Kamala Harris
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) – She was 38 years old, attractive, and she was running for political office. As she climbed in the polls, a whispering campaign began.
The rumor: she was having an affair. She was married at the time. Her partner, a political writer, knew that the story was being leaked. He went public and said that he was, indeed, the candidate’s lover and that the affair had ended years earlier.
She refused to comment publicly on the scandalous story – after all, it was a he-said she-said. And yet the mainstream media picked up the story, completely unconfirmed and without evidence. She won anyway.
And that’s how Nikki Haley became Governor of South Carolina.
During his 2008 campaign, the New York Times ran a story about presidential candidate John McCain having an affair with a lobbyist. Again, there was no evidence. The Times said the two were seen getting onto an elevator together… not to steal a kiss… just getting onto the elevator… at the U.S. Capitol. Vicki Iseman sued, and settled the case out of court.
Consider how easy it is for a sex-scandal story to get into the media.
But here is a story that will never be repeated: He was 60, and a powerful politician. He was mayor of one of the largest cities in the country, and later was the speaker of the state assembly. She was 24, an up and coming lawyer. No one knows when their relationship started. He was estranged from his wife, but not yet divorced. He and his mistress appeared in public on numerous occasions. Later he would appoint her to her first political posts: on California’s workers compensation and medical compensation boards. She’d get a combined salary of $150,000. The male politician, Willie Brown, would be investigated by the FBI for giving cushy jobs to his many friends. His mistress: Kamala Harris.
It isn’t talked about in polite company that the Vice President of the United States launched her political career with the help of her sugar daddy. The media doesn’t report on such tawdry tales. Nikki Haley and John McCain only wish the same journalism standards applied to them.
Chris Conley
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