The Disgusting and Despicable Sexual Perversion Behavior Of Politicians And Others Of Influence, Part 4

Readers of this blog know that we have never had a high opinion of most people in the American political class. We currently have a Congressman serving in Congress who once thought that the entire island of Guam could tip over. We have a Congresswoman who publicly said her home district of Houston sat 50 feet under sea level (it does not) and who thought the Constitution was 400 years old. We once had a Speaker of the House who once proclaimed that the Obama Care legislation had to be passed BEFORE we found out what was in it. We once had a President who appears to have been a sexual predator. We currently have a President who has made many derogatory comments about women.

But it seems that in the past few weeks the bad news about our leaders in both the political class and the press that covers it has exploded from a sexual harassment, sexual predator, and general sleaziness perspective. These are the people that shape our laws, report our news and impact our lives everyday but have the integrity and morals of a dead rock. 

Unfortunately, we are going to review the current, sorry state of these people over the next few days, keeping the details short and not too graphic but discussing enough to likely repulse you and realize how important it is to get these people out of office, out of our lives, and implement term limits to reduce the arrogance and ignorance that pervades our political life today.

When reviewing the following instances of alleged transgressions, keep in mind that we still do live in America where you are innocent until proven guilty. Claims of sexual misconduct are not realities of sexual misconduct. However, the overall trend is not good when it comes to the integrity and morals of those in power in the government and in the press.

1) This is our fourth post on this subject and it is difficult keeping up. It seems everyday, some politician or journalist is being fingered for being a serial sexual harasser or predator. This brings into question what type of people are we allowing to write our laws and cover the news.

But this past week one of the biggest names in journalism also got caught being an alleged sexual predator. According to a story by Emily Zanotti, writing for the Daily Wire website on November 29, 2017:

• Matt Lauer, well known and well paid host of the Today show on NBC, has been identified as another sexual predator.
• We are pretty sure that the stories about his perversions and harassment are true since NBC fired him quickly and his follow up statement confirms that at least some of the harassment stories are true.
• NBC claimed that he was fired as a result of a single episode of sexual harassment from the network’s coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics games in Rio.
• But a new article from Variety magazine paints a far more different and involved history of such dark behavior.
• According to the Daily Wire article: “According to the magazine [Variety], Lauer is a sophisticated sexual predator who cowed and embarrassed his female employees with sexually explicit gifts, and even had a button installed under his office desk so that he could lock unsuspecting women inside.”
• Two women have claimed that they actually became locked with him in his office and subjected to sexual harassment.
• According to one woman who has come forward, Lauer gave a sex toy to a coworker as a present along with a note about how he wanted to use it on her.
• Another woman told Variety that Lauer often exposed himself and once “summoned a female employee to his office, and then dropped his pants, showing her his penis. After the employee declined to do anything, visibly shaken, he reprimanded her for not engaging in a sexual act.”
• Variety also described a “game” Lauer played, more less named “"f*ck, marry, kill," forcing his co-workers to listen as he determined which of his female co-workers he'd put in each category.
• Variety claimed that they interviewed dozens of NBC women and that Lauer’s perversions were an open secret at the network….even though NBC management claimed they never knew anything until this past week, with one NBC source saying, "Management sucks there. They protected the s— out of Matt Lauer.”

As we have said many times this week, not only is this type of behavior unacceptable and disgusting, but it calls into question the integrity and accuracy of anything that people like Lauer or NBC broadcast as news. What type of amoral people do this type of stuff and allow it to go on without stepping in to stop it? How can we trust them on the news when they could not be trusted to be honest and in integrity when it came to this type of despicable behavior?

It also calls into question the intelligence of people like Lauer. He was earning about $20 million a year, an annual salary that he has now flushed down the toilet. How stupid does one have to be to screw up this badly and if he was this unthinking in this matter, what level of intelligence was he bringing to his broadcasting of the news?

2) But it is not just politicians and journalists and TV newscasters like Lauer. Many Hollywood liberals, those that crucified Trump of his sexual exploits, are turning out to be just as bad or worse than the person they accused of degrading women:

• Harvey Weinstein, famous movie company owner and producer, is probably the most infamous and the most prolific when it comes to alleged sexual harassment and perversion, with a slew of actresses and would be actresses accusing him of a bunch of sick sexual actions up to and including rape.
• Chief Creative Officer for Disney and Pixar, John Lasseter, resigned after a series of so-called “missteps” (his words) came to light of sexual predator behavior on his part.
• Kevin Spacey lost his TV show when it came to light that he may have sexually molested a young boy years ago.
• And most recently, actor Jeffrey Tambor, who played the lead role in the TV show “Transparent, said he will not return for the show’s fifth season after sexual misconduct accusations found him.

You have to love the hypocrisy here. Many of these Hollywood big shots and famous people lectured regular citizens on who to vote for, most often in a very condescending tone, criticized Trump for being so anti-women. But it turns out that they themselves are just as big if not bigger sexual predators themselves besides being world class hypocrites. Talk about lack of integrity, lack of morals.

3) Let’s get back to the arena of journalism and news broadcasting since it appears that it was not just TV news people, Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer, that have been caught being scum bags, but a New York Times print journalist also just lost his job, at least temporarily, for such misbehavior:

• Amber Athey, writing for the Daily Caller website on November 11, 2017, reported that a New York Times White House correspondent was recently suspended after sexual misconduct allegations concerning him came to light.
• Vox reported that Glenn Thrush has been suspended because several young women have come forward and accused him of unwanted sexual advances.
• Eileen Murphy, senior vice president of communications of the Times issued a statement: “The behavior attributed to Glenn in this Vox story is very concerning and not in keeping with the standards and values of The New York Times. We intend to fully investigate and while we do, Glenn will be suspended. We support his decision to enter a substance abuse program. In the meantime, we will not be commenting further.”
• According to the article from Ms. Athey: “The author of the [Vox] piece, Laura McGann, worked with Thrush at Politico. She wrote that she once shared drinks with Thrush and several other colleagues until she and Thrush were left along together. Thrush allegedly blocked her from leaving the booth she was sitting in, put his hand on her thigh, and kissed her. She resisted his advances, and McGann believes she was treated differently in the workplace after Thrush told his male friends an altered version of what happened in the booth.”
• Another young female journalist accused Thrush of trying to kiss her against her wishes, with her texting a friend that, “I’m drunk. I’m nervous about this Glenn situation.”
• To Thrush’s credit, he is the first perp that is blaming an addition for his misbehavior, it is not me that is bad, the alcohol is forcing me to be a sexual predator: “The June incident [described above] was a life-changing event [for me]. The woman involved was upset by my actions and for that I am deeply sorry,” Thrush said in a statement. Over the past several years, I have responded to a succession of personal and health crises by drinking heavily. During that period, I have done things that I am ashamed of, actions that have brought great hurt to my family and friends. I have not taken a drink since June 15, 2017, have resumed counseling and will soon begin out-patient treatment for alcoholism. I am working hard to repair the damage I have done.” 

Again, lack of morals and a lot of hypocrisy, makes it difficult to believe anything he reports or says as a journalist in the future. Especially since rather than manning up and taking responsibility, he is trying to blame an outside force, alcohol, for his deviant behavior. Pathetic.

More to come. Unfortunately.

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