December 1, 2017--Boxers or Briefs?

Back in the innocent 1990s, compared to these days, it didn't take much to shock. For example, during a 1994 town hall sponsored by MTV, out of the blue President Bill Clinton, while talking about a national crime bill, was asked if he wore boxers or briefs.

It wasn't so much the question that was shocking but the fact that he answered it!

Clinton laughed and, as usual wanting to be all things to all people, confessed, "Usually briefs."

But then yesterday, when checking in with MSNBC to see which new people by midday had been outed for sexual harassment (Russell Simmons and Garrison Keiller) there was a report about the campaign for attorney general of Michigan.

Candidate Dana Nessel appeared in my new favorite political ad of all time. He message was clear--we need more women in positions of authority.

In the ad she appears on screen with her words also appearing behind her in hypertext--

She begins with a list of men who have recently been accused of sexual misconduct--Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, and Michigan congressman John Conyers.  She vows that if elected she will not "sexually harass my staff."

She continues--

"If the last few weeks have taught us anything, it's that we need more women in positions of power, not less. So when you're choosing Michigan's next attorney general, ask yourself this:  

Who can you trust most not to show you their penis in a professional setting? Is it the candidate who doesn't have a penis?"

No need, I suppose, to offer an answer to her rhetorical question.