Clarence Page criticizes his paper’s editors for their witch-hunt against Jack Ryan. It won’t stop them from doing it again, alas. Money quote:
Excuse me, folks, but when candidates don’t even have to have sex to be brought down by a sex scandal, we should be asking ourselves whether we are beginning to ratchet the bar up too high for mere mortals who might have an interest in public service.
Nicely put.
The Dish 