Any parent who's ever received a stern call from a school principal can surely empathize

 Any parent who's ever received a stern call from a school principal can surely empathize

. And to think, it could have been worse: He could have paid hush money to a porn star! 

The suggestion that Hunter's addiction issues are the main takeaway from this unfolding international scandal, as the New York Times’s Nicholas Kristof also recently argued , is so preposterous, so insulting, that it causes momentary dizziness. Going forward, anyone who attempts this spin job on camera deserves immediate derision. Williams's co-guests should have laughed him right off the set.

So why are Democrats running with this spin? Why do intelligent professionals with otherwise distinguished careers make mincemeat of their dignity in order to cover for an octogenarian president with shoddy poll numbers?

Perhaps they feel pressure from their peers in the establishment media who have openly and proudly ditched objectivity in recent years. Liberal journalists are now activists by their own admission, and they aren't kind to non-believers within their ranks. They are invested in an end and don't quibble over the means.

Regardless of the reason, Democrats and their allied pundits obviously believe they can continue to get away with it. After all, they’ve been able to feed their audience drivel like this for years without getting their hands bit.