say "Gee, so you were raped 20 years ago, and *YOU DIDN'T SHOUT IT FROM THE MOUNTAINTOPS*? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
As if they had done that. As if they had been raped by a powerful, very public man, and that they had the courage to immediately broadcast it to everyone.
And like Meredith Oakley said, Clinton used the line that he "wanted to protect his family" as the excuse for lying about Lewinsky. Most liberals wholeheartedly embraced that as a bona-fide reason, indeed, most applauded his lying denial (hi Michelle!), saying it was "the right thing to do".
Then people dismiss Broaddrick's story because she waited so long to tell it. Gee, maybe she wanted to "protect her family"? Perhaps she was embarrassed about what had happened? Perhaps her emotions were mixed, since she was having an affair at the time?
Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done. The statute of limitations on rape in Arkansas is 6 years or the 12th grade, whichever comes first (-g-), so there you are.
I think it will be a bit like the O.J. verdict: Everyone knows he did it, but the system let him off. |
