{"id":28528,"date":"2016-01-07T10:02:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28528"},"modified":"2016-01-07T10:03:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:03:14","slug":"mark-steyn-why-is-bill-cosby-finished-while-bill-clinton-is-beloved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28528","title":{"rendered":"Mark Steyn: Why is Bill Cosby Finished While Bill Clinton is Beloved?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Elizabeth Preza<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4544221\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.mediaite.com\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-30-at-12.53.23-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-30 at 12.53.23 PM\" width=\"320\" height=\"210\" \/>Subbing for<strong> Rush Limbaugh<\/strong> on\u00a0<em>The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/em> Tuesday, conservative commentator <strong>Mark Steyn<\/strong>wondered why <strong>Bill Cosby<\/strong>is \u201cfinished\u201d while <strong>Bill Clinton<\/strong> remains \u201cbeloved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean that as a serious question, incidentally,\u201d Steyn said. \u201cWhy is Bill Cosby finished? He was the most beloved guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"tt-wrapper723c887\" class=\"tt-wrapper inread \"><\/div>\n<p>Steyn\u2019s comments came a day before the Pennsylvania DA announced aggravated indecent assault charges against Cosby, stemming from an alleged incident at the comedian\u2019s home in 2004. Cosby allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a former Temple University employee; this is the first time Cosby\u2019s been formally charged with a crime, but as many as 50 women have accused the comedian of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qualified qualified-1\">Former president Bill Clinton\u2019s past sexual trysts have also resurfaced in recent days; Republican frontrunner <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> continues to levy attacks against <strong>Hillary Clinton<\/strong> for remaining complicit during her husband\u2019s\u00a0affair with<strong> Monica Lewinsky<\/strong> while the couple was in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe keep hearing Bill Clinton is the most beloved guy in America,\u201d Steyn said. \u201cIf Bill Clinton was on the ticket, he\u2019d sweep all 50 states. It would be a landslide. Americans love Bill Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steyn noted that Americans also loved \u201cnice grandfatherly Bill Cosby,\u201d but \u201cfor some reason, you don\u2019t see <em>The Bill Cosby Show<\/em> on TV anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d almost think it\u2019s some kind of like racism thing,\u201d Steyn suggested. \u201cThat somehow, when a bunch of women make accusations against the black guy, boom: he\u2019s vaporized. When a bunch of women make accusations against some white southern redneck, we\u2019re talking about putting him back in the White House for another eight years as first gentleman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/video\/2015\/12\/29\/steyn-why-is-bill-cosby-finished-while-bill-clinton-is-not-like-racism-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Breitbart<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>[<em>Image via Wikimedia Commons<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eDhOw8Zb0o\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/mark-steyn-why-is-bill-cosby-finished-while-bill-clinton-is-beloved\/\">Mark Steyn: Why is Bill Cosby Finished While Bill Clinton is Beloved?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Mark Steyn: Why is Bill Cosby Finished While Bill Clinton is Beloved?&#8221; &#8212; Mediaite\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/mark-steyn-why-is-bill-cosby-finished-while-bill-clinton-is-beloved\/embed\/#?secret=V87mcw38Ye#?secret=eDhOw8Zb0o\" data-secret=\"eDhOw8Zb0o\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Elizabeth Preza Subbing for Rush Limbaugh on\u00a0The Rush Limbaugh Show Tuesday, conservative commentator Mark Steynwondered why Bill Cosbyis \u201cfinished\u201d while Bill Clinton remains \u201cbeloved.\u201d \u201cI mean that as a serious question, incidentally,\u201d Steyn said. \u201cWhy is Bill Cosby finished? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28528\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}