Posted on 10/11/2017 11:06:20 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
For more than 25 years, Harvey Weinstein was a prolific fundraiser for the Democratic Party leadership. When the time came for that leadership to respond to a flurry of allegations of sexual assault and harassment by Weinstein, it became apparent that either Weinstein had invested poorly — or all too well.
Weinstein was a very real part of the political life of the two families most identified with Democratic Party leadership. The Clintons held social events and fundraisers with the Hollywood executive for years; one bash in June 2016 raised more than $1.8 million for her presidential run. The Obamas sent their daughter Malia to intern for Weinstein's company last year.
Weinstein had indisputably ingratiated himself into the highest levels of Democratic power.
Perhaps that's why, when it all came crashing down, the two most prominent leaders of the Democratic Party over the last decade froze like deer in the headlights.
It's a demonstration of stunning political incompetence. More than that, it's a failure of leadership from the two top leaders in which the Democratic Party invested itself over the last generation. It appears that both Obama and Clinton hoped to skate past a moment of outrage without alienating a formerly powerful Hollywood ally, which demonstrates just how beholden the entire party has become to the entertainment industry for their cash and star power.
That is a big problem for the Democratic Party. If this scandal expands past Weinstein — and there are already suggestions it might — then the next generation of leadership may have to figure out how to compete without the baggage Hollywood carries. Given the party's competitive collapse over the last eight years, it's a crisis that requires more alacrity and skill than either Clinton or Obama showed over the last week.
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Worked for Bill Clinton.
They ignore everything else that's wrong with'em.
It truly is a mental disorder. d;^)
They can and they will.
I wonder what all Malia Obama learned interning for Harvey.
That is like calling alligators lizards.
It’s all brilliant hypocrisy. That’s all they do is grope each other in Hollywood. Why is anyone shocked?
My FR 'tweet of the day':
Boycott Hollywood. Boycott the NFL. Boycott the MSM. Primary 'em all, let God sort 'em out!
Affleck just had to make a statement apologizing for groping some actress on TRL years ago. This is enjoyable..
I think this scandal is having a similar effect as the NFL protests. The public is becoming disgusted with watching both Hollywood and the NFL. It’s bad enough for overpaid NFL players to act like they are the only ones who really know what is going on in America but Hollywood has been lecturing us sanctimoniously for years and years. To now hear not only was this hideous behavior going on but everyone knew about it and no one said a word is the height of hypocrisy.
He left a trail of DNA everywhere he went.
That is a big problem for the Democratic Party. If this scandal expands past Weinstein — and there are already suggestions it might — then the next generation of leadership may have to figure out how to compete without the baggage Hollywood carries. Given the party’s competitive collapse over the last eight years, it’s a crisis that requires more alacrity and skill than either Clinton or Obama showed over the last week.
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I can’t help but think that Trump had at least a small role in the Weinstein revelation.
Yep.
Common thread: cut the cable cord!
How to be a potted plant?
That Money and Corruption Are Ruining Our Land.....and that’s good thing for the Democrat elites.
Me too and I also think that in his second term you will see legal action against all the crimes committed by the Obamas/Clintons.
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