What To Do About Joe

Just as Joe Biden had virtually wrapped up the Democratic nomination for President, he got hit with accusations of sexual assault or something. The allegations are made by a former staffer over an incident that allegedly happened 27 years ago. It seems unlikely that anything could be proven after all these years. The situation has caused a lot of embarrassment not only for the Democrats but for the entire liberal movement. The liberals embrace of the MeToofers and their premise of guilty-by-accusation has put in them in a predicament. They won't be able to play that card anymore.

Oddly the New York Times has had to concede, obliquely, the folly of guilt-by-accusation.

"With Mr. Trump in the White House, and a country that is learning — very slowly — to reconsider the form that harassment and assault can take, Democrats have staked their political brand on the idea that all allegations should be taken seriously and that every woman has a right to be heard. But that doesn’t mean every woman is right when she speaks."

No kidding. The article also says

"“If this is true, and there is no investigation, his candidacy or his presidency could implode over it” — and, she noted, could take #MeToo down with it."

If MeToo goes down, that would be for the best. Perhaps we should say not only to the MeToofers but to Feminists in general the words of Oliver Cromwell to the Rump Parliament: "You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately. Depart, I say I say, and let us have done with you." (1653).

"Tara Reade's Allegation Is Against Biden, but the Burden Is on Women" by Jessica Bennett and Lisa Lerer.