The slow, slow, slow….then fast of change

Remember Bill Cosby? Rumors circulated for years that he was a basically raping women. Stories were discussed online, an accuser might win a small mention in some out of the way paper like the Village Voice… then…

…the dam breaks. And it is all over.

The first accusers are the gutsy ones. “Bill Cosby? America’s Dad, raping? P’shaw.” They were twice victimized. Once by Cosby and once again by Cosby’s enablers. The ones that stream out into the open once the ground is softened, they are victims too, but they owe a huge debt to the vanguard.

Similarly, all Republicans will owe a debt to John MCCain, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker. These men are conservative a-holes who in normal times would be worthy of contempt. But these are not normal times. In the next few months, they will be objects of ridicule among Republicans. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will have her moment in the sun…but sooner or later, the dam will break. It is not politics. It is physics.