Cokie's Law is in effect

by digby

Atrios has this right:

Because we're stupid, once you inject "underage sex" into the conversation, and manage to hold someone at fault for that in any way even illogically, you've won.


Liberals continue to assume that logic and reason are meaningful in these sorts of "scandals" but they aren't. They have salience because they piggy back on old scandals and ancient rumors and a general sense that something's wrong. They don't have to prove anything because Cokie's Law is in effect:


"At this point," said Roberts, "it doesn't much matter whether she said it or not because it's become part of the culture. I was at the beauty parlor yesterday and this was all anyone was talking about."


This latest gambit probably didn't succeed in taking down Planned Parenthood, but they got what they needed. I'd guess that next time they'll challenge their creative boundries and use a madame rather than a pimp, but they got their talking point out there and that's all that matters.


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