From Gary Hart to Donald Trump: a scandal isn’t what it used to be

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In 1987, societal norms dictated that Mr. Hart, a married Democrat, withdraw from the U.S. presidential race after a photo was published with his arms around a model. Those norms are clearly long gone

Does the yacht “Monkey Business” ring a bell? Maybe the name Donna Rice? Perhaps a picture in a tabloid newspaper dedicated to “inquiring minds?”

Mr. Hart was an ambitious Democratic politician. By late April in 1987, he had built a double-digit lead over his rivals in the party. But rumours of his infidelities had been circulating for some time, hearkening back to his previous failed run for the nomination in 1984. After receiving some tips, on May 3, the Miami Herald reported that Donna Rice had spent the night with Mr. Hart. This was followed by the famous picture in the Enquirer. Mr. Hart suspended his campaign on May 8.

Much has been written by those in the ivory tower attempting to make sense of Mr. Trump’s enduring political appeal.

As author Neil Postman noted in the late Reagan period, we shouldn’t fear a coming tyranny in which the framework of political rights is quashed. The greater fear is that the political order itself is displaced by a circus culture of endless amusement, a tyranny of infantilism. Thirty years on, it’s as if the cultural blood-brain barrier that has historically protected the serious business of politics in liberal democracies has been breached. The threat is less Adolf Hitler and moreMr.

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