The Republican Party is having none of your pantywaist "family values" rhetoric. Frankly, that whole "self-control" business, the old fatherly advice to "keep it in your pants" -- that stuff is just repression. Haven't the Dems ever even heard of Sigmund Freud?
If it were not already clear, this morning's news offered proof positive that the GOP stands for a proud, masculine ethic of uninhibited and unembarrassed sexuality. For men. Women are still encouraged to smile demurely and pretend they don't know the naughty words.
You see, Newt Gingrich went on TV to defend the Republican nominee, and when Megyn Kelly asked him about the many recent claims of sexual harassment against Donald Trump, Gingrich accused her of being -- wait for it -- "fascinated with sex."
Savor the moment. Here is Gingrich, a serial adulterer, defending Trump, another serial adulterer, and accusing a reporter of being sexually compulsive. Both men have repeatedly disregarded their vows and destroyed their marriages in pursuit of the next erotic thrill. So has Trump's other most vocal surrogate these days, Rudolph "Divorced His Second Wife on TV" Giuliani. All three present themselves as burly men's men, the kind who stand around in locker rooms bragging about how much women love their attention before they hit the courts (or links, or whatever). Never mind that in reality they are fat balding senior citizens with prostate problems whose unreconstructed understanding of masculinity makes Don Draper look positively enlightened.
But Kelly is the one fascinated by sex. because she does her job, and pursues relevant questions about the temperament, behavior and truthfulness of a presidential candidate.
Double-standard, anyone?
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