If you are a high profile Republican or a conservative (and they are not the same thing of course) you have to be squeaky clean, if not antiseptic. I’m not saying that D’Souza was innocent but rather making the point that the slightest error in judgment or a moral/legal transgression gets exploited to the max by liberals and their allies in both the media and in the legal system. But for Dems, not so much. They engage in election fraud all the time and get away with it. Its standard operating procedure for them.
Dems are not held to the same standards and more often than not get a free pass. Such incidents are either covered up or we are “informed” by a complicit media that there’s nothing to see here and that we should just move on. The story quickly gets swept off the news pages.
Democrat operatives view conservatives not as political opponents nor do they accord them respect as the loyal opposition. They see them as mortal enemies who must be destroyed. They are experts at vilifying political “threats” and engaging in character assassination. Even if they can’t get something on you, they will fabricate something to cast their enemies in a dastardly and villainous light. Recall that they tried to cast Mitt Romney of being a murderer. They are vicious infighters who play to win at all costs.
In the 80s and 90s California had a superintendent of public education named Bill Honig. He was a prominent liberal activist rumored to be running for governor. Fortunately for California he was also a crook and he got caught spending Department of Education money on a firm that his wife owned. He was convicted of four felonies. So it does happen, just not often enough.
When Dinesh D’Souza conspired to break the law he risked not only himself but the reputation of conservatives who have supported him. He put honor beneath expediency and sullied the good name of conservatives. Not the sign of a great man by any means.
But I’ve regarded D’Souza as a man of poor character dating back to the 1990s when he wrote a hit piece on a prominent conservative writer and badly damaged the man’s career. Then there was The Kings College incident where he was fired for not respecting their moral code. And now this. I just figure it’s poetic justice. Conservatives need to spend their energy on worthier causes than him.