Yeah, that's the interesting question. No doubt you'd get an ends justify the means type answer or something along the lines of "well, the politics he advocates victimizes women and children, so his wife and children are fair game".
I don’t remember what he said but James Gandolfini said something to Glenn at some broadway show and immediately apologized for saying it in front of Glenn’s son.
It must have been pretty bad for a liberal to realize they had stepped over the line.