Back in April, WorldNetDaily columnist and rogue-lover Jack Cashill rushed to the defense of Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens after he was accused of blackmailing his mistress with a compromising photo. Now that he has resigned, Cashill is finally starting to change his tune.
In his May 30 column, Cashill dismissed Greitens because he “took too long” to convert to conservatism, calling it “too convenient, too shallow” and huffing, “He either had not enough brains or too much ambition or, as history proved, both.” He then lamented that “conservatives are held to a different set of standards than are liberals – by the media, of course, but also by their fellow conservatives.”
Cashill then attacked the prosecutor in the blackmail-related case, calling her “stunningly inept” and guilty of “any number of irregularities.” Those charges were ultimately dropped, but then Cashill cited the thing that ultimately forced Greitens to resign: the possible release of donors to a dark-money group that helped him get elected. Cashill concluded by lamenting once more about the supposedly “much tougher set of rules” Republicans must follow.
Cashill really needs to research his rogues a little closer before he rushes to defend them.