They continue to contradict themselves daily.
The American public isn't going to take this seriously. It'll die soon enough and the libs will be scrambling for some other thing to wail about.
The American Public isn't even going to notice this story.
This one is strictly for a couple of audiences, all of which spend way too much time thinking about political/cultural issues (like me!): leftists and libertarians who (a)know who the heck Bill Bennett is and (b)hate Bennett; and Church Lady Conservatives (CLC's) who demand saintly perfection of all their warriors and will collude in the destruction of any who fall short of the glory of God and yet have dared to propound a vision of morality and goodness that does not flow from a "do your own thing" mentality.
The American public doesn't know who Bill Bennet is.