Reply #2: The woman was mentally ill [View All]

[jobycom]

That was widely discussed here. It was sad and tragic, but the tragedy was her illness, not Bush's crime.

As for the media treating it differently, it was obvious from reading her rambling, contradictory court filing that she was delusional. The media didn't jump on the story because it would have traumatized the woman more. As for no one contacting her, Will Pitt checked into the story, and spoke to other reporters who had spoken to her.

And as for Clinton, there were tons of rape allegations that never made the light of day on him, because they were obviously false. Juanita Broderick's was just as false, but it had been around a long time. In fact, the media sat on that story, too, until Delay made it public, and the conservative slander-dogs (Limbaugh and the wannabees) made it a public issue. She was interviewed on one news program (20/20?) and they didn't believe her, and didn't aire the story until the story emerged through other channels.

I'm not claiming the media is unbiased, I'm a strong critic of them. They are the PR Department of the Republican Party. And they might not report a serious allegation against Bush. But this one was false, and from an obviously disturbed person. And I base that on her writings, not on anyone else's perceptions of her. I have a lot of schizophrenia in my family, I'm familiar with the patterns.