Hill: 'The Dismal Reality Remains'

摘要

The political analysts would like us to believe that the Senate Ethics Committee's 6-0 vote to expel Sen. Bob Packwood resulted from its members' fear of open hearings on sexual misconduct. But the collective weight of such detailed charges by so many women about incidents over the course of 21 years is, I think, a more compelling reason. Looking at those stacks of incriminating documents-10,000 pages of sworn testimony about sexually aggressive conduct-even the most reluctant senator had no choice. The decision-and Packwood's subsequent resignation-seemed inevitable.