The soft bigotry of low expectations. We're going to see a lot more of this kind of disturbing rationalization soon if the Cohen claims hold up. nymag.com/daily/intellig… 
Tomorrow's hacked-up takes today: "The Founders wanted us to take dirt from hostile foreign regimes!" "Everyone does it!"
For the record, cleaning out the nasty stuff in your fridge is "icky." Trying to get dirt on a domestic political opponent from a hostile foreign power (if true) is ... something else.
Another example
Down the rabbit hole we go
Joking/not joking
The preemptive excuses about the Trump Tower meeting are moving from state-allied media to the Republican Party itself mediaite.com/tv/gop-rep-iss…
Now we’re on to the “It’s not technically illegal” defense
The ongoing retreat continues. Compare and contrast with Hope Hicks, 11/11/16: “It never happened. There was no communication between the campaign and any foreign entity during the campaign.”
Hope Hicks, 11/11/16: “It never happened. There was no communication between the campaign and any foreign entity during the campaign.”
