Congeries of cross connected concepts
After the Illinois Senatorial candidate Jack Ryan divorce papers debacle, the natural question to ask is “why not Senator John Kerry’s records?”. After all, Kerry has sealed divorce papers from his first marriage and it’s hard to claim that Kerry is a less relevant political figure than Ryan in this election cycle. My expectation is that the Chicago Tribune, which sued to get the Ryan papers unsealed, won’t do the same to Kerry but will publish outraged editorials when some other newspaper does.
As for those who say that it’s an ugly turn in politics and should stop now, isn’t that just promoting first strikes? If you say that no one can hit back, then everyone will start hitting first, which doesn’t seem like an improvement.
