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Joe Pitts: this morning I have a few questions for the liberals on the other side. As usual, we will receive no answers, but it is…

On the recordJuly 16, 1998
this morning I have a few questions for the liberals on the other side. As usual, we will receive no answers, but it is our duty to the American people to ask them, just the same. Please tell us, my liberal defenders of the President's conduct, why was Senator Bob Packwood run out of town for his conduct? Why did liberal Democrat after liberal Democrat, including the current Vice President, denounce Senator John Tower as, and I quote, ``unfit for office'' because of allegations of womanizing? Will we receive answers to these questions? I doubt it. Why the double standard? Why one standard for Republicans and other for Democrats? Why was Justice Clarence Thomas absolutely vilified by feminist groups and liberals of every stripe for questionable allegations, while the current leader of the free world is given every possible excuse, justification, and defense for his conduct for a myriad of abuses, for numerous women providing evidence in a vast cover-up orchestration? Yes, questions for liberals, but no answers.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Addressing perceived double standards in the treatment of political figures during a debate.

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